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Stadion Juliska

Stadion Juliska
Juliska
Juliska during a match, Aug 2011
Location Na Julisce 28/2
Prague
Czech Republic
Coordinates 50°06′43″N 14°23′15″E / 50.11194°N 14.38750°E / 50.11194; 14.38750Coordinates: 50°06′43″N 14°23′15″E / 50.11194°N 14.38750°E / 50.11194; 14.38750
Owner Ministry of Defence
Capacity 18,800, of which 8,150 are seated
Field size 105m x 68m
Construction
Opened 1960
Renovated 2001
Tenants
FK Dukla Prague
Dukla Prague (1960–1997)

Stadion Juliska is a multi-use stadium in Prague-Dejvice, Czech Republic. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FK Dukla Prague.

The stadium is also used for athletics events, including the annual Josef Odložil Memorial. The stadium seats 8,150 people on individual seats.

In 2012 a statue of former Dukla player and European Footballer of the Year 1962 Josef Masopust was unveiled outside the stadium.

The stadium played host to its first Dukla match on 10 July 1960 in the 1960 Mitropa Cup. In front of a crowd of 10,000, Dukla beat visitors Wiener SK 2–1, with goals from Rudolf Kučera and Jiří Sůra.

In 1997, Dukla Prague vacated the stadium after 49 years in Prague. A redevelopment of the stadium was completed in 2001, costing 28 million Czech koruna. This redevelopment, which included the laying of a new all-weather running track, brought the stadium in line with IAAF standards.

League football returned to Juliska on 4 August 2007, as the new FK Dukla Prague hosted SFC Opava in their first home match after reaching the Czech 2. Liga. The home side missed a penalty and lost 2–1. On 29 July 2011, Juliska hosted its first top flight football fixture since 1 June 1994, the opening fixture of the 2011–12 Czech First League between FK Dukla Prague and SK Sigma Olomouc. The match finished 0–0.


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