{{Short description|Football stadium in Rostock, Germany}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox venue | name = Ostseestadion | image = Ostsee Stadion.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Ostseestadion in June 2014 | fullname = Ostseestadion | former_names = Ostseestadion (1954-2007)<br />DKB-Arena (2007-2015) | location = Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | broke_ground = 1953 | opened = 27 June 1954<br />4 August 2001 (newly built stadium)<ref>[http://www.fc-hansa.de/fakten.html] http://www.fc-hansa.de/fakten.html</ref> | renovated = 1991<br />April 2000-August 2001 | expanded = | owner = Ostseestadion GmbH & Co. KG | operator = Ostseestadion GmbH & Co. KG | surface = Grass | cost = 55 million DM (2000-2001) | architect = Beyer + Partner, Rostock | capacity = 17,000 (1954)<br />25,500 (1991 expansion)<br />29,000 (2001 expansion) <br /> 25,000 (seating) | dimensions = 105m x 68m | tenants = F.C. Hansa Rostock<br />Germany national football team (selected matches) }}
The '''Ostseestadion''' is the home stadium of FC Hansa Rostock, a German association football club, located in the city of Rostock. It has a capacity of 29,000.
"Ostseestadion" translates in English to "Baltic Sea Stadium", and is named after the Baltic Sea, whose coast Rostock lies upon. Ostseestadion is the original name of the stadium, but on 2 July 2007, Hansa Rostock sold the naming rights for the following 10 years to Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB), hence the new official name became "DKB Arena". In 2015, the club announced that the stadium was to regain its original name, and that the DKB had allowed an early renaming of the stadium and agreed to end the naming contract in advance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fc-hansa.de/news/dkb-ermoeglicht-vorzeitige-umbenennung-hafen-der-kogge-heisst-wieder-ostseestadion.html |title=DKB ermöglicht vorzeitige Umbenennung - Hafen der Kogge heißt wieder Ostseestadion |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=13 May 2015 |website=fc-hansa.de |publisher=F.C. Hansa Rostock e.V. |language=German |access-date=2 August 2015 |quote=}}</ref>
==Location== thumb|left|Aerial view of the Ostseestadion. The Ostseestadion is located in the German city of Rostock in the state of Mecklenburg - Western Pomerania. Within Rostock, it is situated not far from the city centre in the ''Hansaviertel'' part of town near several hospitals of the University of Rostock and a small forest called ''Barnstorfer Wald'''. Moreover, an ice hockey stadium as well as several training pitches of Hansa Rostock are just adjacent to the Ostseestadion.
The stadium can be reached easily from all parts of Rostock by public transport, using buses (stop ''Ostseestadion'') or the S-Bahn (stop ''Holbeinplatz''). Public transport is free with a valid ticket for a home match three hours before and two hours after the actual match.
==History== The stadium was newly built in 2001 on the site of a former stadium built in 1954. At the end of the 1960s a new 700 lux lighting system was added, which is still in use today.
==Seating== thumb|right|250px|Interior in 2007 The total capacity of 29,000 places includes 1000 "business seats" as well as a standing capacity of 9,000. During international matches the 9,000 standing places can be turned into 5,000 seats thus allowing for an audience of 25,000. Moreover, there are 26 business lounges for premium partners and sponsors.
==Internationals== {| border="0" style="width:400px;" |- bgcolor="#dddddd" | colspan="4" | 26 September 1954 |- bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | 20px GDR || – || 20px Poland || 0–1 (0–1) |- bgcolor="#dddddd" | colspan="4" | 29 June 1958 |- bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | 20px GDR || – || 20px Poland || 1–1 |- bgcolor="#dddddd" | colspan="4" | 30 October 1960 |- bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | 20px GDR || – || 20px Finland || 5–1 |- bgcolor="#dddddd" | colspan="4" | {{0}}9 July 1967 |- bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | 20px GDR || – || 20px Egypt || 7–0 |- bgcolor="#dddddd" | colspan="4" | {{0}}6 September 1970 |- bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | 20px GDR || – || 20px Poland || 5–0 |- bgcolor="#dddddd" | colspan="4" | 31 May 1972 |- bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | 20px GDR || – || 20px Uruguay || 0–0 |- bgcolor="#dddddd" | colspan="4" | 23 May 1974 |- bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | 20px GDR || – || 20px Norway || 1–0 |- bgcolor="#dddddd" | colspan="4" | {{0}}7 May 1980 |- bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | 20px GDR || – || 20px Soviet Union || 2–2 |- bgcolor="#dddddd" | colspan="4" | 27 March 2002 |- bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | 20px Germany || – || 20px United States|| 4–2 (1–1) |- bgcolor="#dddddd" | colspan="4" | {{0}}7 October 2006 |- bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | 20px Germany || – || 20px Georgia || 2–0 (1–0) |}
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Ostseestadion.JPG|Main entrance File:Ostseestadion-VIP-Eingang.jpg|Rear entrance File:Ostseestadion-Spielerbank.jpg|Interior File:Ostsee Stadion 2.jpg|Ostseestadion in April 2016 File:DKB-Arena-Logo.svg|Logo as ''DKB-Arena'' </gallery>
==See also== *List of football stadiums in Germany *Lists of stadiums
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Ostseestadion}} * http://www.dkb-arena-rostock.de official page * http://www.fc-hansa.de F.C. Hansa Rostock club page
{{F.C. Hansa Rostock}} {{3. Liga venues}}
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