Widzew Stadium
| Miejski Widzewa Stadium in Łódź | |
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| The stadium construction site in August 2016 | |
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| place | Alei Piłsudskiego 138 92-230 Łódź , Poland
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 45 '54.3 " N , 19 ° 30' 41.9" E |
| owner | City of Łódź |
| opening | May 30, 1930 March 18, 2017 |
| First game | May 30, 1930 Widzew Łódź - Skra Warsaw March 18, 2017 Widzew Łódź - Motor Lubawa´ 2: 0 |
| Renovations | 1959–1960, 1975, 1985, 1996–2000, 2007, 2015–2017 |
| demolition | February 2015 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | 138 million zł (2015-2017) |
| architect | Pracownia Architektoniczna Ferdzynowie (2017) |
| capacity | 18,018 places (since 2017) 10,500 places (until 2014) |
| playing area | 106 × 70 m |
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The Widzew Stadium ( Polish Stadium Widzewa Łódź or Stadium im. Ludwika Sobolewskiego ) is a football stadium in the Polish city of Łódź , Łódź Voivodeship . Until the beginning of the demolition in spring 2015, it offered space for 10,500 spectators and served the football club Widzew Łódź as the venue for the home games. From January 2015 to February 2017, the old stadium was replaced by a new building with 18,018 seats and Widzew Łódź returned to the new facility.
history
The Widzew Stadium in Łódź , with almost 750,000 inhabitants the third largest city in Poland after Warsaw and Krakow , was built in 1930 and opened on May 30 of the same year. Since then, the local club Widzew Łódź has played its home games in this stadium. Widzew has been Polish champion four times , most recently in 1997. In addition, the club was once a Polish cup winner and made it to the semi-finals of the European Cup of National Champions of the 1982/83 season . Widzew Łódź is currently playing in the fourth highest Polish division in football, the 3rd football league, after relegation in 2014 .
Widzew Stadium is also known under the unofficial name Ludwik Sobolewski Stadium . Ludwik Sobolewski (1925-2008) was a former president of Widzew Łódź. Several international matches for the Polish national football team have already taken place in the stadium . Seven international matches were played here between 1990 and 2010, including a qualifier for the 1994 World Cup against San Marino (1-0) and one for the 2002 World Cup against Belarus (3-1).
New building
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In July 2014, after several years of preparatory work, the contracts for the construction of a new stadium were signed. On October 30, 2014, the plans of Biuro Architektoniczne Ferdzynowie for a new stadium were published. The planned cost was 138 million zloty (around 33 million euros).
The last game in the old stadium took place on November 22, 2014. The game in the second-class first division between Widzew Łódź and GKS Katowice ended in a 1-1 draw. After preparatory work at the end of 2014, the demolition of the old venue began on February 12, 2015.
At the beginning of February 2017, the modern new building was completed after almost exactly two years. It has 18,018 seats in the stands. There are 907 places available for guest fans. The new home of Club Widzew Łódź , which is now in the fourth-class 3rd soccer league , opened on March 18, 2017 with a game against Motor Lubawa that ended with a 2-0 win.
Web links
- widzewlodz.pl: Information about the old stadium on the club's website (Polish)
- stadiumdb.com: Profile of the old stadium (English)
- stadiumdb.com: Profile of the new stadium (English)
- stadionwelt.de: picture gallery
- lodzpost.com: Home is where the heart is - last game in the old stadium (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ lodz.gazeta.pl: "To bardzo ważny dzień" - władze Łodzi, Widzewa i Mostów cieszą się z podpisania umowy na budowę stadionu article of July 24, 2014 (Polish)
- ↑ stadiumdb.com: New design: New stadium for Widzew presented Article from October 30, 2014 (English)
- ↑ stadiumdb.com: Poland: Not entirely worthy farewell in Lodz Article from November 22, 2014 (English)
- ↑ stadiumdb.com: New construction: Demolition begins in Lodz Article from February 13, 2015 (English)
- ↑ stadiumdb.com: New stadium: Grand (re) opening for Widzew Article from March 18, 2017 (English)
- ↑ przegladsportowy.pl: Widzew się odrodził. Organizacyjnie - ekstraklasa; sportowo - III liga article from March 18, 2017 (Polish)