What is Dortmund's 'Yellow Wall'? Origin and meaning of the famous Signal Iduna Park

2024-05-06 18:00:17

Even though it's just a small screen experience, the audience can still feel the terrible pressure from the stands at Signal Iduna Park. The "Yellow Wall" is...

Even though it's just a small screen experience, the audience can still feel the terrible pressure from the stands at Signal Iduna Park. The "Yellow Wall" is the most famous part of the stands in Dortmund's matches.

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It is the fiery stands of this stadium that have become a source of great spiritual encouragement. for Dortmund. The teams that come here as guests always have to endure a lot of pressure, sometimes making them unable to maximize their abilities.

“Yellow Wall” or “Die Gelbe Wand” is the name of the largest grandstand area at Signal Iduna Park, home stadium of Borussia Dortmund.

The name This was used for the first time in 2005, as a testament to the passion and enthusiasm of loyal fans of the Ruhr region team.

With a height of nearly 40m and a length of about 100m, this area makes many other famous stands in the world look strangely small. Not to mention, the energy that Dortmund fans emit makes the "Yellow Wall" have strong vitality, helping to improve the mental strength of the players playing on the field.

Goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller, who played for Dortmund from 2002 to 2018, said that this is great mental strength for the home players, as well as tremendous pressure. terrible for the away team. The sole purpose of this action is to help Dortmund win.

Jurgen Klopp, who once brought Dortmund to two Bundesliga championship titles , talks about the experiences he had while standingon Signal Iduna Park stadium: “You are in the dark tunnel, you step out into the stadium and that is the moment you are reborn. The atmosphere explodes, you look around, where there are 150,000 people standing there and going crazy about the match.”

The importance of the "Yellow Wall" is associated with Dortmund's successes in for nearly 20 years. Looking at that, the players seemed to gain strength, as did the Anfield stands with the familiar song "You'll Never Walk Alone". At Signal Iduna Park, once the tifos (large promotional banners) appeared, this stand became more unforgettable than ever.

Along with the development of Dortmund's achievements, Signal Iduna Park is increasingly expanding and improvinglevel to meet the capacity of the number of fans here. Currently, this is also one of the largest stadiums in Germany.

For Dortmund fans, the "Yellow Wall" is not just an audience. The strongest and most enthusiastic fan base, but also the legacy of the entire team, is a testament to Dortmund's growth over the years. Generations of players may come and go, but the "Yellow Wall" will always exist forever with the team.

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