Max Morlock Stadium

Frankenstadion is a redirect to this article. Further meanings are listed under Frankenstadion (disambiguation) .

Max Morlock Stadium
The stadium seen from above (2008)
Earlier names
Municipal Stadium (1928–1945) Victory Stadium (1945–1961) Municipal Stadium (1961–1991) Frankenstadion (1991-2006) Nuremberg Stadium (2012–2013, 2016–2017)
Sponsor name (s)
easyCredit Stadium (2006–2012) Grundig Stadium (2013-2016)
Data
place	Max-Morlock-Platz 1 90480 Nuremberg , Germany
Coordinates	49 ° 25 '35 "  N , 11 ° 7' 33"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 25 '35 "  N , 11 ° 7' 33"  E
owner	City of Nuremberg
operator	Nürnberg Betriebs-GmbH stadium
opening	1928
Renovations	1987-1991
Extensions	2003-2005
surface	Natural grass
costs	56.2 million € (renovation 2003-2005)
architect	Otto Ernst Swiss
capacity	50,000 seats
Capacity (internat.)	44,308 seats
playing area	105 m × 68 m
Societies)
1. FC Nuremberg 1. FC Nürnberg II (for risk games)
Events
Athletics DM 1948 Final of the European Cup Winners' Cup 1966/67 Olympic football tournament 1972 (6 games) Confederations Cup 2005 (3 games) Football World Cup 2006 (5 games) Athletics events Athletics DM 2008 DEL Winter Game 2013 Athletics Championships 2015 Athletics DM 2018 Concerts

The Max-Morlock-Stadion (since July 1, 2017; originally municipal stadium ; later also Frankenstadion ) in Nuremberg is a sports stadium that is suitable for football matches and athletics events . It is named after the soccer player Max Morlock .

The stadium was built from 1925 to 1928 according to plans by Otto Ernst Schweizer and with 50,000 seats is one of the largest football stadiums in Germany . The stadium is home stadium of the 1. FC Nuremberg . The Nürnberger Versicherung Arena is in the immediate vicinity . The stadium is located on the former Nazi party rally grounds . It is connected to the S-Bahn via the Nürnberg Frankenstadion train station.

history

Nuremberg experienced a cultural and urban heyday during the Weimar Republic , despite the difficult economic and political conditions after the First World War . Construction projects such as the new stadium, the observatory and the planetarium set architectural accents in the city. These were at the same time an expression of the social and political awakening. Nuremberg's reputation as a “sports stronghold” worked far beyond the city limits.

Between 1925 and 1928 the stadium was built in its original form with a capacity of 50,000 spectators, not far from the Dutzendteich as a municipal stadium . It has had its octagonal floor plan ever since. Adolf Hensel (planning the entire complex) received a gold medal for his design in 1928 in the architecture / urban development art competition on the occasion of the Olympic Games in Amsterdam . It also received a lot of international recognition - it was considered the largest and most modern facility in the world. The final of the German soccer championship 1928/29 took place here as early as 1929 . The grandstand was built in the Bauhaus style according to plans by the architect Otto Ernst Schweizer for 2,600 spectators.

Day of the Hitler Youth 1937

The surrounding area was transformed into the Nazi party rally grounds from 1933 . During the Nazi party rallies , the " Hitler Youth Day " was held in the stadium and the stadium was also called the Hitler Youth Stadium at that time . During the Nazi party rally in 1935, Adolf Hitler gave the speech in which he demanded that German youth be "nimble as greyhounds, tough as leather and hard as Krupp steel". As the stadium did not fit in with the monumental structures that were planned and partially built around, two wooden towers and a row of arcades were built on the back straight, which served as a backdrop for drummers, choirs and wind players to take away some of the modern character of the stadium. In relation to the planned German stadium in the vicinity , it was now often called the “Old Stadium”.

From 1945 it was used as a sports field by the US Army. From then on the stadium was called Victory Stadium and was used by the occupying forces for baseball games. Up until 1961 there were only occasional soccer games.

From 1963, 1. FC Nürnberg played there after they had sold their own stadium, called Zabo, in Zerzabelshof . The capacity could be expanded by building tubular steel stands to the side of the main stand. Nevertheless, the audience record on May 30, 1971 in the game against Fortuna Düsseldorf of 75,000 spectators was only possible because the audience also found space on the track.

