Stadium Sveti Petar Cetinjski ( Montenegrin: ''Stadion Sveti Petar Cetinjski'') is a football-specific stadium constructed in 2022 in

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. It is the same site on which there was a historic venue called Stadion Obilića Poljana which opened in 1957 and was used until 2017. Upon its completion, the new stadium will be used by Cetinje's local football teams as well as the

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. It was named after

Petar I Petrović-Njegoš Petar I Petrović-Njegoš (; 1748 – 31 October 1830) was the Prince-Bishop of Montenegro from 1784 to 1830 and Exarch (legate) of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro. He was the most popular spiritual and military leader from the Petro ...

History

The first stadium in Cetinje was built in 1913, near the location of Obilića Poljana. From 1943 to 1957, the stadium was relocated near the

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, and during the summer of 1957, the newer Stadion Obilića Poljana was opened. The first game on Obilića Poljana was a

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

match between FK Lovćen and NK GOŠK, played in August 1957. The highest attendance in the history of stadium was recorded during a

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game between FK Lovćen and

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in 1971. It was attended by 6,500 spectators. In 2016, the stadium had a capacity for 2,000 people.

New stadium construction (2017-2022)

In 2014, the first documentation for a new stadium on the current location Obilića Poljana was drafted.
Kolektiv.me: ''Projekat vrijedan 7,7 miliona eura: Cetinje dobija stadion po standardima UEFA-e'' December 26, 2014. Originally from cdm.me The new stadium was named after Montenegrin ruler Petar I Petrović-Njegoš, Sveti Petar Cetinjski. The new stadium was built to meet UEFA standards, with a capacity of 5,192 seats. The investors of the project were the Old Royal Capital Cetinje, the

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, and the

Football Association of Montenegro The Football Association of Montenegro (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin: ''Fudbalski savez Crne Gore'', ''FSCG'' / Фудбалски савез Црне Горе, ФСЦГ) is the governing body of football in Montenegro. It is based in the ca ...

. Construction officially started on November 17, 2017. The project costed approximately

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9 million in total.

Tenants

The clubs which have played their home games at Stadion Sveti Petar Cetinjski are: *1957–present: FK Lovćen *1975–present: FK Cetinje *2010–present: ŽFK Lovćen Except that, the stadium is used by Athletic Club Lovćen.

References

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