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Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: SK Slavia Praha | Opening: 2008 | Capacity: 20,800 seats<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

Sinobo Stadium, earlier called Eden Arena and Synot Tip Arena, was built to provide Slavia Prague with a new modern home. It was constructed in the place of Slavia\u2019s old stadium that had opened in 1953.<\/p>\n

First plans for the construction of a new stadium were made in the late 1980s and a start was made with demolition works, but works were cancelled when the communist regime collapsed and funding dried up.<\/p>\n

Slavia played at the stadium for another decade, but were then forced to move away as it failed the requirements for top league football.<\/p>\n

Plans for a new stadium kept being made, but encountered various delays until in 2006 building works finally started. Works finished almost two years later.<\/p>\n

The Eden Arena officially opened on 7 May 2008 with an exhibition match between a selection of former Slavia players and Oxford University AFC (5-0). The first goal was scored by Vladimir Smicer.<\/p>\n

The stadium was temporarily named Synot Tip Arena following a sponsorship deal, but referred back to its previous name from the summer of 2012. In 2018, the stadium got renamed Sinobo Stadium following a new naming rights deal.<\/p>\n

In 2013, the Eden Arena hosted the\u00a0UEFA Super Cup match between Bayern Munich and Chelsea (2-2). It was the first Super Cup match to be played away\u00a0from Stade Louis II<\/a> after UEFA decided for a rotating host.<\/p>\n

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