Stadion Juliska is a multi-use

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home ground of

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. The stadium is also used for

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events, including the annual

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. The stadium seats 8,150 people on individual seats. In 2012 a statue of former Dukla player and

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1962

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was unveiled outside the stadium.

History

The stadium played host to its first Dukla match on 10 July 1960 in the

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. In front of a crowd of 10,000, Dukla beat visitors

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2–1, with goals from

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and

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. In 1997,

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vacated the stadium after 49 years in Prague. A redevelopment of the stadium was completed in 2001, costing 28 million

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. This redevelopment, which included the laying of a new

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, brought the stadium in line with

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standards. League football returned to Juliska on 4 August 2007, as the new

hosted

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in their first home match after reaching the Czech 2. Liga. The home side missed a penalty and lost 2–1. On 29 July 2011, Juliska hosted its first top flight football fixture since 1 June 1994, the opening fixture of the 2011–12 Czech First League between

and

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. The match finished 0–0. Following Dukla's promotion to the

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in June 2011, the

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indicated that a condition of the club's acceptance into the league would be that they install

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and 2,270 new seats, scheduled to be installed between 23 September and 28 October 2011. On 5 October 2011, it emerged that the club's new under-soil heating would not be ready in time for the league match at home to Jablonec on 22 October, which meant switching the fixture to an alternative stadium in Prague.

Transport

The ground is served by bus service 131 from Hradčanská metro station to bus stop, ''Juliska''. Tram services 8 and 18 run from Dejvická metro station to tram stop ''Nádraží Podbaba'', near the Hotel International.

References

Cited texts

External links

Information at Dukla Prague website

Stadium profile at vysledky.cz
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