Munzer Bioindustrie Sportpark

Münzer Bioindustrie Sportpark sits at Burgasse 52 in Voitsberg, where the football club ASK Voitsberg calls home. The ground has shed its previous skins, once known as the Hans-Blümel-Stadion and, in fleeting moments like school finals, the Sparkassen-Arena. The current name honours Michael Münzer, the club president and local industrialist whose company turns waste oil into biodiesel. He has stamped his identity on the place, quite literally, through the sponsorship that replaced the old titles around 2023 or 2024.

There is an old electronic scoreboard on the site, installed more than 60 years ago, a relic from the facility’s earlier life when it was simply a place to play. The modernisation effort began in earnest in early 2024, aiming to bring the pitch and seating up to professional standards. The surface is natural grass, maintained for the local teams that use it daily. The capacity is a matter of interpretation; some records cite 2,700, others 2,500, and a few settle on 2,000. The numbers do not matter as much as the fact that the place feels intimate, a community hub rather than a fortress.

On the footballing calendar, the venue has hosted notable cup runs. The club reached the quarter-finals in 1981/82 and again in 2006/07, a feat they matched in October 2024 when they lost 2-1 to LASK in the round of 16. Before that, a friendly against SK Sturm Graz in June 2022 drew 1,600 people, a crowd size that suggests the local loyalty is strong. The official attendance record, however, belongs to a cup match against FK Austria Wien in July 2025, when 2,500 spectators filled the stands. It is a small number by metropolitan standards, but for Voitsberg, it is significant. The stadium also hosts the District Final of the Primary School Football Cup, keeping the connection between the first team and the next generation alive. The website askvoitsberg.at lists the details, but the real story is in the grass and the seats.