page_title: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
section_title: Football
hierarchical_section_title: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark / Use of the site / Football
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Skulptur,"Fußballspieler" von Mario Moschi, 1936, Cantianstraße 24, Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, Deutschland English: Sculpture, "Fußballspieler" by Mario Moschi, 1936, Cantianstraße 24, Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, Germany
context_page_description: The Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark is a multi-purpose sports complex located in the western part of the locality of Prenzlauer Berg in the borought of Pankow in Berlin. The sports complex covers an area of approximately 22 hectares and comprises several facilities. The main building is the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion. The stadium is the third-largest stadium in Berlin, after the Olympiastadion and the Stadion An der Alten Försterei, with a capacity of approximately 20,000 seats, of which 15,000 are convered. BFC Dynamo is currently the main tenant of the stadium, following its 2014 advance to the Regionalliga Nordost. Other tenants are VSG Altglienicke and Berlin Adler. Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark was the venue for the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships.
context_section_description: The Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadium was the home ground of army sponsored FC Vorwärts Berlin and its predecessors from 1953. ASK Vorwärts Berlin, and then FC Vorwärts Berlin, was one of the strongest football teams in East Germany in the 1960s. ASK Vorwärts Berlin hosted Glasgow Rangers at the stadium in the 1961–62 European Cup.
  The stadium was taken over by BFC Dynamo when FC Vorwärts Berlin was relocated to Frankfurt an der Oder in 1971. BFC Dynamo played its home matches at the stadium until 1992, with the exception of the 1986-87 season, when the stadium was under renovation.
  BFC Dynamo celebrated nine of its ten DDR-Oberliga titles in the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadium and played most of its home matches in the European competitions at the stadium. BFC Dynamo hosted teams such  Red Star Belgrade, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, Hamburger SV, AS Roma, FC Aberdeen, Werder Bremen and AS Monaco at the stadium during the 1970s and 1980s. The main stand of the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion was frequently visited by the president of SV Dynamo Erich Mielke during the East German era. Erich Mielke was a football enthusiast who barely missed a home match of BFC Dynamo.
  The East Germany national football team played ten international matches at the stadium from 1971 to 1990. The friendly match between East Germany and Belgium on 13 Match 1974 set the attendance record for the stadium with 30,000 spectators. East Germany won the match 1-0 with a goal by Joachim Streich. In addition, three finals of the FDGB-Pokal were played at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion, in 1965, 1990 and 1991.
  The final of the Berlin Cup has been held at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion every season since 1995. The stadium has been used by various clubs in Berlin since German reunification. Hertha BSC II has occationally used the stadium, when its own stadium could not be used due to a high number of spectators expected or for security reasons. Hertha BSC played its opening matches in the  of the 1992-93 2. Bundesliga season at the stadium.  Hertha BSC also played its match against FK Moscow in the semi finals of the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup and has played several matches in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Europa League at the stadium, most recently against Brøndby IF in the third qualifying round of the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League. Hertha won the match 1-0 and the stadium was sold out with 18,454 specators. 1. FC Union Berlin used the stadium for its home matches against FC Haka and PFC Litex Lovech in the 2001-02 UEFA Cup at the stadium, as the Stadion an der Alten Försterei did not meet UEFA safety requirements.
  The following teams have temporarily used the stadium as home ground since the 1990s:
  Berliner AK 07 (then known as Berlin Ankaraspor Kulübü 07) in the 2006-07 NOFV-Oberliga Nord.
  Türkiyemspor Berlin in the 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 Regionalliga Nord and the 2011-12 NOFV-Oberliga Nord, as the Willy-Kressmann-Stadion did not meet the safety reuirement of the German Football Association (DFB).
  1. FC Union Berlin in the 2008-09 3. Liga, as the Stadion an der Alten Försterei was under renovation.
  1. FC Union Berlin II in the 2012-13 and 2013-14 Regionalliga Nordost.
  The Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark was chosen as the venue for the 2015 UEFA Women's Champions League Final. The final was played between 1. FFC Frankfurt and Paris Saint-Germain on 14 May 2015. 1. FFC Frankfurt defeated Paris-Saint German with 2-1. The stadium was sold out and the match was attended 17,147 spectators, including Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and UEFA President Michel Platini.
caption: The sculpture "Footballplayer" by Mario Moschi from 1936 in the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark.
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