Düsseldorf have 90,000 ticket requests for third free admission game

Duesseldorf fans hold up their fan scarves before the German 2nd Bundesliga soccer match between Fortuna Duesseldorf and SC Paderborn 07 at the Merkur Spiel-Arena. Fortuna Düsseldorf have received 90,000 ticket applications for their third and final home match of the season with free admission for fans. Marius Becker/dpa

Fortuna Düsseldorf have received 90,000 ticket applications for their third and final home match of the season with free admission for fans.

The second division club said on Thursday that the ticket request phase has been completed for the April 7 encounter with Eintracht Braunschweig.

This means that their stadium will be filled to its 52,000 capacity like in the previous two games free of charge against Kaiserslautern in October and league leaders St Pauli Hamburg in January.

Düsseldorf said they had 130,00 ticket requests for the St Pauli game and 120,000 for the match against Kaiserslautern. All three matches were sold out after the ticket application phase for club members.

The pilot project "Fortuna for everyone" was announced last year, and the ultimate aim is to make all home games available for free. Club sponsors are coming up for the lost ticket sales income.

Düsseldorf are fourth in the second tier, one point behind SV Hamburg in the promotion play-off spot.

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