Cost nearly €800,000: Amateur club’s pitch ruined by Bundesliga turf | OneFootball

The first team of SSV Kulkwitz may only play in the 2nd Kreisklasse, but their home pitch is of the highest standard. However, the resulting costs are now ruining the amateur club from Saxony.

Regular flooding made a new pitch necessary as recently as 2016. “The whole mess cost almost 800,000 euros. Nonsense like this is hard to find,” complained club president Jens Luckner to 'Bild'.

Even back then, the club warned about the follow-up costs, but the city, as the owner of the pitch, insisted on the expensive construction with an irrigation system.

The Bundesliga-quality turf needs up to 90,000 liters of water per day. Annual maintenance amounts to 32,000 euros, plus regular servicing and new purchases of equipment.

According to Luckner, the club’s 74 members recently paid 180 euros in annual membership fees. But even that was no longer enough at some point. The club has filed for insolvency at the Borna district court.

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