Stadion Evžena Rošického
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Multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...
in Strahov
Strahov (district of Prague)
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, Prague
Prague
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in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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. It is used mostly for football matches, although no team plays at the stadium regularly. It served as the home ground for SK Slavia Prague from August 2000 until May 2008 when their new stadium, the Synot Tip Arena, was opened. It is also occasionally used by other Czech teams, and is the usual venue for the Czech Republic Football Cup
Czech Republic Football Cup
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final.
Sparta Prague played here at the end of the 2000–01 season due to the installation of under-soil heating
Under-soil heating
Under-soil heating is a method used in various sports stadia which heats the underside of the pitch to avoid any bad weather, such as snow and ice, from building up and ultimately helps the club avoid having to postpone any matches.The first ground in England to have under-soil heating installed...
at their stadium. Viktoria Žižkov
FK Viktoria Žižkov
FK Viktoria Žižkov ranks among the oldest football clubs in the Czech Republic. It plays in the Gambrinus liga, the top level of football in the country.The team was founded by a group of students in 1903 in the town of Žižkov...
played European matches here in the 2001–02 UEFA Cup and 2002–03 UEFA Cup. Sparta Krč played its home matches here in the 2007–08 Czech 2. Liga. Sparta's reserves played here for two seasons, in the 2008–09 Czech 2. Liga and 2009–10 Czech 2. Liga.
In the 2009–10 season
2009–10 Gambrinus liga
Gambrinus liga 2009–10 was the seventeenth season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football. It started on 24 July 2009 and ended on 15 May 2010...
, Bohemians Prague used Stadion Evžena Rošického as its home stadium. Additionally, SK Kladno
SK Kladno
Sportovní klub Kladno, commonly known as SK Kladno or Kladno, is an football club from Kladno, Czech Republic. It was founded on February 15th 1903. The team plays at the Stadion Františka Kloze, named after legendary player of this club František Kloz...
and Bohemians 1905 both played one home match here in March 2010 due to under-soil heating concerns at their own stadia, after the winter break.
In October 2011, Dukla Prague
FK Dukla Prague
FK Dukla Prague is a Czech association football club located in Prague-Dejvice, Czech Republic. It currently plays in the Gambrinus liga.- History :It was founded in 1959 as FK Dukla Dejvice and in 2001 as FK Dukla Prague...
played a match here while work was done on their under-soil heating and seating installation in the 2011–12 Gambrinus liga
2011–12 Gambrinus liga
The 2011–12 Gambrinus liga is the 19th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. It began on 29 July 2011 and is due to end on 26 May 2012...
. By doing so, Dukla became the ninth team to play a home match at Strahov in ten years.
The stadium holds 19,032 spectators. Stadion Evžena Rošického is adjacent to the considerably larger Strahov Stadium
Strahov Stadium
The Great Strahov Stadium is a stadium in the Strahov district of Prague, Czech Republic. The stadium is the largest in the world, and is the second largest sports facility worldwide after the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, seating around 220,000....
, the second biggest in the world.
It is named after Czech athlete and anti-Nazi resistant
Czech resistance to Nazi occupation
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Evžen Rošický
Evžen Rošický
Evžen Rošický was a Czech runner and journalist. Stadion Evžena Rošického is a Czech stadium named after him. During World War II, he and his father Jaroslav Rošický were part of the anti-Nazi resistance group Captain Nemo...
, executed by Nazis in 1942.