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , six soccer tournament games were held in the stadium. After a major renovation from 1987, which was also carried out because of the Heysel disaster , it was reopened in 1991 under the name Frankenstadion with a capacity of 31,000 seats and standing room for 22,462 (total: 53,462). During the construction work, the main grandstand from 1928 collapsed and was supposed to be preserved.

Remodeling

From 2003, the stadium was modernized for around 56 million euros in order to be prepared for the 2006 World Cup . For this u. a. the playing field was lowered by 1.5 m, the upper tiers in the corners in the northwest and southwest were extended upwards, two additional rows of seats were added to the playing field, the seating changed from yellow to red, improved access controls installed, a fan hall at the Max-Morlock- Square built, new kiosks created around the stadium, boxes integrated and a VIP building erected. Since the end of the renovation work on April 24, 2005, it has provided 44,308 covered seats for international football matches. In regular league operations, the stadium had a total of 47,500 seats, 39,700 of which were seated and 7,800 were standing. In mid-July 2009, the FCN announced that it would increase the standing capacity by 2,800 so that 48,500 fans could fit into the stadium in the future.

During the winter break of 2009/10 , blocks 1 and 3 were converted into standing room. This was necessary because the building authority forbade the use of Block 8 as a standing block by the Nuremberg Ultras . The capacity increased to 48,553 places in the league. As a result of the renovation work carried out in the south curve in the summer break of 2012/13 , the capacity of the venue was increased by almost 1,500 seats to 50,000 spectators. In addition, the transition from the south to the north curve was made possible by a bridge construction over the guest block.

Environmental protection was of particular importance to the stadium operators during the last renovations . So you collect z. B. the rainwater from the stadium roofs in a 1000 m³ cistern and uses it as irrigation water for the stadium lawn. In addition to water management, environmentally friendly concepts were also used for energy use and waste disposal. The stadium thus fulfills the criteria for the European environmental management certificate for the continuous improvement of operational environmental protection ( EMAS ). In January 2006, the Nuremberg sports arena was the first European stadium to receive this award.

In February 2013, FCN manager Martin Bader announced that he would soon be commissioning a feasibility study for a new stadium. The problem with the current stadium is the low income. For example, it is not the association itself that receives the income from the sale of the naming rights, but Nürnberg Betriebs GmbH. Bader can think of two options: renovating the Nuremberg stadium or building a new one.

Naming

Stadion

Originally the sports facility was called the Städtisches Stadion , from 1945 to 1961 Victory Stadium , from 1961 to 1991 again as the Städtisches Stadion and between 1991 and 2006 the Frankenstadion . On March 15, 2006, Nuremberg followed the example of other football stadiums and assigned the naming rights to a sponsor. The Nuremberg-based team bank (formerly Norisbank ) initially acquired these rights for five years and the stadium was renamed Easycredit-Stadion after a product of the credit institution. An exception to this was the 2006 World Cup, when the stadium was run as the Frankenstadion . The public transport stops carried the old name Frankenstadion .

Large parts of the 1. FC Nürnberg fan scene under the leadership of “ Ultras Nürnberg ” carried out a demonstration against the name on April 1, 2006 and a symbolic change of name to Max Morlock Stadium - in recognition of Max Morlock's services to the club. The renaming caused a lot of protest among the people of Nuremberg: The Nuremberg daily newspapers tried to avoid the word Easycredit-Stadion , as did most of the people of Nuremberg. Several thousand letters to the editor were also received complaining about the new name. Both the fans of Hamburger SV and Werder Bremen held up banners with the messages Pro Max-Morlock-Stadion and Visiting the Max-Morlock-Stadion during their guest appearances in Nuremberg in the 2010/11 season . In the 2011/12 season , the rebranding requested by the Ultras was also approved by fans of VfL Wolfsburg , Hannover 96 , FC Augsburg , Werder Bremen, VfB Stuttgart and FC Schalke 04 with banners with the inscription Max Morlock Stadion Jetzt! supported.

