WWK Arena
Sign in to saveAlso known as Augsburg Arena, Impuls Arena, SGL Arena, FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Stadium, Augsburg, FIFA Women's World Cup Stadium, Augsburg
football stadium
Key facts
- Former names
- Augsburg Arena (2006–2009), Impuls Arena (2009–2011), SGL Arena (2011–2015)
- Location
- Augsburg , Germany
- Owner
- FC Augsburg
- Capacity
- 30,660 (league matches), 28,367 (international matches)
- Surface
- grass
- Opened
- 26 July 2009
- Construction cost
- €45 million
- Architect
- Bernhard & Kögl
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- association football venue
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Augsburg
- Owned by
- FC Augsburg
- Operator
- FC Augsburg
- Sport
- association football
- Image
- Impuls Arena Augsburg 2011.jpg
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- surface played on
- lawn
- Commons category
- Impuls Arena
- maximum capacity
- 30660
- Commons gallery
- WWK ARENA
- date of official opening
- 2009-07-26
- inception
- 2009-07-26
- capital cost
- 45000000
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Encyclopedic overview
Augsburg Arena, currently known commercially as the WWK Arena ( German pronunciation: [ˌveːveːˈkaː ʔaˌʁeːnaː]; officially stylised as WWK ARENA, also "Schwabenstadion"), is a football stadium in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of FC Augsburg.
The stadium has a capacity of 30,660 with 19,060 seats and standing room for 11,034. A second phase of construction could expand capacity to 49,000 in the future. It replaced the club's previous home stadium, Rosenaustadion. FC Augsburg played their first match in the new stadium in 2009
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