Stadion Za Lužánkami

Stadion Za Lužánkami
Location Brno, Czech Republic
Coordinates 49°12′45.686″N 16°36′41.784″E / 49.21269056°N 16.61160667°ECoordinates: 49°12′45.686″N 16°36′41.784″E / 49.21269056°N 16.61160667°E
Owner The city of Brno
Capacity 50,000
Field size 105m x 68m
Surface Grass
Opened 1953
Closed 2001
Tenants
FC Zbrojovka Brno (until 2001)

The Stadion Za Lužánkami is a currently inactive stadium in Brno, Czech Republic. It was primarily used for football, and was the home ground of FC Zbrojovka Brno. It held 50,000 people.

The stadium was constructed 1949-1953 and in the 1960s-1970s was the biggest stadium in Czechoslovakia. Za Lužánkami holds the record for the highest attendance in the Czech First League,[1] set in a match in the 1996–97 Czech First League between Brno and Slavia Prague. It was closed in 2001 after 1. FC Brno moved to Městský fotbalový stadion Srbská.[2] The club was forced to move, since the stadium did not meet the football association and FIFA criteria. The stadium is currently dilapidating.

There are plans for a reconstruction of the stadium, whereby the team of FC Zbrojovka Brno would return.[3] In June 2012, it was announced that due to financial concerns, the proposed reconstruction was on hold.[4]

Stadion Za Lužánkami, Brno, Czech Republic.
Panorama of Stadion Za Lužánkami in Brno, Czech Republic. Taken in April 2010.

References

  1. ↑ "Brno chce zachránit stadion Za Lužánkami". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). 15 August 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Krutil, Robin; Taušová, Zuzana (5 January 2013). "Fanoušci Zbrojovky oslaví století klubu u ruiny stadionu za Lužánkami". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Kubát, Vojtěch (18 August 2011). "Druhý díl přehledu nových fotbalových stadionů. Podívejte se na pět projektů z nižších soutěží". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  4. ↑ Kolínková, Eliška (7 June 2012). "Zbrojovka je v lize a Brnu svitla naděje ve sporu o stadion za Lužánkami". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). Retrieved 1 December 2012.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Football stadium Za Lužánkami.