Arosvallen

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Arosvallen
Entrance to Arosvallen (September 2016)
Entrance to Arosvallen (September 2016)
Data
place Vasagatan 54 722 18 Västerås , Sweden
SwedenSweden
Coordinates 59 ° 37 '13.2 "  N , 16 ° 32' 26.3"  E Coordinates: 59 ° 37 '13.2 "  N , 16 ° 32' 26.3"  E
opening 1932
capacity 10,000 seats
playing area 105 × 68 m
Societies)
  • Västerås SK (football)
  • Västerås Roedeers (American Football)
  • Västerås Friidrottsklubb (athletics)
Events

The Arosvallen is a football stadium with athletics track in the Swedish town of Västerås , County Västmanland . The facility, with seating for 10,000, was the home ground of the Västerås SK football club until the opening of Swedbank Park (today Solid Park Arena ) in 2008 . Today the youth and junior teams of the club are based here. The Västerås Roedeers American football team and the Västerås Friidrottsklubb athletics club also use the stadium.

history

The sports facility was built in 1932. In the period that followed, Arosvallen was rebuilt and expanded several times. The previous attendance record is 14,424. It met at a football game of Fotbollsallsvenskan 1955/56 on May 6, 1956 of Västerås SK on Sandvikens IF (1: 3).

Games of the 1958 World Cup in Västerås

In 1958, Arosvallen was the venue for two group games during the World Cup in Sweden .

  • 08 June 1958, Group 2: Yugoslavia - Scotland 1: 1 (1: 0)Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia ScotlandScotland 
  • June 11, 1958, Group 2: Yugoslavia - France 3: 2 (1: 1)Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia FranceFrance 

Games of the 1995 Women's World Cup in Västerås

There were five games of the 1995 World Cup tournament in Västerås.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Om Arosvallen. In: vasteras.se. City of Västerås , accessed August 4, 2019 (Swedish).
  2. Martin Alsiö: Public record for lagen i Superettan. ( PDF ) In: bolletinen.se. 2002, accessed August 4, 2019 (Swedish).