With the expiry of the sponsorship agreement on June 30, 2012, the stadium was temporarily renamed Nürnberg Stadium from July 1 . Between February 14, 2013 and June 30, 2016, the stadium was called Grundig Stadion , named after the electronics group Grundig Intermedia . From July 1, 2016, it was again called the Nürnberg Stadium .

For the 2017/18 season, Consorsbank secured the naming rights to the stadium for three years, but renounced traditional name sponsorship and instead called for crowdfunding on the Startnext platform to enable the renaming to Max-Morlock-Stadion . Supporters were able to purchase various products, including various exclusive fan articles or name tags on the stadium square. Although the target of € 800,000 was clearly missed and only € 330,000 came together, the bank took over the remaining € 2.4 million. Since then, the stadium on Max-Morlock-Platz, where a statue in honor of the 1954 world champion already stands, has borne the name of Max Morlock. Fans and the press see it as an appreciation of the importance of Morlock for 1. FC Nürnberg and the personality of the down-to-earth and humble club idol.

blocks

The block plan of the stadium for the 2018/19 season

The construction of the stadium before the slight renovation of the north curve in 2010

For the 2006/07 Bundesliga season , part of the stadium's blocks was named after former 1. FC Nürnberg players. There were players who met at least two criteria from the three criteria “at least 400 games for 1. FC Nürnberg”, “Master player of 1. FC Nürnberg” or “National player during the time at 1. FC Nürnberg”.

During the renovation of the stadium in spring 2010, when the entire lower tier of the north curve was converted into standing room, Block 13 was also omitted.

block	Surname	Games for FCN	International matches	Championships
1	Gustav Bark	438	/	1920, 1921, 1924
2	Richard Oehm	417	3	1936
3	Willi Billmann	623	11	1936
4th	Andreas Munkert	297	8th	1936
5	Helmut Herbolsheimer	552	/	1948
6th	Luggi Müller	226	5	1968
7th	Schorsch high vocals	259	6th	1924, 1925, 1927
8th	Max Morlock	900	26th	1948, 1961
9	Hans Kalb	681	15th	1920, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1927
10	Horst Leupold	402	/	1968
11	Georg Koehler	490	1	1936
12	Willi Kund	408	2	/
14th	Heiner support	455	6th	1920, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1927
15a	Kurt Ucko	509	/	1961
15b	Hans Uebelein (I)	487	/	1936, 1948
16	Hans Sutor	204	12	1921, 1924, 1925
17a	Schorsch Volkert	232	6th	1968
17b	Roland Wabra	523	/	1961, 1968
17c	Ferdinand Wenauer	706	4th	1961, 1968
18th	Heiner Stuhlfauth	606	21st	1920, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1927
19a	Ludwig again	437	6th	1924, 1925, 1927
19b	Conny Winterstein	409	/	1948
20th	Gerhard Bergner	416	/	1948
26th	Karl Gussner	411	/	1936
28	Toni Kugler	668	7th	1920, 1921, 1924, 1925
31	Javier Pinola	416	2	/
34	Wolfgang Strobel	421	4th	1920, 1921, 1924, 1925
35	Carl Riegel	370	7th	1920, 1921, 1924, 1925
36	Heinz Strehl	534	4th	1961, 1968
37	Steff Reisch	277	9	1961
38	Seppl Schmitt	605	2	1927, 1936
39	Baptist Reinmann	281	4th	1927
40	Bumbes Schmidt	297	16	1924, 1925, 1927
41	Luitpold Popp	870	5	1920, 1921, 1925, 1927
42	Edi Schaffer	413	/	1948
43	Fritz Popp	424	/	1968

Events

Olympic football tournament 1972

The following six games were played in Nuremberg for the 1972 Olympic football tournament:

Sun, August 27, 1972, preliminary round, group 3
Hungary	-	Iran	5: 0 (1: 0)
Mon, August 28, 1972, preliminary round, group 2
Mexico	-	Sudan	1: 0 (1: 0)
Wed, August 30, 1972, preliminary round, group 2
Mexico	-	Burma	1: 0 (1: 0)
Fri, September 1, 1972, preliminary round, group 4
Poland	-	GDR	2: 1 (1: 0)
So, September 3, 1972, intermediate round, group 1
BR Germany	-	Mexico	1: 1 (1: 0)
Fri, September 8, 1972, intermediate round, group 2
Poland	-	Morocco	5: 0 (3: 0)

