Stadion Miejski w Kielcach (''Municipal Stadium in Kielce''), named Suzuki Arena due to the sponsorship reasons, is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...

Kielce Kielce (, yi, קעלץ, Keltz) is a city in southern Poland, and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the bank ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. It is currently used mostly for

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

matches and is the home ground of

Korona Kielce Korona Kielce, , (Korona – ''Crown'' – symbol of club and city, Kielce – name of city where club is based) is a Polish football club, which will compete in Ekstraklasa in the 2022–23 Ekstraklasa, 2022–23 season. In the year ...

. The stadium holds 15,500 and was built in 2006. At the time, it was one of the most modern football stadiums in

. On the 1 April 2006, eighteen months to the day that construction started on the project, its inaugural match took place, an

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

match between Korona and

Zagłębie Lubin Zagłębie Lubin S.A. () is a Polish professional football club based in Lubin. Founded in 1945 as ''OMTUR Lubin'', the club competes in the Ekstraklasa. History The football team was founded in 1945 as OMTUR Lubin by local members of the ''Yo ...

. The match finished in a 1–1 draw. The old stadium of Korona is currently being used by Korona Kielce II (the reserve team).

Facts

* Total capacity: 15 500 * Capacity on international matches: 14 525 * Sitting places: 13 823 * "Młyn": 500–1 800 * Sector for visitors: 777 * Family sector: 545 * Free admission cards: 320 * Youth teams sector: 320 * Sector for VIPs: 104 * Places for press: 54 * Club:

* Illumination: 1 411 lux * Inauguration: 01/04/2006 (

vs.

1–1) * Record attendance: 15 500 (

vs.

Legia Warszawa Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning record 15 Ekstraklasa champions titles, a ...

3–1, 23/09/2006) * Project: ATJ Architekci * Cost: 48 million PLN * Construction period: 22/11/2004–01/04/2006 * Address: Ściegiennego 8,

* Other: heated grass, covered

Matches of the Poland national team

So far the

Poland national football team The Poland national football team ( pl, Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej) has represented Poland in men's international tournaments football competitions since their first match in 1921. The team is controlled by the Polish Football Associ ...

played 3 matches in the new Kielce stadium. The first was against Armenia during the qualification phase of Euro 2008. The second match was against San Marino during the qualifications for the 2010 World Cup. That game was notable for two reasons: 1) the Polish team achieved its highest victory ever, 10:0, beating its 46 years old record (a 9:0 victory against Norway in 1963). 2) Poland scored its fastest goal ever thanks to

Rafał Boguski Rafał Boguski (born 9 June 1984) is a Polish professional association football, footballer who plays for IV liga club Kalwarianka Kalwaria Zebrzydowska. Mainly a Forward (association football), forward, he also plays as a Forward (association fo ...

, who scored for 1-0 already in the 23rd second of the game. A friendly match against

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

took place at the stadium on 23 May 2010.

References

Korona Kielce

Multi-purpose stadiums in Poland

Sports venues in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship {{Poland-sports-venue-stub

Facts

Matches of the Poland national team

See also

References