Fritz Walter Stadion

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Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Betze or Betzenberg

Full name	Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Location
Built	1920
Opened	1920
Owner	Fritz-Walter-Stadion GmbH
Tenants	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Capacity	48,500

The Fritz Walter Stadion is the home to the Second Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern, and is located in the city of Kaiserslautern. It was also one of the stadiums to be used in the 2006 World Cup. Named after Fritz Walter the captain of the Germany national football team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup or the "Legend of Bern", who also played for the club throughout his career. The Stadium was built on the Betzenberg Hill, hence its nickname "Betze", and was opened in 1920.

[edit] Renovation

Fritz-Walter-Stadion in Kaiserslautern

In preparation for the FIFA World Cup 2006 renovation of the stadium took place from 2002 on. Before its 2002 renovation, the stadium had a capacity of 38,500. 18,600 of those were standing. With the renovation the capacity has been increased to 48,500, of which 16,363 are standing. The expansion also included a new floodlight system and a media center. The cost of the expansion was 76,5 million Euros.

[edit] 2006 FIFA World Cup

The stadium was one of the venues for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

The following games were played at the stadium during the World Cup of 2006:

Date	Time(CET)	Team #1	Res.	Team #2	Round	Spectators
2006-06-12	15.00	Australia	3-1	Japan	Group F	46,000
2006-06-17	21.00	Italy	1-1	United States	Group E	46,000
2006-06-20	21.00	Paraguay	2-0	Trinidad and Tobago	Group B	46,000
2006-06-23	16.00	Saudi Arabia	0-1	Spain	Group H	46,000
2006-06-26	17.00	Italy	1-0	Australia	Round of 16	46,000