TSG 1899 HOFFENHEIM II
JUNE 2026
Founded: Jul 1, 1899
Club Members: 11,837
Nicknames: Achtzehn99, Hoffe Zwo
Coach: Stefan Kleineheismann
Captain: Valentin Lässig
Oberliga Baden Württemberg Champion: 1
Regionalliga Südwest Champion: 1
Website: www.tsg-hoffenheim.de/u23
The second team of TSG Hoffenheim (participants in the Bundesliga since 2008) began playing in the early 1990s at the lowest level of German football in the Kreis Sinsheim.
However, four promotions in succession saw them advance to the sixth tier Verbandsliga Baden in 2001. After only two seasons at this level, a second-place finish saw the team earn promotion to the Oberliga Baden Württemberg. In 2010 a further promotion saw them gain a spot in the fourth-tier Regionalliga Sud, which two years later became the Regionalliga Sudwest. After fifteen years playing at this level, the club comfortably won the league title in 2024-5 and spent last season in the 3. Liga. In over thirty years Hoffenheim II has never been relegated.
GROUND DETAILS
Ground Name: Dietmar Hopp Stadion
Year Opened: 1999
Renovations: 2007
Capacity: 6,350 (3,350 standing)
Record Attendance: 6,257 (2004)
Undersoil Heating: Yes
Running Track: No
Playing Surface: Natural Grass
Grounds:
Dietmar Hopp Stadion (1999 - 2008)
Home games are played at the Dietmar Hopp Stadion, which was used by the first team until it was promoted to the Bundesliga in 2008, at which point it moved to the newly constructed Pro Zero Arena in nearby Sinsheim. This means the second team does actually play in Hoffenheim, unlike the first team.
The stadium was built in 1999 for the first team and was financed by Dietmar Hopp, the software entrepreneur who has been bankrolling the whole club for three decades. Initially it had a capacity of 5,000 but was expanded to 6,350 when the first team was promoted to the Bundesliga 2 in 2006, to allow the team to continue playing there. Given that the second team’s attendances come nowhere near the stadium’s capacity, it seems unlikely that any further expansion will occur.
The main stand runs alongside the pitch, which is fully seated and covered.
Away fans are located behind the goal opposite the main entrance, where there are both standing and seated blocks. There are further stands behind the other goal and opposite, however these are not required and unused.
REcord attendance - staduim DB
BUYING TICKETS
Ticket Office:
Website: www.tsg-hoffenheim.de/u23
Telephone: +49 (0) 726 194930
Email: ticketing@tsg-hoffenheim.de
Average Attendance:
2025-2026: 1,616 (3.Liga)
2024-2025: 483 (Regionalliga Südwest)
2023-2024: 342 (Regionalliga Südwest)
2022-2023: 245 (Regionalliga Südwest)
2021-2022: 212 (Regionalliga Südwest)
Expected Ticket Availability
Although the club website offers an English Language version, its online ticket shop is not 'Aüslander ' friendly and you'll probably need to learn some German or use Google Translate to buy tickets (Print@Home or Mobile Tickets only). Tickets can also be bought at the fan shops (see FAN SHOP, MUSEUM & STADIUM TOURS section below) or from the stadium box offices which open three hours before kick-off. Orders by phone, letter, fax or e-mail are not possible !
Achtzehn99 don't sell-out all that often now that the novelty of being a Bundesliga club on the rise with no local competition has worn off, and apart from matches against the usual suspects and VfB Stuttgart, getting hold of a ticket won't be too much of a problem. Since March 2019, Hoffenheim have operated an official Ticket Exchange site and it's a good place to look if you've been caught out and the sold-out signs have gone up. More information here.
Hoffenheim adopt an ABC approach to categorising matches and there's a quite a difference in price depending on the quality of opposition facing them. Matches are allocated a category when the fixtures are scheduled by the DFL (German Football League) so be sure to check the website for confirmed pricing. Broadly speaking though full-payers should expect to pay the following:
Category A: €37 - €90 for seats, €18 standing
Category B: €37 - €75 for seats, €18 standing
Category C: €24 - €46 for seats, €16 standing
Discounts are available for children (aged 4-14 years old), students, senior citizens and people with disabilities. Fans aged 3 years and under, are given free admission but aren't entitled to a seat of their own and must sit on a parent or guardian's lap throughout the game. Family seating is also available in the 'TSG Familienblock' (Blocks U and V) for €22 - €29 for adults and €9 - €18 for children (aged 4-14 years) depending on price category. A surcharge of €2 (for seats) and €1 (standing) is applied to tickets bought on a matchday at the box offices. More information about 2025-26 ticket pricing can be found here.
