I am a native Hamburg. I attended my first ever football match at the Adolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn in 1994. First Round DFB-Cup vs Borussia Dortmund. Score was 0-2, goals scored by Karl-Heinz Riedle and Julio Cesar. Sweet memories
Interesting for English-Speakers could be also the word "Kampfbahn". It an old word for an obastacle course and running track in stadiums. As you may know, many stadiums where used for athletics and gymnastics. Especially gymnastics (germ: Turnen) is intertwined with German history and national heritage since Napoleon times and was big around 1900. So Kampfbahn means literally "fighting track". Other Kampfbahnen were Bremer Kampfbahn, the now Weserstadion in Bremen, the Ilgen-Kampfbahn (Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Dresden). Both Schalke 04 played until ´73 in the Glückauf Kampfbahn (opened 1928) and BVB Dortmund at the Kampfbahn Rote Erde (Red Soil). Also, the Neckarstadion at Stuttgart was for some time called the A.H. Kampfbahn.
@@RysFootyParadise Long story short: Napoleon ruled Europe, no unified german state. That led to the nationalist "Turnerbewegung" by "Turnvater" F. L. Jahn (Father of Gymnastics). Basically, fit young german men, getting rid of the french. He even came up with horizontal and parallel bars. So gymnastic clubs and the ideals behind were huge since around 1800, and when football come over 80 years later, they used those stadiums. So many are still used for both.
@@RysFootyParadise Actually, football was quite frowned upon as "the english game". While gymnastics was elegant and was to shape the body, football was rough and for the lower classes. There is quite a good move about it: "Der ganz große Traum". It´s the real story of teacher Konrad Koch, who brought football over for PE lessons in 1874.
Lovely vid about the AFC. I own that QPR shirt too by the way😅 Must be from the 90´s or beginning 2000´s. My english football highlight was a 2:3 at Loftus Road vs. Newcastle(2 goals from Les Ferdinand on the "wrong" side) when the toons competed for the title but QPR really made them sweat.
Btw., if you really want to deep dive in German football history, there are a larger number of clubs, that had to be dissolved. After WW 1 and WW2, former quite successful clubs had to shut down, due to the areas now being owned by other states. E.g.: FC Preussen 05 Kattowitz (which was refounded 2007 by silesian separatists and caused a uproar in Poland), DFC Prag, VfB Königsberg, SV Hindenburg Allenstein, SpVgg Memel, etc. etc. // Also during the war, you got absurd "war playing communities" with names such as: WKG Kriegsmarine (war marine) Gotenhafen, HSV Unteroffiziersschule (NCO school) Mewe, WKG Marine-Flakschule (naval flak school) Swinemünde.
Nice document of this stadium. However the days of it are already counted. The club is going to move to a new arena and the city of Hamburg will use the area of the old one for building appartment houses. Everthing is scheduled for the end of 2026 but - as usual - there are currently some problems with that. It seems the new arena will not be ready in time.
Football in Germany was first played in Braunschweig Lower Saxony. A teacher from a local School there went to England and when he came back this became a part of the schools PE Curriculum. Konrad Koch, look him up.
Cool contents from about German non league clubs Ry. Nearby are F.C. Teutonia Football club and further noth is the Germania Schnelsen Football club, so as S.C Victoria Club and E.T.V. football club. All these top non league clubs feed F.C St. Pauli and HSV 1. Bundesliga with their players too.
sing U-A-Altona! sing U-A-Altona! I was there a lot in the 80s and 90s, nice family atmosphere and good vibes. But then I was at St. Pauli more and more often, until this club was taken over by the politically correct queer community, which has only marginally to do with football. So I retired... Nice video, thank you, and how you manage to pronounce Adolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn so perfectly deserves extra praise!
If you are in Hamburg again someday, i recommend to visit the HFC Falke. A Club founded by former Ultras of the HSV in 2014. It is kind of the German FC United of Manchester.
