Signal Iduna Park
The Atmosphere
The Yellow Wall — 24,454 standing supporters in a single terrace, the largest in European football — is the defining image of German football atmosphere. Signal Iduna Park doesn't just get loud; it pulses, with coordinated chanting that creates a rhythm the entire ground follows.
— Against Málaga in the 2013 Champions League quarterfinal, a goal down in stoppage time, Dortmund scored twice in two minutes, Marco Reus and then Felipe Santana: the identity this stadium still carries, belief that borders on defiance.
At 81,365 (including the 24,454 standing on the South Bank), it is the largest stadium in Germany, and the standing section alone holds more people than Brentford's or Bournemouth's entire ground.
The Strobelallee fills with black and yellow hours before kickoff, with bratwurst smoke and beer garden tables creating a festival atmosphere that makes the match feel like the final act, not the main event.
Matchday essentials
Everything you need to know before visiting Signal Iduna Park
- •Gates open 2.5 hours before kick-off; BVB advises getting in at least 90 minutes before kick-off to avoid queues.
- •Bags may be no larger than A4 and no deeper than 15 cm, and no food or drink may be brought in; the limited bag drops open with the gates and close 45 minutes after the final whistle.
- •Payment inside is cashless: girocard, credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay at kiosks and mobile stands, and the BVB Stadiondeckel card at kiosks only.
- •Season and match tickets double as public transport tickets across NRW on matchday until 3 am the next day; holders of digital or print@home tickets need a separate free travel ticket, requested online.
Transit
- →DSW21 U45 — Stadion (at least every 5 minutes from Hauptbahnhof from about 3 hours before kick-off)
- →Regional trains RB 52, RB 53, RB 59 — Dortmund Signal-Iduna-Park
- →DSW21 U46 — Westfalenhallen
- →DSW21 U42 — Theodor-Fliedner-Heim
Parking
More than 10,000 paid spaces surround the stadium, but parking tickets must be bought online in advance (car parks A1–A8 via Messe Dortmund, C–F via DOPARK 21); drivers without one are turned away. Some car-park exits close from about the 80th minute until around 40 minutes after the final whistle.
There are 72 wheelchair spaces on the East and West stands (blocks 3 and 6), reached through the barrier-free south-east special entrance or, escorted by a volunteer, the players' entrance under the BORUSSEUM. Disabled parking permits for car parks C1, C2 and A8 are requested per match on bvb.de, first come, first served.
Checked against: bvb.de · brinkhoffs.de · dortmund.de · de.wikipedia.org · openstreetmap.org
Nearby attractions
Places to eat, drink, and explore around Signal Iduna Park
Borussia Dortmund's official fan shop at the stadium's north-west corner.
BVB's club museum at the stadium's north-east corner; adults €9, open until kick-off on matchdays.
BVB's home ground from 1937 to 1974, next door; home of BVB's women's team since 2022.
Fee-paying city park (€4.50 in summer); its 208 m Florianturm tower opens Wednesday to Sunday.
Gallery
Views of Signal Iduna Park
The Yellow Wall in full voice
Signal Iduna Park at sunset from the air
Strobelallee before kickoff
Signal Iduna Park — aerial view over Dortmund
Upcoming at this ground
About this ground
Capacity
81,365
Surface
Hybrid surface
Opened
1974
Address
Strobelallee, Dortmund
Also known as
Westfalenstadion
Home Club
Stature
Major finals
2 final matches: UEFA Cup 1993, 2001.
Big nights, 2021–26
33 continental and national-team matches: Champions League 25, European Championship 5, Europa League 1, Friendlies 1, and more.
How it's measured
Each measure is a percentile rank among GoalPost's 222 stadium pages, and the stature is their average. Major finals: a World Cup, European Championship or Champions League final counts three; a Copa América, Copa Libertadores, Europa League or Club World Cup final two; a Conference League, Copa Sudamericana, Africa Cup of Nations, Asian Cup or Gold Cup final one; a final over two legs is shared between its grounds, and a ground built on an older one's site counts from its own opening (the old Wembley's finals are not the new one's). Big nights: continental club and national-team matches since July 2021, from GoalPost's archive. Home club: the best GoalPost Rating (GPR) among the clubs that play here. This season's matches are shown, not ranked.
Home advantage
2021–22 to 2025–26
Home sides in the Bundesliga outscore visitors by 0.36 goals a game (1,530 league matches): they win 44%, draw 25% and lose 31%.
- MLS+0.45
- Brasileirão+0.40
- Scottish Premiership+0.37
- Eredivisie+0.36
- La Liga+0.36
- Bundesliga+0.36
- Swiss Super League+0.35
- Liga MX+0.34
- Süper Lig+0.34
- Argentina+0.31
- Belgian Pro League+0.29
- Championship+0.29
- 2. Bundesliga+0.28
- Primeira Liga+0.28
- Greek Super League+0.27
- Serie B+0.27
- Premier League+0.27
- Ligue 1+0.26
- Saudi Pro League+0.21
- Serie A+0.18
Home side's goals minus the visitors', a game; the line is the 95% interval.
In the Bundesliga, none of the spread between clubs' home records over these seasons is more than chance would make it, so GoalPost doesn't rank grounds by home advantage.
How it's measured
Every regular-season match of the five seasons in GoalPost's archive: the home side's goals minus the visitors', averaged, with its 95% interval. For the clubs, each one's goal difference a game at home is set against its own away, where it meets the same opponents, so its strength cancels out; the question is how much of the spread between clubs that leaves is more than five seasons of chance would produce.
| League | Goals a game | Home wins | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| MLS | +0.45 ± 0.07 | 47% | 2,486 |
| Brasileirão | +0.40 ± 0.07 | 47% | 1,900 |
| Scottish Premiership | +0.37 ± 0.11 | 46% | 1,035 |
| Eredivisie | +0.36 ± 0.10 | 44% | 1,530 |
| La Liga | +0.36 ± 0.07 | 46% | 1,900 |
| Bundesliga | +0.36 ± 0.10 | 44% | 1,530 |
| Swiss Super League | +0.35 ± 0.12 | 44% | 969 |
| Liga MX | +0.34 ± 0.08 | 45% | 1,530 |
| Süper Lig | +0.34 ± 0.08 | 46% | 1,749 |
| Liga Profesional | +0.31 ± 0.06 | 43% | 2,304 |
| Belgian Pro League | +0.29 ± 0.10 | 43% | 1,390 |
| Championship | +0.29 ± 0.06 | 44% | 2,760 |
| 2. Bundesliga | +0.28 ± 0.09 | 44% | 1,530 |
| Primeira Liga | +0.28 ± 0.09 | 43% | 1,530 |
| Greek Super League | +0.27 ± 0.12 | 43% | 934 |
| Serie B | +0.27 ± 0.07 | 41% | 1,900 |
| Premier League | +0.27 ± 0.09 | 44% | 1,900 |
| Ligue 1 | +0.26 ± 0.09 | 44% | 1,677 |
| Saudi Pro League | +0.21 ± 0.10 | 44% | 1,398 |
| Serie A | +0.18 ± 0.08 | 40% | 1,900 |
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