Žalgiris Stadium

Zalgiris Vilnius VMFD FC Vilnius

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The Zalgiris Stadium ( Lithuanian: Žalgirio stadionas ) is a stadium in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius in Žirmunai district. The sports complex is the largest stadium in the country; holds 15,030 spectators and is used by the football clubs VMFD Zalgiris Vilnius and FC Vilnius.

History

The construction of the stadium began in the late 1940s in the field of a Jewish cemetery; The opening took place in 1950. Was built the sports complex by German prisoners of war of World War II. The name derives from the Zalgiris battle of Grunwald ( Lithuanian: Žalgirio musis ) from the year 1410. After the independence of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic ( LiBr ) of the Soviet Union in 1990, the stadium in Vilnius became the National Stadium, where the Lithuanian national football team fought out their home games. For several years, the international matches in the renovated S.Dariaus - and - S.Girėno Stadium in Kaunas or were built in 2004 Vėtra stadium in Vilnius are discharged.