Štadión Lokomotívy v Čermeli is a

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches. From 1997 it was the home stadium for Lokomotiva's rival,

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, until its dissolvation 20 years later. It was then used by the newly founded

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and from the summer of 2022,

FC Lokomotíva Košice FC Lokomotíva Košice is a Slovak football club, based in Košice and competing in the 3rd tier of Slovak football, 3. liga. The club was founded in 1946 and played in the Czechoslovak First League for 29 years. The club also had several ap ...

returned to the stadium after 25 years. The stadium holds 9000 people and was built in 1970.

History

The stadium is in the Čermeľ district, a multi-use stadium in

. It is currently used mostly for football matches as the home ground of VSS Košice since 1997. The stadium holds 10,787 (8,787 seated) spectators and was built in 1970. Initially, the stadium was used by Lokomotíva Košice and 1.FC Košice (later VSS) have played there since 1997 until last year. The

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played there a few matches, but the stadium does not meet

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criteria for international events today. The club planned the construction of a new stadium for 20,000 spectators in the neighbourhood of the old, disused

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stadium. The estimated cost of the stadium is

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28 million. However, the construction was not launched and it is not clear when it starts.

Photo gallery

International matches

Lokomotíva stadium has hosted one friendly and one competitive match of the

Concerts

List of concerts

External links

Stadium Database Article

References

Football venues in Slovakia Multi-purpose stadiums in Slovakia

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