Supporter Information
FC Union Berlin vs Rangers
17:00 Kick Off (Local Time)
Saturday 27th July 2024
Ticketing
E-Tickets have been distributed in advance of the fixture to all supporters. Tickets can be downloaded and printed, or the barcode contained within the ticket can be scanned electronically at the turnstile.
Recommended Supporter Area
Rangers fans are encouraged to congregate in Alexanderplatz and the surrounding area. The square has easy access to bars, restaurants and other amenities. This area will afford access to the stadium via public transport.
Stadium
Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Address: An der Wuhlheide 263, 12555 Berlin
Capacity: 22,012
Away section:
Rangers supporters will be situated in Section 5.
Access is via Checkout Area 4 and turnstiles will open at 15:00 local time.
Both cash and card are accepted within the stadium.
Flags and banners are permitted but may be checked by security upon entry.
Only bags smaller than A4 size will be permitted and there is no storage facility at the stadium.
Battery packs are prohibited.
Please see appendix for the full list of prohibited items provided by Union Berlin.
If you have concerns regarding access to the stadium, please contact disabilitymatters@rangers.co.uk as soon as possible.
How to get to the stadium:
PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Rangers fans are recommended to travel to Spindlersfeld Station, which is an approx. 25-minute walk to the stadium.
From Alexanderplatz or Berlin Hauptbahnhof, take the S9 in the direction of the airport and alight at Baumschulenweg, here you will board the S47 to Spindlersfeld.
From Berlin Brandenburg Airport take the S45/S9 in the direction of Südkreuz/Spandau, and alight at Schöneweide. Then travel to Spindlersfeld using the S47.
For further travel information please visit the following link Public Transportation in Berlin – Berlin.de.
Parking
Supporters arriving by private coach or car should contact slo@rangers.co.uk detailing approximate time of arrival, as well as providing any information regarding drop-off and pick up.
Weather Forecast
Useful Information
British Embassy Berlin
Consular Section Wilhelmstraße 70/71 10117 Berlin Germany
+49 (0) 30 204570 or +44 (0)20 7008 5000
Passport advice line: +44 300 222 0000
GOV.UK - Help for British people abroad (fcdo.gov.uk)
Emergency services in Germany
Telephone:
Police – 110
Ambulance and Fire - 112
Useful Links:
Germany travel advice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
EVERYONE ANYONE
Supporters are strongly reminded the use of pyrotechnics within sports stadia is illegal. Not only could this lead to your arrest, but the club may also be sanctioned by governing bodies.
Rangers is rightly proud of our multicultural men’s first-team squad and diverse support. Our Everyone Anyone campaign sends a clear message of inclusion and togetherness and a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of discrimination on and off the pitch.
Rangers are a modern football club, with support recognised across Europe for the positive way in which they back their team. Songs and chants of a discriminatory nature have absolutely no place in 2024.
The manager and his team have expressed just how big an impact your fantastic support can have on performances – let’s ensure this is in the correct manner.
Appendix
PROHIBITIONS
(1) Visitors to the stadium are not allowed to bring the following items:
a) Weapons of any kind;
b) Items or objects, which may be used as weapons or as projectiles, which by their nature could cause injury, harm or damage to people or property;
c) Objects or clothing, which are suitable as protective weapons, and which could be utilized under given circumstances, in order to fend off the highest authorized enforcement measures;
d) Items, which are likely and intended to hinder the establishment of someone’s identity;
e) Aerosol spray cans and pressurized containers for highly inflammable or health endangering gases (apart from commercial cigarette lighters), inflammable liquids, and corrosive or colouring substances;
f) Bottles (also PET bottles), beakers, mugs and cans, which are fragile or made of splintering or especially hardened material; it is permitted to carry alcohol-free drinks such as those in Tetra Paks or drinks for small children in the designated containers;
g) Bulky items such as ladders, stools, chairs, crates, suitcases;
h) Fireworks, rockets, Bengal fireworks, smoke powder, smoke bombs, flares and other pyrotechnic articles;
i) Flags or sign poles measuring more than 1.5 meters in length or 3 cm in diameter (apart from flags with flag passes) as well as large area banners and unregistered banners, large quantities of paper or paper rolls (wallpaper);
j)Electrical and mechanically driven noise devices and voice amplifiers;
k) Drugs and alcoholic drinks of all kinds;
l) Animals (except with exceptional permission, for example, guide dogs);
m) Laser pointers;
n) Video cameras or other sound and image recording devices, cameras which can be utilized for a commercial purpose (except those with the appropriate permission of the event organizer);
o) Propaganda materials with glorifying violence, racist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic or radical content;
p) Garments, whose production, sale, or target group is generally recognized to refer to right-wing extremism;
q) Advertising or religious articles, which are intended to disseminate or transmit commercial or religious attitudes;
(2) Visitors are also forbidden:
a) To offer or sell weapons, banned articles, items, objects or garments within the area of applicability of the stadium rules and regulations; or in any other manner let such items be offered to or accepted by other people;
b) To climb, or to climb over, structures and fixtures not intended for general use, especially facades, fences, walls, enclosures of the playing area, barriers, lighting systems, camera platforms, trees, any type of planted area, all types of masts and roofs, as well as their anchoring systems and supports;
c) To climb on seats or to mechanically manipulate them;
d) To disseminate propaganda materials and slogans with glorifying violence, discriminating, racist, xenophobic or radical content, especially expressing a right-wing extremist and discriminatory attitude through right-wing extremist materials, right-wing extremist slogans or gestures;
e) To enter areas which are not permitted for visitors (for example, the football pitch, inner rooms and function rooms);
f) To throw any kind of object;
g) To ignite fires, fireworks, rockets, Bengal fireworks, smoke powder, smoke bombs, flares and to burn or launch other pyrotechnic articles;
h) To sell goods and entrance tickets, to distribute printed materials and to organize collections without the necessary business approval and permission of “An der Alten Försterei” Stadionbetriebs AG;
i) To mark, paint, attach, scratch, burn, or in any other way damage structural installations, facilities, trees or pathways;
j) To use banners, flags and banderoles, which hinder the view of other visitors, or which obscure unlawful acts;
k) To relieve oneself or cause soiling outside toilets, or to pollute the stadium in any other way, especially by throwing things away (waste, packaging, empty containers, etc.);
l) To set up, attach, or store objects;
m) To enter the An der Alten Försterei stadium in a guise, which may prevent the establishment of identity;
n) To use sound and visual recordings made within the grounds of the stadium for commercial purposes without permission;
o) To spend the night in the stadium.
(3) It is forbidden to constrict traffic areas, pathways and especially emergency escape routes. Sales stands with previously obtained permission from the “An der Alten Försterei” Stadionbetriebs AG are to be set up in the established sales areas. Green spaces are to be kept free from obstruction.
(4) In order to maintain public order, it is forbidden to form mobs within the enclosed areas of the An der Alten Försterei stadium. A mob exists when several people by their common action show the will to disturb the public order.