Red Bull Arena (Salzburg)

The Red Bull Arena is a football stadium in Salzburg, Wals-Siezenheim. It is the home ground of F.C. Red Bull Salzburg and FC Liefering. During the Euro 2008 football championship it was one of four venues in Austria. It has a capacity of 30,188. 

History
The arena was built in 2003 and opened on March 8th, 2003 with a match between SV Austria Salzburg vs. FC Kärnten. The score was 1-1. It replaced the Stadion Lehen. The building is not in the city of Salzburg but in the neighbouring borough of Wals-Siezenheim. For international matches the ground is called "EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim". The architects were Schuster Architekten (Düsseldorf) and Atelier Albert Wimmer (Wien). In 2005 two video boards were erected.

At this time the capacity was around 18,000 but was expanded to over 30,000 in 2006 because the ground was used for the Euro 2008. A second balcony was built. The new stadium was presented with a match against Arsenal F.C., in which Red Bull Salzburg won 1-0. After the Euro it was decided, despite of neighbour protests, that this balcony should stay for further use by Red Bull Salzburg. The stadium was the only one in Austria with an artificial turf, but since 2010 the arena has switched to natural grass. FC Red Bull Salzburg play their games here, which was rented from another owner. Therefore, the stadium is indirectly owned by the state of Salzburg.
Notable matches
Matches during the Euro 2008
Date Match Result   10 Juny 2008  Greece vs. Sweden  0:2 14 Juny2008  Greece vs. Russia  0:1 18 Juny 2008  Greece vs. Spain 1:2

Friendlys
Date Match Result   18 January 2014  RB Salzburg vs. FC Bayern München   3:0 28 July 2021  RB Salzburg vs. Atletico Madrid   1:0 4 August 2021  RB Salzburg vs. CF Barcelona   2:1 27 July 2022  RB Salzburg vs. Liverpool FC   1:0

International matches
Date Match Result   2011  FC Salzburg gegen Paris SG   2:0 17. August 2021   RB Salzburg vs. Brøndby IF   2:1 8. Dezember 2021   RB Salzburg vs. FC Sevilla   1:0
League matches
Date Match Result   23 March 2008 RB Salzburg vs. SK Rapid Wien 0:7 29 September 2013   RB Salzburg vs. SC Wiener Neustadt   8:1 10 August 2014   RB Salzburg vs. SV Grödig  8:0

Gallery

Other websites

References

Category:Football stadiums in Austria
Category:Salzburg
Category:Football stadiums in Salzburg (state)
Category:2003 establishments in Europe
Category:2000s establishments in Austria