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{{Short description|Stadium in Chorzów, Poland}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name = 
| image = Widok bramka.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = '''[[UEFA stadium categories|UEFA Category 4 Stadium]]'''<br />[[File:Nuvola apps mozilla.png|12px]][[File:Nuvola apps mozilla.png|12px]][[File:Nuvola apps mozilla.png|12px]][[File:Nuvola apps mozilla.png|12px]]
| fullname = Silesian Stadium<br />(pl. Stadion Śląski)
| location = ul. Katowicka 10<br />41-500 [[Chorzów]]<br />[[Silesian Voivodeship|Silesia]], Poland
| built = 1951–1956
| expanded = 2009–2017
| opened = 22 July 1956<br />1 October 2017
| construction_cost = c. 650 million PLN<br />c. 155 million [[Euro|€]]
| architect = GMP Architekten
| owner = [[Silesian Regional Assembly]]
| operator = Stadion Śląski Sp. z o.o.
| seating_capacity = 54,378
| record_attendance = {{formatnum:130000}} ([[1973 Individual Speedway World Championship|1973 Speedway World Championship]]<br />2 September 1973)
| tenants = [[Poland national football team]] (1956–2009, 2018– )<br />[[Ruch Chorzów]]<br />KS Stadion Śląski Chorzów (a youth football academy club)
| dimensions = 105 x 68 m
| surface = Grass
| website = [https://stadionslaski.pl/ Official Website]
| nickname = "Kocioł Czarownic" (Witches' Cauldron)
| logo_image = Stadion-slaski-logo.svg
}}

The '''Silesian Stadium''' ({{langx|pl|Stadion Śląski}}; <small>Polish</small>: {{IPAc-pl|'|s|t|a|d|j|o|n|-|'|ś|l|ą|s|k|J|i}}) is a [[sport]] [[stadium]] located on the premises of [[Silesian Park]] in [[Chorzów]], Poland. The stadium has a fully covered capacity of 54,378,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stadion Śląski – StadiumDB.com |url=http://stadiumdb.com/stadiums/pol/stadion_slaski |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=stadiumdb.com}}</ref> after refurbishment completed in October 2017. The stadium hosted many [[Poland national football team]] matches and for many decades was Poland's national stadium. After the [[Kazimierz Górski National Stadium|National Stadium]] in [[Warsaw]] was completed, the Silesian Stadium lost that role. The stadium was not in operation between 2009 and 2017 due to its ongoing reconstruction.

Silesian Stadium is a [[UEFA]] [[Category 4 stadium]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dziennikzachodni.pl/sport/stadion-slaski/a/stadion-slaski-w-najwyzszej-kategorii-wedlug-uefa-co-to-znaczy,12749518/|title=Stadion Śląski w najwyższej kategorii według UEFA! Co to znaczy?|date=9 December 2017|publisher=Dziennik Zachodni|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref> and hosts the annual [[Kamila Skolimowska Memorial]], a [[Diamond League]] meeting.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://silesia.diamondleague.com/news/silesia/in-the-diamond-league-for-good-silesian-stadium-making-athletics-history/ |title=IN THE DIAMOND LEAGUE FOR GOOD! SILESIAN STADIUM MAKING ATHLETICS HISTORY! |website=silesia.diamondleague.com |date=7 December 2022 |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref> The stadium hosted the athletics events of the [[2023 European Games]] and is set to host the [[2028 European Athletics Championships]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.przegladsportowy.pl/lekkoatletyka/polska-organizatorem-lekkoatletycznych-mistrzostw-europy-w-2028-roku/zdjhly7 |language = pl |title=CZEGOŚ TAKIEGO JESZCZE U NAS NIE BYŁO! POLSKA ORGANIZATOREM LEKKOATLETYCZNYCH MISTRZOSTW EUROPY W 2028 ROKU |date = 30 May 2021 | access-date = 30 May 2021}}</ref>

==History==
In 1950, as a part of an ambitious project to build [[Silesian Park]], plans for Silesian Stadium were drawn up by Julian Brzuchowski.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inyourpocket.com/katowice/Silesian-Stadium_72617f|title=Silesian Stadium: Back in Business!|publisher=InYourPocket|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref> Construction began in 1951, and the stadium opened in 1956. The stadium was inaugurated on 22 July 1956 with a match against [[East Germany]].