@@RysFootyParadise This is a bit unfavourable because from the away end, you will not have access to any other areas of the stadium than the away standing terraces behind the goal. With a ticket for the seated main stand, you would have been permitted to explore all home standing terraces inside the stadium with your ticket as well. Nothing easier to get a ticket on a matchday as the stadium has a capacity of more than 23.000 as WSV's current attendances are about a tenth of this (of course, it will be a lot more packed on Sunday if for no other reason than MSV Duisburg still being a big name in German football). But you can still explore the outside of the stadium which will surely be interesting as well. The away entrance is just really far away from the main entrances a bit closer to the actual zoo where the home fans are entering the stadium and where you can see some nice buildings from the 1920s when the stadium was built. I'm sure you're going to find some curiosities in the surroundings of this stadium. I guess you're light on your feet as a milkman and former postman as the distances outside the stadium are really challenging if you're intending to try a 360 degree tour around the whole stadium... :) P.S. You don't need to buy a ticket for the Schwebebahn (the suspension railway) if you're carrying a ticket for the match. The use of public transport should still be included in the price of your ticket, but it's been a few years since I've been to my hometown club or a stadium in general last time...
Very interesting thanks. If I could I'd give an extra like for your choice of shirt. 95/96 relegation season but a great shirt. C'mon u R's as they say.cheers.
@ oh no you are doing great and your pronunciation is very good. I was talking about any articles, Wikipedia, websites or any other german information about the german clubs. Especially in the lower leagues you might find only german information.
If you want to I can offer a sleep place in Bremen, under 5km driving distance to the Weserstadion and "private shuttle service" from the airport with a Mercedes EQE ;)
I would suggest Dynamo Dresden at Energie Cottbus. Will be a big 3rd Division derby on 25th of January. I would also provide a Cottbus Jersey for the mancave if you would send me an address. Keep up the fantastic work 👍🏻
Great video. I live in Hamburg and am a St. Pauli fan, but have a soft spot for Altona 93. Just for possible future videos, you're pronouncing the name wrong. It's not Al-tona. It's more Al-ton-a.
Could not drop sankt pauli for the world but maybe altona 93 could be my german non league side.....cool vid😊 HFV2 channel on youtube shows altona 93s last match in full...posted 4 days ago
@@RysFootyParadise Quite a few do. The FC Sankt Pauli Women's Team plays there from time to time and the stadium is close by so it's just a bit more football fun on the weekend. I fondly remember going to a club friendly game between Altona 93 and West Ham United in 2017 unbelievable that altona managed a 3-3 Draw 😅
Hoffenheim is disliked like Leipzig. Why not continue showing the lower leagues. 1860, Stuttgarter kickers, Kaiserslautern etc. Keep up your good work mate 👍
The colours Red, White and Black were the colours of the German flag at the time of founding. Despite the inuendo it's nothing to do with the followers of the small Austrian with the funny moustache! 😉 That's also why the German national team play in Black and White!
Saturday - Bochum v Leverkusen & Düsseldorf v Paderborn ...Sunday - Wuppertaler SV v MSV Duisburg 🍻
I live in Hamburg and often go to Altona games. They are quite fun.
What a lovely stadium this is. Time stood still. A true hidden gem. Thanks for showing us 👍
I've been going there for years, but that's the first time I've seen behind the scenes! Danke!!! Fantastic video about "my" club!
great to hear! Look forward to returning on SpielTag!
Thank you for visiting Altona. Bringing back memories of my visiting there. Looking forward to the match day vlog now! 😂
I am a native Hamburg. I attended my first ever football match at the Adolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn in 1994. First Round DFB-Cup vs Borussia Dortmund. Score was 0-2, goals scored by Karl-Heinz Riedle and Julio Cesar. Sweet memories
Interesting for English-Speakers could be also the word "Kampfbahn". It an old word for an obastacle course and running track in stadiums. As you may know, many stadiums where used for athletics and gymnastics. Especially gymnastics (germ: Turnen) is intertwined with German history and national heritage since Napoleon times and was big around 1900. So Kampfbahn means literally "fighting track". Other Kampfbahnen were Bremer Kampfbahn, the now Weserstadion in Bremen, the Ilgen-Kampfbahn (Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Dresden). Both Schalke 04 played until ´73 in the Glückauf Kampfbahn (opened 1928) and BVB Dortmund at the Kampfbahn Rote Erde (Red Soil). Also, the Neckarstadion at Stuttgart was for some time called the A.H. Kampfbahn.
Thanks, yeah I always wondered why so many German stadiums had running tracks around them. Ours traditionally were very close to the pitch
@@RysFootyParadise Long story short: Napoleon ruled Europe, no unified german state. That led to the nationalist "Turnerbewegung" by "Turnvater" F. L. Jahn (Father of Gymnastics). Basically, fit young german men, getting rid of the french. He even came up with horizontal and parallel bars. So gymnastic clubs and the ideals behind were huge since around 1800, and when football come over 80 years later, they used those stadiums. So many are still used for both.
