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Gelsenkirchen is home of the football club FC Schalke 04. Schalke's home ground, Veltins-Arena, is generally regarded as one of the most innovative stadiums built in recent years. It was one of 12 German cities to host matches during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and hosted the matches between Poland and Ecuador, Argentina and Serbia and Montenegro, Portugal and Mexico, and USA and Czech Republic.
Gelsenkirchen has also hosted two important Yugoslav games. These games were Serbia's two largest FIFA World Cup results. They were a 6–0 loss to Argentina and a 9–0 win over Zaire. It is also the birthplace of football players Mesut Özil and Manuel Neuer, who both currently play for the Germany national football team.
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