In 1993, the stadium officially was branded as Polish national stadium, due to the state of the venue in [[Warsaw]]. The stadium regularly hosted football matches, as well as concerts and other events.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}

===Modernization===
Silesian Stadium was one of the venues shortlisted for [[UEFA Euro 2012]] tournament, but it did not make the final list. The venue was also shortlisted as the Polish candidate for [[UEFA Euro 2020]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.pl/1/5/Artykul/133255,Silesian-Stadium-picked-as-Euro-2020-candidate|title=Silesian Stadium picked as Euro 2020 candidate|publisher=Radio Poland|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref>
[[File:Silesian Stadium, Chorzow (DBR45836).jpg|thumb|Football jerseys of the Polish national team in the locker room of the stadium]]
From 2009, the stadium underwent modernization which included the construction of a 43,000 square metre roof, new stands, lighting, video screens and an improved sound system. The speedway track has been replaced with a traditional track that will allow Chorzów to host international athletics events. The new roof collapsed in 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stadiumdb.com/news/2017/06/poland_slaski_slowly_rising_for_glory_again|title=Poland: Śląski slowly rising to glory (?) again|publisher=Stadiumdb.com|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref> putting project on hold. Though originally planned to be completed by autumn 2011 for 415 million złoty, the finishing touches were only completed in 2017 costing around 650 million złoty.

==Events==
===Football===
====Poland national football team====
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://stadionslaski.pl/historia/ |title=Stadion Śląski |access-date=28 December 2019 |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126115033/https://stadionslaski.pl/historia/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
=====Before renovation=====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
<!--SORTING FORMAT: "d.g", where d=POL goal difference+2 and g=POL goals scored, e.g. POL 2–1 XXX would be "3.2"-->
|- style="background:#dcdcdc;"
! No. !! Date !! Match !! Result !! Turnout
|-
| 1
| 22 July 1956
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|GDR}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| '''0–2'''
| 90,000
|-
| 2
| 20 October 1957
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|URS}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''2–1'''
| 93,000
|-
| 3
| 11 May 1958
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|IRL}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| '''2–2'''
| 80,000
|-
| 4
| 14 September 1958
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|HUN}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| '''1–3'''
| 90,000
|-
| 5
| 28 June 1959
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|ESP}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| '''2–4'''
| 71,469
|-
| 6
| 8 November 1959
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|FIN}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''6–2'''
| 22,000
|-
| 7
| 26 June 1960
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|BUL}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''4–0'''
| 25,000
|-
| 8
| 25 June 1961
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|YUG}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| '''1–1'''
| 57,000
|-
| 9
| 5 November 1961
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|DEN}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''5–0'''
| 12,000
|-
| 10
| 10 October 1962
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|NIR}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| '''0–2'''
| 31,496
|-
| 11
| 2 June 1963
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|ROU}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| '''1–1'''
| 40,000
|-
| 12
| 23 May 1965
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|SCO}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| '''1–1'''
| 67,462
|-
| 13
| 3 May 1966
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|HUN}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| '''1–1'''
| 95,000
|-
| 14
| 5 July 1966
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|ENG}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| '''0–1'''
| 70,000
|-
| 15
| 21 May 1967
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|BEL}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''3–1'''
| 57,050
|-
| 16
| 24 April 1968
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|TUR}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''8–0'''
| 17,000
|-
| 17
| 30 October 1968
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|IRL}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''1–0'''
| 18,000
|-
| 18
| 7 September 1969
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|NED}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''2–1'''
| 85,000
|-
| 19
| 14 October 1970
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|ALB}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''3–0'''
| 8,507
|-
| 20
| 6 June 1973
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|ENG}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''2–0'''
| 73,714
|-
| 21
| 26 September 1973
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|WAL}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''3–0'''
| 70,181
|-
| 22
| 10 September 1975
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|NED}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''4–1'''
| 70,409
|-
| 23
| 24,March 1976
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|ARG}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| '''1–2'''
| 60,000
|-
| 24
| 21 September 1977
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|DEN}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''4–1'''
| 80,000
|-
| 25
| 29 October 1977
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|POR}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| '''1–1'''
| 80,000
|-
| 26
| 4 April 1979
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|HUN}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| '''1–1'''
| 60,000
|-
| 27
| 2 May 1979
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|NED}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''2–0'''
| 71,298
|-
| 28
| 26 September 1979
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|GDR}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| '''1–1'''
| 63,938
|-
| 29
| 6 June 1980
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|TCH}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| '''1–1'''
| 45,000
|-
| 30
| 2 May 1981
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|GDR}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''1–0'''
| 74,000
|-
| 31
| 2 September 1981
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|FRG}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| '''0–2'''
| 70,000
|-
| 32
| 22 May 1983
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|URS}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| '''1–1'''
| 69,044
|-
| 33
| 11 September 1985
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|BEL}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| '''0–0'''
| 68,978
|-
| 34
| 16 November 1985
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|ITA}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''1–0'''
| 20,000
|-
| 35
| 19 October 1988
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|ALB}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''1–0'''
| 35,000
|-
| 36
| 11 October 1989
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|ENG}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| '''0–0'''
| 32,423
|-
| 37
| 25 October 1989
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|SWE}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| '''0–2'''
| 12,000
|-
| 38
| 29 May 1993
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|ENG}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| '''1–1'''
| 65,000
|-
| 39
| 2 April 1997
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|ITA}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| '''0–0'''
| 32,000
|-
| 40
| 31 May 1997
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|ENG}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| '''0–2'''
| 32,000
|-
| 41
| 27 May 1998
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|RUS}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''3–1'''
| 7,000
|-
| 42
| 31 March 1999
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|SWE}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| '''0–1'''
| 28,860
|-
| 43
| 1 September 2001
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|NOR}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''3–0'''
| 42,500
|-
| 44
| 6 October 2001
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|UKR}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| '''1–1'''
| 20,900
|-
| 45
| 29 March 2003
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|HUN}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| '''0–0'''
| 42,200
|-
| 46
| 10 September 2003
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|SWE}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| '''0–2'''
| 18,500
|-
| 47
| 8 September 2004
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|ENG}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| '''1–2'''
| 38,000
|-
| 48
| 3 September 2005
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|AUT}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''3–2'''
| 40,000
|-
| 49
| 31 May 2006
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|COL}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| '''1–2'''
| 40,000
|-
| 50
| 11 October 2006
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|POR}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''2–1'''
| 38,199
|-
| 51
| 17 November 2007
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|BEL}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''2–0'''
| 41,450
|-
| 52
| 1 June 2008
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|DEN}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| '''1–1'''
| 35,000
|-
| 53
| 11 October 2008
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|CZE}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''2–1'''
| 38,293
|-
| 54
| 5 September 2009
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|NIR}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| '''1–1'''
| 38,914
|-
| 55
| 14 October 2009
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|SVK}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| '''0–1'''
| 4,500
|-
|}

