A FORMER World Cup stadium could be demolished to make way for a brand new 80,000-seater arena.

The Deutsche Bank Park was featured multiple times during the tournament in in 2006.

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The Deutsche Bank Park could be demolished Credit: Alamy
Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Bundesliga
The project could take over a decade to complete Credit: Getty

The iconic ground was the setting for ‘s 1-0 victory over and four other matches at that edition of the World Cup.

It has also been known as the Waldstadion, the Neues Waldstadion and the Commerzbank-Arena.

The Deutsche Bank Park was also used as a host stadium for other major tournaments such as the 1974 World Cup, the 2011 and .

club Eintracht Frankfurt are now planning to undertake a major expansion of the stadium.

This would see its capacity of 60,000 jump to a huge 80,000, which would make it the second largest in Germany.

It would trail ‘s Signal Iduna Park by just 1,365 seats.

Frankfurt spokesperson Axel Hellmann has revealed that two options are being considered.

One option would be to keep the current shell of the stadium and build a third tier on top of it.

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England played in the stadium in 2006 Credit: Times Newspapers Ltd

The second option would see the existing stadium demolished and a new state-of-the-art arena built on the same site.

A decision is yet to be made on which option will be selected by the 2022 winners.

Frankfurt are still carrying out research to assess the technical and economic feasibility of each plan.

The club has insisted that a more specific direction will be known in six months.

Germany's biggest stadiums

BORUSSIA DORTMUND have the largest stadium in Germany by over 6,000-seats.

Should Eintracht Frankfurt complete the project, then they would have the second-largest stadium in the country.

  • Signal Iduna Park (Dortmund) – 81,365 capacity (Borussia Dortmund)
  • Allianz Arena (Munich) – 75,024 capacity (Bayern Munich)
  • Olympiastadion Berlin (Berlin) – 74,475 capacity (Hertha BSC)
  • Veltins-Arena (Gelsenkirchen) – 62,271 capacity (Schalke 04)
  • MHPArena (Stuttgart) – 60,449 capacity (VfB Stuttgart)

Hellmann has admitted that the project will not be a swift one to complete and suggested it could take over a decade before finishing.

The expansion would be expected to boost the stadium’s business with the possible addition of major concerts and other big events.

It could also become an important stadium if Germany are to win the hosting rights of future international tournaments.