Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion

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Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion

Location	Dresden, Germany
Opened	June 16, 1923
Closed	Open
Owner	City of Dresden
Operator	Eigenbetrieb Sportstätten- und Bäderbetrieb Dresden
Surface	Grass
Former names	Illgenkampfbahn, Dynamo-Stadium
Tenants	Dynamo Dresden
Capacity	23,940 (expanding to 32,400 by 2009)

Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion is a completely football (soccer) stadium in Dresden, Saxony.

1 History
2 Floodlights and scoreboard
3 Clubs that used the stadium
4 Admission prices for Dynamo Dresden games (2007)
5 International Matches
6 See also
7 External links
8 References

[edit] History

The stadium was completed on June 16, 1923 at a cost of 500,000 German reichsmark allocated for the expansion of the existing Illgenkampfbahn centrally located in the inner city. The football club Dresdensia was the first organization to use the new facility.

In 1953, the Sportvereinigung Dynamo took over the stadium and on September 23, 1953, the stadium was re-named for athlete Rudolf Harbig. In the summer of 1971, it was renamed Dynamo-Stadion for the football club Dynamo Dresden which used the stadium as its home ground. The capacity of the stadium was twice expanded: to 36,000 in 1976 and then to 38,500 in 1980. The current capacity is approximately 23,940 seats (220 roofed and 10,670 open). Due to building work in progress at the moment, current capacity is limited to just under 10,000. The usual capacity is often lowered where there are security concerns.

In 1990, the stadium was upgraded to meet DFB (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) and FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association or International Federation of Association Football) standards and the national building code. This included improved security measures to help protect players and referees. Benches have been replaced by individual seats and the pitch was re-sodded, the first time since 1956 that the playing surface has been renewed with the €375,000 cost being borne by the city of Dresden. That same year, the facility was again named for Rudolf Harbig. Currently it is used primarily for football matches and still serves as the home of Dynamo Dresden.

The first and only concert staged at the venue was a Wolfgang Petry show on July 17, 1999 with about 5,000 people in attendance.

Since January 1, 1992, the stadium has been under the control of the City of Dresden in order to protect the site should Dynamo Dresden ever face financial problems. On May 9, 2007, German sports magazine kicker reported that an agreement has been reached with the City to finance the complete renovation of the stadium into a modern 32,400-seat arena by 2009.

[edit] Floodlights and scoreboard

The new floodlights, nicknamed "Giraffes", were first used during a match involving the GDR's national football team. They were built by PGH Electro-Construction Dresden. The four floodlight pylons have a height of 60 meters, an incline of 20 degrees, and a weight of 60 tons. Each mast has six stages, which are equipped with 26 x 6.7 lux floodlights. On Dec. 3rd, 2007, the demolition began. Dresden hasn't got 2-billion € for moving these 4 into the new right for the new Dynamo-Stadium. The electric scoreboard was first used on July 6, 1979 during a match between Dynamo Dresden and 1. FC Magdeburg. It is made up of over 4,333 lamps, and is driven by a computer. The custom software was developed in 1994.

[edit] Clubs that used the stadium

SS - Sport of Dresden^[1]
SSV Dresden (football)
Police Sport Club Elbe (football)
Technische Universität Dresden Sport Club
Business sport general place health insurance company Saxony r.a. (soccer)
Dynamo supporters r.a. (soccer)

[edit] Admission prices for Dynamo Dresden games (2007)

Area	Yearly-card	Day-ticket
Seat	180,00 euro	13,00 euro
Reduced-price ticket	150,00 euro	10,00 euro
Seat block A+B	210,00 euro	14,00 euro
Seat member	170,00 euro	-
Standing room	125,00 euro	8,00 euro
Standing room child	60,00 euro	4,00 euro
Standing room member	115,00 euro	-

[edit] International Matches

Date	Time (MET)	Team Home	Final score (Stand at halftime)	Team Guest	Variety	Spectators
1953-06-14		GDR	0:0 (0:0)	Bulgaria	friendly match	.*
1959-05-01		GDR	0:1 (0:1)	Hungary	friendly match	.*
1962-04-16		GDR	2:1 (1:0)	Wales	FIFA world cup qualifier	.*
1969-09-03		Dynamo Dresden	2:3 (?:?)	GDR	friendly match	.*
1970-11-11		GDR	1:0 (0:0)	Netherlands	European champ. qual.	.*
1972-10-07		GDR	5:0 (0:0)	Finland	European champ. qual.	.*
1974-03-27		GDR	1:0 (1:0) - Goal: 1:0 Joachim Streich (13.)	Czechoslovakia	friendly match; referee: Valentin Lipatov (URS)	13.000
1976-11-17		GDR	1:1 (1:1) - Goals: 1:0 Peter Kotte (3., Penalty) and 1:1 Cemil Turan (31.)	Turkey	FIFA world cup qualifier; referee: Patrick Partridge (ENG)	18.000
1983-02-23		GDR	2:1 (2:1) - Goals: 1:0 Hans Richter (18.), 1:1 Christos Ardizoglou (30.) and 2:1 Joachim Streich (33.)	Greece	friendly match; referee: Gregr (TCH)	8.000
1989-03-22		GDR	1:1 (0:1) - Goals: 0:1 Mika Lipponen (29.) and 1:1 Andreas Trautmann (54.)	Finland	friendly match; referee: Jozef Marko (TCH)	14.000
1992-10-14	20:15	Germany	1:1 (0:0)	Mexico	friendly match	27.000
2006-07-17	19:00	Germany	44:0 (21:0)	Czech Republic	American football friendly match	2.100