Stadion Františka Kloze

SK Kladno

Mitropa Cup

The stadium Františka Kloze is a football stadium in the Czech city of Kladno. It is the venue of the football club SK Kladno. In the stadium, which is named after František Kloz, are 4,000 seats available.

Characteristics

The stadium is located on the western outskirts Kladno in close proximity to urban ice rink. It has four stands, but is expanded only on three sides. On the west side, where the main entrance is, there is a covered grandstand ( Stand A ). To the south stands next to the small uncovered grandstand B. In the South Stand is the also uncovered grandstand C. There is also the sector of the home fans. On the back straight is the Sector D, whose northern part contains the sector for the followers of the guests.

History

In the spring of 1914, the City Council of Kladno decided to build a new craft school. As a surface for the new locality U Amálky was elected, on which was partly the football field of SK Kladno. The club was very fast in the very near in the city forest Lapak a new plot and began under the direction of client hraběte with the construction of a new sports field. The new space was opened on October 25, 1914 with a match against SK Kročehlavy, which ended 3-3.

In 1951 the clay court was converted into a lawn. On 31 August 1969, the stadium in honor of František Kloz was renamed the stadium Františka Kloze. On this day of SK Kladno was defeated in a league match Sparta Prague 0-2. In 1973 went to the land on which the stadium is located, in the possession of the steel manufacturer SONP Kladno over, the carrier was operating the antretenden at this time as TJ SONP Kladno club at the same time.

In 1975, the stadium received a flood light system with an output of 600 lux, which was opened with a 1-0 victory in the semifinals of the Cup against Banik Ostrava Czech on 13 December 1975. The floodlight system was renewed in 2006 and now has an output of 1,400 lux

In 1988, a reconstruction of the stadium, which lasted for nearly 20 years began. First, the roof and the facade of the main stand was renewed. In addition SONP also began the construction of a new, small stand next to the grandstand, but did not go beyond the construction of the steel structure. The grandstand was finally finished in 2005.

In 1998, meanwhile privatized SONP Holding went bankrupt. The SK Kladno purchased the stadium from the bankruptcy estate for 3.75 million crowns.

During the long-lasting restructuring of the late 1980s to 2007, the capacity of 25,000 spectators initially declined to 10,000. In a further stage, the stadium was converted to an all- seater, which can accommodate 4,000 spectators.

In December 2008, the media speculated that the city of Kladno could buy the stadium SK Kladno for 45 million crowns.