Stadion Evžena Rošického, also known simply as Strahov, is a multi-purpose stadium 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 ...

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 eve ...

meet of Prague ( Evžen Rošický Memorial and later Josef Odložil Memorial) until Stadion Juliska took the role in 2002. Nowadays the stadium is used only for minor domestic athletic competitions and mostly for

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ...

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 Synot Tip Arena, 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 FK Slavoj Vyšehrad of the Czech National Football League. The stadium holds 19,032 spectators. ''Stadion Evžena Rošického'' is adjacent to the considerably larger

Strahov Stadium The Great Strahov Stadium ( cs, Velký strahovský stadion) is a stadium in the Strahov district of Prague, Czech Republic. It was built for displays of synchronized gymnastics on a massive scale, with a field three times as long as and three ...

, the second biggest in the world. It is named after Czech athlete and anti-Nazi resistant

Evžen Rošický Evžen Rošický (15 October 1914 Olomouc – 25 June 1942 Prague) was a Czech athlete and journalist. Prague's Stadion Evžena Rošického is named after him. During World War II, he and his father Jaroslav Rošický were part of the anti- Na ...

, executed by the Nazis in 1942.

Club football

Sparta Prague played here at the end of the 2000–01 season due to the installation of under-soil heating at their stadium. Viktoria Žižkov played European matches here in the

2001–02 UEFA Cup The 2001–02 UEFA Cup was won by Feyenoord at their home ground in the final against Borussia Dortmund. It was the second time they won the competition. Liverpool could not defend their title as they automatically qualified for the 2001–02 U ...

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 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 Czechoslovakia, Czech association football, 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 ...

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
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Club football

Other services

International matches

See also

References

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