=====After renovation=====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#dcdcdc;"
! No. !! Date !! Match !! Result !! Turnout 
|-
| 1
| 27 March 2018
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|KOR}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''3–2'''
| 53,129
|-
| 2
| 11 October 2018
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|POR}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| '''2–3'''
| 48,783 
|-
| 3
| 14 October 2018
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|ITA}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| '''0–1'''
| 41,692 
|-
|4
| 11 November 2020
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|UKR}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''2–0'''
| 0{{efn|name=ATT|The match was played without an audience due to pandemic restrictions due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] throughout Poland.}}
|-
|5 
| 18 November 2020
| {{fb|POL}} – {{fb|NED}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| '''1–2'''
| 0{{efn|name=ATT}}
|-
|6 
| 29 March 2022
|{{fb|POL}} – {{fb|SWE}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''2–0'''
| 54,078 
|-
|7 
| 6 June 2025
|{{fb|POL}} – {{fb|MDA}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| '''2–0'''
| 36,357
|-
|8 
| 7 September 2025
|{{fb|POL}} – {{fb|FIN}}
| 
| 
|-
|}

====All-time results====
{{updated|match played 6 June 2025}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Team
! Played
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! {{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
! {{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
! {{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}
|-
| {{fb|POL}}
| 62
| 27
| 18
| 17
| 100
| 63
| +37
|}

====Club football====
Numerous [[Ekstraklasa]] matches have been played - mostly by the local team [[Ruch Chorzów]], especially for the [[Local derbies in Poland#The Great Silesian Derby|Great Silesian Derby matches]] against neighbours [[Górnik Zabrze]] due to extra interest from the fans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dziennikzachodni.pl/sport/pilka-nozna/gornik-zabrze/a/gornik-ruch-02-wielkie-derby-slaska-dla-niebieskich-zdjecia-relacja-wideo,9418738/ |title=Górnik - Ruch 0:2. Wielkie Derby Śląska dla Niebieskich &#91;ZDJĘCIA + RELACJA + WIDEO&#93; |date=21 February 2016 |access-date=1 June 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617105712/http://www.dziennikzachodni.pl/sport/pilka-nozna/gornik-zabrze/a/gornik-ruch-02-wielkie-derby-slaska-dla-niebieskich-zdjecia-relacja-wideo,9418738/ |archive-date=17 June 2016 }}</ref> As it used to be the only national stadium with such a large capacity in the country for numerous years, [[Polish Cup]] matches have been frequently hosted there too,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stadionslaski.pl/stadion/mecze_ekstraklasy.html |title=Stadion Śląski |access-date=1 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417050653/http://www.stadionslaski.pl/stadion/mecze_ekstraklasy.html |archive-date=17 April 2016 }}</ref> especially the final matches.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stadionslaski.pl/stadion/finaly_pucharu_polski.html |title=Stadion Śląski |access-date=1 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417064840/http://www.stadionslaski.pl/stadion/finaly_pucharu_polski.html |archive-date=17 April 2016 }}</ref>

