- Address: Eugen-Salomon-Straße 1, Mainz
- Country: Germany
- Capacity: 34,000
- Opened: 3 July 2011
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Mainz 05 (football)
Extra stadium info – MEWA ARENA
The construction costs of the MEWA ARENA were €60 million. In 2014, the venue hosted its first-ever match for the national football team of Germany. The Germans won the game against Armenia 6-1. A crowd of 27,000 showed up for the match. Mario Götze was the only player who scored at least twice in the game. In 2019, the national football team of Germany also won their second game at the MEWA ARENA. They defeated Estonia 8-0 in that game.
Mainz 05 and Bayer Leverkusen
1. FSV Mainz 05, the first sports club from Mainz with 100,000 followers on its main social media pag, use the venue named MEWA ARENA for home games. The club was founded in 1905 under a different name. Mainz 05 is among the first German sports clubs with a value of at least $100 million. The first-ever German top-flight football league match at the MEWA ARENA took place on 7 August 2011. 1. FSV Mainz 05 won the game against Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0. 33,000 fans attended the match. In 2002, Bayer Leverkusen reached the final of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history. They lost the final against the Spanish side Real Madrid.
Sami Allagui
Sami Allagui scored the first Bundesliga goal at the MEWA ARENA. He played various matches for the national football team of Tunisia, the 12th national football team with an African championship title. Allagui was born in 1986. He played for the German football club Greuther Fürth before he signed with Mainz 05 in 2010. In 2012, Sami Allagui left 1. FSV Mainz 05. He signed with the German football club Hertha BSC that year.
The first Bundesliga season at the MEWA ARENA
Mainz 05 drew an average home attendance of 32,000 in their first-ever top-flight football league season at the MEWA ARENA. They finished 13th place in that Bundesliga season. 1. FSV Mainz 05 gathered 39 points in 34 German top-flight league games during that football season. Nine of those 34 games ended in a victory for Mainz 05. 12 of those 34 games ended in a draw.