Rock in the park

The Frankenstadion has served as the main stage for the Rock im Park music festival since 1997 . Only after the start of the renovation work or during the construction phase for the 2006 soccer World Cup was this use not possible and the concert operators switched to the nearby Zeppelin field in 2004 and to the Luitpoldhain in 2006. In 2007, too, because of the international match between Germany and San Marino, which took place at the same time, they had to switch to the Zeppelin Field, after disagreements in the run-up almost led to the loss of Rock im Park. In the meantime (as of 2017) the festival takes place on the Zeppelin Field.

Confederations Cup 2005

The following three games were played for the 2005 Confederations Cup in Nuremberg:

Sat, June 18, 2005, 8:45 p.m., group A
Australia	-	Argentina	2: 4 (0: 2)
Tue, June 21, 2005, 8:45 p.m., group A
Germany	-	Argentina	2: 2 (1: 1)
Sat, June 25, 2005, 6:00 p.m., semi-finals
Germany	-	Brazil	2: 3 (2: 2)

Football World Cup 2006

The following games were played in Nuremberg for the 2006 World Cup :

Sun, June 11, 2006, 6 p.m., group D.
Mexico	-	Iran	3: 1 (1: 1)
Thursday, June 15, 2006, 6 p.m., group B
England	-	Trinidad and Tobago	2: 0 (0: 0)
Sun, June 18, 2006, 3 p.m., Group F
Japan	-	Croatia	0-0
Thursday, June 22, 2006, 4 p.m., group E
Ghana	-	United States	2: 1 (2: 1)
Sun, June 25, 2006, 9 p.m., round of 16
Portugal	-	Netherlands	1: 0 (1: 0)

German athletics championships

On July 5 and 6, 2008 and from July 24 to 26, 2015 , the German Athletics Championships took place in Nuremberg. Nuremberg has again been awarded the contract to host the 2018 German Athletics Championships .

DEL Winter Game 2013

The DEL Winter Game took place on January 5th, 2013 . The 50,000 spectators at the DEL game between the Nürnberg Ice Tigers and the Eisbären Berlin set a new European record for an outdoor ice hockey game. The previous record with 36,644 spectators was set on February 5, 2011 in the Finnish SM-liiga at the game between Jokerit Helsinki and IFK Helsinki.

Games of the German national soccer team

The German national soccer team has so far played the following matches in the stadium:

September 16, 1928, friendly match
German Empire	-	Denmark	2: 1
September 25, 1932, friendly match
German Empire	-	Sweden	4: 3
March 20, 1938, friendly match
German Empire	-	Hungary	1: 1
May 12, 1965, friendly match
BR Germany	-	England	0: 1
May 10, 1969, World Cup qualification
BR Germany	-	Austria	1-0
September 9, 1970, friendly match
BR Germany	-	Hungary	3: 1
October 16, 1991, European Championship qualification
Germany	-	Wales	4: 1
18th November 1992, friendly match
Germany	-	Austria	0-0
September 6, 1995, European Championship qualification
Germany	-	Georgia	4: 1
November 9, 1996, World Cup qualification
Germany	-	Northern Ireland	1: 1
March 31, 1999, European Championship qualification
Germany	-	Finland	2-0
June 3, 2000, friendly match
Germany	-	Czech Republic	3: 2
March 29, 2003, European Championship qualification
Germany	-	Lithuania	1: 1
June 21, 2005, 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
Argentina	-	Germany	2: 2
June 25, 2005, FIFA Confederations Cup 2005
Germany	-	Brazil	2: 3
June 2, 2007, European Championship qualification
Germany	-	San Marino	6-0
August 20, 2008, friendly match
Germany	-	Belgium	2-0
March 26, 2013, World Cup qualification
Germany	-	Kazakhstan	4: 1
November 14, 2014, European Championship qualification
Germany	-	Gibraltar	4-0
June 10, 2017, World Cup qualification
Germany	-	San Marino	7-0
March 31, 2020, friendly match
Germany	-	Italy	-: -

