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{{Short description|Football stadium in Bochum, Germany}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox venue
|stadium_name=Ruhrstadion
|nickname=
|image=
[[File:Vonovia Ruhrstadion 04.jpg|250px]] <br/> [[File:Ruhrstadion bb07.jpg|250px]]
|fullname=Vonovia Ruhrstadion
|location=Castroper Straße 145, 44791 [[Bochum]], [[Germany]]
|built=1921
|former_names=SuS-Sportplatz&nbsp;an&nbsp;der&nbsp;Castroper&nbsp;Straße&nbsp;<small>(1911–1919)</small><br/>TuS-Sportplatz&nbsp;an&nbsp;der&nbsp;Castroper&nbsp;Straße&nbsp;<small>(1919–1921)</small><br/>Stadion&nbsp;an&nbsp;der&nbsp;Castroper&nbsp;Straße&nbsp;<small>(1921–1979)</small><br/>Ruhrstadion&nbsp;<small>(1979–2006)</small><br/>rewirpowerSTADION&nbsp;<small>(2006–2016)</small>
|renovated=1997
|expanded=March 1976 – July 1979
|opened=8 October 1911
|owner=[[VfL Bochum]]
|operator=[[VfL Bochum]]
|surface=grass
|tenants=[[VfL Bochum]] (1938–present)<br>[[TuS Bochum]] (1919–1938)<br>[[TuS Bochum|SuS Bochum]] (1911–1919)<br>[[Germany national football team]] (selected matches)
|seating_capacity=26,000<ref>[http://www.vfl-bochum.de/site/_rewirpowerstadion/_rewirpowerstadion/rewirpowerstadionp.htm Facts and figures] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428215310/http://www.vfl-bochum.de/site/_rewirpowerstadion/_rewirpowerstadion/rewirpowerstadionp.htm |date=28 April 2011 }} (in German). VfL Bochum. Retrieved 31 August 2017.</ref>
|dimensions=105 × 68 m
}}
'''Ruhrstadion''' ({{IPA|de|ˈʁuːɐ̯ˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn|-|De-Ruhrstadion.ogg}}) is a [[association football|football]] [[stadium]] in [[Bochum]], [[Germany]]. It is the home ground for the [[VfL Bochum]] and has a capacity of 27,599. It was known as '''rewirpowerSTADION''' {{IPA|de|ʁeˈviːɐ̯paʊ.ɐˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn|}} (or, rarely, {{IPA|de|ʁəˈviːɐ̯-|}}) from 2006 to 2016, also for sponsorship reasons.

==History==
In 1911 the [[TuS Bochum|Spiel und Sport Bochum]] leased a [[meadow]] from a local farmer as their new home ground.<ref name="vflstadiumhistory1">{{cite web |url=http://vfl-bochum.de/site/_rewirpowerstadion/_rewirpowerstadion/stadiongeschichteip.htm |title=Die Anfänge: Seit fast 100 Jahren – VfL kickt "anne Castroper" |trans-title=The Beginning: Since almost 100 years – VfL plays at the Castroper |language=de |publisher=[[VfL Bochum]] |access-date=5 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227001737/http://vfl-bochum.de/site/_rewirpowerstadion/_rewirpowerstadion/stadiongeschichteip.htm |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> The club played the first match at the new venue against the VfB Hamm in front of 500 spectators.<ref name="vflstadiumhistory1"/> The [[TuS Bochum]] did not build a stadium until after [[World War I]] as late as 1921.<ref name="vflstadiumhistory1"/>

The stadium has a capacity of 27,599 people.<ref name="vflstadiumfacts"/> The original capacity was over 50,000 but was decreased by numerous modifications.<ref name="vflstadiumhistory1"/>

The stadium was expanded between March 1976 and July 1979 and the first game was between the VfL Bochum and [[SG Wattenscheid 09]] on 21 July 1979.<ref name="vflstadiumfacts">{{cite web |url=http://vfl-bochum.de/site/_rewirpowerstadion/_rewirpowerstadion/rewirpowerstadionp.htm |title=rewirpowerSTADION Daten & Fakten |trans-title=rewirpowerSTADTION data & facts |language=de |publisher=[[VfL Bochum]] |access-date=31 August 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428215310/http://www.vfl-bochum.de/site/_rewirpowerstadion/_rewirpowerstadion/rewirpowerstadionp.htm |archive-date=28 April 2011 }}</ref> This expansion could technically count as a complete rebuild; legally, it is officially an expansion.<ref name="vflstadiumhistory2">{{cite web |url=http://vfl-bochum.de/site/_rewirpowerstadion/_rewirpowerstadion/stadiongeschichteiip.htm |title=Der Umbau: Kein Heimvorteil im Westfalenstadion |trans-title=The expansion: No home field advantage at the Westfalenstadion |language=de |publisher=[[VfL Bochum]] |access-date=5 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205110053/http://www.vfl-bochum.de/site/_rewirpowerstadion/_rewirpowerstadion/stadiongeschichteiip.htm |archive-date=5 February 2011 }}</ref>

[[David Bowie]] performed at the stadium during his [[Serious Moonlight Tour]] on 15 June 1983.
[[Herbert Grönemeyer]] performed multiple sold-out concerts at the stadium in 1985, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2019. Additionally, his song Bochum is sung before the kickoff of every home match of VfL Bochum, with the final line before the final chorus of the piece bearing special significance to the club. Herbert has been an honorary member of the club since 2006.

