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The space between the seats and the roof is very much needed in Poland. It's not meant to cool people down, but to provide airflow. The atmosphere in Polish stadiums is a bit different than in England. Pyro is an inseparable part of "creating an atmosphere in the stands" in Ekstraklasa. The air flow makes it easier to clean the smoke from the stadium. So thats why... Hope I explained it understandably :)
I've always had an impression, that they make it this way so it's on the same level as the roof in the main stand, which (I'm guessing) makes it easier from designing and constructing perspective, and is perhaps cheaper as a result. It looks really bad in my opinion though.
@@impliedfacepalm8769 without the free flow of air, the stadium looks like a field full of fog. For us Poles, pyro is very important. We even say "new stadiums, but old rules" and I love that tbh. Often people come for the atmosphere, not to watch football.
The stadium in Radom is actually a replacement stadium for the team (Radomiak Radom). The ground is mainly used by fourth-tier side Broń Radom, its only used by Radomiak since their new stadium was in contruction until about 2 weeks ago when they moved back.
That „im.” which was in the some names of the stadiums stands for „imienia” which says that is named by a name of historical figure like in the Radom (14:12)case which in translation in English would sound like „Marshall Józef Piłsudski’s Athletic and Football stadium”
16:30 what's the funniest is that Raków Częstochowa won a title in Polish ekstraklasa last season and that was the team that advanced very quickly from 4th league to ekstraklasa (1st League) if I remember correctly it took them 15 years so they didn't have money to build bigger stadium. Actually that will probably change soon
actually the warta poznań's stadium is ex. dyskobola grodzisk wielkopolski's stadium which is about 50 km from poznań beacouse their stadium doesn't match the ekstraklasa's standards
The catch with the Radom stadium in 15:00 is that Radomiak no longer play on it...! MOSiR (Miejski Ośrodek Sportu i Rekreacji = Municipal Centre for Sports and Recreation, so it's actually a branch of the local govt) lent the stadium to Radomiak while their own stadium was being rebuilt, with the first home game on the reconstructed one barely five weeks ago, on August 5th! So for a video uploaded on the 19th it's a notch out of date. Radomiak's home stadium (Stadion im. Braci Czachorów) is still somewhat under construction, in that it's missing the guest team supporter stands. The final version would bring it up to 15k seats (currently it's at 8840).
Raków's stadium (the 2nd smallest stadium) is home to current champion of Poland and they are playing tonight against FC Copenhagen in Champions League Playoffs, but they are not playing at this stadium because it's too small, so they will play in Sosnowiec, nice modern stadium
@@RobReacts1 Yes, Raków Częstochowa is a fairy-tale story. From the 3rd league to the Polish championship. With a coach (Marek Papszun) who started from PE teacher in high school
@@sebastianseijeen7817 Raków have a smart owner. He loves football and spends money in a good way. Stadium is owned by the city, that's why od still old, but i think if it was his property redevelopment would not be the biggest problem. I am a fan of Legia, but I wish him with all my heart that he would show the league how to manage the club and many successes.
You should check Lechia's stadium in Gdańsk "Polsat Plus Arena". See also national stadium in Warsaw "PGE Narodowy". They are not Ekstraklasa's stadium, but they're definitely top.
Silesian Stadium until 2012 it was called the national stadium. in 2012, a stadium was built in Warsaw called the national one, it was built in connection with the organization of the European Championships 2012 Poland Ukraine. As you have rightly noticed, all major athletic events in Poland are held at the Śląski Stadium
16:20. They will play today in playoff against Copenhagen in Champions League. They have small stadium becauase few years ago they were in 3 and 2 division. They became chapions last season
17:22 As you can see, the part of the roof above the stadium has no support, it is supported by cables/wires, and this huge "hanging" disk acts as a counterweight
Fun Fact: Warta Poznań's stadium actually isn't theirs. In the video u can see the banner of Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski and it is in Grodzisk Wielkopolski town because their own stadium cannot be used. They plan to rebuild their own in Poznań in a few years but rn they have to go 50km away from town to play their "home" game.
Fun fact about Stadion Śląski. It's not actually the stadium of Ruch Chorzów. They will play on it (in the future), but their stadium is in a different place, built in 1930s. It was in a bad condition due to which they cannot play on their own stadium. Actually speaking, as of now Ruch is playing on the stadium of Piast Gliwice which can also be seen on the video (Stadion Miejski w Gliwicach) as Gliwice/Piast were nice enough to share it with Ruch while their own stadium is not allowed for the league. The only reason they will play on Stadion Śląski is politics. Our elections are coming, so politicians are racing to get votes. That's one of the major reasons Ruch's deal with Stadion Śląski went through (last season Ruch wanted to play a single match there with another friendly team, and they were not allowed). There are plans for building a new stadium for Ruch, but we will see how much of the plans are just election crap and how much will actually happen.
Cracovia's stadium looks like that for a reason. Basically, it was due to the fact it could not obstruct the view from Krakow's park in the very city centre (Błonia) at the Wawel castle, an ancient one where loads of kings are buried. That's why the stands vary in size. Agreed though in terms of capacity, it's lower Championship or upper League One.
There are 2 big (Premier League for me) stadiums in Polish second division (Fortuna 1. Liga) as well, which would be in Gdańsk (Lechia) and Kraków (Wisła). You could probably check them out too.