[[File:Panorama stadionu.jpg|thumb|center|upright=4.2|Panorama of the Silesian Stadium, 2017]]

===Speedway===
The football pitch at the Silesia Stadium used to be surrounded by a {{convert|384|m|yd|abbr=off}} long [[Motorcycle speedway]] track. The first [[Speedway World Championship|World Final]] held at the stadium in [[1973 Individual Speedway World Championship|1973]], was run in front of the largest crowd in world speedway history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stadionslaski.pl/stadion/zuzel.html |title=Stadion Śląski |access-date=2016-04-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417024710/http://www.stadionslaski.pl/stadion/zuzel.html |archive-date=2016-04-17 }}</ref> [[Speedway in the United Kingdom|English speedway]] 'golden boy' [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] won the [[1976 Individual Speedway World Championship|1976 World Final]] at Silesian.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stadionslaski.pl/stadion/zuzel.html |title=Stadion Śląski |access-date=2016-04-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417024710/http://www.stadionslaski.pl/stadion/zuzel.html |archive-date=2016-04-17 }}</ref>

[[Ivan Mauger]] won the [[1979 Individual Speedway World Championship|1979 World Final]] at the stadium.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stadionslaski.pl/stadion/zuzel.html |title=Stadion Śląski |access-date=2016-04-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417024710/http://www.stadionslaski.pl/stadion/zuzel.html |archive-date=2016-04-17 }}</ref> Silesian also hosted the Final of the [[1974 Speedway World Team Cup]], won by [[England national speedway team|England]], as well as the Final of both the [[1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1978]] and [[1981 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1981]] [[Speedway World Pairs Championship|World Pairs Championships]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stadionslaski.pl/stadion/zuzel.html |title=Stadion Śląski |access-date=2016-04-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417024710/http://www.stadionslaski.pl/stadion/zuzel.html |archive-date=2016-04-17 }}</ref>

The stadium will host the final round of the [[Individual Speedway European Championship]] on 21 September 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fimspeedway.com/news/slaski-stadium-finale-for-2024-sec-series |title=Slaski Stadium finale for the 2024 SEC Series |website=FIM Speedway |access-date=23 December 2023}}</ref>

===Track and field===
[[File:Orlen Monster Jam Stadion Slaski.jpg|right|thumb|230px|Orlen Monster Jam]]

In 1967, the Silesian Stadium hosted the [[Polish Athletics Championships]]. In 1969, during an athletics tournament between Poland, [[East Germany]] and [[Soviet Union]], [[Nadezhda Chizhova]] became the first woman in history to break the 20 metre barrier in [[shot put]], setting the [[world record]] at 20.09m.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tilastopaja.net/db/wrw.php?event=350&ind=0 |title=Progression of Official World Record |access-date=2018-12-01}}</ref> In 2010, an official bid to organize the [[World Athletics Championships]] in Chorzów was submitted, however, the city lost to [[Beijing]] in the selection process.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://katowice.wyborcza.pl/katowice/1,35063,7975711,MS_2015_na_Stadionie_Slaskim__Odpadlismy_na_starcie.html |title=MŚ 2015 na Stadionie Śląskim? Odpadliśmy na starcie |access-date=2018-12-01}}</ref>

The Slaski Stadium has a [[Mondo (Italian company)|Mondo]] Sportflex Super X 720 track that was laid down in 2017, which has features similar to other Mondo surfaces which were used for the last two [[World Athletics Championships]] as well as the Rio [[2016 Olympic Games]].

