Borsod Volán Stadion is an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

ground and former

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...

track, located in the centre of

Miskolc Miskolc ( , , ; Czech language, Czech and sk, Miškovec; german: Mischkolz; yi, script=Latn, Mishkoltz; ro, Mișcolț) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 (1 Jan 2014) Miskolc is the ...

Football

Miskolci AK Miskolci Atléta Kör or Miskolci Attila Futball Club was a Hungarian football club from the town of Miskolc. History Miskolci AK debuted in the 1931–32 season of the Hungarian League and finished eighth. Name Changes *1926: Miskolci Atlét ...

played their football matches at the stadium but now Borsod Volán SE play there.

Speedway

The stadium hosted the

Speedway Miskolc Speedway may refer to: Racing Race tracks *Edmonton International Speedway, also known as Speedway Park, a former motor raceway in Edmonton, Alberta * Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a motor raceway in Speedway, Indiana Types of races and race cour ...

speedway team that competed in the Hungarian leagues before moving to the

Team Speedway Polish Championship The Team Speedway Polish Championship (Polish: ''Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski, DMP'') is an annual speedway event held each year in different Polish clubs organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1948. The team winning the league is awarded ...

from 2006 to 2010. The stadium hosted a large number of major events, including nine rounds of the

Speedway World Team Cup The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001. Format From 1960 until 1985 each team consisted of four riders ...

and the

Speedway World Cup The Speedway World Cup is an annual motorcycle speedway, speedway event held each year in different countries. The first edition of the competition in the current format was held in 2001 and replaced the old Speedway World Team Cup, World Team Cu ...

in 1974, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 2006, 2008 and 2013 respectively. It has also staged rounds of the

Speedway World Pairs Championship The Speedway World Pairs Championship was an annual speedway (motorcycling) event held each year in different countries. The first competition was held in 1968 and the final competition was held in 1993. From 1994 it was merged with the World Team C ...

in 1976, 1980 and 1993 and the

Continental Speedway final The Continental Final was a Motorcycle speedway Final sanctioned by the FIM as the qualifying round for the Speedway World Championship between 1976 and 2000. From 1952-1975 it acted as the final qualifier for the Championship Round or European Fin ...

in 1995.

References

Buildings and structures in Miskolc Multi-purpose stadiums in Hungary {{motorcycle-speedway-stub