FC Ingolstadt 04

Audi Sportpark (Capacity 15.445)

FC Ingolstadt 04 - VfL Osnabrück (0:1) (2.Bundesliga, 15. May 2011)
0:1 Sebastian Tyrala (35.)

Attendence: 9.549
Cost: 8.80 EURO
Programme: Not purchased

Approaching the stadium

 

The outside beer garden

 

Nice, new and modern Food stalls

 

The wheelchair supporters group!!

 

Nice pattern in the field

 

The away fans choreography

 

And the home fans waving their garbage bags

 

The teams, plus a few flares

 

Ingolstadt on the attack

 

Osnabruck looking for their second

 

View of the Eastern grandstand

 

Ingolstadt looking for the equaliser

 

Clambering for the pole position at the end of the game

CLUB HISTORY: (wiki)
FC Ingolstadt 04 is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingolstadt and MTV Ingolstadt.

ESV Ingolstadt (Eisenbahner-Sportverein Ingolstadt-Ringsee e.V.) was founded in 1919 as FC Viktoria. Two years later the football players of Turnverein 1861 Ingolstadt joined the club to form VfR Ingolstadt. A number of other clubs from the Ringsee district fused with this club, but to little effect. The club's achievement amounted to not more than a couple of seasons spent in the Gauliga Bayern in 1936–38. After World War II, the club was re-constituted as VfR Ingolstadt, changed its name to Erster Sportverein Ingolstadt (First Sports Club Ingolstadt) in 1951 and then changed it again to its current form in 1953 when "E" came to stand for Eisenbahner to reflect its affiliation with the railway.
ESV Ingolstadt joined the Regionalliga Süd (II) in 1963 when the Bundesliga – Germany's professional football league – was formed. After bouncing between tiers II and III, capped with two seasons spent in 2nd Bundesliga Süd from 1979–81, the club began a descent through tier III to Landesliga Bayern-Süd (IV), last playing in 1993–94. The sports club itself carried on until it went bankrupt in the summer of 2004 and those football players there were left to join FC Ingolstadt 04.

MTV Ingolstadt ( Männer-Turn-Verein von 1881 Ingolstadt) is the city's largest sportsclub with 3,400 members and has an on-and-off relationship with its football side. The club was founded in 1881 and took up football in 1905. The footballers set up a separate club in 1924, but returned to the fold in 1933 at the direction of sports authorities in the Third Reich. After World War II occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of all organizations in Germany, including sporting associations. The club was re-founded as Städtischer SV Ingolstadt 1881. Their original name was restored in 1948.
MTV spent two seasons in 2.Bundesliga Sud after Amateurliga Bayern champion 1. FC Hassfurt declined promotion in 1978. When ESV faced bankruptcy in 2004, MTV allowed its footballers to leave to help form FC Ingolstadt.

In 2004–05, newly formed FC Ingolstadt began play in the Oberliga Bayern (IV) and managed a credible second-place finish in their first season. Their success continued in 2005–06 when they easily captured the divisional title and won promotion. They finished their debut Regionalliga Süd (III) campaign 2006–07 with a respectable 5th place result. League restructuring was planned for the 2008–09 season with the introduction of a national 3rd division and FC would have to finish their 2007–08 Regionalliga season in the top 10 to qualify. They exceeded that goal by finishing second and advancing to the 2.Fußball-Bundesliga.
Ingolstadt won its debut second division match, but the following months proved less successful for the club and by the mid-winter break they had dropped to 12th place. The latter half of the season proved even worse with the club only realizing 1 win in 18 matches. They finished the season in 17th place and were subsequently relegated to the 3. Liga.
FC delivered a steady performance in third division play and ended their campaign in third place. A new promotion/relegation format accompanied the introduction of the 3. Liga and the club's finish earned them a playoff versus FC Hansa Rostock which had finished in 16th (third last) place in the 2. Bundesliga. Ingolstadt won both legs of the two match playoff and returned to the second division alongside the top two third tier teams which advanced automatically by virtue of their finishes.

HONOURS:

League
Regionalliga Süd (III)
Runners-up: 2008
Bayernliga (IV)
Champions: 2006
Runners-up: 2005
Landesliga Bayern-Süd (V)
Runners-up: 2008
Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern (VI)
Runners-up: 2006

Cup
Bavarian Cup
Runners-up: 2005
Oberbayern Cup
Winner: (3) 2005, 2006, 2007

STADIUM HISTORY: (wiki)
Audi Sport Park is a football stadium based in Ingolstadt on the former site Bayernoil. The cost of construction amounted to about 20 million €. On 12 June 2008, it was decided that the new new venue needed to be built if the club wished to play in the 2.Bundesliga.
In early July the District Government of Upper Bavaria, a planning process for the property was initiated. Within this process it was to be examined to what extent the stadium's impact on nature, water and road construction.In early October, the case was closed and the district government gave the green light for the project. A total of 43 clubs, associations, authorities and communities were consulted.
Construction began on 22 May 2009 in a ceremony in which the club's management and representatives of city and local politics were present. By late August 2009, the first concrete sections on site could be seen in the air.
On 17 and 18 June 2010, the last section, the lawn, was laid. After this, the stadium was transfered over and the project was completed. On 24 July, the stadium was officially opened. At the opening ceremony was held a competition featuring VfL Wolfsburg, FC Augsburg and hosts FC Ingolstadt.
On the 21st May 2011, an international match was held between the German women's national team and North Korea.
The stadium holds 15 445 spectators, spread over 9621 seats and 5824 standing. All seats are completely covered. There is also for the sponsors and partners of the FC Ingolstadt 04, 1,200 business seats and 18 VIP booths. Under the covered grandstands, there are some kiosks and toilets.
The new home of FC Ingolstadt has been built to be expanded when needed. In the first stage to enlarge, 22,000 spectators would be accomodated by raising the roof with three to four rows of seats to be installed. For a further expansion to 30,000 spectators, the club would have to completely remove the roof and add more rows. In addition to the stadium and the two training fields there are plans to construct additional soccer fields for the second team and the youth teams of the club.