Between 9–12 June 2018, the 11th Polish Summer [[Special Olympics]] Games took place at the Silesian Stadium.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.olimpiadyspecjalne.pl/xi-ogolnopolskie-letnie-igrzyska-olimpiad-specjalnych-katowice-chorzow-mikolow-2018 |title=XI Ogólnopolskie Letnie Igrzyska Olimpiad Specjalnych |access-date=2018-12-01}}</ref> On 22 August 2018, the stadium was chosen to host the [[Kamila Skolimowska Memorial]], which attracted 41,200 spectators.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://stadionslaski.pl/aktualnosci/rekordowy-memorial-kamili-skolimowskiej/ |title=REKORDOWY MEMORIAŁ KAMILI SKOLIMOWSKIEJ |access-date=2018-12-01}}</ref>

In May 2021, Silesian Stadium hosted the [[2021 World Athletics Relays]] and [[European Athletics Team Championships|European Team Championships]] Super League.

===Concerts and other events===
Silesian Stadium has hosted large music concerts in its history by many artists and groups including [[The Rolling Stones]], [[Metallica]], [[Guns N' Roses]], [[AC/DC]], [[U2]], [[Pearl Jam]], [[Linkin Park]], [[Iron Maiden]], [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], [[The Police (band)|The Police]], [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]],  [[Rammstein]], [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.terazmuzyka.pl/teksty/czytaj/stadion-slaski-wraca-na-muzyczna-mape-polski-wspominamy-najwazniejsze-koncerty.html |title=Stadion Ślaski wraca na muzyczną mapę Polski. Wspominamy najważniejsze koncerty |access-date=2018-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.songkick.com/venues/590271-stadion-slaski/gigography|title=Stadion Śląski Chorzów Gigography, Concert History, Past Events – Songkick|website=www.songkick.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-16}}</ref>

In 2009, it was the venue of performances by [[Monster Jam]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.belzebubs.org/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D67 |title=Newsy |access-date=2016-04-01 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017054456/http://belzebubs.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67 |archive-date=2016-10-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://warszawa.naszemiasto.pl/artykul/chorzow-oszalal-na-punkcie-monster-jam-zdjecia,3023028,art,t,id,tm.html |title=Chorzów oszalał na punkcie Monster Jam &#91;Zdjęcia&#93; |date=31 May 2009 |access-date=2016-04-01 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415085220/http://warszawa.naszemiasto.pl/artykul/chorzow-oszalal-na-punkcie-monster-jam-zdjecia,3023028,art,t,id,tm.html |archive-date=2016-04-15 }}</ref> and again in 2018.

==See also==
* [[Chorzów]]
* [[Silesian Park]]
* [[List of football stadiums in Poland]]
* [[Lists of stadiums]]

== Notes ==
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==References==
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*<small>[[Gazeta Wyborcza]]</small>
**<small>"Pół wieku Stadionu Śląskiego" Część 1, 26 czerwca 2006, page: [http://www.fotosik.pl/pokaz_obrazek/pelny/131a389763b1b7bf.html 1], [http://www.fotosik.pl/showFullSize.php?id=de08da4c2a9a00fa 2], [http://www.fotosik.pl/showFullSize.php?id=d2b837c06671d52d 3], [http://www.fotosik.pl/showFullSize.php?id=871311f47332eb4d 4]</small>
**<small>"Pół wieku Stadionu Śląskiego" Część 3, 10 lipca 2006, page: [http://www.fotosik.pl/showFullSize.php?id=2d8b20b07aa62850 1], [http://www.fotosik.pl/showFullSize.php?id=82da556a9b971dcb 2], [http://www.fotosik.pl/showFullSize.php?id=7d38dcdc1d18896c 3], [http://www.fotosik.pl/showFullSize.php?id=0962d0f505fc27eb 4]</small>
**<small>"Pół wieku Stadionu Śląskiego" Część 4, 17 lipca 2006, page: [http://www.fotosik.pl/showFullSize.php?id=e31b370a0b1b9db6 1], [http://www.fotosik.pl/showFullSize.php?id=62cc9f52f21c6bb2 2], [http://www.fotosik.pl/showFullSize.php?id=cb76ed9c8843c3a3 3], [http://www.fotosik.pl/showFullSize.php?id=a5f9516b25e09889 4]</small>

==External links==
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*{{Official website|http://www.stadionslaski.pl}} {{in lang|pl}}
*[http://arenysportowe.eu/s/pl/stadion-slaski/ Stadium history] {{in lang|pl}}
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Chorzów]]
[[Category:Football venues in Poland]]
[[Category:Speedway venues in Poland]]
[[Category:National stadiums|Poland]]
[[Category:Sports venues in Silesian Voivodeship]]
[[Category:Sports venues completed in 1956]]
[[Category:1956 establishments in Poland]]