Subotica City Stadium ( sr, Градски стадион Суботица / Gradski stadion Subotica) is a
multi-purpose stadium
A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...
located in
Subotica
Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, ...
, Serbia. With a capacity of 13,000 people, it is currently used mostly for
football
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matches and is the home ground of
FK Spartak Subotica
Fudbalski klub Spartak Ždrepčeva Krv () is a professional football club from Subotica, Serbia, that plays in the Serbian SuperLiga.
The club was founded in 1945 and was named after Jovan Mikić Spartak, the leader of the Partisans in Subotic ...
from 1945. There is a football pitch and a registered track for athletics suitable for competitions. One part of the stadium is covered. There are also two subsidiary football pitches.
History
The stadium was built in 1936 and named "Stadion kralja Petra" (''
King Peter's Stadium''), also known as "Sokolsko sletište" (''Falcon's Landing Site''). It was part of the major architectural project by Dr. Kosta Petrović named "Veliki narodni park" (''Great People's Park'') and meant to serve the city with all necessary structures for sports and entertainment. The initial capacity of the stadium was between 20 and 25,000 spectators. The stadium was inaugurated on 6 June 1936, for the "Sokolski slet", an event that gathered all the "Sokol" associations from the northern region of the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...
. The further development of the sports complex was interrupted with the beginning of the
Second World War
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and never completed afterwards.
One of the main characteristics of the stadium is its rectangular shape. During the years it has gone through several renovations, in 1972, 1978, 2000, 2012 and 2018.
The stadium was host at the
1986 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1986 Final Tournament was held in Yugoslavia. It also served as the European qualification for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Teams
The following teams qualified for the tournament:
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Stadion nekada, manifestacije i utakmice
at gradsubotica.co.rs
Gallery
File:Gradski stadion Subotica 2.jpg, The Northern Stand
File:Stadion-subotica.jpg, Older photo of stadium seen from air
See also
* List of football stadiums in Serbia
References
Football venues in Serbia
Football venues in Serbia and Montenegro
Athletics (track and field) venues in Serbia and Montenegro
Football venues in Yugoslavia
Athletics (track and field) venues in Yugoslavia
Multi-purpose stadiums in Serbia
Sport in Subotica
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