Südstadion is a football stadium in Cologne, Germany with an 11,748 capacity including 1,863 covered seats. History The stadium was built in 1978 and renovated in 2012, adding a new stand roof, new floodlights, new sounds system, sanitary installations and also ticket booths. After SC Fortuna Köln promotion to 3. Liga, in 2014 it was renovated again by adding a partition between home and away fans, new emergency doors, wavebreakers, a video surveillance system and improvement of the security services. A plan to further renovate the stadium was projected for 2015. Other uses SC Fortuna Köln use this stadium for their home games. Cologne Falcons and 1. FC Köln II also use it sometimes for their home games. Beginning with the inaugural season of the new European League of Football the Cologne Centurions (ELF) played all their home games at the stadium, with two exceptions using the Cologne Ostkampfbahn. References External links Südstadion at weltfussball.de Südstadion at europlan-online.de Football venues in Germany SC Fortuna Köln Sports venues in Cologne American football venues in Germany 1979 establishments in West Germany Sports venues completed in 1979 European League of Football venues