Augsburg Arena

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WWK Arena, also known as Schwabenstadion, is a football stadium in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. It is the home ground of FC Augsburg and opened on 26 July 2009, replacing the Rosenaustadion.

Key facts
- Capacity: 30,660 for league matches (19,060 seats and 11,034 standing). International matches: 28,367.
- Surface: Grass
- Construction: €45 million; designed by Bernhard & Kögl
- Owner/tenants: FC Augsburg (since 2009); Germany national team has played selected matches here
- Naming history: during planning it was Augsburg Arena; then Impuls Arena (2009–2011); SGL Arena (2011–2015); since 2015 it is WWK Arena (naming rights held by WWK)

Notable events
- FC Augsburg played its first match in the stadium in 2009.
- Hosted games for the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
- The stadium was nicknamed “the Anfield of the B17” after a 2016 Europa League match against Liverpool.
- It is promoted as the first climate-neutral football stadium, using six deep heat pumps and a bio natural gas boiler for energy needs.

Future
- A second construction phase could expand capacity to about 49,000.