The 2021/22 Bundesliga season is likely to go down in history as the season in which fans returned to the stadiums. The heads of states initially agreed with the Chancellor that the capacity would be up to 50 percent. However, a maximum of 25,000 places may be occupied. At the start of the Bundesliga, this meant that around 150,000 people were once again able to experience live football on site and support their teams. This number is cracked again on the second day of the match. Another 5,000 more fans are admitted this weekend – around 155,000 spectators in total.
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Away the league opener of the two promoted VfL Bochum (0: 1 against VfL Wolfsburg) and Greuther Fürth (1: 5 at VfB Stuttgart) was not crowned with success. In their home game debut, the league newbies want to do better. The Bochum team in particular can look forward to the first Bundesliga game in the Ruhr Stadium in eleven years: In the defeat in Wolfsburg, coach Thomas Reis’s team showed good approaches and lost not least because of an early red card to Robert Tesche. On Saturday they will be supported by their fans again for the first time against Mainz 05. But: The Mainz come confidently. Despite Corona chaos and personnel problems, coach Bo Svensson’s team won against RB Leipzig last Sunday. Greuther Fürth also welcomes fans again to the reparation mission – but very few in the whole league. The audience numbers for the second Bundesliga matchday at a glance.
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Friday, 08/20/2021, 8.30 p.m.
RB Leipzig – VfB Stuttgart
The city’s health department gave RB Leipzig certainty at an early stage: on August 2, the local authorities assured the runner-up from last season that the first two home games of the Bundesliga season would be occupied by 50 percent, as long as the incidence on matchday was not above the value 35 lies. The club’s protection and hygiene concept has been approved, up to 23,500 spectators are allowed to play in the Red Bull Arena against VfB Stuttgart.
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Saturday, 08/21/2021, 3:30 p.m.
VfL Bochum – Mainz 05
Eintracht Frankfurt – FC Augsburg
On the basis of the audience and hygiene concept submitted by the association, the Frankfurt health department has a utilization rate of 25,000 spectators approved. 5,000 of them come to the stadium with a proof of vaccination, recovery or test (the so-called 3G rule). For the other 20,000 fans, the city relies on the so-called 2G rule, i.e. access with proof of vaccination or recovery. Another condition is that the incidence of seven carrying does not exceed 100 by August 21.
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SC Freiburg – Borussia Dortmund
SC Freiburg will not play the first three home games in the new stadium, but in the Dreisamstadion. “The sports club is happy to play against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday 10,000 spectators The people of Breisgau explained on the homepage. Only season ticket holders are allowed to take part in the ticket raffle. At full capacity, 24,000 spectators can fit into the Dreisamstadion.
Greuther Fürth – Arminia Bielefeld
With the Sportpark Ronhof, Greuther Fürth has the smallest stadium in the league. With the prescribed 50 percent occupancy rate at the first home game of the promoted team 8,300 spectators watch the game against Arminia Bielefeld live on site.
Hertha BSC – VfL Wolfsburg
Hertha in Berlin is also using the 3G model. In the first home game of the season in the Olympic Stadium against VfL Wolfsburg, the club may use the maximum number of 25,000 spectators receive. A special feature: Hertha draws attention to the fact that all documents must be brought along in digital form on match days. Guest fans are admitted again from the fifth matchday at the earliest (against Greuther Fürth).
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Saturday, August 21, 2021, 6.30 p.m.
Bayer Leverkusen – Borussia Mönchengladbach
Europa League participants Bayer Leverkusen await in the BayArena 15,105 visitors to the first Bundesliga home game. That is exactly half of the maximum possible occupancy of the 30,210 places.
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2021, 3:30 p.m.
TSG Hoffenheim – Union Berlin
TSG Hoffenheim starts with a maximum 15.075 Fans into the first home game of the new season. This emerges from the decision of the state and senate chancelleries in conjunction with the Corona ordinance of the state of Baden-Württemberg. This also corresponds to a utilization of 50 percent of the capacity of the PreZero Arena. Earlier than the association requirements stipulate, the previous year’s eleventh in the Bundesliga table is already allowing guest fans in: around 750 tickets are going to Union Berlin fans.
Sunday, August 22nd, 2021, 5.30 p.m.
FC Bayern – 1. FC Cologne
The conference between the Prime Ministers and the Federal Chancellor stipulated that the Bundesliga stadiums should be used for up to 25,000 spectators. The state of Bavaria has only been involved since Friday. At the first home game of the record champions are likely to do so 25,000 spectators into the Allianz Arena, but it will probably stay with the 20,000 previously admitted spectators.
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