Arena Lublin

Arena Lublin
Location	ul. Stadionowa 1; Lublin, Poland
Owner	City of Lublin
Operator	MOSiR Lublin
Capacity	15,243
Record attendance	14,914 (Motor Lublin vs Legia Warsaw), 2021–22 Polish Cup Round of 16
Field size	105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Surface	Field (Grass)
Construction
Broke ground	December 2012
Built	2011–2014
Opened	9 October 2014
Construction cost	136 million PLN
Architect	Estudio Lamela
Tenants
	Motor Lublin (2014−present); Górnik Łęczna (2016−2017); KS Lublinianka (2015−2016) Major sporting events hosted; 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup; 2019–20 Polish Cup final; 2020–21 Polish Cup final;
Website
	Official Website

The Arena Lublin is a football stadium located in Lublin, Poland. It is the home ground of Motor Lublin. The stadium holds 15,243 people.^[2]

History

On September 2, 2011, the Budimex company signed an investment contract. Budimex undertook to build a stadium for PLN 136,207 by September 2013, and the first visuals and work schedule appeared 3–4 weeks from the date of signing the contract. The stadium was designed by the award-winning Estudio Lamela architectural office, which in the early 1990s prepared plans to modernize and enlarge Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid and designed the new Cracovia stadium. The main construction works were planned to start in the spring of 2012, but later the city decided to redesign the facility so as to increase the commercial space for lease. The first shovel on the construction site was driven in December 2012, and the final construction date was June 2014.

In the first football match at Arena Lublin, played on October 9, 2014, the Polish and Italian teams u-20 faced, as Poland won 2–1, and Mariusz Stępiński scored the first historic goal at the new stadium. The game was watched by 13,850 viewers.

The first match for points was played on October 25, 2014, where two clubs from Lublin faced each other in the Lublin-Podkarpackie III liga championship game: Motor and Lublinianka. The match ended with the score 1–1, and the first historic goal in the match of club teams was scored by Lublinianka's captain, Erwin Sobiech in the 45th minute of the match. The game was watched by 6,500 spectators. It was also the city's first derby played under artificial lighting.

It hosted the 2019–20 Polish Cup final game.^[3] It was the arena for the 2020–21 final as well.^[4]

International events

It was one of the venues for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

On 24 March 2021, the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match Estonia vs Czech Republic was played in the stadium, due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Estonia.^[5]

Motor matches with the highest attendance

As of 2 February 2021

Nr	Attendance	Date	Host	Result	Opponent	Competition	Source
1.	8919	11.06.2016	Motor Lublin	0:1	Olimpia Elbląg	II liga play-offs	^[6]
2.	6500	25.10.2014	Motor Lublin	1:1	KS Lublinianka	III liga	^[7]
3.	6024	10.10.2015	Motor Lublin	0:2	Śląsk Wrocław	Friendly	^[8]
4.	5786	25.05.2016	Motor Lublin	2:0	Polonia Przemyśl	III liga	^[9]
5.	5127	18.06.2015	Motor Lublin	1:0	KS Lublinianka	III liga	^[10]
6.	4575	24.03.2018	Motor Lublin	1:2	Resovia	III liga	^[11]
7.	4341	18.11.2017	Motor Lublin	0:0	KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski	III liga	^[12]
8.	4207	13.05.2016	Motor Lublin	2:2	Avia Świdnik	III liga	^[13]
9.	4190	11.05.2019	Motor Lublin	1:1	Stal Rzeszów	III liga	^[14]
10.	4171	9.06.2018	Motor Lublin	1:0	Avia Świdnik	III liga	^[15]