- Address: Hennes-Weisweiler-Allee 1, Mönchengladbach
- Country: Germany
- Capacity: 54,000
- Opened: 30 July 2004
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Borussia Mönchengladbach (football)
Extra stadium info – Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK
The Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK is one of the largest stadiums by capacity in North Rhine-Westphalia. Its construction costs were €85 million. The stadium with standing places sometimes has an all-seated capacity of 46,000 for international matches. The national football team of Germany played their first match at the venue on 8 June 2005. The game between Germany and Russia ended in a 2-2 draw.
The FIFA Women’s World Cup
In 2011, the Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK was one of the nine FIFA Women’s World Cup venues. The first-ever FIFA Women’s World Cup match at the stadium took place on 29 June 2011. Brazil won the game against Australia 1-0 in front of a crowd of 27,000. The second game was won by Germany after defeating the French Republic in front of 45,000 fans. The third FIFA Women’s World Cup game at the Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK was a semi-final. The United States won the game against the French Republic. Japan won the tournament after beating the United States in a penalty shoot-out.
Football club Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach use the Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK for home games. The football club was founded in 1900. They drew an average attendance of 49,000 in 17 home games in their first-ever top-flight football league season at the venue. Borussia Mönchengladbach won the German top-flight football league in 1970 for the first time in their history. They won the league five times in the 1970s. Borussia Mönchengladbach also won the German cup tournament once in the 1970s.
Borussia Mönchengladbach versus Liverpool FC
Borussia Mönchengladbach also reached the final of the European championship for football clubs in the 1970s. They lost the match against the world-famous English side Liverpool FC 3-1. 52,000 people attended the match, which took place in the Italian city of Rome. Allan Rodenkam Simonsen, who played numerous matches for the national football team of Denmark, scored the only goal for in the final.
Borussia Mönchengladbach versus the Boca Juniors
In 1978, Borussia Mönchengladbach played their first-ever world championship match. The Argentine side Boca Juniors defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach in the two-legged tie of the world championship for football clubs that year. The first leg took place in the Argentine city of Buenos Aires. A crowd of 60,000 attended the first leg. The second leg took place in the German city of Karlsruhe. 38,000 spectators showed up for the second leg.
