Ostfriesland Stadium
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 Emden , Germany
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 22 '45.1 " N , 7 ° 12' 12.1" E |
| opening | 1950 |
| Renovations | approx. 1990: Construction of the main grandstand 2005: Renovation of the guest block |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 7,200 seats |
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The Ostfriesland Stadium is the football stadium of Kickers Emden . The football club of the Oberliga Niedersachsen (5th division) has played its home games here since 1950. Since 2005 the stadium has had the name of a real estate and finance company from Emden (Embdena Stadium) that sponsors BSV Kickers. "Embden" is one of the medieval names of Emden . From 1998 to 2005, the stadium in the Früchteburg district was named after the former President Dr. Helmut Riedl, previously it was simply called Kickers Stadium . For a while, the fans had also renamed the stadium the Deichkicker-Arena .
Since April 8, 2011 the venue of the BSV Kickers Emden is officially called the Ostfriesland Stadium .
The capacity since the beginning of the 2005/2006 season has been 7,200. This is due to the security regulations of the DFB . In the past, there were significantly more spectators in the stadium. Record attendance is officially formed by around 12,000 spectators who attended the game against the amateurs of Hamburger SV in 1994 on the last match day of the then Oberliga Nord . On this last match day, Emden became champions and took part in the promotion round to the second Bundesliga .
The stadium consists of a covered main grandstand with 500 seats and standing room, the uncovered back straight, the covered north grandstand (home fans) and the uncovered guest grandstand. The latter can be flexibly extended by moving the fences, if greater popularity is expected from guest fans. There are then up to 1,500 or 2,000 standing places available.
The club area consists of the stadium itself as well as two turf fields and a slag field . The sports facility of the neighboring Johannes-Althusius-Gymnasium is also used by the club - especially by the youth teams . In addition to the necessary infrastructure for the club, the clubhouse also has a stadium restaurant.
Before the stadium was inaugurated, BSV Kickers, founded in 1946, played its home games on the grounds of the Freie Turnerschaft (FT) 03 Emden sports club.
Because of the cramped conditions in the middle of a residential area, a new stadium was often discussed on the neighboring site of a former barracks. Later there was the plan to rebuild and expand the stadium at its current location. This was also necessary due to the requirements of the DFB . In July 2007, a development association was founded to build a new stadium. In 2009, the plan failed due to finances. Due to the withdrawal from the 3rd division to the fifth division , for financial reasons, an expansion or conversion is not necessary for the time being. At the beginning of 2006, plans to build a sports facility on the barracks area were presented, which would at least offer some relief for the teams other than the BSV Kicker top division team at the time. Through the merger with the Barenburg sports club Blau-Gelb Barenburg, a club property was added near the Ostfriesland stadium. Club teams, except for the first team, can play and train their games there. With the exit from professional football for economic reasons and the current 6th league, the plans for a new stadium or a renovation of the East Friesland stadium have moved into the distance.
In 2011 the stadium was renamed the Ostfriesland Stadium. The cramped conditions of the stadium and the fact that it is purely a football stadium , however, also allow a very dense atmosphere. This is especially true with floodlight games.
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Guest block with electronic scoreboard
North stand, called the “bus stop” by fans
East stand with a seating stand built for the third division, which has since been dismantled
Club house with stadium restaurant
Web links
- bsv-kickers-emden.de: Homepage of the BSV Kickers Emden
- stadionwelt.de: picture gallery
- stadionbauer.de: Homepage of the sponsoring association for a new stadium
Individual evidence
- ↑ emderzeitung.de: Thanks to fans: BSV-Stadion is called “Deichkicker-Arena” Article from May 11th 2010.
- ↑ oz-online.de: Now the ball rolls in Ostfriesland-Stadion article from April 8, 2011