Every year the Anhalt-Meeting is held in the Paul Greifzu Stadium, regarded as one of the best outdoor meetings in Europe by athletes such as Franka Dietzsch or Tim Lobinger. It is also the home of LAC Dessau, the local track and field athletics club. A number of major football teams have played in the stadium, such as FC Bayern Munich in a DFB-Pokal match against TSV Völpke in DFB-Pokal 2004–05 and a friendly against SV Dessau 05 in 2005. Leeds United A.F.C and Atlético Madrid played friendlies against FC Energie Cottbus in 2006 and 2007, respectively. Several matches of the now defunct DFB-Ligapokal were also held in Dessau, as well as several finals of the East German Cup, the FDGB-Pokal.
