Petišovci Stadium ( sl, Stadion Petišovci) is a purpose-built

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stadium near

Lendava Lendava (; formerly ''Dolnja Lendava'', in older sources also ''Dolenja Lendava''; hu, Lendva, formerly ''Alsólendva''; german: Lindau, formerly ''Unter-Limbach'') is a town in Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje. It is the seat of the Municipa ...

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. It is located east of

Petišovci Petišovci ( or ; hu, Petesháza) is a settlement south of Lendava in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the Mur River, Mura River, right on the border with Croatia. Buildings The local church in the settlement is ded ...

and approximately 5 kilometres south of Lendava, off the Rudarska ulica. The facility hosts the Športno Društvo Lendava team.

History

The facility has been a significant venue for speedway and hosted many important events, including qualifying rounds of the

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, starting in 1981, when Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia. The stadium continues to hold important events such as rounds of the

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and the

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References

Speedway venues in Slovenia Municipality of Lendava {{speedway-stub