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{{short description|Football stadium in Rostock, Germany}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox stadium
| name                = Ostseestadion
| image               = Ostsee Stadion.jpg
| image_size          = 300px
| 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 [[Deutsche Mark|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 [[Germany|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==
[[File:Flug 073.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view of the Ostseestadion.]]
The Ostseestadion is located in the [[Germany|German]] city of [[Rostock]] in the state of [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 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==
[[File:Ostsee Stadion Interior.jpg|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"
| [[File:Flag of East Germany.svg|20px]] [[East Germany national football team|GDR]] || – || [[File:Flag of Poland.svg|20px]] [[Poland national football team|Poland]] || 0–1 (0–1)
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| colspan="4" | 29 June 1958
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| [[File:Flag of East Germany.svg|20px]] [[East Germany national football team|GDR]] || – || [[File:Flag of Poland.svg|20px]] [[Poland national football team|Poland]] || 1–1
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| colspan="4" | 30 October 1960
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| [[File:Flag of East Germany.svg|20px]] [[East Germany national football team|GDR]] || – || [[File:Flag of Finland.svg|20px]] [[Finland national football team|Finland]] || 5–1
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| colspan="4" | {{0}}9 July 1967
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| [[File:Flag of East Germany.svg|20px]] [[East Germany national football team|GDR]] || – || [[File:Flag of Egypt.svg|20px]] [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]] || 7–0
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| colspan="4" | {{0}}6 September 1970
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| [[File:Flag of East Germany.svg|20px]] [[East Germany national football team|GDR]] || – || [[File:Flag of Poland.svg|20px]] [[Poland national football team|Poland]] || 5–0
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| colspan="4" | 31 May 1972
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| [[File:Flag of East Germany.svg|20px]] [[East Germany national football team|GDR]] || – || [[File:Flag of Uruguay.svg|20px]] [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] || 0–0
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| colspan="4" | 23 May 1974
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| [[File:Flag of East Germany.svg|20px]] [[East Germany national football team|GDR]] || – || [[File:Flag of Norway.svg|20px]] [[Norway national football team|Norway]] || 1–0
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| colspan="4" | {{0}}7 May 1980
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| [[File:Flag of East Germany.svg|20px]] [[East Germany national football team|GDR]] || – || [[File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px]] [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]] || 2–2
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| colspan="4" | 27 March 2002
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] [[Germany national football team|Germany]] || – || [[File:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]|| 4–2 (1–1)
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| colspan="4" | {{0}}7 October 2006
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] [[Germany national football team|Germany]] || – || [[File:Flag of Georgia.svg|20px]] [[Georgia national football team|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}}
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[[Category:Football venues in Germany]]
[[Category:FC Hansa Rostock]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Rostock]]
[[Category:Sports venues in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Rostock]]
[[Category:Sport in Rostock]]