Coface Arena

Coface Arena
Location	Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Coordinates	49°59′3″N 8°13′27″E / 49.98417°N 8.22417°E / 49.98417; 8.22417Coordinates: 49°59′3″N 8°13′27″E / 49.98417°N 8.22417°E / 49.98417; 8.22417
Opened	2011
Owner	GVG
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	60 Mio €
Architect	agn Niederberghaus & Partner
Capacity	34,034 (19,700 seated)
Tenants
1. FSV Mainz 05

Coface Arena is a multi-purpose stadium in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany that was opened in 2011. It will be used for football matches and will host the home matches of the German Bundesliga side Mainz 05. The stadium will have a capacity of 34,034 people and will replace their current stadium, Stadion am Bruchweg. The architecture of the new stadium will resemble the design of traditional English football stadiums with their high stands.

Ligatotal!-Cup 2011

As a way to celebrate the opening of the new stadium, FSV Mainz 05 (and the coface-Arena) were the hosts of the Ligatotal!-cup 2011, which is a short pre-season tournament. They invited the champions Borussia Dortmund, Hamburger SV and Bayern Munich. Dortmund won the tournament, Mainz was last after losing to Bayern Munich in the third place play-off.

The first league goal scored in the new arena was scored by Tunisian International Sami Allagui for FSV Mainz 05 against Bayer Leverkusen on August 7, 2011.

External links

• Official Website (German)
• Stadium picture
• Announcement of naming rights deal
• Facts and data at worldfootball.net(German, English, Spanish)