Stadion Za Lužánkami, Football stadium in Ponava district, Brno, Czech Republic.
Stadion Za Lužánkami is a disused football stadium in Brno's Ponava district, completed in 1953 with a capacity of about 50,000. It has four tall floodlight masts, a two-tier main stand and steep terraces built into the natural amphitheatre of the Lužánky basin.
The stadium was built between 1949 and 1953 as the largest sports facility in Czechoslovakia with a capacity of around 50,000 seats. It remained an active venue for major football matches until FC Zbrojovka Brno departed in 2001 due to modernization requirements.
The stadium's name comes from its location behind Lužánky park, and its stands were built into the natural amphitheatre of the slope rising toward Černá Pole. Since 2015 it has been rented to the supporters' group Verime Zbrojovce, and Zbrojovka's youth teams still train beside it.
The stadium stands in the Lužánky hollow in Ponava, where the slope rising toward Černá Pole forms a natural amphitheatre. It has been closed since 2001 and has returned to an abandoned, overgrown state, with trees and bushes growing inside; entry is not a given and depends on the supporters' group Verime Zbrojovce, which rents the ground. Zbrojovka's youth team still trains nearby.
The record Czech First League attendance was set here in a 1996–97 match between Brno and Slavia Prague, not a Prague club in general. The ground also hosted one friendly of the Czech Republic national team, and its four tall floodlight masts stood over the steep terraces.
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