MOSiR Stadium (Gdańsk)

Lechia Gdańsk (1945-2011)

The MOSIR Stadium is a municipal stadium in the Polish city of Gdansk. It can accommodate 12,244 spectators and was used until 2011 the club Lechia Gdańsk as homestead.

History

The MOSIR stadium in Gdańsk was built in 1927 as Jahn arena in what was then a small state Gdansk. Just eight years after the construction of the stadium renovations were first made, and now called the stadium Albert Forster Stadium. The stadium was used as the largest urban arena, for example, in games of the final round of the German football championship since the Danziger clubs were still involved after the First World War in the German game mode and not only after the internationally wrongful annexation of the Free City of Danzig to the German Empire. When in 1945 all German clubs had been forcibly dissolved and among other things, the new club Lechia Gdańsk was founded, it was able to use the stadium as the venue for their home games. Lechia Gdańsk twice reached the cup final and was until now once Polish Cup winner. However, a league title could not win the club, with the best finish in the league was a third place in the season 1955/56. Currently plays Lechia in the Ekstraklasa, the top division in Polish football.

The MOSIR stadium in Gdansk, currently accommodates 12,244 spectators. The attendance record at the stadium, which is also known as stadium Lechii, was recorded when the Italian football giants Juventus in 1983 guested in Gdansk and 40,000 spectators came to the stadium, where the time of the game, the capacity of the stadium was even higher. The Polish national football team also contributed already made ​​an international match in MOSIR Stadium. In 1987, the selection of Poland 0-0 with Cyprus in a qualifying match for the European Championship 1988. Besides football the MOSIR Stadium is also used for concerts. So here was already playing for example, David Bowie.

Since Poland will host along with Ukraine, the European Football Championship in 2012 and Danzig is planned as a venue, a new arena was last built in the city, which received the name PGE Arena Gdańsk. After the completion of the new stadium in the summer of 2011 Lechia Gdansk moved to the new, nearly 44,000 -seat Arena.

During the 2012 European Championship had the German national team that had their headquarters based in Gdansk, used the stadium as a training ground. The future of MOSIR stadium in Gdansk is open. Both use by smaller clubs as well as a demolition up for debate.