SubscribeA definitive guide to Stuttgart's Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, 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 stadium was built in 1933 to designs by German architect Paul Bonatz. The Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion is a stadium located in Stuttgart, and before 1993 it was called Neckarstadion, named after the river Neckar. After a period of refurbishment in the late 1980s and early 1990s, The stadium hosted the country's first international as a reunified country in 1990.
Stats/Info:
Stadium name: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Capacity: 47,000
Year of Construction: 1933
Club: VfB Stuttgart
Killer Fact:
World Cup 2006 Fixtures:
Tue 13 June (1700): France v Switzerland (Gp G)
Fri 16 June (1700): Holland v Ivory Coast (Gp C)
Mon 19 June (2000): Spain v Tunisia (Gp H)
Thu 22 June (2000): Croatia v Australia (Gp F)
Sun 25 June (1600): 2nd round (1st Gp B v 2nd Gp A)
Sat 8 July (2000): 3rd/4th place play-off
