The Arena Lublin is a football stadium located in Lublin, Poland. It is the home ground of Motor Lublin. The stadium holds 15,243 people.[2]

Arena Lublin
Map
Locationul. Stadionowa 1
Lublin, Poland
OwnerCity of Lublin
OperatorMOSiR Lublin
Capacity15,243
Record attendance14,914 (Motor Lublin vs Legia Warsaw), 2021–22 Polish Cup Round of 16[1]
Field size105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
SurfaceField (Grass)
Construction
Broke groundDecember 2012
Built2011–2014
Opened9 October 2014
Construction cost136 million PLN
ArchitectEstudio Lamela
Tenants
Motor Lublin (2014−present)
Górnik Łęczna (2016−2017)
KS Lublinianka (2015−2016)
Website
Official Website

History edit

On September 2, 2011, the Budimex company signed an investment contract. Budimex undertook to build a stadium for PLN 136,207 by September 2013, and the first visuals and work schedule appeared 3–4 weeks from the date of signing the contract. The stadium was designed by the award-winning Estudio Lamela architectural office, which in the early 1990s prepared plans to modernize and enlarge Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid and designed the new Cracovia stadium. The main construction works were planned to start in the spring of 2012, but later the city decided to redesign the facility so as to increase the commercial space for lease. The first shovel on the construction site was driven in December 2012, and the final construction date was June 2014.

In the first football match at Arena Lublin, played on October 9, 2014, the Polish and Italian teams u-20 faced, as Poland won 2–1, and Mariusz Stępiński scored the first historic goal at the new stadium. The game was watched by 13,850 viewers.

The first match for points was played on October 25, 2014, where two clubs from Lublin faced each other in the Lublin-Podkarpackie III liga championship game: Motor and Lublinianka. The match ended with the score 1–1, and the first historic goal in the match of club teams was scored by Lublinianka's captain, Erwin Sobiech in the 45th minute of the match. The game was watched by 6,500 spectators. It was also the city's first derby played under artificial lighting.

It hosted the 2019–20 Polish Cup final game.[3] It was the arena for the 2020–21 final as well.[4]

International events edit

 
Arena Lublin

It was one of the venues for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

On 24 March 2021, the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match Estonia vs Czech Republic was played in the stadium, due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Estonia.[5]

Motor matches with the highest attendance edit

As of 2 February 2021
Nr Attendance Date Host Result Opponent Competition Source
1. 8919 11.06.2016 Motor Lublin 0:1 Olimpia Elbląg II liga play-offs [6]
2. 6500 25.10.2014 Motor Lublin 1:1 KS Lublinianka III liga [7]
3. 6024 10.10.2015 Motor Lublin 0:2 Śląsk Wrocław Friendly [8]
4. 5786 25.05.2016 Motor Lublin 2:0 Polonia Przemyśl III liga [9]
5. 5127 18.06.2015 Motor Lublin 1:0 KS Lublinianka III liga [10]
6. 4575 24.03.2018 Motor Lublin 1:2 Resovia III liga [11]
7. 4341 18.11.2017 Motor Lublin 0:0 KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski III liga [12]
8. 4207 13.05.2016 Motor Lublin 2:2 Avia Świdnik III liga [13]
9. 4190 11.05.2019 Motor Lublin 1:1 Stal Rzeszów III liga [14]
10. 4171 9.06.2018 Motor Lublin 1:0 Avia Świdnik III liga [15]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Fortuna Puchar Polski. Święto w Lublinie i rekord na stadionie. "Równa walka z mistrzem"". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 2 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Arena Lublin". stadiony.net (in Polish). Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  3. ^ "Poznaliśmy sędziego finału Totolotek Pucharu Polski". PZPN. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Fortuna PP: Finał odbędzie się w Lublinie". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 3 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  5. ^ "El. MŚ 2022: Mecz Estonia - Czechy zostanie rozegrany w Lublinie". Polsat Sport. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Motor Lublin - Olimpia Elbląg" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  7. ^ "Motor Lublin - Lublinianka" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  8. ^ "Motor Lublin - Śląsk Wrocław" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  9. ^ "Motor Lublin - Polonia Przemyśl" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  10. ^ "Motor Lublin - Lublinianka" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  11. ^ "Motor Lublin - Resovia" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  12. ^ "Motor Lublin - KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  13. ^ "Motor Lublin - Avia Świdnik" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  14. ^ "Motor Lublin - Stal Rzeszów" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  15. ^ "Motor Lublin - Avia Świdnik" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 2017-06-10.

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