Gdańsk Sports Center Stadium
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The Stadion Gdańskiego Ośrodka Sportu (Gdańsk Sports Center Stadium), sometimes officially called the Lechia Gdańsk Stadion or simply the Lechia Stadion[1][2] is a multi-purpose stadium in Gdańsk, Poland. The stadium has a capacity for about 12,000 people, however it held 40,000 spectators during a match between Lechia Gdańsk and Italian side Juventus. The stadium was formerly called the "Stadium of the City Centre of Sports and Relaxation" (Polish: Stadion Miejskiego Ośrodka Sportu i Rekreacji), and was known as Stadion MOSiR for short, until the Gdańsk Sports Center took over the running of the stadium in 2000.
Full name | Stadion Gdańskiego Ośrodka Sportu |
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Former names | Stadion MOSiR |
Location | Gdańsk, Poland |
Owner | Gdańsk Sports Center |
Capacity | 12,244 |
Field size | 110 x 69 m (120 x 75 yd) |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Built | 1927 |
Renovated | 1935, 1983, 2008 |
Tenants | |
Lechia Gdańsk (1945–2011) RC Lechia Gdańsk (1956–2012) Lechia Gdańsk II (2005–2019) Lechia Gdańsk Ladies (2019–present) |
The ground was once the major centre of all sporting activities for the Lechia Gdańsk sports club. The ground was in the centre of a complex which included tennis courts, and an additional football pitch. After the Stadium was rebuilt after being damaged during the Second World War Lechia stopped playing football matches on fields in Gdańsk and made the stadium their home. The stadium hosted all games for the football and rugby teams for over 60 years before the facilities had become too outdated.
The Lechia Gdańsk men's football team played all of their home matches at the stadium from 1945 until 2011 when they moved to Stadion Energa Gdańsk which had been built for Euro 2012. RC Lechia Gdańsk started playing at the stadium from 1956, currently mainly playing at the specialised rugby pitch at the Gdańsk Athletics and Rugby Stadium, however the rugby team still plays games at the stadium, especially games against their main rivals RC Arka Gdynia. The stadium also formerly held games for Lechia Lechia Gdańsk II who had used the stadium for home games sporadically from 1963 until 2005, when the second team was fully integrated into the Lechia set-up and used the stadium for all their home games until 2019.
Currently the stadium is mostly only used for footballing purposes. It is the home stadium for the Lechia Gdańsk Ladies team, and is used for training purposes by the men's senior team. Occasionally Lechia Gdańsk Rugby also use the stadium when they have major games where a large crowd is expected.