Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium
Encyclopedia
Marszałek Piłsudski Stadium (formerly Stadion Cracovia or Stadion Cracovii) is a football
stadium
in Kraków
, Poland
and is the home ground of Cracovia. The stadium was built in 1906. In 2009 - 2010 in the same location was built new stadium. After reconstruction the stadium holds 15,016 people. The stadium meets the criteria for UEFA Category 3.
.
The stadium is typical football-specific stadium. Field dimensions is standard 105 x 68 meters. The Distance between sideline and first row seats varies from 6m (North Stand), by 8m (East & South Stands) to 10m (West Stand). The stadium has three one-level stands and one two-level main stand. The facility is all-seater
and it is fully roofed. Installation of all four corners makes the division into the stands is not visible in the construction of the building - the stadium creates a single compact structure. Height of the stands are respectively 14, 10, 12 and 19 meters
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
and is the home ground of Cracovia. The stadium was built in 1906. In 2009 - 2010 in the same location was built new stadium. After reconstruction the stadium holds 15,016 people. The stadium meets the criteria for UEFA Category 3.
Construction
Stadium design was made by consortium of architectural Polish and Spanish companies Estudio Lamela Sp. z o.o, Estudio Lamela S.L., Sener Sp. z o.o. and Sener Ingenieria y Sistemas S.A. The general contructor was consortium of German Alpine Bau Deutschland AG, Austrian Alpine Bau GmbH and Polish Alpine Construction Polska Sp. z o.o and KPBP „Budus” S.A. Cost was estimated at 157 mln PLN. In June 2009, the process of construction began. Firstly, the old Cracovia stadium, built in 1912, was demolished. Construction was completed in September 2010. Cracovia played its first official match in the new stadium on 25 September 2010 with Arka GdyniaArka Gdynia
Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia is a Polish professional football club, based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Polish 1 Liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. Its activities were interrupted between 1939–1945 due to the German occupation of Poland...
.
Overall
The new stadium is located within the square of the streets: Kraszewskiego, Focha, Kałuży and Zwierzyniec. Exact location has been slightly changed in comparison to the old one. Stadium still occupies the central part of the plot, but now it is parallel to the Focha street.The stadium is typical football-specific stadium. Field dimensions is standard 105 x 68 meters. The Distance between sideline and first row seats varies from 6m (North Stand), by 8m (East & South Stands) to 10m (West Stand). The stadium has three one-level stands and one two-level main stand. The facility is all-seater
All-seater stadium
An all-seater stadium is a sports stadium in which every spectator has a seat. This is commonplace in football stadiums in nations such as the United Kingdom, Spain, and the Netherlands. Most soccer and American football stadiums in the United States and Canada are all-seaters, as are most baseball...
and it is fully roofed. Installation of all four corners makes the division into the stands is not visible in the construction of the building - the stadium creates a single compact structure. Height of the stands are respectively 14, 10, 12 and 19 meters