- Address: An der Wuhlheide 263, Berlin
- Country: Germany
- Capacity: 22,000
- Opened: 7 August 1920
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: 1. FC Union (football)
Extra stadium info – Stadion An der Alten Försterei
The venue named Stadion An der Alten Försterei is also known as a venue for concerts. In 1920, the stadium opened with a football match. 1. FC Union Berlin, also known as Die Eisernen (The Iron Ones), use the venue for home games. The club was founded in 1906. 1. FC Union and Hertha BSC became the first football clubs from Berlin with 100,000 followers on their main social media page. Both clubs played numerous matches in the German top-flight football league. Hertha, nicknamed Die Alte Dame, were crowned German football champions twice in the 1930s. They also played several German cup finals.
The German cup tournament
On 26 May 2001, 1. FC Union Berlin played their first-ever German cup final. They reached the final after beating Borussia Mönchengladbach, also known as Die Fohlen (The Foals), in a penalty shoot-out. 1. FC Union lost the German cup final in 2001. FC Schalke 04 won the game, which took place in Berlin in front of 73,000 spectators. The club from Gelsenkirchen won the German cup final twice before they faced 1. FC Union Berlin in the final. Jörg Böhme scored twice in the German cup final between 1. FC Union and FC Schalke 04. Böhme played several matches for the national football team of Germany before he ended his professional football career with Arminia Bielefeld in 2008.
The UEFA Champions League
In 2023, 1. FC Union Berlin were qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time in their history. They were qualified for the European championship for football clubs after a 1-0 home win against Werder Bremen. 1. FC Union drew an average home attendance of 21,000 during that German top-flight football league season. On 3 October 2023, 1. FC Union played their first-ever UEFA Champions League group game. The match took place in Berlin in front of a crowd of 73,000. Sheraldo Becker, who was born in the Netherlands in 1995, scored twice for 1. FC Union in the game. The Portuguese side Sporting Clube de Braga won the match.
