The Gjilan City Stadium ( sq, Stadiumi i Qytetit të Gjilanit) is a

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stadium in

Gjilan Gjilan, or Gnjilane ( sr-cyr, Гњилане) is the eighth largest city in Kosovo and seat of Gjilan Municipality and Gjilan District. Name Ottoman chronicler Evliya Çelebi mentions ''Morava'' as a settlement of the Sanjak of Vučitrn. � ...

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. It is currently used mostly for

matches and is the home ground of

SC Gjilani Soccer Club Gjilani ( sq, Klubi Futbollistik Gjilani), commonly known as Gjilani, is a professional football club based in Gjilan, Kosovo. The club play in the Football Superleague of Kosovo, which is the top tier of football in the country. H ...

and

FC Drita Football Club Drita ( sq, Klubi Futbollistik Drita), commonly known as Drita, is a professional football club based in Gjilan, Kosovo. The club plays in the Football Superleague of Kosovo . The club's home ground is the Gjilan City Stadium. It ...

of the

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. The stadium was completed in 1967 but since 2017 is in Re-Construction project. The stadium holds less than 15,000 people. Multicipal Stadium Gjilan-city/Gnjilane-city, 60 000 Gjilan Gjilan-Region (KOSOVO)//(KOS) Stadiumi: "Selami Osmani-Bezi" (street):/Rruga: / Isuf Kiki 60 000 Gjilan KOSOVO TBA
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Name

The Kosovo Derby at Gjilan City Stadium in 2018

Fans of the two clubs of the city of

. The

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and Skifterat of

, have named the stadium of the city according to their wishes.

have stressed that the stadium has the name of Selami Osmani - Bezi, while Skifterat named

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. But officially the stadium is called "Gjilan City Stadium".

Re-construction

As of 23 April 2017 re-construction of the Gjilan City Stadium has started. This project is foreseen to be completed after three years and will have a capacity of 15,000 seats. The stadium is designed as the fourth category according to

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regulations. The reconstruction value of the stadium is 6 million euros. The stadium will be completely destroyed by the tribunes in the lounge area, as well as major repairs like water supply, sewage. Tribunes will be built even after the gates, while a part of the stands will be covered. There will be reflectors and the stadium will be foreseen to have about 10,000 seats. Each officially delegated person will have his seat such as: journalists, cameramen, handicapped persons, special guests and so on.

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