Karađorđe Stadium ( sr, Стадион Карађорђе, Stadion Karađorđe) 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 ...

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

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. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, the second l ...

. The stadium is one of the most modern stadiums in Serbia and has one of the best pitches in the country. The stadium has a total of 14,853

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after new renovations were made in 2013. The stadium is also the home ground for the Serbian U-21 football team.

History

In late May 2007, the stadium was the site of Siniša Mihajlović's testimonial match. In 2009, the stadium was given a new athletic track, the southeast stand and a modern Philips scoreboard. After the reconstruction in 2009, it was the venue of the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships and the

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. In 2011, FK Vojvodina installed floodlights with strength of 1,400 lux. The largest attendance was on 1 March 1967 when Vojvodina played against Scottish side Celtic in the

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quarter-final. There were about 30,000 spectators. Formerly, it was known as the ''Vojvodina Stadium'' ( sr, Стадион Војводине, ) or ''City Stadium'' (Serbian: Градски стадион, ''Gradski stadion''). In 2007, the stadium was renamed to Karađorđe Stadium after

Karađorđe Đorđe Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Петровић, ), better known by the sobriquet Karađorđe ( sr-Cyrl, Карађорђе, lit=Black George, ; – ), was a Serbian revolutionary who led the struggle for his country's independ ...

"Black George", the leader of the

First Serbian uprising The First Serbian Uprising ( sr, Prvi srpski ustanak, italics=yes, sr-Cyrl, Први српски устанак; tr, Birinci Sırp Ayaklanması) was an uprising of Serbs in the Sanjak of Smederevo against the Ottoman Empire from 14 February 1 ...

. However, Karađorđe Stadium was in fact the older and original name of the stadium that was used from its foundation in 1924 until the end of the

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Recent upgrades and developments

In early 2012, the executive board announced further reconstructions of the Karađorđe stadium. Original plans included the construction of a new south stand, the reconstruction of the eastern and southwest stand. Finally, in May 2013, as a result of

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requirements for obtaining a license for

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participation, the city of Novi Sad agreed to an upgrade of the stadium that will take place through June 2013 in time for FK Vojvodina to host Europa League qualifying matches. Dnevnik (Serbian): МОНДО: Пао договор, Воша гради стадион 23 May 2013

Notable events

International football matches

Concerts

* Eros Ramazzotti - 5 July 2006

Gallery

File:Stadion vojvodine02.jpg, "Firma" graffiti art at Karađorđe Stadium File:Stadion vojvodine03.jpg, A view of the East stand; To the right is the historic players' locker room house which was knocked down in May 2013 for the stadium upgrade

References

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