Adolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn
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 Ottensen , Altona , Hamburg
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 33 '19 " N , 9 ° 54' 41" E |
| owner | Altona 93 |
| opening | August 30, 1908 |
| First game | Altona 93 - Lübeck BC 7: 1 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 8,000 seats |
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The Adolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn (AJK) is a football stadium that is located in the Hamburg district of Altona in the Ottensen district. The AJK was from 1908 to 2008 and has again hosted the home games of Altona 93 since the 2009/10 season .
history
The stadium was opened on August 30, 1908 and is one of the oldest sports facilities in Germany. The first opponent was Lübeck BC , who were defeated 7-1. In 1944 it was named after the German national player Adolf Jäger , who played as a striker at Altona 93 from 1907 to 1927. At the beginning of 1921, the previously leased space was bought by the club and the stadium expanded into the largest capacity in northern Germany ; on October 30, 1921, it was inaugurated in the presence of 16,000 spectators with a 1-1 draw against Hamburger SV . On March 8, 1953, the record attendance at the home game against Hamburger SV was reached with 27,000 spectators (result 1: 4). The main stand was inaugurated in 1958.
In 1990 the stadium almost saw international matches for the first time. The Faroese national football team was looking for an alternative stadium, as there was only an insufficient artificial turf pitch available on the islands themselves. Due to their shared Danish past, the Altona district office asked whether the Faroese wanted to use the Adolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn. However, their association preferred to play in Sweden.
In the 2008/09 season, the first team played in the Hoheluft Stadium because the criteria for the new Regionalliga Nord could be more easily met there. The previous home game was a 9-0 win against ASV Bergedorf 85 on May 25, 2008. After relegation from the regional league, the club has been playing its home games again in its traditional home stadium since the 2009/10 season.
From 2011 to 2013, the HSV Hamburg Blue Devils American football team also used the stadium for their games.
construction
The stadium consists of a main stand that was roofed over in 1958. A special feature is the permanently installed camera position over the passage to the cabins by the NDR in the course of the construction work in 1958 . In 2001 the wooden benches in the main stand were replaced by 1,400 bucket seats from the special block of the old Volksparkstadion . In addition, the stadium consists of a standing back straight stretched to behind the eastern gate and an earth wall called a "tick hill" behind the western gate. From the main grandstand on the left there is a small standing grandstand, the so-called "complaining corner". There is also a clubhouse and a striking war memorial for the dead of World War II on the site .
AFC fans in the stadium
The three completely different fan groups in the stadium are very unusual for a league club: In the “grumbling corner” next to the main stand you will find traditional AFC fans who sometimes go to HSV home games. On the "tick hill" behind the western gate are the so-called "hill punks" from the Ottensian punk and construction trailer scene with a self-made result board . On the left side of the back straight are some former members of St. Pauli's “ Black Block ”, who are under the motto “St. Pauli, McDonalds and the CDU ”are protesting against which, from their point of view, the commercialization and bourgeoisisation of FC St. Pauli and have found a new home at the AFC.
Data
Today's audience capacity: 8,000, including 1,400 covered seats.
future
Due to the ailing condition of the stadium, the board of the AFC presented a concept for the new building of a club center to an extraordinary general meeting in September 2007. This concept includes the construction of a new stadium, three training fields and a four-field sports hall. On this basis, the members voted with a 3/4 majority for the sale of the traditional sports facility. In March 2015, the board of the AFC presented its plans for a new building on Memellandallee. The stadium should have a capacity of 2999 seats and be completed by the start of the 2016/17 season. The club members should vote on the plans by summer 2015.
An urban planning competition for the future use of the site took place in 2009, on which a mixture of freely and publicly financed apartment buildings is to be built. In 2011, the association also used 200,000 euros from the contractually agreed purchase price to finance running costs.
The stadium is to be cleared by the end of 2026 at the latest, after which 300 apartments are to be built on the site. Altona 93 will then move to a new stadium on Memellandallee.
literature
- Norbert Carsten: Fascination Adolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn. Altona 93 and its 100-year-old cult stadium. The workshop, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89533-627-0
Web links
- Adolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn on altona93.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historic football venues : Living history from Altona to Aachen. spiegel.de, October 20, 2008
- ↑ Club boss Dirk Barthel: "It's the last chance for Altona 93". mopo.de, March 31, 2015
- ↑ Elbe Wochenblatt editorial staff: Adolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn will be demolished by 2026 at the latest | Elbe weekly paper. Retrieved on March 16, 2020 (German).