Karl Knipprath Stadium
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Stadium of the city of Jülich (1924–1945) |
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| place | Stadionweg 1 52428 Jülich , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 55 '32.1 " N , 6 ° 20' 50" E |
| opening | August 24, 1924 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 6,500 seats |
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The Karl-Knipprath-Stadion is a football stadium with an athletics facility in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Jülich .
Location and facilities
The stadium is located in the west of Jülich between the bridgehead and the Rur . The Karl Knipprath Stadium has a capacity of 6,500 spectators. There are 500 covered seats in the main stand. The natural grass play area is surrounded by an ash track . The stadium has a floodlight system .
history
The plant was built in 1924 on a wasteland by numerous unemployed people. Initially, the stadium was called the stadium of the city of Jülich and opened on August 24, 1924. The first soccer game was a "promotional game" between the Rheinische Südkreis against the Rheinische Westkreis , a game between a Cologne and an Aachen city selection. The game played in front of "numerous spectators" was canceled during the second half when the score was 3: 1 for the southern district of the Rhineland due to heavy rainfall .
The stadium of the city of Jülich became the new home ground of SC Jülich . After the end of the Second World War , the stadium was confiscated by the US Army . It was not until 1948 that the club was able to return to what was now called the Jahnstadion . In 1967, the Jülich rose to the then third-class Mittelrhein Association League and heralded the most successful period in the club's history. From 1969 to 1971 the team was Middle Rhine champion three times in a row and won the German Amateur Championship each time .
In the meantime the stadium has been renovated. In 1968 it was initially given a playing surface made of natural grass , which was inaugurated on May 1st with a friendly against Schwarz-Weiß Essen (2: 3). The covered main grandstand was built three years later. Standing steps were built on the back straight and the floodlights were installed. On December 12, 1971, the now called Rurstadion venue was inaugurated with a friendly against Alemannia Aachen (1: 2). A year later, the Rurstadion saw a spectacular game. In the semi-final second leg of the German amateur championship , the Jülich were able to make up for the 6-0 first leg defeat against TSV Marl-Hüls , but failed on penalties .
SC Jülich qualified eight times for the DFB Cup . The attendance record was set on September 4, 1991, when the Jülich met Borussia Mönchengladbach in the third round . In front of 6,500 spectators, Mönchengladbach prevailed 1-0. A year later , 6,000 spectators saw the 1: 5 after extra time against Werder Bremen . In the league, the Jülich played in the 1978/79 season, from 1980 to 1986, from 1987 to 1993 and from 1994 to 1997 in the then third and fourth class Oberliga Nordrhein . In September 1997 the association had to file for bankruptcy and was dissolved. As the successor club, SC Jülich was founded in 10/97 .
The stadium has had its current name since December 13, 1990. It was named after Karl Knipprath, who was mayor of Jülich from 1956 to 1984 and was heavily involved in Jülich football. In 1964 he became honorary chairman of SC Jülich. The Alemannia Aachen club , which was in insolvency proceedings at the time , was planning to move to the Karl-Knipprath-Stadion for the 2013/14 regional league season in order to save costs. After Alemannia and the city of Aachen were able to agree on the further use of the New Tivolis , the relocation plans were discarded.
Web links
- europlan-online.de: Karl-Knipprath-Stadion - Jülich
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Werner Skrentny (ed.): The big book of the German football stadiums . Verlag Die Werkstatt , Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-89533-668-3 , p. 198 .
- ↑ Sönke Wortmann : "I could lose everything now, I've seen everything". 11 friends , accessed December 7, 2013 .
- ^ Hardy Green , Christian Karn: The big book of the German football clubs . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2009, ISBN 978-3-89784-362-2 , p. 249.
- ↑ Relocation to Jülich. RevierSport , accessed April 21, 2016 .