@@RysFootyParadise Actually, football was quite frowned upon as "the english game". While gymnastics was elegant and was to shape the body, football was rough and for the lower classes. There is quite a good move about it: "Der ganz große Traum". It´s the real story of teacher Konrad Koch, who brought football over for PE lessons in 1874.
If you have chance visit Victoria Hamburg 👍🏻👍🏻
You should go when SG Wattenscheid plays derby vs. VfL Bochums second Team in the 5. Tier.
Lovely vid about the AFC. I own that QPR shirt too by the way😅
Must be from the 90´s or beginning 2000´s. My english football highlight was a 2:3 at Loftus Road vs. Newcastle(2 goals from Les Ferdinand on the "wrong" side) when the toons competed for the title but QPR really made them sweat.
I think it was possibly the 95/96 away? 😁
Btw., if you really want to deep dive in German football history, there are a larger number of clubs, that had to be dissolved. After WW 1 and WW2, former quite successful clubs had to shut down, due to the areas now being owned by other states. E.g.: FC Preussen 05 Kattowitz (which was refounded 2007 by silesian separatists and caused a uproar in Poland), DFC Prag, VfB Königsberg, SV Hindenburg Allenstein, SpVgg Memel, etc. etc. // Also during the war, you got absurd "war playing communities" with names such as: WKG Kriegsmarine (war marine) Gotenhafen, HSV Unteroffiziersschule (NCO school) Mewe, WKG Marine-Flakschule (naval flak school) Swinemünde.
Thanks for the info! 😊
Nice document of this stadium. However the days of it are already counted.
The club is going to move to a new arena and the city of Hamburg will use the area of the old one for building appartment houses. Everthing is scheduled for the end of 2026 but - as usual - there are currently some problems with that. It seems the new arena will not be ready in time.
it's a shame - the same happens in England :( West Ham's ground Upton Park - now housing, pretty most most disappear
For Football fans in Hamburg that find ST.PAULI still too commercial they go to Altona 93
I was there on a match last saturday before my (the) Club (1.FC Nürnberg) played on sunday against the HSV.
Football in Germany was first played in Braunschweig Lower Saxony. A teacher from a local School there went to England and when he came back this became a part of the schools PE Curriculum. Konrad Koch, look him up.
interesting to know :)
Cool contents from about German non league clubs Ry.
Nearby are F.C. Teutonia Football club and further noth is the Germania Schnelsen Football club, so as S.C Victoria Club and E.T.V. football club. All these top non league clubs feed F.C St. Pauli and HSV 1. Bundesliga with their players too.
Thanks! I even learned something new...
very popular Hoffenheim 🤣🤣
hahaha hopefully people understand my sarcasm 🤣
As a big German football follower, love these videos mate!
Glad you like them! More coming this weekend 😊👍🏾
sing U-A-Altona! sing U-A-Altona! I was there a lot in the 80s and 90s, nice family atmosphere and good vibes. But then I was at St. Pauli more and more often, until this club was taken over by the politically correct queer community, which has only marginally to do with football. So I retired... Nice video, thank you, and how you manage to pronounce Adolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn so perfectly deserves extra praise!
Appreciate the kind words! And yes I’m very much of the opinion - keep politics away from football!
If you are in Hamburg again someday, i recommend to visit the HFC Falke. A Club founded by former Ultras of the HSV in 2014. It is kind of the German FC United of Manchester.
Ooo as a Manchester United fan, this is interesting
Looking forward to meet you in Wuppertal, I‘ll be in the Stadion am Zoo. 😊
Awesome! Yes come & say hello! It wouldn’t let me buy a home ticket so I’m in the away end 😅 but will be walking all over the stadium/zoo before 🐯
@@RysFootyParadise This is a bit unfavourable because from the away end, you will not have access to any other areas of the stadium than the away standing terraces behind the goal. With a ticket for the seated main stand, you would have been permitted to explore all home standing terraces inside the stadium with your ticket as well. Nothing easier to get a ticket on a matchday as the stadium has a capacity of more than 23.000 as WSV's current attendances are about a tenth of this (of course, it will be a lot more packed on Sunday if for no other reason than MSV Duisburg still being a big name in German football).
