Stadium Sveti Petar Cetinjski ( Montenegrin: ''Stadion Sveti Petar Cetinjski'') is a

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constructed in 2022 in

Cetinje Cetinje (, ) is a town in Montenegro. It is the former royal capital (''prijestonica'' / приjестоница) of Montenegro and is the location of several national institutions, including the official residence of the president of Montenegro ...

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. It is the same site on which there was a historic venue called Stadion Obilića Poljana which opened in 1957 and was used until 2017. Upon its completion, the new stadium will be used by Cetinje's local football teams as well as the Montenegro national football team. It was named after Petar I Petrović-Njegoš.

History

The first stadium in Cetinje was built in 1913, near the location of Obilića Poljana. From 1943 to 1957, the stadium was relocated near the Cetinje Monastery, and during the summer of 1957, the newer Stadion Obilića Poljana was opened. The first game on Obilića Poljana was a

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match between FK Lovćen and NK GOŠK, played in August 1957. The highest attendance in the history of stadium was recorded during a

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game between FK Lovćen and

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in 1971. It was attended by 6,500 spectators. In 2016, the stadium had a capacity for 2,000 people.

New stadium construction (2017-2022)

In 2014, the first documentation for a new stadium on the current location Obilića Poljana was drafted.
Kolektiv.me: ''Projekat vrijedan 7,7 miliona eura: Cetinje dobija stadion po standardima UEFA-e'' December 26, 2014. Originally from cdm.me The new stadium was named after Montenegrin ruler Petar I Petrović-Njegoš, Sveti Petar Cetinjski. The new stadium was built to meet UEFA standards, with a capacity of 5,192 seats. The investors of the project were the Old Royal Capital Cetinje, the

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, and the

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. Construction officially started on November 17, 2017. The project costed approximately

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9 million in total.

Tenants

The clubs which have played their home games at Stadion Sveti Petar Cetinjski are: *1957–present: FK Lovćen *1975–present:

FK Cetinje FK Cetinje is a Montenegrin football club based in Cetinje. They currently compete in the Montenegrin Third League. History Founded in 1975, Football club Cetinje started as a team of printing house ''Obod''. So, the first name of the club wa ...

*2010–present:

ŽFK Lovćen ŽFK Lovćen is a women's football club from Cetinje, Montenegro. Founded at 2010, ŽFK Lovćen plays in the Montenegrin Women's League. History While FK Lovćen is the oldest men's club in Montenegro, ŽFK Lovćen is founded at May 2010. Sin ...

Except that, the stadium is used by Athletic Club Lovćen.

References

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