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The Stadionul Ion Oblemenco parking spaces.jpg, Ion Oblemenco Stadium parking lots
Choreography in the Stadionul Ion Oblemenco.jpg, Fan choreography stadium overview
CS Universitatea Craiova versus FC Steaua Bucuresti.jpg, Universitatea Craiova vs. Steaua Bucuresti at Ion Oblemenco on 21 October 2018
football
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stadium in Craiova
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, Romania. The all-seater stadium opened in 2017 and has a capacity of 30,983, the fourth largest football ground in Romania. It is in the immediate vicinity of the new Sala Polivalentă. The ground is named after Ion Oblemenco
Ion Oblemenco (13 May 1945 – 1 September 1996) was a Romanian football striker who spent the majority of his career playing for Universitatea Craiova. He is the club's all-time top goalscorer with a total of 167 goals, and the club's stadium ...
(1945–1996), a legendary player and coach of Universitatea Craiova.
The stadium ranked fourth overall among stadiums in the world opened in 2017 surpassing expectations, ranking higher than Wanda Metropolitano
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and Gazprom Arena
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. On 26 February 2018, the Stadionul Ion Oblemenco was selected as a finalist from 27 submissions by the jury. Architects generally agreed that the outcome was satisfying, with decent investment results.
History
Construction began on September 7, 2015. The older stadium was demolished in the same year. On 26 April 2017, the construction reached its final phase, with seats being installed. To celebrate the opening of the stadium, Universitatea Craiova played a friendly on 10 November 2017 against theCzech
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** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
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side Slavia Prague
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. A crowd of 30,000 people attended.
The stadium officially opened with a ceremony on 18 November 2017 before its first competitive senior game, the Liga I
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match against Juventus București. The match was won by Universitatea Craiova 3–1, with Alexandru Mitriță
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scoring the first ever official goal at the new stadium.
Events
International football games
Gallery
See also
*List of football stadiums in Romania
This is a list of football stadiums in Romania, ranked in descending order of capacity. There is a large number of football stadiums and pitches in Romania, so this list is not complete.
Existing stadiums
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* List of European stadia by capacity
*Stade Vélodrome
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References
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