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| Full name | Rhein-Neckar-Arena |
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| Location | Sinsheim,Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Capacity | 30,150 (league matches) 25,589 (international matches) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 2007 |
| Opened | 24 January 2009 |
| Construction cost | € 60 million |
| Architect | Eheim Moebel[1] Sattler Europe[2] |
| Tenants | |
| TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (2009–present) Germany national football team (selected matches) | |
Rhein-Neckar-Arena (German pronunciation:[ˌʁaɪnˈnɛkaʁʔaˌʁeːna]ⓘ), currently known asPreZero Arena and previously asWirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena[ˈvɪʁzɔl-][3] for sponsorship reasons, is amulti-purpose stadium inSinsheim,Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is used mostly forfootball matches and hosts the home matches ofTSG Hoffenheim. The stadium has a capacity of 30,150 people.[4] It replaced TSG 1899 Hoffenheim's former ground, theDietmar-Hopp-Stadion.
The stadium is the largest in theRhine-Neckar metropolitan area, although it is situated in a town with only 3,600 inhabitants.
The first competitive match was played on 31 January 2009 againstFC Energie Cottbus, and ended in a 2–0 win for Hoffenheim.[5] The stadium hosted international matches at the2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[4] The Rhein-Neckar-Arena hosted the "2017 DEL Winter Game", an outdoorice hockey game betweenAdler Mannheim and theSchwenningen Wild Wings on 7 January 2017.
TheSinsheim-Museum/Arena S-Bahn stop at theElsenz Valley Railway(Elsenztalbahn) is just over a kilometre walk away[6] and there are shuttle buses fromSinsheim main station. The stadium can be reached by car via the newly builtSinsheim-Süd junction of thefederal motorway 6.
| Date | Competition | Team | Result | Team | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Friendly |  Germany | 2–1 |  Peru | 25,494 |
| 26 March 2022 | Germany | 2–0 |  Israel | 25,600 | |
| 10 October 2025 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification | Germany | 4–0 |  Luxembourg | 25,249 |
| Date | Time (CET) | Team #1 | Result | Team #2 | Round | Spectators |
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| 26 June 2011 | 15:00 | Nigeria  | 0–1 |  France | 25,475 | |
| 2 July 2011 | 18:00 | United States  | 3–0 |  Colombia | 25,475 | |
| 5 July 2011 | 18:15 | New Zealand  | 2–2 |  Mexico | 20,451 | |
| 16 July 2011 | 17:30 | Sweden  | 2–1 | France | 25,475 |
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