Andrův stadion is a
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
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 ...
,
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
. 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
The
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
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
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...
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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 websitePhoto gallery and data at Erlebnis-stadion.deAreal mapsAnder stadion
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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