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Volkswagen Arena is a multi-purpose stadium in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany and serves as the home stadium for 2008/09 Bundesliga champions VfL Wolfsburg. The Volkswagen Arena replaced the former stadium of VfL Wolfsburg, the VFL Stadion.
The Volkswagen Arena finished construction in 2002. Before completion, VfL Wolfsburg played their home games at the 20,500 capacity VFL Stadion, where the amateur squad still plays. Currently the stadium is used mostly for the home games of VfL Wolfsburg, and is the site where they won their first Bundesliga title in the 2008–2009 season.
The stadium is mainly used to host Wolfsburg's home matches in all competitions. The stadium hosted Wolfsburg's first ever game in the Champions League along with their first win in the UEFA Champions League when Brazilian striker Grafite scored a hat-trick against CSKA Moscow, beating them 3–1, on 15 September 2009. The Volkswagen Arena was used also used as one of the host stadiums for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup which was held in Germany. The stadium has also been used for concerts and musical acts such as Elton John and Anastacia.