Čair Stadium ( sr-cyr, Стадион Чаир, ''Stadion Čair'') 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 ...

Niš Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names in other languages) is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 183,164, while ...

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. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Radnički Niš. After a partial reconstruction that began in 2011, the renovated stadium re-opened to the public on 15 September 2012. The stadium is part of the Čair Sports Complex, which also includes an indoor swimming pool and an indoor arena.

History

The stadium was built in 1963 and had an original capacity of 40,001 spectators. A complete reconstruction began during the second half of 2011 in an ambitious project by the Football Association of Serbia and the city of

to replace decaying infrastructure at important sports venues. The refurbished stadium had a seating capacity of 18,151 spectators. The cost of the project was 1.1 billion dinars (approximately

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10 million). Upon completion, the new stadium met

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standards to host international matches. In June 2012, the Football Association of Serbia announced that Čair would host the Serbian national team in their

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match against

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on 26 March 2013. However, the match was played at the

Karađorđe Stadium Karađorđe Stadium ( sr, Стадион Карађорђе, Stadion Karađorđe) is a multi-purpose stadium in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home ground of FK Vojvodina ...

after it was announced that Čair Stadium would not meet all

standards until May 2013. The stadium hosted its first football game after the renovation works on 15 September 2012, in which Radnički Niš beat

FK Smederevo Fudbalski klub Smederevo 1924 ( sr-cyr, Фудбалски клуб Смедерево 1924), commonly known as Smederevo, is a Serbian professional football club based in Smederevo. During Yugoslavia the club mainly played in amateur ranks of co ...

1–0 in front of 7,000 spectators. On 18 December 2012, it was announced that the city of Niš would devote an additional 250 million dinars to a newly-constructed 9,500-seater west stand to be built in 2013, which would bring the stadium capacity to a minimum of 25,003. Rekonstruiše se i zapad Čaira
Srpski Fudbal, 18 December 2012 However, work has not yet started.

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File:Stadion Cair, 6 images, 25032012(001) - 25032012 - 4431x1156 - SCUL-Smartblend.jpg, Čair Stadium under reconstruction (March 2012) File:Čair Stadium panorama.jpg, Ground panorama File:Čair Stadium main stand.jpg, Eastern stand File:Čair Stadium north end.jpg, Northern end File:Čair Stadium south end.jpg, Southern end File:Čair Stadium west stand.jpg, Western side

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cair Stadium Football venues in Serbia Football venues in Serbia and Montenegro Athletics (track and field) venues in Serbia and Montenegro Football venues in Yugoslavia Athletics (track and field) venues in Yugoslavia Buildings and structures in Niš Multi-purpose stadiums in Serbia FK Radnički Niš

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