Požarevac City Stadium ( sr, Градски стадион у Пожаревцу / Gradski stadion u Požarevcu), also nicknamed ''Vašarište'', 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 ...

Požarevac Požarevac ( sr-cyr, Пожаревац, ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Braničevo District in eastern Serbia. It is located between three rivers: Danube, Great Morava and Mlava and below the hill Čačalica (208m). As of 2011, ...

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. It is mainly used for

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matches and hosts the home matches of

FK Mladi Radnik Fudbalski klub Mladi Radnik ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Млади Радник) is a Serbian football club based in Požarevac. History FK Mladi Radnik was formed in 1926 and it was initially named SK Radnički. The oldest stored ima ...

of the

Serbian League West Serbian League West ( sr, Српска лига Запад, Srpska liga Zapad) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third national tier. The other three sections are Serbian League Belgrade, Serbian League East and Serbian League Voj ...

. The stadium has a total capacity of 3,500.

History

The stadium was built in 1935 and is part of the Požarevac Sports Centre grounds. For decades, the stadium had only one stand with a roof that stretched across a few rows in the central area. After Mladi Radnik gained promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga in

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, the stadium was renovated prior to the 2009–10 season. A new stand was made and seating was installed in both areas, which expanded the capacity to 3,500. On 9 August 2022, the stadium was renamed in honour of

Mihajlo Andrejević Mihajlo Andrejević ( sr-Cyrl, Михајло Андрејевић; 3 July 1898 – 20 September 1989) was a Serbian doctor, footballer and sports administrator. Playing career Nicknamed Andrejka, the beginning of his career was parallel to the ...

References

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