The RheinEnergieStadion opened less than two years ago and ensured that the city of Cologne would host World Cup finals games for the first time.

Cologne failed to make it on to the list for the 1974 finals, but the complete rebuild of the old Mungersdorfer stadium made certain that it made the cut this time around.

The RheinEnergieStadion will have a capacity of just over 40,500 for the finals.

The 2,000-year-old city of Cologne will celebrate the arrival of the World Cup finals on June 11, when Angola face Portugal.

Six days later the Czech Republic face Ghana and three days later Sweden take on England.

The group stages in Cologne end with the meeting of first-time finalists Togo and 1998 champions France on June 23.

Cologne's last game of the finals is a Round of 16 encounter on June 26 between the winners of Group H and the runners-up in Group G.