Stadion Stari plac
Full name | Stadion Stari plac |
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Location | Split, Croatia |
Capacity | 25,000 |
Field size | 105 m x 70 m |
Construction | |
Opened | 1911 |
Renovated | 1951, 1979 |
Tenants | |
Hajduk Split (1911–1979) RK Nada Split |
Stari plac (lit. "Old ground"), also often referred to as Plinara Stadion, (or incorrectly in some foreign sources as Plinada Stadion[1][2]) is a stadium in Split, Croatia used originally for association football and later mainly for rugby union. It hosted a match between Yugoslavia and Netherlands in the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying tournament,[2] and in April 2010 a match between Croatia national rugby union team playing against Netherlands in the 2008-10 European Nations Cup tournament.[citation needed] Stari plac is the home ground of Rugby Club Nada Split.
The area the stadium was built on was originally a gasworks and was also used as a military training ground by the army.[3] It was initially used as the home stadium of HNK Hajduk Split,[1] and although it was their basic venue in the early years and it was not until 1926 that the first stand was built.[3]
In the beginning the 100 x 60 meters pitch was oriented west-to-east. After First World War it was resized to 105 x 70 meters on a north-to-south orientation. Its first wooden stands, built in 1926, burned down that same year. Three years later new stands were built with a capacity of 900 people, but these were gradually demolished during the Second World War. After the war the stadium received a major reconstruction with a new drainage system, and a wooden west stand for 1400 people. Ten years later the sandy pitch was replaced with grass one, and later on new stands were built on eastern side of the pitch.[4]
In November 2009 Hajduk fans watched a home game versus Dinamo Zagreb on a big screen in the Stari plac, rather than see the game in the Poljud, in a protest against recent Hajduk team performances.[5]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Hajduk European Cup results, dates and venues at foot.dk
- ^ Jump up to: a b Euro 72 Qualifying results and line-ups at RSSSF
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Stari plac". Priče sa starog placa (in Croatian). Hajduk.hr. Archived from the original on 20 October 2001. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^ "Stari Plac" (in Croatian). hajduk.hr. 19 May 2016.
- ^ Tom Dunmore (1 November 2009). "Hajduk Split Fans Boycott Crucial Derby". pitchinvasion.net. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
External links[]
Coordinates: 43°30′44″N 16°26′06″E / 43.512289°N 16.435053°E
- Sports venues in Split, Croatia
- Football venues in Croatia
- Football venues in Yugoslavia
- HNK Hajduk Split
- Rugby union stadiums in Croatia