Information about visiting the PreZero Arena for fans with disabilities can be found at:
www.bundesliga-reisefuehrer.de
GETTING THERE & AWAY
Stadium Address:
Silbergasse 45
74889 Sinsheim-Hoffenheim
BY CAR:
The PreZero Arena is just off the busy A6 autobahn so take the 33b Sinsheim Süd exit and follow signs to the stadium. The club warn that the autobahn is usually congested and that once you've battled your way off the motorway, the situation isn't much better at the stadium itself.
Car Parks P9-11 nearest the stadium cost €10 are usually full at least half an hour before kick-off and the alternative P12 (€5 per vehicle) and Auto & Technik Museum (€10 per vehicle) car parks on Neulandstraße aren't much better. It might be an idea therefore to park a bit further away from the ground (eg in Sinsheim or Steinsfurt) where you'll probably avoid wasting precious lifetime in the post-match traffic inching away from the stadium. One option is the 'Freibad' car park (Schwimmbadweg, 74889 Sinsheim) which offers free parking near the main train station. Parking is also available at the Dr.-Sieber-Halle car park (Friedrichstraße 17, 74889 Sinsheim) which is free until 2pm on Saturdays and €1 per hour thereafter. More information about parking options in Sinsheim can be found here.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
With a match ticket you can ride around in 2nd class on trains, buses and trams within the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (VRN) and the Heilbronner/Hohenloher/Haller Nahverkehr (HNV) transport networks on a matchday until 3am the following morning. Don't forget to 'personalise' your ticket at the time of purchase! Trains deposit fans at the Sinsheim Museum/Arena station and from here it's a 15-minute stroll following everyone else to the arena. Shuttle buses also run every 15 minutes from the Sinsheim (Elsenz) station (one stop further along the line from Sinsheim Museum/Arena) to the ground. The service starts 2.5 hours before kick-off and runs until 90 minutes after full-time.
WALKING DIRECTIONS:
The ground is in the middle of nowhere next to a motorway junction, so unless you're already in Sinsheim to visit the Auto & Technik Museum, then you'll arrive with all the other fans at the stations so just follow the PUBLIC TRANSPORT directions above.
FAN SHOP, MUSEUM & STADIUM TOURS
FAN SHOP:
All your fanartikels and match tickets can be picked up at the TSG-Fanshop (PreZero Arena, Dietmar Hopp Straße 1, 74889 Sinsheim; tel: +49 (0) 726 194930, email: fanartikel@tsg-hoffenheim.de; 10am-5pm, Mon-Wed & Fri; 10am-6pm, Thu; 10am-2pm, Sat; open from three hours before kick-off and for an hour after full-time on home matchdays).
A second fan shop opened in the centre of Heidelberg in January 2025:
City Store Heidelberg (Bismarckplatz 1, 69115 Heidelberg; email: fanartikel@tsg-hoffenheim.de; 11am-7pm, Mon-Fri; 10am-2pm, Sat).
FOOD & DRINK OPTIONS
Hoffenheim is a small village and you might struggle to find a decent place for a bite to eat or to wet your beak. Head to the bars and restaurants in Sinsheim's historic centre instead or, if you're desperate for super processed greasy food, there's a McDonalds, Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken along Neulandstaraße towards the Auto & Technik Museum. Another idea is to visit Heidelberg's baroque Altstadt half-an-hour away by train for your pre-match food and drink before making your way to Hoffenheim.
The usual fast food kiosks at the ground will provide you with your fill of chips, pretzel, frikadellen and wurst variants (the Feuerwurst is highly recommeded !) along with a few pints of Bitburger. And, possibly as a reward for coming to watch one of Germany's most unpopular teams, Hoffenheim will let you pay for everything with cash or contactless methods (debit/credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay etc).
OTHER CLUBS IN THE AREA
BUNDESLIGA: 1.FSV Mainz 05, Eintracht Frankfurt, SV Elversberg, VfB Stuttgart
BUNDESLIGA 2: 1.FC Heidenheim 1846, 1.FC Kaiserslautern, Karlsruher SC, SV Darmstadt 98
3.LIGA: 1.FC Saarbrücken, SV Waldhof Mannheim, SV Wehen Wiesbaden, VfB Stuttgart II
