Čika Dača Stadium () is a multi-use

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Kragujevac Kragujevac ( sr-Cyrl, Крагујевац, ) is the List of cities in Serbia, fourth largest city in Serbia and the administrative centre of the Šumadija District. It is the historical centre of the geographical region of Šumadija in central Se ...

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home ground of

FK Radnički 1923 Fudbalski klub Radnički 1923 (), commonly known as Radnički Kragujevac (), is a professional football club from Kragujevac, Serbia making up the major part of the Radnički Kragujevac Sports Society. The name Radnički means "of the labourers" ...

and Kragujevac Wild Boars. The stadium was named in memory of

Danilo Stojanović Danilo Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Данило Стојановић, ; 14 September 1878 – 23 April 1967), commonly known as Čika Dača, was one of the Association football, football pioneers in the Kingdom of Serbia. Life On 14 September 1903, he ...

, known as Čika Dača, who is considered to be a pioneer of football in Serbia.

History

The construction of the stadium began in November 1949 and took eight years for various reasons. Finally, the club's new football home was finished on 6 June 1957. The newly built stadium has received 30,000 spectators and the first game which was played on, was between Radnički Kragujevac and

Partizan Belgrade Jugoslovensko sportsko društvo Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Југословенско спортско друштво Партизан, lit=Yugoslav Sports Society Partizan), commonly abbreviated as JSD Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, ЈСД Партизан, lin ...

and it ended 2-2. The largest attendance in a

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

game was on 24 August 1969 when Radnički played against

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in front of a crowd of 35,000. The largest attendance ever recorded in the stadium took place in 1969 when Radnički played a friendly match against Santos at which 40,000 spectators came to watch the legendary

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play in Yugoslavia for the first time. In 2007, the stadium underwent a refurbishment, which included the installation of 15,100 bucket seats. However, in 2012, seats were removed from the nine northeasternmost sectors of the stadium. The stadium remained limited by the lack of

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s, restricting game schedules to daylight hours.

Failed plans to build new stadium

In May 2023, the construction works of a new 20,000 seater stadium had been expected to start, costing around . In January 2024, the government suspended the process due to all received offers surpassing the predetermined maximum budget for the project by at least 50%. Later in 2024, the plans to rebuit the stadium were abandoned, with the new stadium now planned in a separate location near the

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settlement. The stadium underwent a minor refurbishment instead, with floodlights being installed and is planned as a training facility in the future, according to the Mayor of Kragujevac. FSS

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ed for the process.

Concerts

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- 6 July 2004

Gallery

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Crveni Đavoli Crveni Đavoli ( sr-cyr, Црвени Ђаволи, ), or simply Đavoli, are the organized supporters of the Kragujevac based professional football club Radnički Kragujevac. They are one of main supporter groups in Serbia. Besides football club ...

at Stadion Čika Dača File:Radnički 1923 - Spartak Subotica (2).jpg, Inside the stadium

References

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History

Failed plans to build new stadium

Concerts

Gallery

See also

References