Fritz Walter Stadium
Fritz Walter Stadium is a multi purpose in Kaiserslautern, Germany that opened in 1920. Its recorded capacity is 49,327.
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Key facts
Fritz Walter Stadium is a multi purpose in Kaiserslautern, Germany that opened in 1920. Its recorded capacity is 49,327. It is owned by Fritz-Walter-Stadion Kaiserslautern GmbH. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 2 names in total, including Betzenbergstadion. Current tenants are 1. FC Kaiserslautern, East Germany national football team, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 1. FC Kaiserslautern II.
- Location
- Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 49,327
- Opened
- 1920
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Fritz-Walter-Stadion Kaiserslautern GmbH
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Fritz Walter Stadium is at latitude 49.434444, longitude 7.775833, in Kaiserslautern, Germany. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 49.434444 |
| Longitude | 7.775833 |
| City | Kaiserslautern |
| Region | Kaiserslautern |
| Country | Germany |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Fritz Walter Stadium has carried 1 recorded name. Betzenbergstadion (no sponsor) ran 1920 to 1985. The average tenure of a name here is 65 years.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betzenbergstadion | None | 1920 to 1985 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Fritz-Walter-Stadion Kaiserslautern GmbH | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2. Bundesliga | Present | Current | Source |
| East Germany national football team | 2. Bundesliga | Present | Current | Source |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2. Bundesliga | 1920 to present | Current | Source |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern II | 2. Bundesliga | 1920 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
12 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 October 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 1053 | 2026-10 |
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 589 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 49780 | 49327 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372180779 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Betzenbergstadion | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 17535 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 17534 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 17533 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 3503 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 3502 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: