Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek is a

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Karlovac Karlovac () is a city in central Croatia. In the 2021 census, its population was 49,377. Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located southwest of Zagreb and northeast of Rijeka, and is connected to them via the ...

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. It serves as home stadium for the

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football club. The stadium was built in 1975 and has a capacity of 12,000 seats. Following NK Karlovac's promotion to

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the stadium underwent renovations in order to meet top-level requirements in the summer of 2009. The renovated stadium was opened on 19 July 2009 with a friendly match against

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, which NK Karlovac won 3–1. The stadium is named after Branko Čavlović (1933–1955), a footballer from Karlovac who was active with local clubs in the 1940s and competed for the Croatian national junior team of that period.

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