Stadion der Freundschaft ("Stadium of Friendship";
Lower Sorbian
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: ''Stadion pśijaśelstwa'') is a
football
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stadium
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in
Cottbus
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, Germany. The stadium's official name is
LEAG
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Energie Stadion. It is the home ground of
FC Energie Cottbus
FC Energie Cottbus (Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons i ...
, originally opened in 1930, has a capacity of 22,528.
It is the largest stadium in the city, followed by 4,999-capacity Max-Reimann-Stadion.
See also
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List of football stadiums in Germany
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Lists of stadiums
The following are lists of stadiums throughout the world. Note that horse racing and motorsport venues are not included at some pages, because those are not stadiums but sports venues.
Combined lists
*List of stadiums by capacity
* List of c ...
References
FC Energie Cottbus
Freundschaft
Buildings and structures in Cottbus
Sports venues in Brandenburg
Sports venues completed in 1930
1930 establishments in Germany
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