Stadion Stari plac

Stari plac
Full name Stadion Stari plac
Location Split, Croatia
Capacity 25,000
Field size 105 m x 70 m
Construction
Opened 1911
Renovated 1951, 1979
Tenants
Hajduk Split (1911–1979)

Stari plac (lit. "Old place"), also often referred to as Plinara Stadion, (or as Plinada Stadion[1][2]) is a multi-use stadium in Split, Croatia, which used to be primarily used for football. 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.

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

  1. 1 2 Hajduk European Cup results, dates and venues at foot.dk
  2. 1 2 Euro 72 Qualifying results and line-ups at RSSSF
  3. 1 2 "Stari plac". Priče sa starog placa (in Croatian). Hajduk.hr. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  4. ↑ "Stari Plac" (in Croatian). hajduk.hr. 19 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Tom Dunmore (1 November 2009). "Hajduk Split Fans Boycott Crucial Derby". pitchinvasion.net. Retrieved 27 August 2010.

Coordinates: 43°30′44″N 16°26′06″E / 43.512289°N 16.435053°E / 43.512289; 16.435053

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