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Leipzig Stadium, or Zentralstadion, is the largest football arena in the former East Germany, with a crowd capacity of just over 40,000 for international games.

Also known by its corporate ownership name as the Red Bull Arena, the venue is home to Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, which, in 2010, took over the club naming rights following Red Bull’s takeover of the former Leipzig team, SSV Markranstadt.

The stadium is still referred to as the Zentralstadion by many fans. In 1956, the first Zentralstadion opened and was one of the biggest stadiums in Europe at the time, holding more than 100,000 spectators.

The revamped Zentralstadion, finished in 2004, hosted five games for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Red Bull Arena in Leipzig is the largest football stadium with a capacity of 40,000 spectators. [Odd Andersen/AFP]

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