Gjilan City Stadium

Gjilan City Stadium
Selami Osmanifor FC Drita
Agim Ramadanifor SC Gjilani
Address Baleci Neighborhood
Location Gjilan, Kosovo
Coordinates 42°28′00″N 21°27′52″E / 42.4668°N 21.4645°E / 42.4668; 21.4645Coordinates: 42°28′00″N 21°27′52″E / 42.4668°N 21.4645°E / 42.4668; 21.4645
Owner Municipality of Gjilan
Operator Football Federation of Kosovo
Executive suites none
Capacity 15,000[1]
Record attendance 20.000, 6 November 2011
Surface Grass
105x68m
Scoreboard No
Construction
Opened 1967
Renovated 2015, 2017
Construction cost 6.000.000€ during renovated in 2017
Tenants
SC Gjilani
FC Drita
KF Bashkimi - Gjilan

The Gjilan City Stadium (Albanian: Stadiumi i Qytetit të Gjilanit) is a soccer-specific stadium in Gjilan, Kosovo.[a] It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of SC Gjilani and FC Drita of the Football Superleague of Kosovo. The stadium was completed in 1967 but since 2017 is in Re-Construction project. The stadium holds less than 15,000 people.[1]

History

Gjilan City Stadium construction begins in 1967, when with the grass starts to be since 1971. Meanwhile, sice 1990 to 1999, there was no Albanian club allowed to play at this stadium due to Serbian politics![2]

Name

The Kosovo Derby at Gjilan City Stadium in 30 September 2018

Fans of the two clubs of the city of Gjilan. The Intellectuals of FC Drita and Skifterat of SC Gjilani, have named the stadium of the city according to their wishes. Intellectuals have stressed that the stadium has the name of Selami Osmani - Bezi, while Skifterat named Agim Ramadani. But officially the stadium is called "Gjilan City Stadium".[3]

Re-Construction

On 23 April 2017 re-construction of the Gjilan City Stadium has started. This project is foreseen to be completed after three years and will have a capacity of 15,000 seats. The stadium is designed as the fourth category according to UEFA regulations. The reconstruction value of the stadium is 6 million euros.[4][5]

The stadium will be completely destroyed by the tribunes in the lounge area, as well as major repairs like water supply, sewage, tribunes will be built even after the gates, while a part of the stands will be covered, there will be reflectors and the stadium will be foreseen there are about 10,000 seats, each officially delegated person will have his seat such as: journalists, cameramen, handicapped persons, special guests and so on.[6]

Notes and references

Notes:

a. ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received formal recognition as an independent state from 113 out of 193 United Nations member states.

References:

  1. 1 2 Kosovo - KF Gjilani - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Çfarë emri duhet të ketë stadiumi i qytetit në Gjilan". Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Çfarë emri duhet të ketë stadiumi i qytetit në Gjilan". Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Nis ndërtimi i stadiumit në Gjilan". Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Gjilani nis projektin e ndërtimit të stadiumit të ri". Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Kështu do të duket stadiumi i qytetit në Gjilan". Retrieved 4 October 2018.
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