Stadion Edwarda Szymkowiaka
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Stadion Edwarda Szymkowiaka is a multi-use stadium
in Bytom
, Poland
. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home of Polonia Bytom
. The stadium has a capacity of 5,500 people.
The venue is named after Edward Szymkowiak
, legendary Polonia Bytom and Polish national team
goalkeeper.
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Bytom
Bytom
Bytom is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The central-western district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Bytom is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Bytomka river .The city belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship since...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home of Polonia Bytom
Polonia Bytom
Polonia Bytom is a Polish football club founded on 4 January 1920 in the Upper Silesian city of Bytom, during the hectic months of the Silesian Uprisings...
. The stadium has a capacity of 5,500 people.
The venue is named after Edward Szymkowiak
Edward Szymkowiak
Edward Józef Szymkowiak was a Polish footballer - one of the best Polish goalkeepers in history.He played for such a clubs like Ruch Chorzów and Legia Warszawa, but most of his career he spent in Polonia Bytom. He is one of the legend of that club. The stadium of Polonia Bytom is called by his name...
, legendary Polonia Bytom and Polish national team
Poland national football team
The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...
goalkeeper.