Heinz-Steyer-Stadion Explained

Stadium Name:Heinz-Steyer-Stadion
Former Names:Stadion am Ostragehege (1919-1944)
Location:Dresden, Germany
Coordinates:51.0608°N 13.7261°W
Built:1918
Owner:City of Dresden
Operator:City of Dresden
Tenants:Dresdner SC, Dynamo Dresden II, Dresden Monarchs
Seating Capacity:3,000 (before: 55,000 [only with extra made gantry-grandstand from steel])

The Heinz-Steyer-Stadion, in Dresden, Germany, is an association football, American football and athletics stadium currently used by the Dresdner SC and the Dresden Monarchs. It has a capacity of about 30,000 but is currently restricted to about 5,000 for football matches (although it had attendances of more than 50,000 people in the 1930s). It was also the first stadium of Dynamo Dresden. It was the venue for Dynamo's first Inter-Cities Fairs Cup match, against Rangers.

Clubs that use the stadium

International Association football matches

DateTime (MET)Team HomeFinal score (Halftime score)Team GuestVarietySpectators
14 June 195313:00 East Germany national football team0:0 (0:0) Goals scored: none - Television: Deutscher FernsehfunkBulgaria national football teamExhibition game - Referee: György Danko (HUN)55,000[1]
1 May 195914:00 East Germany national football team0:1 (0:1) Goals scored: Janos Göröcs (HUN) 59' - Television: Deutscher FernsehfunkHungary national football teamExhibition game - Referee: Leif Gulliksen (NOR)50,000[2]
14 October 196216:00 East Germany national football team3:2 (1:0) Goals scored: Günther Wirth (GDR) 6', Günter Schröter (GDR) 47', Emil Petru (ROU) 52', Emil Petru (ROU) 60', Rainer Nachtigall 62' - Television: Deutscher FernsehfunkRomania national football teamExhibition game - Referee: Mach (TCH)30,000[3]
16 April 196916:00 East Germany national football team2:1 (1:0) Goals scored: Wolfram Löwe (GDR) 31', Harold England (WAL) 57', Peter Rock (GDR) 89' - Television: Deutscher Fernsehfunk Wales national football team1970 FIFA World Cup qualification - Referee: Geluck (BEL)45.000[4]

International American football matches

National teams

The 2015 edition of the European Junior Championship of American football had its "final four" round held at Heinz Steyer Stadion.

Club teams

While the Dresden Monarchs usually move to the larger Rudolf Harbig Stadion for home games involving international opposition, they occasionally host foreign visitors in Heinz Steyer Stadion as well.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alle Länderspiele der DDR- Auswahl . 2010-09-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091206101305/http://www.fussball-ddr.de/Uebersichten/Laenderspiele.htm . 2009-12-06 .
  2. Web site: Alle Länderspiele der DDR- Auswahl . 2010-09-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091206101305/http://www.fussball-ddr.de/Uebersichten/Laenderspiele.htm . 2009-12-06 .
  3. Web site: Alle Länderspiele der DDR- Auswahl . 2010-09-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091206101305/http://www.fussball-ddr.de/Uebersichten/Laenderspiele.htm . 2009-12-06 .
  4. Web site: Fussball-DDR.de . 2010-09-18 . dead . https://archive.today/20120802101020/http://www.fussball-ddr.de/Ergebnisse/LS/082.htm . 2012-08-02 .