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Čika Dača Stadium ( sr, Стадион Чика Дача) is a multi-use
The construction of the stadium began in November 1949 and took eight years for various reasons. Finally, the club's new football home was finished on 6 June 1957. The newly built stadium has received 30,000 spectators and the first game which was played on, was between Radnički Kragujevac and Partizan Belgrade and it ended 2-2. The largest attendance in a Yugoslav First League game was on 24 August 1969 when Radnički played against
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File:Red Devils Kragujevac4.JPG, Crveni Đavoli at Stadion Čika Dača
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
in Kragujevac
Kragujevac ( sr-Cyrl, Крагујевац, ) is the fourth largest city in Serbia and the administrative centre of the Šumadija District. It is the historical centre of the geographical region of Šumadija in central Serbia, and is situated on ...
, Serbia. It is currently used mostly for football
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matches and is the home ground of FK Radnički 1923. The stadium was named in memory of Danilo Stojanović
Danilo Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Данило Стојановић, ; 14 September 1878 – 23 April 1967), commonly known as Čika Dača, was one of the Association football, football pioneers in the Kingdom of Serbia.
Life
On 14 September 1903, he ...
, known as Čika Dača, who is considered to be a pioneer of football in Serbia.
History
The construction of the stadium began in November 1949 and took eight years for various reasons. Finally, the club's new football home was finished on 6 June 1957. The newly built stadium has received 30,000 spectators and the first game which was played on, was between Radnički Kragujevac and Partizan Belgrade and it ended 2-2. The largest attendance in a Yugoslav First League game was on 24 August 1969 when Radnički played against Hajduk Split
Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...
in front of a crowd of 35,000. The largest attendance ever recorded in the stadium took place in 1969 when Radnički played a friendly match against Santos at which 40,000 spectators came to watch the legendary Pelé
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and labelled "the greatest" by FIFA, ...
play in Yugoslavia for the first time.
Renovation
In 2007, 15,100 new seats were installed in the stadium.Concerts
* Zdravko Čolić - 6 July 2004 * Svetlana Raznatović performed a concert as part of her Poziv Tour in front of 18,000 people, promoting her album Poziv - 14 September 2013.Gallery
See also
* List of stadiums in SerbiaReferences
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