Slavko Maletin Vava Stadium is a
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
in
Bačka Palanka,
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...
. Its tenant is
OFK Bačka
OFK Bačka (Serbian Cyrillic: ОФК Бачка) is a football club based in Bačka Palanka, Serbia. In 2016, the club achieved promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga. It is known as one of the most successful football clubs in Serbia at the all t ...
. The stadium has the capacity to hold 4,000 spectators.
History
The stadium was officially inaugurated on 7 July 1951. The first ground of
Bačka
Bačka ( sr-cyrl, Бачка, ) or Bácska () is a geographical and historical area within the Pannonian Plain bordered by the river Danube to the west and south, and by the river Tisza to the east. It is divided between Serbia and Hungary ...
was next to the old railway station. As the club popularity grew, the stadium was relocated to the city center where it still stands.
The stadium is named after Slavko Maletin Vava, a former player of Bačka in the 60s and early 70s of the 20th century.
Description
The stadium has a capacity for 4,000 spectators. The west Stand was completely covered and all of the sitting. The east Stand was standing and is not covered. The stadium is located in the exclusive area. On 20-odd meters from the stadium is the town center and pedestrian zone .
Largest attended
Bačka Stadium has always usually been well attended. The largest attendance in the stadium of Bačka was on 12 March 1969, when Bačka played against
Split Hajduk in the quarter-finals of the
Yugoslav Cup
The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...
. At that time, the stadium was attended by over 10,000 spectators.
[http://hajduk.hr/utakmice/arhiva/sve-utakmice/1724]
See also
*
List of stadiums in Serbia
The following is a list of football stadiums in Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannoni ...
References
Football venues in Serbia
Bačka Palanka
{{Serbia-sports-venue-stub