Red Bull Arena

Name: Red Bull Arena
Address: Am Sportforum 3, Leipzig, Leipzig, DE
Telephone: +49341124797777

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Red Bull Arena is RB Leipzig’s home football stadium at Am Sportforum in Leipzig’s Zentrum-Nordwest, beside Arena Leipzig and Festwiese.

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Red Bull Arena — Packed stands and pitch during a football match

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Red Bull Arena — A portrait view of the stadium pitch and match

Red Bull Arena — The stadium interior during a cup final ceremony

Red Bull Arena — The pitch and stands during a stadium opening ceremony

Red Bull Arena — The stadium's curved exterior facade and entrance ramps

Red Bull Arena — The stadium exterior seen across a street and parking area

Red Bull Arena — The arena facade behind trees and parked cars

Red Bull Arena — The stadium's broad front facade across a parking area

Why go

Eastern Germany’s largest football stadium.
The only stadium in former East Germany to host 2006 World Cup matches, with four group games and a round-of-16 match.
Host of the 2026 UEFA Conference League final.
Euro 2024 matches at the Stade de Leipzig.
Its pitch won the DFL Pitch of the Year award for 2023/24, for the second time.

The hall

Domestic competitions (August 2021 configuration): 47,069 seats
International matches (August 2021 configuration): 42,600 seats

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For European matches, UEFA sponsorship rules require the names RB Arena or Leipzig Arena.
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) - Wikipedia
32 blocks
The stands have 32 blocks on the lower tier and 22 on the upper tier.
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) - Wikipedia
80 metres
The grass area measures 120 × 80 metres; the playing pitch measures 105 × 68 metres.
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) - Wikipedia
1.5 million
The original stadium’s stands incorporated 1.5 million cubic metres of rubble from war ruins.
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) - Wikipedia

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History

The original Zentralstadion combined a football pitch with an athletics track. After falling into disuse, it became too costly for Leipzig to maintain.

1956The original Zentralstadion opened with capacity for 100,000 spectators.
1992–1995VfB Leipzig played here while Bruno-Plache-Stadion was in poor condition.
2000–2004The new stadium was built within the original stadium’s exterior.
16–17 July 2004The rebuilt stadium officially reopened during an international football tournament.
2010The stadium became Red Bull Arena on 1 July; RB Leipzig moved its home matches here from Markranstädt.

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2015Renovation expanded press and VIP areas.
September 2019Expansion and renovation work began.
August 2021Capacity increased for domestic competitions.

How to get there

TramTrams 3/3E, 4, 7, 8 and 15 connect Leipzig Central Station to the stadium.
TramFor RB Leipzig matches, special trams 51 and 56 connect park-and-ride sites directly to the stadium.

Sources: Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) - Wikipedia · Leipzig - Wikivoyage (do) · Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) - Wikipedia · Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) - Wikipedia · Red Bull Arena: how it describes itself (its ow… · checked 10 Oct 2026

Where

Am Sportforum 3, Leipzig

Website: rbleipzig.com/
Phone: +49341124797777

Questions and answers

When was the first match in the completed Red Bull Arena?

On 7 March 2004, FC Sachsen Leipzig lost 1–0 to Borussia Dortmund’s reserve team.

How did Germany’s first match at Red Bull Arena finish?

Germany beat Cameroon 3–0 on 17 November 2004.

Has Red Bull Arena hosted a record-breaking event?

The closing service of the 2008 Deutscher Evangelischer Posaunentag set a world record for the largest brass ensemble.

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