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FIFA 2006 World Cup >> Host Cities >> Stuttgart
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Stuttgart - World Cup 2006 |
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Overview
| Population | 590,000 |
| Federal State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Airports | Stuttgart Airport |
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Stuttgart was founded in 950 AD by Duke Luidolf of Swabia. With the rise of industrialization Stuttgart emerged as the largest urban development in Germany.
Stuttgart earned its reputation as an international sports city by hosting the 1986 European Track and Field Championships. Stuttgart maintained its reputation for excellent organization, and the courtesy and enthusiasm of the spectators prompted the International Olympic Committee, IOC, to award the Olympic Cup to the capital of Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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Some more examples of the sporting highlights in the Swabian Metropolis are matches of the 1974 FIFA World Cup and of EURO '88, and the 1993 IAAF Track and Field World Championships.
The sporting symbol of Stuttgart is the football Bundesliga club VfB, playing different home matches at Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion for many years. Till date 19 international matches have been played here.
With a number of hotels in Stuttgart-luxurious as well as cheap hotels in Stuttgart to suit all pockets, a sound network of services such as flights to Stuttgart, accomodations in Stuttgart, restaurants in Stuttgart and Stuttgart car hires, this host city of FIFA World Cup is ready for visitors from all around the world.
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| Stadium | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion |
| Gross Capacity | 53,200 |
| Total Seating Capacity | 47,757 |
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Major Events at the Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
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- 1950 first post-war international football match between Germany and Switzerland in front of 103,000 spectators (record crowd)
- 1974 World Cup
- EURO '88
- 1988 European Champions Cup Final
- 1990 first international match after the German unification between Germany and Switzerland
- International matches
- home of Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart with its 1989 UEFA Cup Final against SSC Naples
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