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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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