Jānis Skredelis Stadium (, formerly Sporta komplekss "Arkādija") is a multi-use

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches. The stadium capacity is 432 people.

Tenants

It is currently the home ground of the

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and the

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team of the Riga Football School (Rīgas FS). From 2016 to 2022 it used to be the home stadium of

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History

Until it was called the Arkādija Sports Complex after the adjacent Arkādija Park. On this day it was renamed to honor Latvian football manager and sports executive

Jānis Skredelis Jānis Skredelis (29 December 1939 – 27 June 2019) was a Latvian football coach. Career Skredelis managed Soviet First League side FC Daugava Riga during the 1980s. References External links Interview of Janis Skredelisto Sport Express '' ...

, who had recently died.

References

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