FIFA World Cup Leipzig Stadium

The “old” Zentralstadion, which opened in 1956, was once the largest stadium in Germany, with a capacity of 100,000.

In October 1997, the city council of Leipzig decided to construct a new purpose-built football stadium within the old stadium walls.

Construction work began in November 2000.

EMKA Immobilien Beteiligungs-GmbH has been the owner of the stadium since 10 January 2001.

Construction was completed in early 2004

The new Leipzig Zentralstadion will be one of the venues for the FIFA Confederations Cup from 15 to 29 June 2005

On 17 November 2004, 16 years after the last international match in Leipzig, Germany took on Cameroon here

Financing:
€63.2m from the city (with aid from the federal government), €27.4m from EMKA GmbH.

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