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  The north curve at a home game

Panorama pictures

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Interior view with a view of the north curve (September 2011)

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Panoramic view from the guest block of the south curve, main stand, north curve and back straight (from left to right). (April 2012)

literature

• GL: The stadium in Nuremberg . In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung . Volume 48, Issue 50 (December 12, 1928), urn : nbn: de: kobv: 109-opus-59710 , pp. 807–812. (With 15 pictures)
• Herbert Liedel, Klaus Schamberger: The Nuremberg Football Festival: the 2006 World Cup between the old town and the stadium . Tümmels, Nuremberg 2006, ISBN 978-3-921590-57-7 .
• IAKS (Ed.): Stadiums of the FIFA World Cup 2006: Nuremberg, easyCredit-Stadion . In: sb - Sports facility construction + pool facilities . Issue 02/2006, ZDB -ID 1109757-7 .

Web links

Commons : Max-Morlock-Stadion  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• stadion-nuernberg.de: Official website
• stadionwelt.de: Stadium guide
• stadiumdb.com: Max-Morlock-Stadion (Frankenstadion) (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Beckenbauer opens the renovated Frankenstadion. rp-online.de, April 24, 2005.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Stadion-Nürnberg.de: data and facts
3. ↑ Nuremberg: Experience city history. (PDF; 1.4 MB) Retrieved November 29, 2017 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Nuremberg stadium - originally the municipal stadium, formerly the Frankenstadion, formerly the easyCredit stadium. nuernberginfos.de, accessed on November 20, 2017 . 
5. ^ Dietzfelbinger, Eckart / Liedke, Gerhard: Nuremberg - Place of the Masses - The Nazi Party Rally Grounds, Prehistory and Difficult Legacy , Berlin 2004, p. 20.
6. ^ Official report on the course of the Nazi party rally with all congress speeches, Munich 1935, p. 180.
7. ↑ When the Nuremberg stadium was once called “Victory Stadium” , Nürnberger Nachrichten, February 22, 2013.
8. ↑ Municipal Stadium. In: Christoph Bausenwein, Bernd Siegler: the club lexicon. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 3-89533-376-X , pp. 131f.
9. ↑ Nuremberg's new north curve is ready , Nürnberger Nachrichten of January 19, 2010.
10. ↑ Nuremberg stadium for the time being without namesake
11. ^ Despite criticism: Bader sticks to stadium idea , Nürnberger Nachrichten of February 22, 2013.
12. ↑ No credit for a new name . In: focus.de , March 21, 2006. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
13. ↑ Everything for the Max . In: 11freunde.de , February 15, 2013. Accessed December 8, 2017.
14. ↑ Choreography on matchday 30
15. ^ The name Frankenstadion is passe, Nürnberger Nachrichten of June 30, 2012
16. ^ Farewell to Grundig: The FCN plays in the "Nürnberg Stadium". In: nordbayern.de. July 1, 2016, accessed July 1, 2016 . 
17. ↑ max-morlock-stadion-2017.de . Retrieved July 5, 2017.
18. ↑ 1. FC Nürnberg will play in the Max Morlock Stadium in the future . In: kicker.de , May 14, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
19. ^ Matthias Hunger: Franconian football home. Arete Verlag, Hildesheim 2017, ISBN 978-3-942468-91-6 , here p. 145.
20. ↑ Max Morlock Monument solemnly unveiled . In: fcn.de , August 23, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
21. ↑ The spirit of Max Morlock inspires the fans . In: Mittelbayerische.de , May 15, 2017. Accessed December 8, 2017.
22. ↑ Club honors deserving players by mentioning them in the stadium blocks , June 25, 2006, www.fcn.de (June 26, 2006)
23. ↑ Inauguration of Javier Pinola Block on FCN.de.
24. ↑ Athletics DM 2018 awarded to Nuremberg , Leichtathletik.de, December 17, 2016.
25. ↑ DEL Winter Game 2013
26. ↑ "Winter Game": in the DEL The purchased record spectacle
27. ↑ Nuremberg wins the "Winter Game" , Spiegel online, January 5, 2013.

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