Stadium Emile-Stahl

The Stadium Émile-Stahl, formerly called Stadium of la porte de Kehl, is located in the municipality of Strasbourg.

Stade Émile-Stahl
Stade Émile-Stahl
Location within France
Address5, place de Kehl
67000 Strasbourg
Coordinates48.579°N 7.779°E / 48.579; 7.779
Capacity3,000 (of which 600 are grandstand)
Field size107 m × 70 m
Surfacenatural grass
Construction
Builtaround 1920
Tenants
AS Pierrots Vauban Strasbourg

With a capacity of 3,000 places (of which 600 places are in the grandstand), its resident club is the Aspv Strasbourg, a club playing in the Division of Honour of the Alsace Football Championship for the 2015-2016 season.

It is the second largest football stadium in the city after the Meinau stadium.

History

The stadium was built around 1920.

The AS Pierrots Vauban settled there during the second world war.

Called for a long time Stadium of la porte de Kehl , on 22 August 2009, it was renamed Émile-Stahl Stadium in honor of a former officer of the resident club.

This name change was inaugurated by the Mayor of Strasbourg, Roland Ries, accompanied by the club president and other personalities.[1]

Annexes

References
  1. Inauguration of the stadium on pierrotsvauban.fr
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