Poznań Stadium
| Poznań Stadium | |
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| The stadium in August 2011 | |
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Stadion Miejski w Poznaniu (1980–2013) |
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| place | Bułgarska 17 60-320 Poznan , Poland
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 23 '51.7 " N , 16 ° 51' 29.4" E |
| owner | City of Poznan |
| start of building | 1968 |
| opening | August 23, 1980 After the renovation : September 20, 2010 |
| First game | August 23, 1980 Lech Poznan - Motor Lublin 1: 1 |
| Renovations | 2004-2010 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | 582 million zł (approx. € 147 million ) |
| architect | Modern Construction Systems Sp. Z oo (2003-2010) |
| capacity | 42,837 seats |
| playing area | 105 × 66 m |
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The Poznań Stadium ( German Stadion Posen ) is a football stadium in the Polish city of Poznan . The football club Lech Poznan uses it for its home games and it currently offers 42,837 spectators exclusively covered seats. The stadium is owned by the City of Poznan. In June 2013 the venue was named after a sponsor for the first time. The Polish cable operator Inea SA gave its name to the city stadium for a total of 10 million zł until the end of June 2018.
history
Construction of the stadium began in 1968. It opened twelve years later on August 23, 1980. At the inauguration, Lech Posen played against Motor Lublin , a 1-1 draw in front of 18,000 spectators. In 1986, a 1890 Lux powerful floodlights installed; which was used on October 15, 1986 for the European Championship qualifier Poland against Greece . In 2006 the Poznan Stadium hosted the opening game and the final of the U-19 European Football Championship .
Conversion for the EM 2012
The venue was completely renovated for the 2012 European Football Championship . The cost of the renovation amounted to 582 million zloty (approx. 147 million euros). There are 900 parking spaces around the stadium. On September 20, 2010, after the renovation, the stadium was opened with a concert by the English singer Sting . The venue in Poznan was opened as the first of the four Polish European Championship stadiums.
Grandstands
- Trybuna I: 12,481 places
- Trybuna II: 9,610 seats
- Trybuna III: 14,033 places
- Trybuna IV: 6,749 places
European Football Championship 2012
During the European Championship, three preliminary round matches took place in Poznan.
| date | round | home | guest | Result |
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| June 10, 2012 | Preliminary round |
 Ireland
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 Croatia
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1: 3 (1: 2) |
| June 14, 2012 | Preliminary round |
 Italy
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Croatia
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1: 1 (1: 0) |
| June 18, 2012 | Preliminary round |
Italy
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Ireland
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2: 0 (1: 0) |
gallery
The stadium interior in 2010
The stadium after the renovation is complete
Stadium in 2012
Illuminated signs of the INEA stadium
Visit to the stadium in 2015
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Web links
- stadionpoznan.pl: website of the stadium (Polish)
- INEA Stadium ( Memento from March 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- stadionwelt.de: EURO 2012 in Poland and Ukraine
- stadiumdb.com: Model photos of the new (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ fact. Liczby. In: stadionpoznan.pl. Retrieved November 18, 2018 (Polish).
- ↑ stadiumdb.com: Poland: Poznan stadium grabs naming rights deal (English)
- ↑ Koniec współpracy INEA i Lecha Poznań. Stadium przy Bułgarskiej zmieni nazwę. In: epoznan.pl. June 29, 2018, Retrieved November 18, 2018 (Polish).
- ↑ zeit.de: Sting opens first European Championship stadium in Poland Article from September 20, 2010
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