Partizan Stadium – Wikipedia

Partizan stadium
	Football Temple – football temple
	Facade of the Stadion Partizana
Earlier names
	Yugoslav National Army Stadium or. JNA stadium
Data
Location	Humska 1 ; 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Coordinates	44 ° 47 ′ 20 ″ N , 20 ° 27 ′ 33 ″ O
owner	Partizan Belgrad
operator	Partizan Belgrad
opening	9. October 1949 ; December 22, 1951 (official)
First game	9. October 1949 ; Yugoslavia – France 1: 1
Renovations	1998, 2010, 2011 (LED display table)
surface	The natural breed
Architect	Mika Jankovic
capacity	32,710 seats
playing area	105 × 68 m
Home game
Events
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The Partizan stadium ( Serbian-Cyrillic Partizan Stadium ; “Stadium Partizans”, formerly Yugoslav National Army Stadium or. JNA stadium ; “Stadium of the Yugoslav People’s Army”), also as Stadion fk partisan Described, is the football stadium of the traditional Belgrade football club Partizan Belgrade. It has an athletics system and is 32,710 seats, including 1,204 B.I.P. Seats and 216 press places, the second largest football stadium in Serbia or one of the largest in Southeast Europe. ^[first]^[2]

The Partizan Stadium also bears the nickname Football Temple what in German Football temple means. In addition to the stadium Rajko Mitić (formerly: Stadium red star ) is the second venue for the home games of the Serbian national soccer team in Belgrade. The venue of the city rival Red Star is only one kilometer footpath southeast of the Partizana stadium.

Work on the stadium started shortly after the Second World War in 1948 and a year later the first game was played in the sports facility. The Yugoslav national soccer team competed on October 9, 1949 in the qualification for the 1950 World Cup. The game ended with a 1-1 draw. The official inauguration of the facility only took place on December 22, 1951. ^[first]At first it was named after the Yugoslav People’s Army. It originally offered space for 55,000 spectators. The stadium served the former socialist Yugoslavia and the leadership of President Tito from the mid -1950s to 1987, on May 25 as a venue for the parade for the day of youth. The rival Red Stern Belgrade was located four seasons in the Partizana stadium until the new Roter Star stadium was completed in 1963. In 1957 the first electronic scoreboard was installed, which was in operation until 2012. ^[first]In 1998 the stadium was converted to adapt to the UEFA security regulations and comfort standards.

The stadium is partially dilapidated in its current state. The expansion of the stadium complex has been promised several times several times, but has not yet been implemented. A Swiss architect’s office estimated several million euros for the renovation and expansion. In addition to the new stadium for 36,000 spectators, a multiplex cinema, a 5-star hotel, an underground shopping center, a parking garage, nine tennis courts and approx. 400 apartments are to be built on a 12.5 hectare area.