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HDI Arena

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Hannover vs SSV Ulm
Sat 07 Dec 2024 12:00

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Capacity
49,000

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Country
Germany

Location
Hanover, Germany

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Upcoming

07 Dec	Hannover	-	SSV Ulm		12:00pm
22 Dec	Hannover	-	Hertha		12:30pm
26 Jan	Hannover	-	Preußen Mü		12:30pm
08 Feb	Hannover	-	Fortuna Düs		12:00am
22 Feb	Hannover	-	Paderborn		12:00am
08 Mar	Hannover	-	Eintracht Br		12:00am
29 Mar	Hannover	-	Magdeburg		12:00am

Past Events

23 Nov	Hannover	1 - 2	Darmstadt
14 Nov	Hannover	2 - 2	Magdeburg
02 Nov	Hannover	2 - 1	Karlsruhe
19 Oct	Hannover	1 - 0	Schalke 04
10 Oct	Hannover	-	SV Babelsber
29 Sep	Hannover	2 - 0	FC Nürnberg
14 Sep	Hannover	3 - 1	Kaiserslaute

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The Niedersachsenstadion (Eng: Lower Saxony Stadium) is a football stadium in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, which is home to Bundesliga football club Hannover 96.

The original 86,000 capacity stadium was completed in 1954 and has since been rebuilt several times for various major football events. Today it has 49,000 covered seats. During the World Cup 2006 the stadium was named FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hanover.

Through a sponsorship deal, the stadium's official name is currently HDI-Arena . Between 2002 and 2013 a similar arrangement saw the stadium renamed as the AWD-Arena .

The stadium was built between 1952–1954, with an original capacity of 86,000. Huge amounts of debris from the houses in Hannover destroyed during World War II were used as the foundations of the stadium, with a total construction cost of 4 million Deutschmark. The stadium officially opened on 26 September 1954.

Hannover 96 moved permanently to the stadium from the Eilenriedestadion in 1959. Other local clubs, such as Arminia Hannover, OSV Hannover, TSV Havelse and Sportfreunde Ricklingen have also played matches there. In addition, the stadium has hosted numerous international matches, 4 (old) league championship games (1955,57,58,61), 2 DFB Supercup finals (1991–92) and 8 DFB Cup finals (1962, 63, 65, 70, 72, 75, 77, 79).

From 2002 to 2013 the stadium carried the name of sponsor AWD.

On 17 November 2015, the stadium was due to host an international friendly between Germany and the Netherlands. However, the match was postponed two hours before kick off following reports of a "concrete security threat" and "intention to ignite explosives". The stadium and surrounding areas were evacuated, though no explosives were found.


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