💯 plus a lot of nice ones (sometimes smaller but cool) throughout lower divisions. If quality of polish teams meet quality of stadiums we would be in top 5 leagues in Europe. Unfortunately that is not a case. On another hand- many countries have 1/2 big clubs and then rest very small. In poland each county has proper derby game and few bigger clubs. Even small towns would have follow up of die hard supporters (similar to England yet different to kost of europe)
The Polish Premier League always has a few 'exotic' teams from small cities. You won't build 30k stadium in 10k people city. Also, almost always a City is an owner. So, nobody wants to pay for a new stadium from their taxes. There are more important things than football ;)
16:53 Stadion Śląski not belong to Ruch Chorzów as the caption on the video suggests , Ruch has much smaller and wors stadium in Chorzów and also use stadium in Gliwice, but literally today the club signed a contract with the city office to play at Stadion Śląski for the next 4 years (the Ruch stadium is currently unusable)
You should deffinitely see Lechia Gdansk Stadium. The club is playing in Pierwsza Liga (First League) right now, but many says there is the most beautiful stadium in Poland, or maybe even in whole Europe. And of course don't forget of National Stadium in Warsaw ;)
Check the Arena Lublin. It has only 15 247 seats, but tt's nice stadium, with really godd view from stands. Motor Lublin plays in 2nd tier. But it was build a few years ago. The stadium was finished in 2014. Motor Lublin played in 4th tier.
Well, Cracow is very nice and beautiful city, but two biggest stadiums - Henryk Reyman's Municipal Stadium (Wisła Kraków, 33,326 capacity) and Józef Piłsudski's Cracovia Stadium (MKS Cracovia, 15,114 capacity) are the opposite of nice and beautiful, unfortunately.
The Górnik Zabrze stadium is currently under construction of the last stand. Górnik used to be a great club. He played in the Cup Winners' Cup final with Manchester City(1969/70). LKS Lodz Stadium is ready. Several new stadiums are under construction.
funniest thing is that 16:25 its the stadium of my club team literally 15 minute drive and not only that its a stadium of current champions of Poland and today at 9 p.m i bellive 8 p.m in England they will play FC Copenhagen in play off to champions league 1st match. And i can tell u a quick reason why we dont have good stadium yet 2 words CITY GOVERNMENT i would like to start swearing at them again but nah its incredible how they are not caring about that having best football club in a country and do not even show good intrest in building or modernizig a stadium is f-ing tragic. There are talks for years now we as fans and club and owner of the club is trying to win it but they seem like "whatever" and we have to go to the other city Sosnowiec to watch todays game and in case they qualify to Champions League but even now they are surely in Europa League matches will be played in Sosnowiec ahhh. And owner even though he is really really wealthy billionaire he dont really wants to build it on his own because then the city would surely get credit for that and this starts to be kind of political which is awlays confusing so yeah great team stadium we call it "kurnik" - "chicken coop" and politicians LOL
to Rob Rakow Częstochowa are the reigning champions of Poland and today they play against FC Copenhagen in the fourth qualifying round of the Champions League. They will play their match at the Zagłębie Sosnowiec stadium, because the Raków Częstochowa stadium does not meet UEFA requirements. Raków Częstochowa is the best playing club in Poland in recent years. Although they have a terrible stadium.
Some stadium roofs are so high because the design requirement was to allow for potential future enlargement, without the need to demolish the roof. And some others just have such design 😆
imagine that rakow 2 years ago had the polish champion with a stadium for 5000 thousand people. Almost entered the champions league being eliminated in the 4th round of eliminations...:D
That Gliwice stadium... there's a reason people call it Tesco Arena. It not just looks like Tesco, but also has just as many ads inside. Fun fact, even a poultry slaughterhouse had its ad there. Maybe they also just confused the stadium with Tesco. 😂
Dear Robert. I'm from Zabrze, our stadium still has 3 stands. The fourth one will be ready in September next year. PS: I don't know if you know but Lukas Podolski plays in our club.😉
Puszcza Niepołomice's stadium is imo worth to check. Unfortunately we can't play here now, because of its tiny size (2000 seats) and we play at Cracovia's stadium. When the basic renovation will end, it will be an incredible experience to watch teams like Lech or Legia play here, as athmosphere in stands is similar to games played at non-professional level 😅
My friend, when I looking on the B'mouth or Luton Stadiums and when I hear you said Szczecin or ŁKS is not Premier league level It is a bit embarrassing
I did say that. The point is, when teams get to the prem they usually either have to improve their stadiums straight away or do it when the money starts rolling in.
@@RobReacts1 Robert, you don't necessarily know. Note that Polish stadiums have only been developing for a decade for obvious reasons and all of them are modern despite the number of seats. In the UK, some Premier League stadiums have not seen renovation for 20-30 years, in lower leagues even longer. Looking at your reaction, you judge stadiums by size and number of seats, not by modernity, implementation, etc. In my opinion, new stadiums in England, e.g. Tottenham, are light years from ours, although I believe that at least half of the stadiums in the Polish league are more usable and more modern from most Premier League stadiums (I say this as an Arsenal fan)
0:35 As a bricklayer I love the buildings and we don't have anything like this in Australia. I love all the European buildings. As a child we had pen pals from England and their school was over 400 years old. Built right.
Hey Rob! Funny thing is the sexiest arenas built for Euro 2012 are a little bit too big for teams who play there. Yeah, Gdańsk and Wrocław are big cities, but the teams arent. They had patches of success but last year Śląsk Wrocław fough to stay up and Lechia was actually relegated. It's a puzzling experience when you see those arenas and 10k people inside. They could have been two biggest stadiums in second tier this season. Other thing you commented on is bland architecture. I think it's on purpose, to save money. I think that 99% of those stadia is owned by city. So there is always big battle when city wants to allocate money to build/renovate stadium.
