Südstadion

The stadium opened on 15 January 1978 to give Cologne's southern football clubs a venue suitable for the 2. Bundesliga. Original capacity was 14,944; converting standing areas in the away end to seats has since reduced that figure slightly. The surrounding complex was initially called Bezirkssportanlage Köln-Süd and was renamed in 2014 after Jean Löring, long-serving president of SC Fortuna Köln.

Alongside the stadium itself, the Jean-Löring-Sportpark includes a building housing changing rooms, weight rooms and sports halls, plus two grass and two cinder training pitches. Since the Rhein-Energie-Stadion was built, the Südstadion is Cologne's largest stadium that retains a full athletics track.

SC Fortuna Köln has played its home matches here since opening day. Other tenants have included Bayer 04 Leverkusen's reserve side (2008/09 and 2009/10), the 1. FC Köln reserve team during renovation of their regular ground, and the 1. FC Köln women's team for several seasons. Cologne-based American football teams have also used the facility.

A full rebuild on the same site was considered but never carried out. Instead, a series of upgrades modernised the ground: in 2008 the main stand received bucket seats and a separate away section; in 2009 the toilets and floodlights were replaced. A 2012 refurbishment restored the stadium's second-division licence, and ahead of the 2015/16 season an undersoil heating system was installed — mandatory under DFB regulations for leagues one through three.