MSV DUISBURG
UPDATED FOR 2024/25 - AUGUST 2024
Founded: Sep 17, 1902
Club Members: 10,033
Nickname: Die Zebras
Coach: Dietmar Hirsch
Captain: Alexander Hahn
3.Liga Champions: 1
German Amateur Champions: 1
Landespokal Niederrhein Winner: 3
Website: www.msv-duisburg.de
Formed in 1902 as Meidericher SV (Meidericher Spielverein), the club initially represented the Duisburg suburb of Meiderich before later becoming MSV Duisburg in 1967. While they've always been a competitive side, on-field success has largely eluded them with only a few local championships and a couple of 'Invincible' unbeaten seasons in the inter-war years to their name.
After coming close to folding during World War 2, Duisburg emerged from the chaos to become one of the top sides in the area, earning promotion to the top-flight Oberliga West in1951 and staying there right up to the formation of the new Bundesliga in 1963. Invited to become one of the band of brothers that formed the new league, Duisburg's first season was by far their most successful with a runners-up finish secured behind inaugural champions 1.FC Köln. Nearly 20 seasons as a Bundesliga club followed along with three, albeit losing, DFB-Pokal final appearances before relegation saw them slip into Bundesliga.2 in 1983. Duisburg then joined the ranks of Germany's 'elevator clubs' - bouncing between divisions although they did manage another eight seasons in the Bundesliga.
As a Bundesliga.2 club, they surprisingly reached their fourth DFB-Pokal final in 2011, but local heavyweights Schalke 04 made light work of the underdogs and cruised to a 5-0 win. After relegation to the 3.Liga in 2013, Duisburg really embraced their yo-yo club reputation and spent the next decade in the second and third tiers of German football before another relegation, this time to the Regionalliga West, came at the end of last season.
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GROUND DETAILS
Ground Name: Schauinsland Reisen Arena
Year Opened: 2004
Capacity: 31,500 (7,000 standing)
Executive Boxes: 40
Executive Seats: 420
Media Seats: 124
Wheelchair Spaces: 46
Construction Costs: €45.6m
Undersoil Heating: Yes
Running Track: No
LED Video Screens: 41m² x 2
Playing Surface: Natural Grass
Pitch Size: 105m x 68m
Grounds:
Wedaustadion (1921 - 2004)
MSV Arena (2004 - 2011)
Schauinsland Reisen Arena (2011 - ) *
* Stadium Renamed
Costing €43 million and originally called the MSV Arena, The Schauinsland Reisen Arena is built on the site of Duisburg's old Wedaustadion and it opened in 2004 although the main stand wasn't completed until early 2005.
Today it stands as a smart, modern arena with a cantilever roof and two tiers running all the way around the ground. It's an all-seater except for terraced areas in the lower tiers of both the North and South Stands. The South Stand is notable for the Swiss flag displayed in coloured seating as a nod of recognition to one of Duisburg's Swiss-based fan clubs. The Main Stand is an all-seater affair with the obligatory band of executive boxes running across the middle, and the opposite stand follows a similar design but also has 'MSV Duisburg' spelt out in white seats against the banks of otherwise blue seating.
Duisburg's home end is the 8,500 capacity König Pilsener Fankurve and the away support are given an area of terracing in the southeast corner of the ground.
BUYING TICKETS
Ticket Office:
Website: www.ticket-onlineshop.com/ols/msv/
Telephone: +49 (0) 180 6190203
Email: Contact Form via Website
Average Attendance:
2023-2024: 12,119 (3.Liga)
2022-2023: 11,897 (3.Liga)
2021-2022: 6,932 (3.Liga) *
2020-2021: N/A *
2019-2020: 9,425 (3.Liga) *
* Season affected by COVID pandemic
Expected Ticket Availability
Not only do Duisburg have Dortmund and Schalke to compete with, but their location further west in the Ruhr means Mönchengladbach and Düsseldorf are also on the doorstep. Add to this the fact that Duisburg are now playing in the Regionalliga and have a 30,000 capacity ground to fill, it's no surprise that the 'sold-out' signs never appear outside the Schauinsland Reisen Arena. Even when they were in Bundesliga.2 in 2018-19, the ground was barely half-full with the upper tiers closed on some occasions.
With the ground therefore unlikely to be filled to the rafters, E-tickets (mobile or Print@Home) will be available through the online shop (no English language option we're afraid) or over the phone if you want to practice your German. Tickets can also be sent by post (within Germany only) up to 6 days before the match.
You can pick up tickets at the Zebrashop (see the FAN SHOP, MUSEUM & STADIUM TOURS section below) or from the box offices outside the stadium which open two hours before kick-off. There are also a number of other Verkaufstellen (advance sales outlets) in the area including three in the city centre and Duisburg provide a list of them here.
