Leipzig get approval for some fans in stadium at season opener

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Bundesliga - RB Leipzig v SC Paderborn - Red Bull Arena, Leipzig, Germany - June 6, 2020. General view inside the stadium before the match, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/Pool. DFL regulations prohibit any use of photographs as image sequences and/or quasi-video

BERLIN (Reuters) - RB Leipzig have become the first Bundesliga club allowed to have some fans back in their stadium for their season opener next month after the city's health authority on Tuesday gave the green light for up to 8,500 spectators to attend.

The city said the club, who last month were knocked out of the Champions League in the semi-finals, could have fans back in their ground against Mainz 05 on Sept. 20 if novel coronavirus infection rates in the region remain at current levels.