The Warta Poznań stadium shown here is not actually the club's stadium. Only the no longer existing Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski. Warta Poznań plays on it because the one belonging to them does not meet the requirements of the Ekstraklasa.
The gap between the stands and the roof is meant to help with ventilation when the ultras bring out the pyrotechnics, which is pretty much a given, at least with the bigger fanbases.
stadium number two is simply not finished. Currently, the construction of the fourth stand is underway. Lukas Podolski currently plays at this stadium.A high roof means better air circulation and grass grows better.
18:30 This is not the Ruch Chorzów stadium. Blue fans are still waiting for the new stadium. It's been 13 years. The construction of a new stadium for 16-20,000 spectators is to begin next year. will it work? I don't know
Interesting fact about the stadium in Wroclaw. In the 30’s last century, architecture was one of the competitions at Olympic Games, Olympic Stadium took the 3rd place for the design, therefore the name!
Przyjacielu Radomiak Radom gra od początku tego sezonu już na swoim nowym stadionie, ten który oglądałeś to stadion lekkoatletyczny a mecze piłki nożnej gra tam drużyna Broń Radom na poziomie 3 ligi. Pozdrawiam
Good material mate. Bear in mind that 12y ago we had no proper stadiums. Now almost every team in the first 2tiers some in the third have decent arenas. You have to believe me 10-15k attendance will be louder than 70k in ENGLAND. We don't need bigger stadiums. Unfortunately some good teams like Rakow-you said Sunday league stadium-don't have it. Lack of money in the city budget.
3:43 We have a big stadium here heaps of political points scored but it is like the Gladiator movie. Just shoot the one bit because there isn't any more. Looks good on TV.
It's funny, but in the lower league (Fortuna 1 liga) there are better stadiums than most of the Ekstraklasa (Lechia Gdansk - the most beautiful in Poland, Motor Lublin, Wisla Krakow, GKS Tychy, Zaglebie Sosnowiec, Wisla Plock, Arka Gdynia).
I'd say that as much as we suck at playing football you could tell that there is an interest and money if you compare it to stadiums in Slovakian or Hungary leagues
Hi Rob. It was interesting. About airing after pyrotechnics was already in other comments. The lack of Henryk Reyman Stadium in Kraków (it has a lot of imperfections, but there is no better place to play football on this planet😊) I can't forgive you😇 Watch the video about the stadium in Gliwice again and compare it with the video about the stadium in the German city of Paderborn - the comparison will surprise you a bit, it is an almost exact copy of the Benteler-Arena where SC Paderborn 07 plays its matches. And finally the stadium in Lubin - colors carrot and black are not accidental and are not intended to refer to the cultivation of carrots in this region, Lubin is one of the centers of the copper industry in Poland and one of the largest copper mining centers in the world. So the stadium has the copper color typical of the club and the region. The name of the club from Lubin "Zagłębie" means "industrial district/basin". It's a pity that you didn't show photos from the matches in your video - the match frames are impressive and the atmosphere is very lively football, in Poland we still adhere to the rules of hot cheering throughout the match, fans cheer their teams all the time, these are not audiences like in a theater that we can be observed at the largest, most beautiful and most modern stadiums of leagues widely recognized as the best in Europe. Nice video, watched with interest. I greet you from Kraków. Cheers, brother!👍⚽⚽⚽🍺🍺🍺
You have to understand Poles. In our country, stadiums are built in such a way that the stands are mostly filled. What's the point of having a beautiful stadium in Wrocław if very few fans attend the matches? In Poland, stadiums are built according to the number of fans who can be there and based on the costs of maintaining the buildings.
The name of the stadium in Wroclaw ("Olympic") is somewhat a remnant of the Nazi propaganda from 1936, when the games were held mainly in Berlin. Wrocław's stadium (the city was then called Breslau) hosted yes, but not athletes, only propaganda events, it seems that even the Fuhrer himself appeared there. As for Lukas Podolski, yes - he still plays football in Górnik Zabrze. Irregular, but playing. He even seems to help the club financially. All because he was born in Zabrze and left there with his parents (who emigrated to Germany) at the age of two. But he felt connected with the city and the region, he has family there with whom he maintains constant contact, his wife is a Pole from Silesia. Podolski has long said that he intends to return and end his career in Górnik Zabrze. And that's exactly what it does :)
Now, you should react to Stadiony I Ligi. Of course, we can't talk about comparing them to the Premier League stadiums, as most of them don't even reach 10,000 seats. However, there is a massive 33,500-seat stadium of the team named Wisła Kraków, which easily competes with half of current Premier League stadiums. Seriously, this thing is gigantic.
it's funny to hear how some stadiums are tier 5 while the 10k seat Luton and 11k Bournemouth stadiums are in the highest tier English league fun fact: the newcomer in the Polish league this season Puszcza Niepołomice has 2k seats stadium
Funfact about Widzew stadium: you can't but single ticket on match since they are on 4th level (League Two). They sold out ALL SEATS (18 000) on season tickets every year :)
btw stadion slaski isnt a stadium of Ruch Chorzów. Ruch plays matches at stadion miejski w gliwicach, because they havent stadium, which obtained ekstrklasa's standards. Ruch Chorzow's stadium is on Cicha 6 Chorzow, its a real home ruch fans. Anyway outstanding film , i had a lot of fun, when you read polish names of our stadiums. best regrads
Stadion Śląski has the most interesting story as for football matches and concerts. It had been the only national stadium for decades up to 2012. Even Pele played there in 1960;)
i would say the ekstraklasa isnt the biggest league, but it is the loudest league, having way more louder fans than the premier league or any top 5 leagues. The gaps are there to control airflow and to level out the noise level.
