Cracovia Stadium

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Józef Piłsudski Cracovia Stadium
Ziemia Święta
El Passo
View of the Cracovia Stadium (January 2011)
View of the Cracovia Stadium (January 2011)
Data
place ul.Józefa Kałuży 1 30-111 Krakow , Poland
PolandPoland
Coordinates 50 ° 3 '28.7 "  N , 19 ° 55' 13.5"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '28.7 "  N , 19 ° 55' 13.5"  E
owner City of Krakow
operator KS Cracovia
start of building 1911
opening March 31, 1912
September 25, 2010
First game March 31, 1912
Cracovia Krakow - Pogoń Lwów 2: 2
September 25, 2010
KS Cracovia - Arka Gdynia
Renovations 1915, 1925, 1926, 1946, 1966, 1969, 2005, 2009-2010
demolition 2009
surface Natural grass
costs 156,895,268.38 zł
(around € 35.27 million , 2010)
architect Franciszek Mączyński (1912)
Estudio Lamela (2009)
capacity 15,114 places (since 2010)
06 500 places (2009)
playing area 105 × 68 m
Societies)
Events
  • Games from KS Cracovia (since 1912)

The Józef Piłsudski Cracovia Stadium ( Polish Stadium Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego ) is a football stadium in the Polish city ​​of Kraków ( Półwsie Zwierzynieckie district ), Lesser Poland Voivodeship , in the south of the country. It has space for 15,114 spectators and is the home of the KS Cracovia football club . The facility is also known as the Cracovii Stadium and is nicknamed Ziemia Święta ( German Holy Land ) and El Passo .  

history

View of the stadium before the 2009 renovation

The Józef Piłsudski Stadium in Kraków , the second largest city in Poland with around 750,000 inhabitants , was built on land that had been incorporated the year before in 1911 to 1912 and opened on March 31 of the same year. The future user, Cracovia Krakow and Pogoń Lwów from the now Ukrainian city of Lviv met for the first game in the new stadium . Since that day the stadium has been used by the Cracovia Krakow club as a venue for home games. The club has won five Polish football championships in its history . However, all these triumphs were a long time ago, the last championship title came in 1948. The club, which has since been renamed KS Cracovia , currently plays in the Ekstraklasa, the highest Polish league.

The Józef Piłsudski Stadium, named after Józef Piłsudski (1867–1935), a Polish military man and politician who lived in Kraków, now has a capacity of 15,114. The attendance record in the old stadium dates back to 1961, when 35,000 people flocked to the stadium for a game. In 2009 extensive renovation work began, during which the Józef Piłsudski Stadium was rebuilt according to the designs of Estudio Lamela. In September 2010 the stadium was reopened with the football game KS Cracovia against Arka Gdynia . A sports hall with 2,300 seats was built at the southeast corner of the football arena and the west stand can be converted into a concert stage with a conversion. The floodlight provides 3,000 lux illuminance . Since the renovations, the tiers have been completely covered. The stadium has been classified by UEFA in stadium category 3 , so that it would be eligible to host international matches and other important matches, including European Cups. On November 6, 2011, 14,000 fans gathered for the KS Cracovia derby against Wisła Krakau in the stadium and set a new visitor record.

In June 2017, the soccer arena was one of the venues for the U-21 soccer championship . There were three group matches, a semi-final and the final.

Web links

Commons : Cracovia Stadium  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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