Stadion Piast

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Stadion Miejski w Gliwicach is a football-specific stadium located in Gliwice, Poland. It is the home ground of Piast Gliwice. The stadium holds 10,037 spectators. The stadium underwent a complete reconstruction which took place from September 2010 to July 2011 including the building of four new fully covered and all-seated stands.Stadium historyThe first sport venue in the present day stadium location was built in the mid-twenties of the last century. Certainly, the stadium already existed in 1926 but exact date of its construction is unknown. The stadium was modernized and rebuilt several times. Before the Second World War, the object was a home ground of SpVgg Vorwärts-Rasensport and in 1941 the stands could hold 15,000 spectators.After Gliwice was placed under Polish administration in 1945, the stadium was used as a home ground of Budowlani Gliwice (also known as Lechia). In 1956, following the merger of three clubs located in Gliwice - GKS Gliwice has been formed. Meanwhile Piast played their matches on other stadium located at Robotnicza street. In the year 1964, the two clubs merged, resulting in the GKS "Piast" Gliwice has been established. Piast has been promoted to Polish Second League for the first time in history in 1957. Initially matches were played on stadium located at Robotnicza street but eventually the team moved to the present day stadium location at Okrzei street.After the reactivation of the senior Piast Gliwice team in 1997, all league matches and cup were played on the stadium located at Okrzei street. In 2006 floodlights masts was installed on the stadium for the first time, which was inaugurated exactly on 21 July 2006. On this occasion, a friendly match between Piast and Pogoń Szczecin was played. In 2008, Piast Gliwice gained promotion to the Ekstraklasa for the first time in its history. The team was forced to playing their official matches at the MOSiR Stadium located in Wodzislaw Slaski, because stadium at Okrzei street does not meet Ekstraklasa licensing requirements. The first ever match in Ekstraklasa took place in Gliwice at April 3, 2009 when Piast won with its local rival – Górnik Zabrze 1:0.