When compared to the stadiums at Bournemouth or Luton, the majority of these venues are of Premier League caliber, most of them are greater standard than those two.
:) Bardzo ciekawe. Fajny pomysł. Jako kibic Cracovii, mogę obronić twórców nowego stadionu, jego pojemności. tylko tym że ....no jesteśmy dumnym, ale mniejszym ilościowo jeśli chodzi o kibiców klubem. Wybudowanie trybun na 50 tysięcy.. ;) No było by jak ubranie na siebie za dużych różowych okularów.
There are some norms you have to fulfill in order to play a league. They might be much less smaller comparing to England ones. My hometown club called Ząbkovia Ząbki used to play in Pierwsza Liga (polish championship league) and it had to built "night lights" in order to be eligible to play in our city. Next season they got relegated to 4th league because there were some problems with club main sponsor...
for me, giving a rate to an empty stadium doesn't make much sense if you're not an architect. the heart of an experience of a football game, either in EPL or a regional league, is when you are at the place, listen to the noise, drink your pint, sense a smell of pyro, chant with fans. it makes a huge difference how it's perceived. i believe the experience of some of these stadiums would change your rates either way
Of course, the Widziewski complex had to appear 🤣 There is also a complete set at Legia Warszawa matches, in Warsaw it's 30 thousand and in Łódź 18 thousand 🤣
@@ukaszbrzez9669 I mean not last 5 or 6 matches, Widzew's stadium is always full since 6 years, also in 2nd,3rd and 4th divison 😁 season tickets 100% 🙂
@@fryderyksosnowski4546 Note that Legia last season had an average attendance of 23,000. Even when there are matches against a very attractive opponent, the attendance does not go below 25,000. It's still more than at your matches, so I don't understand why you're trying to belittle Legia??
radomiak has changde his stadium and the stadium in the video was its temporery stadium and the gurnik zabrze stadium 4 stand is still under construction (it just started)
Roofs are raised to be airy by design, polish football fans use a lots and lots of pyro that needs to be vented or people on the stands will choke to death.
About stadion miejski w Poznaniu: One tribune was build first, next Poland get Euro and they must build it bigger so, 3 tribunes are 3 levels and one is 2. Let's do the Poznan!:)
First time I went on a long walk around Kraków when I studied there I passed Wisła Kraków's stadium and I thought to myself "ok, it's a bit neglected but it looks okay". Then, like 5 minutes later I noticed Cracovia's stadium and just couldn't stop myself from chuckling at how ugly I found it. Weird one for the original author to start the video on, for sure.
Englishman here. Over last few years. Took a interest in polish football after visiting beautiful krakow. I have done cracovia. Wisla. Gdansk. Poznan. Wrocław. Both Łódź team stadiums. I still need to do Legia and polonia Warsaw. #polishgroundhopping
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Stadiony ekstraklasy nie pierwszej ligi to co mi tu o gdansku pisze 😂
Rob, i n my opinion, is as much English, as I am an American.
This lad has done a video on GAA stadiums in ireland and also the football stadiums in the League of ireland
The space between the seats and the roof is very much needed in Poland. It's not meant to cool people down, but to provide airflow. The atmosphere in Polish stadiums is a bit different than in England. Pyro is an inseparable part of "creating an atmosphere in the stands" in Ekstraklasa. The air flow makes it easier to clean the smoke from the stadium. So thats why... Hope I explained it understandably :)
If that is the reason then that makes sense
@@RobReacts1 StuntPegg
showed it in one of her videos when the stadium was all in smoke.
I think this video will help you understand it
I've always had an impression, that they make it this way so it's on the same level as the roof in the main stand, which (I'm guessing) makes it easier from designing and constructing perspective, and is perhaps cheaper as a result. It looks really bad in my opinion though.
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without the free flow of air, the stadium looks like a field full of fog. For us Poles, pyro is very important. We even say "new stadiums, but old rules" and I love that tbh.
Often people come for the atmosphere, not to watch football.
Another reason - more sunlight reaches the pitch, so grass grows better
The stadium in Radom is actually a replacement stadium for the team (Radomiak Radom). The ground is mainly used by fourth-tier side Broń Radom, its only used by Radomiak since their new stadium was in contruction until about 2 weeks ago when they moved back.
That „im.” which was in the some names of the stadiums stands for „imienia” which says that is named by a name of historical figure like in the Radom (14:12)case which in translation in English would sound like „Marshall Józef Piłsudski’s Athletic and Football stadium”
16:30 what's the funniest is that Raków Częstochowa won a title in Polish ekstraklasa last season and that was the team that advanced very quickly from 4th league to ekstraklasa (1st League) if I remember correctly it took them 15 years so they didn't have money to build bigger stadium. Actually that will probably change soon
17:22 The speaker didn't told this, but Stadion Śląski was nicknamed (by English Commentators) as Witches Cauldron. It is also UEFA category 4 stadium
actually the warta poznań's stadium is ex. dyskobola grodzisk wielkopolski's stadium which is about 50 km from poznań beacouse their stadium doesn't match the ekstraklasa's standards
The catch with the Radom stadium in 15:00 is that Radomiak no longer play on it...! MOSiR (Miejski Ośrodek Sportu i Rekreacji = Municipal Centre for Sports and Recreation, so it's actually a branch of the local govt) lent the stadium to Radomiak while their own stadium was being rebuilt, with the first home game on the reconstructed one barely five weeks ago, on August 5th! So for a video uploaded on the 19th it's a notch out of date.