The stadium hosted a [[UEFA Champions League]] match between [[CSKA Moscow]] and [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] in December 1992 because the teams weren't able to play in Moscow for weather reasons.<ref>[http://www.talksport.co.uk/magazine/features/130424/robbed-why-rangers-could-have-been-first-champions-league-winners-195971 "Robbed? Why Rangers could have been the first Champions League winners"]. [[Talksport|talkSPORT]]. Retrieved 24 April 2013.</ref>

In 2006, a five-year naming rights deal was struck with Stadtwerke Bochum to rebrand the stadium as "rewirpowerSTADION".<ref name="vflstadiumhistory3">{{cite web |url=http://vfl-bochum.de/site/_rewirpowerstadion/_rewirpowerstadion/stadiongeschichteiiip.htm |title="Altes Eisen" auch heute noch ein "Schmuckkästchen" |trans-title="Scrap heap": today still a "jewellery case" |language=de |publisher=[[VfL Bochum]] |access-date=5 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227002031/http://vfl-bochum.de/site/_rewirpowerstadion/_rewirpowerstadion/stadiongeschichteiiip.htm |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> In 2016, a new naming rights deal was struck with the German housing association [[Vonovia]], and the stadium was rebranded as Vonovia Ruhrstadion.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Germany |first1=Stadionwelt, Brühl |title=Ruhrstadion behält Namenspartner |url=https://www.stadionwelt.de/news/23865/ruhrstadion-behaelt-namenspartner |website=Stadionwelt |access-date=30 March 2024 |language=de |date=13 November 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!colspan="7"|'''[[Germany national football team|Germany]] international matches'''
|-
! Date !! Result !! Opponent !! Competition
|-
| 2 July 1922<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500000&no_cache=1&action=showSchema&liga=Nationalmannschaft&matchid=dfbat639&lang=D&cHash=7fe0efea44 |title=Alle Spiele: Bochum 02.07.1922 |trans-title=All games: Bochum 02.07.1922 |publisher=[[German Football Association]] |language=de |access-date=5 March 2011}}</ref> || 0–0 || {{fb|Hungary}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 23 September 1981<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500001&no_cache=1&action=showSchema&liga=Nationalmannschaft&matchid=dfbat209&lang=D&cHash=1a0a7253b5 |title=Alle Spiele: Bochum 23.09.1981 |trans-title=All games: Bochum 23.09.1981 |publisher=[[German Football Association]] |language=de |access-date=5 March 2011}}</ref> || 7–1 || {{fb|Finland}} || [[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification|FIFA World Cup 1982 qualifying]]
|-
| 11 May 1986<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500001&no_cache=1&action=showSchema&liga=Nationalmannschaft&matchid=dfbat143&lang=D&cHash=65cb5699dd |title=Alle Spiele: Bochum 11.05.1986 |trans-title=All games: Bochum 11.05.1986 |publisher=[[German Football Association]] |language=de |access-date=5 March 2011}}</ref> || 1–1 || {{fb|Yugoslavia}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 14 April 1993<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500001&no_cache=1&action=showSchema&liga=Nationalmannschaft&matchid=dfbat67&lang=D&cHash=9d82c7a86b |title=Alle Spiele: Bochum 14.04.1993 |trans-title=All games: Bochum 14.04.1993 |publisher=[[German Football Association]] |language=de |access-date=5 March 2011}}</ref> || 6–1 || {{fb|Ghana}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|}

===[[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup]]===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;;" width="100%"
|-
!Date
!Time ([[Central European Time|CET]])
!Team #1
!Result
!Team #2
!Round
!Spectators
|-
|27 June 2011||{{center|15:00}}|| align=right|{{fbw-rt|JPN}}||style="text-align:center;"|{{center|2–1}}||{{fbw|NZL}}||{{center|[[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B|Group B]]}}||style="text-align:center;"|12,538
|-
|30 June 2011||{{center|18:00}}|| align=right|{{fbw-rt|CAN}}||style="text-align:center;"|{{center|0–4}}||{{fbw|FRA|1974}}||{{center|[[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A|Group A]]}}||style="text-align:center;"|16,591
|-
|3 July 2011||{{center|20:45}}|| align=right|{{fbw-rt|AUS}}||style="text-align:center;"|{{center|3–2}}||{{fbw|EQG}}||{{center|[[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D|Group D]]}}||style="text-align:center;"|15,640
|-
|6 July 2011||{{center|20:45}}|| align=right|{{fbw-rt|PRK}}||style="text-align:center;"|{{center|0–0}}||{{fbw|COL}}||{{center|[[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C|Group C]]}}||style="text-align:center;"|7,805
|}

==See also==
*[[List of football stadiums in Germany]]
*[[Lists of stadiums]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://theworldcupingermany.com/FiG/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bochum_inside_580x350.jpg Ruhrstadion picture]

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{{2011 FIFA Women's World Cup stadiums}}
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[[Category:Football venues in Germany]]
[[Category:Sports venues in North Rhine-Westphalia]]
[[Category:VfL Bochum]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Bochum]]


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