Stadion Metalac () is a football stadium in

Gornji Milanovac Gornji Milanovac ( sr-Cyrl, Гoрњи Милановац, ) is a town and municipality located in the Moravica District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 24,216, while the population of the municipality is 44,406. The town was found ...

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. It is the home ground of

Metalac Gornji Milanovac FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac () is a professional football club based in Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian First League, the second tier of the national league system. History The club was founded as FK Radnik on 12 June 1961. ...

. The stadium consists of three stands with a total

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of 4,350.

History

Background and construction

Before earning promotion to the

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

for the first time in 2009,

hosted its matches at the nearby Stadion SD Takovo, colloquially known as the Stadion kraj Despotovice, owned by local rivals

Takovo Takovo ( sr-cyr, Таково) is a village in the municipality of Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 458 people.Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnič ...

. However, due to the league's stadium requirements, the club was forced to play its home matches in Kragujevac,

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and

Lučani Lučani ( sr-cyr, Лучани) is a town and municipality located in the Moravica District of western Serbia. The population of the town is 5,142, while the population of the municipality is 20,897. Settlements Aside from the town of Lučani, t ...

over the next three seasons before suffering relegation from the top flight. Stadion FK Metalac 12

On 9 September 2011, Metalac a.d. signed an agreement with the local and national authorities to build a new stadium for Metalac Gornji Milanovac. The cornerstone was laid by Metalac president Dragoljub Vukadinović in early October of the same year. The construction was completed in the summer of 2012.

Opening

The stadium hosted its first game on 1 September 2012, as Metalac Gornji Milanovac recorded a 3–1 victory over Mladost Lučani in the fourth round of the 2012–13 Serbian First League. Metalac's defender Dalibor Rodić scored the first goal at the new stadium. The venue was officially opened 11 days later, on 12 September, with a friendly game between Metalac and Serbia B. Metalac president Dragoljub Vukadinović, FSS president Tomislav Karadžić and

manager

Siniša Mihajlović Siniša Mihajlović ( sr-Cyrl, Синиша Михајловић, ; 20 February 1969 – 16 December 2022) was a Serbian professional football player and manager. During his career as a footballer, he played as a defender or midfielder. He won ...

cut the ribbon during the ceremony before the match.

Notable matches

The stadium has hosted all four Serbia U21 matches in their

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and two of the team's five matches in the

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification The 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-21 football competition that determined the 11 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Poland in the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship tournamen ...

. The stadium also hosted the final match of the

2015–16 Serbian Cup The 2015–16 Serbian Cup season is the tenth season of the Serbian national football tournament. The competition started on 2 September 2015. The winner of the competition qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. Calendar Preliminary ...

, as

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defeated

Javor Ivanjica Fk Javor Matis () is a professional football club based in Ivanjica, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian SuperLiga, the top tier of the national league system. History In 1912, a student named Milan Radojević brought the first football ball to ...

2–0.

References

External links

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Stadium information
at Metalac Gornji Milanovac official website Metalac Gornji Milanovac