Radomiak's home stadium (Stadion im. Braci Czachorów) is still somewhat under construction, in that it's missing the guest team supporter stands. The final version would bring it up to 15k seats (currently it's at 8840).
Raków's stadium (the 2nd smallest stadium) is home to current champion of Poland and they are playing tonight against FC Copenhagen in Champions League Playoffs, but they are not playing at this stadium because it's too small, so they will play in Sosnowiec, nice modern stadium
Wow that must be a bit of a fairy tale story
@@RobReacts1 Yes, Raków Częstochowa is a fairy-tale story. From the 3rd league to the Polish championship. With a coach (Marek Papszun) who started from PE teacher in high school
@@sebastianseijeen7817 Raków have a smart owner. He loves football and spends money in a good way. Stadium is owned by the city, that's why od still old, but i think if it was his property redevelopment would not be the biggest problem. I am a fan of Legia, but I wish him with all my heart that he would show the league how to manage the club and many successes.
@@RobReacts1They were playing in 3rd league in 2016-17 and not even decade later we have them in champions legue playoffs.
@@RobReacts1kind of is, but not as much as Luton, for example, since they did have a pretty rich man invest in the club a decade ago
You should check Lechia's stadium in Gdańsk "Polsat Plus Arena".
See also national stadium in Warsaw "PGE Narodowy".
They are not Ekstraklasa's stadium, but they're definitely top.
I looked at that in VR th-cam.com/video/ftpJTsE1PFw/w-d-xo.html
Silesian Stadium until 2012
it was called the national stadium.
in 2012, a stadium was built in Warsaw called the national one, it was built in connection with the organization of the European Championships 2012 Poland Ukraine.
As you have rightly noticed, all major athletic events in Poland are held at the Śląski Stadium
Kocioł czarownic - Witches' cauldron
16:20. They will play today in playoff against Copenhagen in Champions League. They have small stadium becauase few years ago they were in 3 and 2 division. They became chapions last season
17:22 As you can see, the part of the roof above the stadium has no support, it is supported by cables/wires, and this huge "hanging" disk acts as a counterweight
Man city played at warta Poznań stadium ( back in 2003) and Lost on away goal to Groclin Grodzisk ( who was the host back in a day )
Fun Fact: Warta Poznań's stadium actually isn't theirs. In the video u can see the banner of Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski and it is in Grodzisk Wielkopolski town because their own stadium cannot be used.
They plan to rebuild their own in Poznań in a few years but rn they have to go 50km away from town to play their "home" game.
Fun fact about Stadion Śląski.
It's not actually the stadium of Ruch Chorzów. They will play on it (in the future), but their stadium is in a different place, built in 1930s. It was in a bad condition due to which they cannot play on their own stadium.
Actually speaking, as of now Ruch is playing on the stadium of Piast Gliwice which can also be seen on the video (Stadion Miejski w Gliwicach) as Gliwice/Piast were nice enough to share it with Ruch while their own stadium is not allowed for the league.
The only reason they will play on Stadion Śląski is politics. Our elections are coming, so politicians are racing to get votes. That's one of the major reasons Ruch's deal with Stadion Śląski went through (last season Ruch wanted to play a single match there with another friendly team, and they were not allowed).
There are plans for building a new stadium for Ruch, but we will see how much of the plans are just election crap and how much will actually happen.
Cracovia's stadium looks like that for a reason. Basically, it was due to the fact it could not obstruct the view from Krakow's park in the very city centre (Błonia) at the Wawel castle, an ancient one where loads of kings are buried. That's why the stands vary in size. Agreed though in terms of capacity, it's lower Championship or upper League One.
There are 2 big (Premier League for me) stadiums in Polish second division (Fortuna 1. Liga) as well, which would be in Gdańsk (Lechia) and Kraków (Wisła). You could probably check them out too.
💯 plus a lot of nice ones (sometimes smaller but cool) throughout lower divisions. If quality of polish teams meet quality of stadiums we would be in top 5 leagues in Europe. Unfortunately that is not a case. On another hand- many countries have 1/2 big clubs and then rest very small. In poland each county has proper derby game and few bigger clubs. Even small towns would have follow up of die hard supporters (similar to England yet different to kost of europe)
The Polish Premier League always has a few 'exotic' teams from small cities. You won't build 30k stadium in 10k people city. Also, almost always a City is an owner. So, nobody wants to pay for a new stadium from their taxes. There are more important things than football ;)
THIS IS NOT A WARTA POZNAN STADIUM BUT DYSKOBOLIA 22:00
16:53 Stadion Śląski not belong to Ruch Chorzów as the caption on the video suggests , Ruch has much smaller and wors stadium in Chorzów and also use stadium in Gliwice, but literally today the club signed a contract with the city office to play at Stadion Śląski for the next 4 years (the Ruch stadium is currently unusable)
11:07 yep...we have a lot of big arenas like that now and almost every major city is building new stadium with capacity varied from 6k-20k
You should deffinitely see Lechia Gdansk Stadium. The club is playing in Pierwsza Liga (First League) right now, but many says there is the most beautiful stadium in Poland, or maybe even in whole Europe.
And of course don't forget of National Stadium in Warsaw ;)
3:27 there is actually still no stand there but theyre working on it and its getting build
Check the Arena Lublin. It has only 15 247 seats, but tt's nice stadium, with really godd view from stands. Motor Lublin plays in 2nd tier. But it was build a few years ago. The stadium was finished in 2014. Motor Lublin played in 4th tier.
