RheinEnergie Stadion, Football stadium in Müngersdorf, Germany
RheinEnergie Stadion is a football stadium in the Müngersdorf district of Cologne and offers seating for more than 46,000 spectators across four double-deck stands beneath a continuous steel roof. The structure features four prominent corner entrances that link the upper and lower tiers and give the building a clear geometric form.
The first stadium on the site opened on 16 September 1923 as part of Sportpark Müngersdorf, built on land freed by the Treaty of Versailles. A 1974 World Cup rebuild was abandoned over cost, and a cheaper 61,000-seat arena opened on 12 November 1975 with a 3-0 win for 1. FC Köln over Fortuna Köln. The current football-only ground was rebuilt in stages from 20 December 2001 and completed on 31 January 2004 at a cost of 117.5 million euros.
The venue takes its name from a regional energy provider and connects commercial partnerships with local football tradition. On match days supporters gather in the surrounding streets and turn the area into a meeting point for fans from across the region.
The stadium is part of Sportpark Müngersdorf on Aachener Straße, about 1,200 m from the A1 motorway via the Cologne beltway. Stadtbahn line 1 stops at RheinEnergieStadion. The north stand houses a museum on 1. FC Köln, and the pitch is lit by floodlights for evening matches.
The north stand holds a museum devoted to 1. FC Köln. The stadium also hosted the 2020 UEFA Europa League final behind closed doors, where Sevilla beat Inter Milan 3-2; for that match it was called Stadion Köln.
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