Munich - Allianz Arena

Munich

Munich is the capital of the German federal state of Bavaria, and Germany's third largest city. The city boasts a collection of world-class museums, theaters, expansive parks, and the ghosts of many great artists, from Klee to Kandinsky, Strauss to Ibsen. Moreover, the city's annual Oktoberfest beer festival draws in hundreds of thousands of revellers. Now a hi-tech modern metropolis and headquarters of Seimens and BMW, Munich has much to offer and is a magnet for tourists and Germans alike.

Scheduled Matches

Six World Cup games will be staged at Munich's Allianz Arena - four group matches, one 2nd Round match, and a semi-final. The match schedule is as follows:

Match #	Date & Time	Group	Teams		Result	Venue
1	Fri 9th Jun 18:00	A	GER	CRC	4 - 2	Munich
16	Wed 14th Jun 18:00	H	TUN	KSA	2 - 2	Munich
27	Sun 18th Jun 18:00	F	BRA	AUS	2 - 0	Munich
38	Wed 21st Jun 21:00	C	CIV	SCG	3 - 2	Munich
49	Sat 24th Jun 17:00	R2	GER	SWE	2 - 0	Munich
62	Wed 5th Jul 21:00	SF	POR	FRA	0 - 1	Munich

Match times shown are local times for Germany (CEST/GMT+0200). Click on match date/time to view match statistics.

Allianz Arena

Located in the north-Munich district of Fröttmaning, the Allianz Arena is the new home to German football clubs TSV 1860 Munich and FC Bayern Munich. The stadium will host the opening ceremony and opening game of the 2006 World Cup. It was designed by the Swiss architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron to replace the Olympiastadion which had been used by the two clubs since 1972.

The Allianz Arena has a capacity of 66,000, 3 day-care centres, fanshops and restaurants with a total area of about 6,500 square metres. The exterior shell is made of 2,874 ETFE diamond shaped foil panels, each of which can be individually lit in different colours (red, blue or white), allowing a spectacular display of patterns. The total construction cost was €280 million euros, making it the most expensive of the World Cup 2006 stadiums. Construction costs were shared between host clubs TSV 1860 Munich and FC Bayern Munich.

During World Cup 2006 the stadium will be known as FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich (FIFA WM-Stadion München), as FIFA does not allow any sponsoring of stadium names.

World Cup Fan Fest in Munich

For the four weeks of the tournament Munich's Olympic Park will become a huge meeting place for fans, where soccer and art will be celebrated. Munich's official big screen will be erected at the park's lakeside amphitheatre and up to 20,000 spectators will be able to follow the World Cup matches live.

Travelling to Munich

Munich is extremely well-connected, with an international airport and a major hub of the German rail system. Munich Franz Josef Strauss International Airport (MUC), is located 28km north-east of Munich. Recently expanded, it has multiple domestic and international connections. If unable to fly to Munich directly, travellers can arrange a transfer via Frankfurt. Flight time from Frankfurt to Munich is about 35 minutes.

The airport connects to central Munich by subway (S-Bahn) on S1 or S8 lines. The journey (single) costs €8.80 and takes 30-40 minutes to get to the central station. If in a group (up to 5 people) or with family, the group day ticket is certainly cheaper at €16. Both forms of tickets can be bought at the automatic machines. Tickets must be validated in the yellow Entwerter machines you can find when going down to the S-Bahn station - without a stamp the ticket is invalid and you are liable to a fine.

The stadium is easily reached by public transport. From the centre of Munich it takes about 15 minutes on the S-Bahn, plus about a 10 minute walk from the S-Bahn station to the stadium.

Useful links & information:

Stadium address:

Allianz Arena
Werner-Heisenberg-Allee 25
80939 München
Tel: +49 (0)89 699 310
Fax: +49 (0)89 644 165