We are a world level of infrastructure, media relation and ultrafans, but the mental of polish players isn't there.
Ekstraklasa is not a league it's a state of mind xD
haha
the premier league used to be butchers only league no 5 before arabs and russian oligarchs started pouring their dirty money there
Well, Cracow is very nice and beautiful city, but two biggest stadiums - Henryk Reyman's Municipal Stadium (Wisła Kraków, 33,326 capacity) and Józef Piłsudski's Cracovia Stadium (MKS Cracovia, 15,114 capacity) are the opposite of nice and beautiful, unfortunately.
The Górnik Zabrze stadium is currently under construction of the last stand. Górnik used to be a great club. He played in the Cup Winners' Cup final with Manchester City(1969/70). LKS Lodz Stadium is ready. Several new stadiums are under construction.
funniest thing is that 16:25 its the stadium of my club team literally 15 minute drive and not only that its a stadium of current champions of Poland and today at 9 p.m i bellive 8 p.m in England they will play FC Copenhagen in play off to champions league 1st match. And i can tell u a quick reason why we dont have good stadium yet 2 words CITY GOVERNMENT i would like to start swearing at them again but nah its incredible how they are not caring about that having best football club in a country and do not even show good intrest in building or modernizig a stadium is f-ing tragic. There are talks for years now we as fans and club and owner of the club is trying to win it but they seem like "whatever" and we have to go to the other city Sosnowiec to watch todays game and in case they qualify to Champions League but even now they are surely in Europa League matches will be played in Sosnowiec ahhh. And owner even though he is really really wealthy billionaire he dont really wants to build it on his own because then the city would surely get credit for that and this starts to be kind of political which is awlays confusing so yeah great team stadium we call it "kurnik" - "chicken coop" and politicians LOL
The stadium on the image of the video isn’t even a league stadium, but the national one.
My mistake. Error rectified
8:54, to nie rzeka tylko kanał. Rzeka Wisła płynie trochę dalej ,ale blisko stadionu
to Rob
Rakow Częstochowa are the reigning champions of Poland and today they play against FC Copenhagen in the fourth qualifying round of the Champions League.
They will play their match at the Zagłębie Sosnowiec stadium, because the Raków Częstochowa stadium does not meet UEFA requirements.
Raków Częstochowa is the best playing club in Poland in recent years.
Although they have a terrible stadium.
Team from Radom has been renting municipal stadium but from season 23/24 they went back to their new stadium
Some stadium roofs are so high because the design requirement was to allow for potential future enlargement, without the need to demolish the roof. And some others just have such design 😆
imagine that rakow 2 years ago had the polish champion with a stadium for 5000 thousand people. Almost entered the champions league being eliminated in the 4th round of eliminations...:D
I'm really impressed by your reading skills of Polish names. You're getting much better at it
Well I have had 7 lessons now :)
That Gliwice stadium... there's a reason people call it Tesco Arena. It not just looks like Tesco, but also has just as many ads inside. Fun fact, even a poultry slaughterhouse had its ad there. Maybe they also just confused the stadium with Tesco. 😂
Dear Robert. I'm from Zabrze, our stadium still has 3 stands. The fourth one will be ready in September next year. PS: I don't know if you know but Lukas Podolski plays in our club.😉
Surely Podolski isnt still playing haha
@@RobReacts1 th-cam.com/video/FHvmTjLLgBc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=mwP0LsTbxxdmsaMI 😎
Puszcza Niepołomice's stadium is imo worth to check. Unfortunately we can't play here now, because of its tiny size (2000 seats) and we play at Cracovia's stadium. When the basic renovation will end, it will be an incredible experience to watch teams like Lech or Legia play here, as athmosphere in stands is similar to games played at non-professional level 😅
I love that You give Us a honest opinion. It makes movie interesting, not like most "I love everything i see!" TH-camrs :)
I pride myself on being honest in my videos! :D
My friend, when I looking on the B'mouth or Luton Stadiums and when I hear you said Szczecin or ŁKS is not Premier league level It is a bit embarrassing
I did say that. The point is, when teams get to the prem they usually either have to improve their stadiums straight away or do it when the money starts rolling in.
To this list id add Fulham London aswell, looks old and out of date and due renovation
@@RobReacts1 Robert, you don't necessarily know. Note that Polish stadiums have only been developing for a decade for obvious reasons and all of them are modern despite the number of seats. In the UK, some Premier League stadiums have not seen renovation for 20-30 years, in lower leagues even longer. Looking at your reaction, you judge stadiums by size and number of seats, not by modernity, implementation, etc. In my opinion, new stadiums in England, e.g. Tottenham, are light years from ours, although I believe that at least half of the stadiums in the Polish league are more usable and more modern from most Premier League stadiums (I say this as an Arsenal fan)
0:35 As a bricklayer I love the buildings and we don't have anything like this in Australia. I love all the European buildings. As a child we had pen pals from England and their school was over 400 years old. Built right.
Hey Rob! Funny thing is the sexiest arenas built for Euro 2012 are a little bit too big for teams who play there. Yeah, Gdańsk and Wrocław are big cities, but the teams arent. They had patches of success but last year Śląsk Wrocław fough to stay up and Lechia was actually relegated. It's a puzzling experience when you see those arenas and 10k people inside. They could have been two biggest stadiums in second tier this season.
Other thing you commented on is bland architecture. I think it's on purpose, to save money. I think that 99% of those stadia is owned by city. So there is always big battle when city wants to allocate money to build/renovate stadium.
10:12 They also have to be aware of Aussies. One streaking and that looks like some nice grass to knob. They have been warned.
