Doosan Arena, previously known as Stadion města Plzně (Plzeň City Stadium), is a football stadium in Plzeň, Czech Republic. It is located in Štrunc Park, near the confluence of the Mže and Radbuza rivers. The stadium is the home ground of FC Viktoria Plzeň. The stadium holds 11,700 people. It is also known as Stadion ve Štruncových sadech (Stadium in Štrunc Park), named after Emil Štrunc, a former regional chieftain of the Sokol Movement (some people incorrectly think it is named after a famous local footballer Stanislav Štrunc).
History The stadium was opened in 1955 for the regional Spartakiad. After various construction enlargements, its capacity was 35,000 people, 7,600 of which were seated. In 2002–03 it underwent reconstruction to comply with the needs of football association and the capacity lowered significantly to 7,425 people.eFotbal.cz: Plzeň chce nový stadion až za 400 milionů - 20 May 2010
2011 reconstruction In April 2011, work costing approximately 360 million Czech koruna got under way to modernise the stadium in line with UEFA criteria. While the reconstruction was in progress, the capacity of the stadium was reduced to 3,500 spectators. At the end of August 2011, part of the 2011 reconstruction had finished, leaving the stadium with a new capacity of around 8,500. In December 2011, the reconstruction was finished with a resultant capacity of almost 12,000.
In 2011, Plzeň played in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage. However, home matches were played at Synot Tip Arena in Prague due to the reconstruction. In January 2012, the stadium was approved for use in Plzeň's 2011–12 UEFA Europa League match with Schalke 04.
Average attendance 1993/94 – 5,774 1994/95 – 4,573 1995/96 – 3,441 1996/97 – 4,626 1997/98 – 3,819 1998/99 – 4,033 2000/01 – 3,073 2003/04 – 3,622 2005/06 – 4,118 2006/07 – 4,836 2007/08 – 3,828 2008/09 – 4,005 2009/10 – 3,629 2010/11 – 6,415 2011/12 – 7,009 2012/13 – 10,046 2013/14 – 10,089 2014/15 – 10,868 2015/16 – 10,618 2016/17 – 10,040 2017/18 – 9,576 2018/19 – 9,021 2019/20 – 7,732 2020/21 – 2,698 2021/22 – 6,430 2022/23 – 8,779 2023/24 – 9,030 2024/25 – 8,553 2025/26 – 9,451
International matches Doosan Arena has hosted one friendly and nine competitive matches of the Czech Republic national football team
See also List of football stadiums in the Czech Republic Lists of stadiums
References
External links information at club's official website Stadium Guide Article