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Doosan Arena

Stadium in Plzeň, Czech Republic

Summary

Stadium in Plzeň, Czech Republic

Field	Value
name	Doosan Arena
nickname	Štruncovy sady
image	Doosan Arena Plzeň1.jpg
image_size	300px
caption	UEFA Category 3 Stadium
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fullname	Doosan Arena
former_names	Stadion města Plzně (1955–2012)
location	Štruncovy sady 3, Plzeň, Czech Republic, 301 12
coordinates
broke_ground	1953
built	1953–1955
opened	1955
renovated	2003, 2011
owner	The city of Plzeň
tenants	FC Viktoria Plzeň (1955–present)
Czech Republic national football team (selected matches)
operator	FC Viktoria Plzeň
surface	Grass
Field
capacity	11,700
record_attendance	35.000
Spartak Plzeň 1–7 FK Dukla Praha, September, 1961
dimensions	105 by
website	www.fcviktoria.cz

Czech Republic national football team (selected matches) Field Spartak Plzeň 1–7 FK Dukla Praha, September, 1961

Doosan Arena, Czech Republic 2–1 Iceland, 2014

Doosan Arena, previously known as Stadion města Plzně (Plzeň City Stadium), is a football stadium in Plzeň, Czech Republic. It is located in Štrunc Park, near the confluence of the Mže and Radbuza rivers. The stadium is the home ground of FC Viktoria Plzeň. The stadium holds 11,700 people. It is also known as Stadion ve Štruncových sadech (Stadium in Štrunc Park), named after Emil Štrunc, a former regional chieftain of the Sokol Movement (some people incorrectly think it is named after a famous local footballer Stanislav Štrunc).

History

The stadium was opened in 1955 for the regional Spartakiad. After various construction enlargements, its capacity was 35,000 people, 7,600 of which were seated. In 2002–03 it underwent reconstruction to comply with the needs of football association and the capacity lowered significantly to 7,425 people.

2011 reconstruction

In April 2011, work costing approximately 360 million Czech koruna got under way to modernise the stadium in line with UEFA criteria. While the reconstruction was in progress, the capacity of the stadium was reduced to 3,500 spectators. At the end of August 2011, part of the 2011 reconstruction had finished, leaving the stadium with a new capacity of around 8,500. In December 2011, the reconstruction was finished with a resultant capacity of almost 12,000.

In 2011, Plzeň played in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage. However, home matches were played at Synot Tip Arena in Prague due to the reconstruction. In January 2012, the stadium was approved for use in Plzeň's 2011–12 UEFA Europa League match with Schalke 04.

Average attendance

1993/94 – 5,774
1994/95 – 4,573
1995/96 – 3,441
1996/97 – 4,626
1997/98 – 3,819
1998/99 – 4,033
2000/01 – 3,073
2003/04 – 3,622
2005/06 – 4,118
2006/07 – 4,836
2007/08 – 3,828
2008/09 – 4,005
2009/10 – 3,629
2010/11 – 6,415
2011/12 – 7,009
2012/13 – 10,046
2013/14 – 10,089
2014/15 – 10,868
2015/16 – 10,618
2016/17 – 10,040
2017/18 – 9,576
2018/19 – 9,021
2019/20 – 7,732
2020/21 – 2,698
2021/22 – 6,430
2022/23 – 8,779
2023/24 – 9,030
2024/25 – 8,553
2025/26 – 9,451

International matches

Doosan Arena has hosted one friendly and nine competitive matches of the Czech Republic national football team

Match 724/216 Pekhart Rezek Match 744/236 Halldórsson Match 748/240 (20:45 UTC+1)

Krmenčík
Kopic
Novák
Kadlec Čelůstka
Darida
Souček
Ondrášek
Vydra
Korniyenko
Souček
Hložek
Schick

References

[http://www.fcviktoria.cz/zobraz.asp?t=stadion-info Základní informace]
"Klub | Historie | Památné zápasy | FC VIKTORIA Plzeň".
[http://www.efotbal.cz/index.php?page=clanek&clanek=73339 eFotbal.cz: Plzeň chce nový stadion až za 400 milionů] - 20 May 2010
(1 April 2011). "Rekonstrukce stadionu začala, do Štruncových sadů vjely bagry". idnes.cz.
(7 July 2011). "Plzeň začala na novém stadionu šetřit, škrtla vybavení za 24 milionů". idnes.cz.
(27 August 2011). "Fanouškovský kotel plzeňských fotbalistů roste. A stěhuje se". idnes.cz.
(13 December 2011). "Zájemci si mohou prohlédnout opravený stadion ve Štruncových sadech". idnes.cz.
(16 January 2012). "UEFA rozhodla: zápas Plzeň - Schalke se bude hrát na stadionu v Plzni". [[Hospodářské noviny]].
"FOTBAL.CZ - Reprezentace A - statistiky".
"Kvalifikace EURO 2016: Česká republika - Kazachstán 2:1 - Reprezentace - FOTBAL.CZ".

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