OnThisDay: The Red Bulls Move into Their New Home
The opening match against Schalke 04, 14 years ago| Nico Frommer, the first scorer | 21,566 spectators in the stands
On July 24, 2010, the time had come.
The Red Bull Arena was officially opened and RB Leipzig - just promoted to the Regionalliga - put in an outstanding performance against the reigning Bundesliga runners-up FC Schalke 04. Nico Frommer wrote his name in the history books of our stadium with his goal to make it 1-0. At the end of a turbulent match, there was a remarkable 1-2 against "Royal Blue".
Steven Lewerenz scored the first official goal in our new home just two weeks later in a 1-1 draw against Türkiyemspor Berlin. In total, we celebrated twelve wins in our debut season, and the Red Bulls' goal music was played a total of 34 times.
A lot has happened since 2010, and we have celebrated several great moments of football with you in our stadium
A Drone Perspective of the Arena
Opening Match | RB Leipzig – Schalke 04
LINEUPS
RBL: Neuhaus – Ismaili (71' Albert), Hertzsch (71' Kläsener), Sebastian (71' Buszkowiak), Müller (71' Franke) – Lewerenz (59' Watzka), Rost (71' Bick), Geißler (71' Laas), Frahn (82' van den Bosch) – Kammlott (71' Kutschke), Frommer (59' Baier)
Manager: Tomas Oral
S04: Schober (46' Unnerstall) – Moritz, Höwedes (46' Matip), Metzelder, Hao (12' Schmitz) – Kluge (46' Reginiussen), Rakitic (73' Jones) – Farfan, Jendrisek (83' Pourie) – Gavranovic (68' Müller), Edu
Manager: Felix Magath
GOALS
1:0 Frommer (11.), 1:1 Edu (24.), 1:2 Rakitic (42.)
SPECTATORS
21,566 in the Red Bull Arena