Currently, the construction of the fourth stand is underway at the Zabrze stadium
The Warta Poznań stadium shown here is not actually the club's stadium. Only the no longer existing Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski. Warta Poznań plays on it because the one belonging to them does not meet the requirements of the Ekstraklasa.
The gap between the stands and the roof is meant to help with ventilation when the ultras bring out the pyrotechnics, which is pretty much a given, at least with the bigger fanbases.
stadium number two is simply not finished. Currently, the construction of the fourth stand is underway. Lukas Podolski currently plays at this stadium.A high roof means better air circulation and grass grows better.
18:30 This is not the Ruch Chorzów stadium. Blue fans are still waiting for the new stadium. It's been 13 years. The construction of a new stadium for 16-20,000 spectators is to begin next year. will it work? I don't know
Interesting fact about the stadium in Wroclaw. In the 30’s last century, architecture was one of the competitions at Olympic Games, Olympic Stadium took the 3rd place for the design, therefore the name!
Oh well I never knew that
Recently, while visiting (for various reasons) cities and towns in England, I try to take a photo near the stadium...
Lechia Gdańsk has the most beautiful stadium in Poland.
Film dotyczy Ekstraklasy, nie wszystkich stadionów w Polsce.
@@kamil1991z1xD
A im nie zabrali kluczy do bramy, odkąd Lechia spadła?
As a curiosity 6:50 ❓❤❤Alicia Keys❤❤ had her concert in Poznań on June 30, 2013 because it is well 🔊amplified🔊 as the sound of the stadium.
Polsat Arena Gdańsk is a very nice stadium, it is a pity that it was not in this film
Also, MOSiR is not a corporate sponsor. It translates to "Municipal Sports and Recreation Centre".
I think you should see the Stomil Olsztyn stadium this facility should be shown to the whole world it is a national pride of Poland.
Haha it’s a vintage stadium 😂
Przyjacielu Radomiak Radom gra od początku tego sezonu już na swoim nowym stadionie, ten który oglądałeś to stadion lekkoatletyczny a mecze piłki nożnej gra tam drużyna Broń Radom na poziomie 3 ligi. Pozdrawiam
you can wrap Eksturdklasa in the shiniest golden wrapping you can find..... but it will remain being Ekstraklapa
Some of these stadiums belong to clubs that just recently advanced to the highest level, sometimes from very low leagues.
Good material mate. Bear in mind that 12y ago we had no proper stadiums. Now almost every team in the first 2tiers some in the third have decent arenas. You have to believe me 10-15k attendance will be louder than 70k in ENGLAND. We don't need bigger stadiums. Unfortunately some good teams like Rakow-you said Sunday league stadium-don't have it. Lack of money in the city budget.
3:43 We have a big stadium here heaps of political points scored but it is like the Gladiator movie. Just shoot the one bit because there isn't any more. Looks good on TV.
It's funny, but in the lower league (Fortuna 1 liga) there are better stadiums than most of the Ekstraklasa (Lechia Gdansk - the most beautiful in Poland, Motor Lublin, Wisla Krakow, GKS Tychy, Zaglebie Sosnowiec, Wisla Plock, Arka Gdynia).
I'd say that as much as we suck at playing football you could tell that there is an interest and money if you compare it to stadiums in Slovakian or Hungary leagues
Stadion Śląski is currently being a replacement stadium for Ruch, because their current stadium was danger to fans attending due to being too old
Hi Rob. It was interesting. About airing after pyrotechnics was already in other comments. The lack of Henryk Reyman Stadium in Kraków (it has a lot of imperfections, but there is no better place to play football on this planet😊) I can't forgive you😇 Watch the video about the stadium in Gliwice again and compare it with the video about the stadium in the German city of Paderborn - the comparison will surprise you a bit, it is an almost exact copy of the Benteler-Arena where SC Paderborn 07 plays its matches. And finally the stadium in Lubin - colors carrot and black are not accidental and are not intended to refer to the cultivation of carrots in this region, Lubin is one of the centers of the copper industry in Poland and one of the largest copper mining centers in the world. So the stadium has the copper color typical of the club and the region. The name of the club from Lubin "Zagłębie" means "industrial district/basin".
It's a pity that you didn't show photos from the matches in your video - the match frames are impressive and the atmosphere is very lively football, in Poland we still adhere to the rules of hot cheering throughout the match, fans cheer their teams all the time, these are not audiences like in a theater that we can be observed at the largest, most beautiful and most modern stadiums of leagues widely recognized as the best in Europe.
Nice video, watched with interest. I greet you from Kraków. Cheers, brother!👍⚽⚽⚽🍺🍺🍺
You have to understand Poles. In our country, stadiums are built in such a way that the stands are mostly filled. What's the point of having a beautiful stadium in Wrocław if very few fans attend the matches? In Poland, stadiums are built according to the number of fans who can be there and based on the costs of maintaining the buildings.
The name of the stadium in Wroclaw ("Olympic") is somewhat a remnant of the Nazi propaganda from 1936, when the games were held mainly in Berlin. Wrocław's stadium (the city was then called Breslau) hosted yes, but not athletes, only propaganda events, it seems that even the Fuhrer himself appeared there.
