Stadion Varteks is a

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stadium in

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, Croatia. It is the home ground of the

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club NK Varaždin and the lower division club NK Varteks. The stadium was built in 1931 as the home ground for a different NK Varaždin team, which overlapped with the current tenant with a similar name until its disbandment in 2015. Stadion Varteks has undergone several renovations since 1931, and currently has an all-seating capacity of 8,818. It consists of three stands, with the main stand being the only one with a roof. Since 1993, the

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and the

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have occasionally played their home games at the venue. For some of these games, and for some club-level

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, rules against advertising of stadium sponsors has seen the generic name Gradski Stadion ("City Stadium") used. The stadium is located near the Varteks clothing factory, and also features a Varteks fan shop and a café. From 1958 to 2010, the clothing factory was the main sponsor of the original NK Varaždin team, which changed its name to NK Varteks (no relation to the club founded in 2011) during those 52 seasons. Varteks clothing factory general manager Anđelko Herjavec also served as the president of the original NK Varteks, and was a member of the executive board of the

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. After his death in a traffic accident in 2001, Stadion Varteks was unofficially renamed Stadion Anđelko Herjavec by fans of NK Varteks; this name still occasionally appears in media coverage. On 31 May 2017, the stadium hosted the 2017 Croatian Football Cup final between

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and

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International matches

The stadium hosted several international matches of the

References

External links

Frank Jasperneite page
Sport in Varaždin Football venues in Croatia NK Varaždin (1931–2015) Sports venues completed in 1931 1931 establishments in Croatia {{Croatia-sports-venue-stub