Fans return to Germany: This is the first club the fans will meet in the Tribuna.

RB Leipzig has become the first German Bundesligla club to which a number of fans have been allowed for the 2020/21 edition opening match.

City health authorities on Tuesday have granted permission for the opening match to allow 8,500 fans, Reuters writes.

The city has said that the club, which reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in the newly finished edition, will have this number of fans for the September 20th match against Mainz if the epidemiological situation does not deteriorate.

After a detailed examination of the health authorities in Leipzig have approved the strict health plan of the Bundesliga club, RB Leipzig”, said in the city communiqué. “This means that 8,500 fans” will be allowed for the first contest on September 20th.

All fans are forced to wear masks and will be placed in small groups separated at the stadium, which has 42 thousand seats. No guest fans.