As for Lukas Podolski, yes - he still plays football in Górnik Zabrze. Irregular, but playing. He even seems to help the club financially. All because he was born in Zabrze and left there with his parents (who emigrated to Germany) at the age of two. But he felt connected with the city and the region, he has family there with whom he maintains constant contact, his wife is a Pole from Silesia. Podolski has long said that he intends to return and end his career in Górnik Zabrze. And that's exactly what it does :)
Now, you should react to Stadiony I Ligi. Of course, we can't talk about comparing them to the Premier League stadiums, as most of them don't even reach 10,000 seats. However, there is a massive 33,500-seat stadium of the team named Wisła Kraków, which easily competes with half of current Premier League stadiums. Seriously, this thing is gigantic.
it's funny to hear how some stadiums are tier 5 while the 10k seat Luton and 11k Bournemouth stadiums are in the highest tier English league
fun fact: the newcomer in the Polish league this season Puszcza Niepołomice has 2k seats stadium
Funfact about Widzew stadium: you can't but single ticket on match since they are on 4th level (League Two). They sold out ALL SEATS (18 000) on season tickets every year :)
btw stadion slaski isnt a stadium of Ruch Chorzów. Ruch plays matches at stadion miejski w gliwicach, because they havent stadium, which obtained ekstrklasa's standards. Ruch Chorzow's stadium is on Cicha 6 Chorzow, its a real home ruch fans. Anyway outstanding film , i had a lot of fun, when you read polish names of our stadiums. best regrads
Stadion Śląski has the most interesting story as for football matches and concerts. It had been the only national stadium for decades up to 2012. Even Pele played there in 1960;)
Fun fact is that the Raków Częstochowa who has the second smallest stadium is actually the best polish team at the moment :)
i would say the ekstraklasa isnt the biggest league, but it is the loudest league, having way more louder fans than the premier league or any top 5 leagues. The gaps are there to control airflow and to level out the noise level.
When compared to the stadiums at Bournemouth or Luton, the majority of these venues are of Premier League caliber, most of them are greater standard than those two.
:) Bardzo ciekawe. Fajny pomysł.
Jako kibic Cracovii, mogę obronić twórców nowego stadionu, jego pojemności. tylko tym że
....no jesteśmy dumnym, ale mniejszym ilościowo jeśli chodzi o kibiców klubem.
Wybudowanie trybun na 50 tysięcy.. ;) No było by jak ubranie na siebie za dużych różowych okularów.
The openings are for fuming out the fireworks, Limey
There are some norms you have to fulfill in order to play a league. They might be much less smaller comparing to England ones. My hometown club called Ząbkovia Ząbki used to play in Pierwsza Liga (polish championship league) and it had to built "night lights" in order to be eligible to play in our city. Next season they got relegated to 4th league because there were some problems with club main sponsor...
for me, giving a rate to an empty stadium doesn't make much sense if you're not an architect. the heart of an experience of a football game, either in EPL or a regional league, is when you are at the place, listen to the noise, drink your pint, sense a smell of pyro, chant with fans. it makes a huge difference how it's perceived. i believe the experience of some of these stadiums would change your rates either way
I would suggest looking at stadiums when full is looking at a completely separate video and looking at different things. Both videos would be valid
In Poland only one stadium is always sold out and full of supporters. It is In Lodz, Widzew stadium 🇦🇹
Lmao
I Legia Warszawa. Właściwie na każdym meczu komplet
Of course, the Widziewski complex had to appear 🤣 There is also a complete set at Legia Warszawa matches, in Warsaw it's 30 thousand and in Łódź 18 thousand 🤣
@@ukaszbrzez9669 I mean not last 5 or 6 matches, Widzew's stadium is always full since 6 years, also in 2nd,3rd and 4th divison 😁 season tickets 100% 🙂
@@fryderyksosnowski4546 Note that Legia last season had an average attendance of 23,000. Even when there are matches against a very attractive opponent, the attendance does not go below 25,000. It's still more than at your matches, so I don't understand why you're trying to belittle Legia??
radomiak has changde his stadium and the stadium in the video was its temporery stadium and the gurnik zabrze stadium 4 stand is still under construction (it just started)
Roofs are raised to be airy by design, polish football fans use a lots and lots of pyro that needs to be vented or people on the stands will choke to death.
As a Polish person i was wainting until you saw the Raków Częstochowa Stadium.
We have windless hot days, it isn't cooking pot, it's a stadium. You are welcome
We builds high roofs because is so hot in summer play in 30 degrees
The stadium in Radom was rebuilt this year;)
there is also a national stadium
is the largest stadium in Poland
where's Wisła Kraków Stadium?
W I lidze ❤
A high roof means better air circulation and grass grows better.
You can extend them easily in future
About stadion miejski w Poznaniu:
One tribune was build first, next Poland get Euro and they must build it bigger so, 3 tribunes are 3 levels and one is 2.
Let's do the Poznan!:)
It's bloody hot here you know Rob? I am literally melting.
Bournemouth was in Premier for some time but stadium is for league 1 ;)
Well yes true
First time I went on a long walk around Kraków when I studied there I passed Wisła Kraków's stadium and I thought to myself "ok, it's a bit neglected but it looks okay". Then, like 5 minutes later I noticed Cracovia's stadium and just couldn't stop myself from chuckling at how ugly I found it. Weird one for the original author to start the video on, for sure.
20:06 my home city stadium! 💚🤍❤️
Check out the stadium of the Czwaj Przemyśl team, maybe the fifth league, but the stadium is unique on a Polish scale
Englishman here. Over last few years. Took a interest in polish football after visiting beautiful krakow. I have done cracovia. Wisla. Gdansk. Poznan. Wrocław. Both Łódź team stadiums. I still need to do Legia and polonia Warsaw. #polishgroundhopping
I think that ŁKS Stadium was finished a few months ago. Probably his capacity is 18.000.
Nah that was last year
Your polish pronunciation is a lot better. Keep practicing!