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Andrův stadion is a
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stadium A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...
in
Olomouc Olomouc (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants, making it the Statutory city (Czech Republic), sixth largest city in the country. It is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region. Located on the Morava (rive ...
,
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. It is the home ground of
SK Sigma Olomouc SK Sigma Olomouc is a Czech professional football club based in the city of Olomouc. The club currently competes in the Czech First League, the first tier of Czech football. The club played in the first tier league for 30 years between 1984 and 2 ...
and occasionally hosts matches of the Czech Republic national team. The stadium holds 12,474 people. It was built in 1940 and is named after Josef Ander (1888–1976), local interwar businessman and philanthropist who also sponsored football in Olomouc. In the past, historical clubs
SK Olomouc ASO SK Olomouc ASO was a Czechoslovak football club from the town of Olomouc, which played four seasons in the Czechoslovak First League. It was founded in 1912 as SK Olomouc. The club's last top-flight season was the 1946–47 Czechoslovak First Leagu ...
and Křídla vlasti Olomouc played there.


International football matches

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have played 15 full international matches at Andrův stadion, the first one taking place in 1998. These have mainly been matches against less attractive opposition where a relatively small crowd is expected, and it has therefore been unnecessary to play the match in
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See also

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List of football stadiums in the Czech Republic The following is a list of Association football, football stadiums in the Czech Republic, ordered by seating capacity. The minimum capacity is 1,000. Existing stadiums See also *List of European stadiums by capacity *List of association footbal ...
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Lists of stadiums The following are lists of stadiums throughout the world. Note that horse racing and motorsport venues are not included at some pages, because those are not stadiums but sports venues. Combined lists *List of stadiums by capacity * List of c ...


References


External links


SK Sigma Olomouc website

Photo gallery and data at Erlebnis-stadion.de

Areal maps

Ander stadion
{{DEFAULTSORT:Andruv Stadion Football venues in the Czech Republic Czech First League venues SK Sigma Olomouc Buildings and structures in Olomouc Multi-purpose stadiums in the Czech Republic Sports venues completed in 1940 1940 establishments in Czechoslovakia 20th-century architecture in the Czech Republic