SubscribeA definitive guide to the Franken-Stadion in Nuremberg, one of the 12 stadiums that will be hosting the premier sporting event in Germany this summer, the FIFA World Cup 2006. Including images, statistics, stadium facts and fixtures for the Football World Cup arena.
The Frankenstadion was inaugurated in 1928 in Nuremberg, and is the tournament's smallest venue. In 1991 it recived its current name, before that it was known simply as the, Urban Stadium. During the World-Cup Finals the stadium will be knows as "FIFA World Cup Stadium Nuernberg": On March 14 2006, the stadium was renamed for a period of five years in "easyCredit-Stadion", after a financing product of the German bank Norisbank AG.
Stats/Info:
Stadium name: The Franken-Stadion
Capacity: 36,000
Year of Construction: 1923
Club: FC Nurnberg
World Cup 2006 Fixtures:
Sun 11 June (1700): Mexico v Iran (Gp D)
Thu 15 June (1700): England v Trinidad & Tobago (Gp B)
Sun 18 June (1400): Japan v Croatia (Gp F)
Thu 22 June (2000): Ghana v USA (Gp E)
Sun 25 June (2000): 2nd round (1st Gp D v 2nd Gp C)