For adult tickets, as a general guide, expect to pay €22-35 for a seat in the stands, or it's €14 if you prefer to stand on the terraces. Discounts are available for seniors, students, disabled people; and children (max. age 17 years) can get in the ground for half the price of a full-paying adult. Furthermore, children who are under one metre tall (!) are allowed in free of charge on a 'lap ticket' which, as the name implies, doesn't entitle them to a seat of their own but requires them instead to sit on their parent's lap.
Prices for the Familienblock (Family Stand) are €16 for adults (max. 2) and €6 per child (max. age 17 years). Prices rise by a couple of euros if bought on a matchday from the stadium box offices located outside each of the stand entrances.
Information about visiting the Schauinsland Reisen Arena for fans with disabilities can be found at:
www.bundesliga-reisefuehrer.de
GETTING THERE & AWAY
Stadium Address:
Margaretenstraße 5-7
47055 Duisburg
BY CAR:
If you're coming by car, there's good news and bad news. The bad news is that the car parks at the stadium are only accessible if you have a permit on matchday. However, the good news is that you should, providing you're early enough, be able to find somewhere to park up on Kalkweg - the main road which runs in front of the stadium or along Friedrich Alfred Straße (47055 Duisburg). To get there in the first place, the stadium is just off the A59 autobahn so if you're travelling along this route come off at exit 13 (Wanheimerot/Wedau) and turn east under the railway following the signs Sportpark Wedau. If you're coming along the A3, take exit 15 (Duisburg-Wedau) and then again pick up the signs for Sportpark Wedau.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
Match ticket holders can travel to and from the stadium throughout the day until 3am the following morning in the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) region. The Schauinsland Reisen Arena is well connected by public transport and from Duisburg Hauptbahnhof you can get there using S-Bahn, U-Bahn or Bus:
S-Bahn: S1 (Direction: Düsseldorf) to DU-Schlenk and the ground is about 10 minutes on foot from here.
U-Bahn: U79 (Direction Düsseldorf) to the Grünewald stop and again it's a 10 minute walk to the ground.
Bus 934 (Direction: Großbaum/Wedau Wolfssee) to the stop MSV-Arena.
Bus 939 (Direction: Klinikum Duisburg) to the MSV-Arena stop.
Bus 944 (Direction: Wedau Wolfssee) to the stop Sportschule Wedau and it's about 7 minutes on foot from here to the stadium.
Bus 945 (Direction: Stadion P2) to the MSV-Arena stop. Matchdays only.
WALKING DIRECTIONS:
It's about a couple of miles from central Duisburg to the stadium so public transport is the best option.
If you do fancy the walk however, then come out of the Hauptbahnhof using the east exit (not towards the city centre) and go straight ahead to the junction. Turn right onto Neudorfer Straße and follow it over a roundabout onto Neue Fruchtstraße. At the end of this road, turn left into Koloniestraße and after half-a-mile turn right onto Sternbuschweg. Follow Sternbuschweg for about a mile and turn left after you pass under the railway line onto Kalkweg. Head straight on, passing under more railway tracks, and the stadium will soon appear on your left.
FAN SHOP, MUSEUM & STADIUM TOURS
FAN SHOP:
There's a large fan shop called 'ZebraShop' at the stadium (Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Margaretenstraße 5-7, 47055 Duisburg; 10am-5pm, Mon & Thu; 10am-3pm, Tue, Wed & Fri; 10am-2pm, Sat; open three hours before kick-off and one hour after full-time on matchdays).
MUSEUM:
Until a permanent home is found for the exhibits, there's a virtual museum dedicated to all things MSV on the club website. Access it here.
FOOD & DRINK OPTIONS
The usual mobile fast food and drink outlets set up in and around the stadium offering the typical German football fayre of beer, chips, bretzel, rostbratwurst etc. Bring plenty of cash with you though because no contactless payments can be made.
STORAGE OF BACKPACKS & BAGS
Belt bags and small handbags can be taken into the stadium after a quick once over from security but anything larger than an A4 sheet of paper (i.e backpacks, large bags) isn't going in. There is no storage space available at the stadium so it's best if you leave any large items back at the hotel or in the car.
OTHER CLUBS IN THE AREA
BUNDESLIGA: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Borussia Dortmund, VfL Bochum 1848
BUNDESLIGA 2: 1.FC Köln, FC Schalke 04, Fortuna Düsseldorf, SC Paderborn 07, SC Preußen Münster
3.LIGA: Alemannia Aachen, Borussia Dortmund II, DSC Arminia Bielefeld, FC Viktoria Köln, Rot Weiss Essen, SC Verl, VfL Osnabrück
