B Leverkusen - BayArena

Stadium Information

The BayArena is the home ground of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen since 1958.

The stadium was originally known as Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion, named after a former chairman of Bayer AG, the club's founders. In 1986 the stadium began a rebuild and was completed in 1997, making the stadium an ultramodern all-seater with a capacity of 22,500. The stadium was renamed BayArena in 1998.

The city of Leverkusen originally bid to become a venue for the 2006 World Cup, with an expanded BayArena as the site. However, the city and the German organizing committee soon agreed that expanding BayArena to the FIFA-mandated minimum 40,000 capacity for World Cup matches would not be practical, and the city withdrew its bid.

Capacity: 22,500

Floodlights: 1,600 lux

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