But you can still explore the outside of the stadium which will surely be interesting as well. The away entrance is just really far away from the main entrances a bit closer to the actual zoo where the home fans are entering the stadium and where you can see some nice buildings from the 1920s when the stadium was built. I'm sure you're going to find some curiosities in the surroundings of this stadium. I guess you're light on your feet as a milkman and former postman as the distances outside the stadium are really challenging if you're intending to try a 360 degree tour around the whole stadium... :)
P.S. You don't need to buy a ticket for the Schwebebahn (the suspension railway) if you're carrying a ticket for the match. The use of public transport should still be included in the price of your ticket, but it's been a few years since I've been to my hometown club or a stadium in general last time...
Thanks, valid comments!
By the way, a trip with the Schwebebahn is a must do! 😋
Very interesting thanks. If I could I'd give an extra like for your choice of shirt. 95/96 relegation season but a great shirt. C'mon u R's as they say.cheers.
Haha thought I’d show some love to some English clubs for a change 😅
Altona 93 club❤
A little fun fact: the green seats of the AJK seating stand you show, are from the old pre y2000 Volksparkstadion.
Good to know! 🤩
Amazing video! Let me know if you should need any help with any german translations!
Btw my favorite chant of the Altona fans is the count to 93 😅
that's class haha! Yes my pronunciations are terrible - but so are my English pronunciations 😅
@ oh no you are doing great and your pronunciation is very good. I was talking about any articles, Wikipedia, websites or any other german information about the german clubs. Especially in the lower leagues you might find only german information.
If you want to I can offer a sleep place in Bremen, under 5km driving distance to the Weserstadion and "private shuttle service" from the airport with a Mercedes EQE ;)
Haha much appreciated! 😁👍🏾 very kind
That’s my neighborhood. Love this team
Say Ooh Ahh Altona !
Don't forget to go to Stadion am Zoo via the schwebebahn !
Good point 🚠 🚡
Finest oldschool stadium since the Weidenpescher became defunct
I would suggest Dynamo Dresden at Energie Cottbus. Will be a big 3rd Division derby on 25th of January. I would also provide a Cottbus Jersey for the mancave if you would send me an address. Keep up the fantastic work 👍🏻
Great suggestion! You legend! I’m actually planning to see Cottbus v Hansa next month but tickets already sold? You legend - are you on Instagram?
I sent you a PM on Instagram
@ I can’t see the message 👀
Great video. I live in Hamburg and am a St. Pauli fan, but have a soft spot for Altona 93. Just for possible future videos, you're pronouncing the name wrong. It's not Al-tona. It's more Al-ton-a.
Could not drop sankt pauli for the world but maybe altona 93 could be my german non league side.....cool vid😊 HFV2 channel on youtube shows altona 93s last match in full...posted 4 days ago
Nice one mate - yeah no harm in keeping an eye out for the smaller clubs 😁👍🏾
That’s exactly my situation. I‘m about a 20-25min walk from both. It’s a perfect situation
@@howgoodistravel seems lots of fans follow both?
@@RysFootyParadise Quite a few do. The FC Sankt Pauli Women's Team plays there from time to time and the stadium is close by so it's just a bit more football fun on the weekend. I fondly remember going to a club friendly game between Altona 93 and West Ham United in 2017 unbelievable that altona managed a 3-3 Draw 😅
Old school, fußballclub Stadion
Altona 93 x Brønshøj Boldklub
Hoffenheim is disliked like Leipzig. Why not continue showing the lower leagues. 1860, Stuttgarter kickers, Kaiserslautern etc. Keep up your good work mate 👍
I was joking with the Hoffenheim comment 🤣
Ja fehlt nur noch Hanau 93 ,
The colours Red, White and Black were the colours of the German flag at the time of founding. Despite the inuendo it's nothing to do with the followers of the small Austrian with the funny moustache! 😉 That's also why the German national team play in Black and White!
true! haha I was just looking for an excuse to use that "Fawlty Towers" meme
The beer league of German soccer.
I get a bit triggered by the emPHAsis on the wrong syllable, it's nice to see. But Forza Dassendorf!
you're not gonna enjoy my conTENT then 😅
St. Pauli, McDonalds und die CDU 🥳
I would love to see you go to Rot Weiß Oberhausen! ❤️🤍
@@magmaore I did a tour around the stadium in October 😊 will return for a game!
Or September - here - ua-cam.com/video/0A7z9hXq62k/v-deo.htmlsi=D_t7mP1MsuCY0nPd
@@RysFootyParadise yeah I saw that but you need to go to a game
@@magmaore absolutely 😊