Name: FAC Platz
Capacity: 3000 spectators
Number of VIP parking spaces: approx. 50
Guest sector standing room: 300
VIP seats: 152 covered
Press seats: 10 covered
Seating for grandstands: 610 covered, 240 not covered
Training ground: FAC artifical turf
Address: Hopfengasse 8, A-1210 Wien
If you arrive by car, take the exit from the A22 at the “Knoten Floridsdorf” in the direction of B7 – Brno/Czech Republic/Mistelbach/Prager Straße and immediately afterwards the exit in the direction of B3-Prager Straße. Turn left into Prager Straße and follow it for about 500 meters, then turn right into Koloniestraße. After 600 meters turn left into Lokomotivgasse and then left again into Hopfengasse. After about 300 meters you will reach your destination.
There is a car park ticket obligation in the 21st district and there are hardly any parking possibilities around the stadium. If you want to travel by car, we recommend parking in the centre of Floridsdorf and covering the rest by tram or on foot.
Our stadium is easily accessible by public transport:
S-Bahn: S3, S4 (Stop: Jedlersdorf)
Tram: 26 (Stop: Hopfengasse)
Bus: 36A, 36B, 850 (Stop: Hopfengasse)
Before the Blue-Whites pitched their tents in Hopfengasse, the FAC was at home at four other sports venues. In the beginning the “leather” rolled on the Iserfell at the Mühlschüttel. Today the area is located in the district Donaufeld and is regarded as the original site of the Floridsdorf football game. Unfortunately, there are no more exact traditions recorded from that time.
The first real home of the FAC was the “Birner”-Platz, which was opened on 7 October 1907. Around the place, which was established beside a large manure deposit place, rubble and other garbage piled up. The FAC played its games here for two years.
In 1909 the FAC moved towards the north railway bridge. The Floridsdorfer AC celebrated its greatest successes at the legendary FAC Square, which was opened with a match against First Vienna FC on 9 May 1909. Over the years, the square was renovated and enlarged again and again. The last match was played by the FAC on 7 October 1928, the municipality of Vienna had terminated the contract with the club.
The following years they commuted back and forth between various sports facilities, the Floridsdorfer AC always had to play the big games away from home.
For the home games they moved between the BAC and RAG fields. In 1934 the Admira moved into its new sports field in Hopfengasse and the FAC took over its former place in Deublergasse. From the 1948/49 season, almost all home games were played on this pitch, sometimes in front of 10,000 spectators. At the beginning of the 60’s the management forgot to pay the rent and the club again was left without a home playground. On 19 May 1963 the FAC played its last game there.
Since the 1966/67 season, the FAC pitch in Hopfengasse has been home to the Blue and White kickers. Once again, the FAC inherited from the Admira. The facility was extended in the coming years with tennis courts, a sauna house and a plunge pool. In November 1987 the area was renamed “Leopold-Stroh-Anlage”. In 1993, with the financial support of the municipality of Vienna, the Vienna Football Association and the former president of the club, Friedrich Gross, the construction of a grandstand began. This was completed in 1994. In the following years some infrastructural extensions followed. Among other things, a VIP club, a new floodlight and much more were added. Since the 2015/16 season there have been two completely new tubular steel stands at FAC-Platz.
Source: Reinhard Pillwein, (2004) 100 Years FAC – The Story of a Floridsdorf Landmark, Scribona Druck GsmbH, Vienna
