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Stadium

Solarstadion der Stadt Gleisdorf

Gleisdorf, Austria

Formerly: Sparkassen-Stadion Gleisdorf

Der Grazer Augarten
Der Grazer Augarten Jacktd at de.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Choreographie der Fanklubs des SK Sturm Graz
Choreographie der Fanklubs des SK Sturm Graz Jacktd · CC BY-SA 3.0

Gleisdorf's ground carries the name of the town's solar ambitions rather than any club sponsor, a rebrand from its earlier days as the Sparkassenstadion. That switch alone marks it out from the run of small Styrian venues still tied to a bank or a brewery.

What sets it apart locally is the company it has kept on the pitch. A ground built for a town side has twice hosted continental football well above its usual level: matches from the 2009 UEFA Women's Euro passed through Gleisdorf, and it later took fixtures in Euro U-19 qualifying. For a stadium of this size, that is not a small thing — most grounds its scale never see a shirt from outside the regional league.

Day to day, the natural grass pitch does the work, with a separate artificial training surface taking the load off it during the week. Nothing about the site suggests grandeur; it is a town stadium that happened to catch two European tournaments passing through Styria.

Who plays here

Recent matches here

Date Match Score
2 Oct Gleisdorf 09 — Tillmitsch 0:0
11 Sep Gleisdorf 09 — Allerheiligen 1:1
28 Aug Gleisdorf 09 — SV Lafnitz 1:3
21 Aug Gleisdorf 09 — Kalsdorf 1:2
7 Aug Gleisdorf 09 — Hartberg Am 1:0
24 Jul Gleisdorf 09 — Sturm Graz II 2:1
10 Jul Gleisdorf 09 — Favoritner AC 2:5
14 Feb Gleisdorf 09 — Favoritner AC 1:1