Unterhaching sports park
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 Unterhaching , Germany
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 4 '25 " N , 11 ° 36' 56" E |
| owner | Unterhaching community |
| opening | April 11, 1992 |
| First game | SpVgg Unterhaching 3-0 (2-0) TSV Schwaben Augsburg |
| Renovations | June 1999 to July 2000. East Stand Summer 2018 Video Screen Summer 2018 West Stand Summer 2019 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 15,053 places |
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The Unterhaching sports park is the football home of the Unterhaching game association . The football stadium is owned by the community of Unterhaching .
History and Development
Built at the beginning of the 1990s to enable the long-time successful team of the game association to move out of the stadium on the Grünau and to offer an adequate home for a second division team, the stadium was opened after the game association's unexpected promotion to the Bundesliga in 1999 expanded and redesigned in accordance with the minimum requirements of the German Football Association .
Until the expansion, the stadium offered 11,000 spectators. The west (then main) grandstand already existed in its current form, including the characteristic roofing in an almost Alpine style, as well as large parts of the south grandstand including the clubhouse behind it. The north and east stands only had the dimensions of a few concrete steps; the east stand also has a grass hill.
After the promotion to the Bundesliga in 1999, a comprehensive expansion was necessary due to the organizational, safety-related and financial dimensions that a sporting measurement with the national greats of football entails. The DFB demanded that the spectator capacity be increased to at least 15,000 seats, the creation of numerous new parking spaces and the removal of possible sources of danger in the interior, such as the unpaved grassy hill on the east stand.
In a first phase of construction, the north stand, on which there is space for the guest fans, was significantly increased during the summer break before the 1999/2000 season, and the east stand was completely fastened and equipped with seats. In addition, a small standing room curve was created at the northeast corner of the stadium. During the 1999/2000 season, the north stand was further increased. After these renovations, the stadium held 10,300 spectators; The reason for the short-term loss of capacity was the conversion of the standing room in the east stand into seats.
Because of the architectural features of the stadium, expansion of the south and west stands was not possible or only possible with disproportionate financial expenditure (the clubhouse and the existing roofing were a hindrance), and a "VIP house" had already been built in the northwest In order to meet the requirements of the DFB, the north and east stands will be expanded after the successful 1999/2000 season. In addition, the south stand was extended by a curve to the west stand. The east grandstand was raised further and equipped with a prefabricated roof; the north stand was also raised and the curve to the east stand was completed at the same height. In the south, the newly built curve connected at right angles to the previously sloping structure of the west stand. Since these renovations, the stadium has offered 15,053 spectators and thus fully meets the requirements of the DFB.
Parking spaces were leveled in the vicinity of the stadium, the footpath and cycle path to and from the Fasanenpark S-Bahn station were expanded, and additional artificial and natural grass pitches were created to enable the Unterhaching game association to train more professionally. Further extensions such as an increase in the south stand were quickly shelved after the first team was relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga .
Around 15 years after the last major renovation, the stadium began to show signs of deterioration. After SpVgg Unterhaching was relegated to the Bavarian regional league , the east stand was initially closed in the 2015/16 season for reasons of insufficient audience participation and in order to save costs. At the beginning of the 2015/16 season, at the DFB-Pokal game against FSV Mainz 05, the Unterhaching community for the first time did not approve some blocks because of "settlements" and "stumbling blocks" in the northern part of the grandstand. In the relegation game for promotion to the 3rd division against SV Elversberg, only the southern half of the grandstand was released for the same reason. Even after the successful return of SpVgg to professional football, the Unterhaching community no longer opened the grandstand - according to a town hall spokesman, in order to ensure the safety of the spectators. After negotiations with the municipality, the grandstand was reopened in September 2018 after a self-financed renovation.
Since the 2017/18 season, SpVgg Unterhaching has officially endeavored to take over the stadium on a long-term lease from the Unterhaching municipality. Before the start of the 2018/19 round, the club laid a hybrid turf in the stadium at its own expense in order to guarantee better playability in the winter months.
Highlights
The first sold-out first division game in the sports park took place on the 4th match day of the 1999/2000 season when the Unterhaching game association received VfB Stuttgart . 10,300 spectators saw this game, which ended in a 2-0. In the second half of the same year, the two Munich derbies took place against TSV 1860 and FC Bayern . Originally, a move to the Munich Olympic Stadium was planned for these games , which would have enabled the club to attract 69,000 spectators at a time - the sponsor at the time, Erich Lejeune, made it possible for the club to stay in the home stadium , who paid the club “compensation”. In May 2000, the match association won at the Sportpark against Bayer 04 Leverkusen , which would have been enough to win the German championship with a draw, 2-0 through an own goal by Michael Ballack and a header by Markus Oberleitner . This enabled FC Bayern Munich to win the championship. The championship trophy, which the DFB had already brought to the sports park for possible handover to the Leverkusen team , was transported away from Unterhaching. The Spielvereinigung Unterhaching was considered strong at home and was able to hold the top division this year. In the 2000/01 season, victories against both Munich local rivals could be achieved; there were also sold out games in the stadium against Borussia Dortmund and Hamburger SV .
On July 17, 2008, the DFB hosted an official international match for the first time in the Unterhachinger Sportpark. In front of 9,185 spectators , the German women's national football team defeated England 3-0 in a preparatory game for the Beijing Olympic tournament.
On October 11, 2010, the DFB played another international match in Unterhaching. It was the men's German U-21 against the Ukraine U-21. The game ended 2-1 for Germany after goals from André Schürrle .
Characteristics
Even after the renovation, the sports park has some special features. Not every day are z. B. the two-story club house behind the south stand and the player tunnel that leads out onto the field under the south stand. A restaurant is operated in the club house, which also offers a beer garden in the immediate vicinity of the stadium when the weather is good. The guest team's bus is parked in the south-east curve, clearly visible from the stadium.
Public transportation
From Munich city center, the S-Bahn line 3 leads in the direction of Holzkirchen or Deisenhofen to the Fasanenpark station. From there a signposted, paved footpath leads to the stadium. The walk is about 15 minutes.
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ SpVgg Unterhaching. Retrieved on July 18, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Cracks in the grandstand concrete . In: https://www.merkur.de . May 31, 2017 ( merkur.de [accessed July 18, 2018]).
- ↑ 4500 seats in the stadium will be eliminated . In: https://www.merkur.de . July 15, 2017 ( merkur.de [accessed July 18, 2018]).
- ^ East stand reopened after two years. In: www.spvggunterhaching.de. Spvgg Unterhaching, September 14, 2018, accessed on March 19, 2019 .
- ^ Revolutionary stadium plan . In: https://www.merkur.de . October 7, 2017 ( merkur.de [accessed July 18, 2018]).
- ↑ New hybrid lawn in the Unterhaching sports park - . ( stadionwelt-business.de [accessed on July 18, 2018]).
- ↑ kicker, Nürnberg, Germany: MATCH REPORT: SpVgg Unterhaching - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 (1-0). Retrieved on July 18, 2018 (German).