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Bayer Sportstadion, also known as the Stadion am Wollenhofweg, is a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Uerdingen district of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Located within the Bayer Uerdingen sports park, it is owned and used by the SC Bayer 05 Uerdingen multi-sport club. [1]

Adjacent to the stadium, and also within the sports park, is the Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, part of Germany's national cricket performance centre, a joint venture between SC Bayer 05 Uerdingen and the German Cricket Federation. [2]

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References

  1. "Vereinseigene Sportanlagen" [The Club's own sport facilities]. SC Bayer 05 Uerdingen (in German). Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. "DCB proud to announce first national performance centre in Krefeld". 20 November 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

Coordinates: 51°21′40″N6°38′01″E / 51.3612°N 6.6337°E / 51.3612; 6.6337