Stadion Evžena Rošického, also known simply as Strahov, 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 ...

in Strahov,

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in the

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. It hosted the

1978 European Athletics Championships The 12th European Athletics Championships were held from 29 August to 3 September 1978 in the Stadion Evžena Rošického in Prague, the capital city of Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic). Contemporaneous reports on the event were given i ...

and for many years this was the venue for main annual international

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

meet of Prague ( Evžen Rošický Memorial and later

Josef Odložil Memorial The Josef Odložil Memorial ( cs, Memoriál Josefa Odložila) is an annual track and field meeting which takes place in June at Stadion Juliska (until 2001 at Stadion Evžena Rošického) in Prague, Czech Republic. The competition was first held ...

) until

Stadion Juliska Stadion Juliska is a multi-use stadium in Prague-Dejvice, Czech Republic. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FK Dukla Prague. The stadium is also used for athletics events, including the annual Josef Odlo� ...

took the role in 2002. Nowadays the stadium is used only for minor domestic athletic competitions and mostly for

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matches, although no team plays at the stadium regularly. It served as the home ground for

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from August 2000 until May 2008 when their new stadium, the

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, was opened. It is also occasionally used by other Czech teams, and is the usual venue for the

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final. Currently, it is the home stadium of

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of the

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. The stadium holds 19,032 spectators. ''Stadion Evžena Rošického'' is adjacent to the considerably larger Strahov Stadium, the second biggest in the world. It is named after Czech athlete and anti-Nazi resistant Evžen Rošický, executed by the Nazis in 1942.

Club football

Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

played here at the end of the 2000–01 season due to the installation of

under-soil heating Under-soil heating is a method used in various sports stadia (with a grass surface) which heats the underside of the pitch to avoid any elements from bad weather, such as snow and ice, from building up and ultimately helps the club avoid having to ...

at their stadium.

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played European matches here in the

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and

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. Sparta Krč played its home matches here in the 2007–08 Czech 2. Liga. Sparta's reserves played here for two seasons, in the 2008–09 Czech 2. Liga and 2009–10 Czech 2. Liga. Rosickeho stadion zvenci

In the 2009–10 season, Bohemians Prague used Stadion Evžena Rošického as its home stadium. Additionally,

SK Kladno Sportovní klub Kladno, commonly known as SK Kladno or Kladno, is a association football, football club from Kladno, Czech Republic. It was founded on February 15, 1903. The team plays at the Stadion Františka Kloze, named after legendary player ...

and

Bohemians 1905 Bohemians Praha 1905 (previously named FC Bohemians Praha) is a Prague-based football club, which was founded in 1905 as AFK Vršovice. The club won the 1982–83 Czechoslovak First League, its only league championship. Its colours are green a ...

both played one home match here in March 2010 due to under-soil heating concerns at their own stadia, after the winter break. In October 2011,

Dukla Prague Dukla Prague ( cz, Dukla Praha) was a Czech football club from the city of Prague. Established in 1948 as ATK Praha, the club won a total of 11 Czechoslovak league titles and eight Czechoslovak Cups, and in the 1966–67 season, reached the semi ...

played a match here while work was done on their under-soil heating and seating installation in the 2011–12 Gambrinus liga. By doing so, Dukla became the ninth team to play a home match at Strahov in ten years.

Other services

''Stadion Evžena Rošického'' is also an important location for many FM radio station transmitters that cover the Prague region, including Radio Beat and BBC Radio Service.

International matches

Stadion Evžena Rošického has hosted two friendly matches of the

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References

External links

Photo gallery and data at Erlebnis-Stadion.de
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stadion Evzena Rosickeho Football venues in Prague Athletics (track and field) venues in the Czech Republic Czech First League venues Multi-purpose stadiums in the Czech Republic Sports venues completed in 1935 1935 establishments in Czechoslovakia Venues of the Friendship Games

Club football

Other services

International matches

See also

References

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