Union Berlin tickets - help required.

[lyonhibs]

I'm going to be in Berlin on April 7th, and Union Berlin are playing the mighty FC Erzebirge Aue. There's a chance I'll be free to go to the game (it's my girlfriend's Dad's 60th birthday trip away, and her/her family aren't into football in the slightest, so who knows!!).

I spreche exactly bugger all Deutsch, so does anyone know the rough costs/on-the-day availability of these, or do these need to be bought in advance? I can find a couple of ticket office contacts online, but I daresay these would lead to a prolonged e-mail chain in either Google Translate German, or pigeon English, neither of which promise to be the most productive.

All help appreciated.

Cheers

[NRW_Hibbie]

The club's website is in German only but the page linked below shows the different ticket prices (€10 for the cheapest standing ticket; €26 for the most expensive seat).

http://www.fc-union-berlin.de/tickets/preise/

The online ticket portal only has tickets for the game on 9 March at this stage for which there are still over 1000 available - the stadium holds just over 18000.

https://www.eventimsports.de/shop/188/28108/allareas

Their game against Dynamo Dresden sold out recently, but I'd be amazed if a game against Aue did the same. I live in Germany and can probably help you out getting tickets - drop me a PM if you need any more help.

[Holmesdale Hibs]

I went to a Union Berlin game in 2006 and it was one of the best football matches I've been to, in terms of atmosphere and enjoyment anyway, the standard was pretty poor. I paid on the gate but you could ask your hotel to phone the club to see if this is still possible.

Union Berlin were 3-0 down after 20min but the fans were still cheering and singing and there was no, or at least very little, negativity. They got beat 4-2 in the end but still did a lap of honour.

When I was there, most of the stadium was standing and you could buy a drink at the game. Think a ticket was about 8 euros. The stadium is a short walk from a metro station.

I enjoyed the game from start to finish, would love to go back some day.

[NYHibby]

This site is pretty good. You just have to be careful as some information is out of date.
http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/unionbe.html

I think you should go to a Dynamo Berlin game ...