Žalgiris Stadium
| Žalgiris Stadium | |
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| The Žalgiris Stadium in Vilnius (July 2011) | |
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 Vilnius , Lithuania
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 40 ′ 6.7 " N , 25 ° 17 ′ 41.1" E |
| owner | Ūkio bankas investicinė grupė (ŪBIG) |
| opening | 1950 |
| demolition | 2016 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| architect | Viktor Ivanovich Anikin |
| capacity | 15,030 seats |
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The Žalgiris Stadium ( Lithuanian Žalgirio stadionas ) was a football stadium in the Žirmūnai district of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius . The sports facility was the largest stadium in the country, held 15,030 spectators and was used by the football clubs FK Žalgiris Vilnius and FC Vilnius .
history
Construction of the stadium began in the late 1940s on the site of a Jewish cemetery ; the opening took place in 1950. The sports facility was built by German prisoners of war from the Second World War . The name Žalgiris is derived from the Battle of Tannenberg (Lithuanian: Žalgirio mūšis ) in 1410. After the independence of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (LiSSR) from the Soviet Union in 1990, the stadium in Vilnius became the national stadium , where the Lithuanian national soccer team played their home games. For several years now, the international matches have been played in the renovated S.Dariaus and S.Girėno stadium in Kaunas or the LFF stadium in Vilnius, built in 2004 .
The stadium site was sold in 2015 and the demolition of the stadium began in July 2016.
Web links
- stadionwelt.de: picture gallery
- arenysportowe.eu: history
Individual evidence
- ↑ stadionwelt.de: List of Lithuanian stadiums