Stadion Varteks

Stadion Varteks
Full name	Stadion Varteks
Former names	Stadion NK Varteks
Location	Varaždin, Croatia
Coordinates	46°17′36″N 16°20′39″E / 46.2933°N 16.3443°ECoordinates: 46°17′36″N 16°20′39″E / 46.2933°N 16.3443°E
Operator	NK Varaždin
Capacity	10,800[contradictory]
Surface	Grass
Construction
Built	1931
Tenants
	NK Varaždin (1931–2015); NK Varteks (2011–); NK Varaždin (2012–)

Stadion Varteks^[1] is a football stadium in Varaždin, Croatia, and the home ground of Croatian First Football League (Prva HNL) club NK Varaždin and lower leagues (tiers 3–6) club NK Varteks.

The stadium was built in 1931, as home field for a different NK Varaždin team, which overlapped with the similar-named current tenant until folding in 2015. Stadion Varteks has undergone several renovations since 1931, and currently has an all-seating capacity of 10,800 (as of January 2021, Prva HNL website says 8,818).^[1]^{[contradictory]} It consists of three stands, with the main stand being the only one with a roof.

Since 1993, the Croatian national football team and the Croatia national under-21 football team have occasionally (see table below) played against a visiting national team at Stadion Varteks. For some of these games, and for some club-level UEFA competitions, rules against advertising of stadium sponsors has seen the generic name Gradski Stadion ("City Stadium") used.

The stadium is located near the Varteks clothing factory, and also features a Varteks fan shop and a café. From 1958 to 2010, the clothing factory was the main sponsor of the original NK Varaždin team, which changed its name to NK Varteks (no relation to the club founded in 2011) during those 52 seasons. Varteks clothing factory general manager Anđelko Herjavec (hired 1994 from Levi's Croatia), who by coincidence was born the same year that the club was renamed Varteks, also served as the president of the original NK Varteks, and was a member of the Executive Board of the Croatian Football Federation. After his death in a car accident, in 2001, Stadion Varteks was unofficially renamed Stadion Anđelko Herjavec by fans of NK Varteks; this name still occasionally appears in media coverage.

On 31 May 2017, the stadium hosted the 2017 Croatian Football Cup Final between HNK Rijeka and GNK Dinamo Zagreb.

International matches[]

The stadium also hosted several international matches of the Croatian national football team as well as the Croatian national under-21 football team.

Date	Competition	Teams	Score
17 March 1993	Friendly	Croatia U-21 vs. Slovenia U-21	1–1
2 September 1995	U-21 Euro qualifiers	Croatia U-21 vs. Estonia U-21	1–0
5 October 1995	U-21 Euro qualifiers	Croatia U-21 vs. Italy U-21	2–2
26 March 1996	Friendly	Croatia vs. Israel	2–0
28 March 2000	Friendly	Croatia U-21 vs. Germany U-21	2–0
25 April 2001	Friendly	Croatia vs. Greece	2–2
2 June 2001	FIFA World Cup qualifiers	Croatia vs. San Marino	4–0
21 August 2002	Friendly	Croatia vs. Wales	1–1
2 April 2003	Euro qualifiers	Croatia vs. Andorra	2–0
16 November 2003	U-21 Euro play-offs	Croatia U-21 vs. Scotland U-21	2–0
18 August 2004	Friendly	Croatia U-21 vs. Israel U-21	0–2
18 August 2004	Friendly	Croatia vs. Israel	1–0
2 June 2007	U-21 Euro qualifiers	Croatia U-21 vs. Faroe Islands U-21	2–0
5 September 2008	U-21 Euro qualifiers	Croatia U-21 vs. Albania U-21	4–0
9 September 2008	U-21 Euro qualifiers	Croatia U-21 vs. Italy U-21	1–1
27 March 2009	Friendly	Croatia U-21 vs. Montenegro U-21	1–1
13 October 2009	U-21 Euro qualifiers	Croatia U-21 vs. Serbia U-21	3–1
7 June 2015	Friendly	Croatia vs. Gibraltar	4–0
11 June 2019	Friendly	Croatia vs. Tunisia	1–2