Ilie Oană Stadium
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| Full name | Stadionul Ilie Oană |
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| Address | Str. Stadionului, nr. 26 |
| Location | Ploiești, Romania |
| Coordinates | 44°56′25″N 26°2′0″E / 44.94028°N 26.03333°ECoordinates: 44°56′25″N 26°2′0″E / 44.94028°N 26.03333°E |
| Owner | Consiliul Local Ploiești |
| Operator | Petrolul Ploiești |
| Capacity | 15,073[1] |
| Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | August 2010 |
| Opened | 25 September 2011 |
| Construction cost | €17,500,000 |
| Architect | Alpine Bau |
| Main contractors | SC All Plan Construction SRL |
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Petrolul Ploiești (2011–present) Romania national football team (2015–present) Romania national under-21 football team (2015) Cupa României Final (2017) Juventus București (2017–2018) FC Voluntari (2017) Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe (2018) | |
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Stadionul Ilie Oană is an all-seater football stadium in Ploiești, Romania. It is the current home ground of Petrolul Ploiești. It was inaugurated in September 2011 and has a current capacity of 15,073 spectators.[1]
The construction is built on the site of the former Ilie Oană Stadium, which was completed in 1937, and demolished in 2009-2010.[2]
Ilie Oană can host UEFA Europa League semifinals and UEFA Champions League group matches. It is ranked as a UEFA Category 4 stadium.[3]
The stadium is named after Ilie Oană, a legendary player and coach of Petrolul Ploiești.
Milestones
- The first match to be played at the stadium was an exhibition game between a team of former Petrolul Ploiești players, the generation which won the Romanian Cup in 1995, and a selection of former Romanian internationals, amongst which Gheorghe Hagi, Gheorghe Popescu, Viorel Moldovan, Ovidiu Stângă and Daniel Prodan. The former internationals won the match 4–3.[4] The first goal scored on this stadium belonged to Cristian Zmoleanu.
- Petrolul's first competitive match at the stadium was a Liga I game against Dinamo București on 25 September 2011, which ended 5–1 for the Bucharest team. Dinamo player Cosmin Moți scored the first goal of the game and thus the first official goal at new Ilie Oană Stadium.
- The Romania national football team played its first official match at the Ilie Oană on March 29, 2015, against Faroe Islands.
- As of summer of 2016, Petrolul Ploiești had played 84 Liga I games and 6 Cupa României games at the stadium.
Transport connections
Tramway
800 metres from Ilie Oană there is a Ploiești tramway station named "Muzeul de Istorie" (line 101). It links the stadium with the north of the city and Ploiești-South Railstation.
Bus
The TCE bus lines with a stop close to Ilie Oană are:
- 5 - Vlahuță
- 5 - Tăbăcărie
- 28, 104, 106, 302, 305 - Maternitate
Airport
The stadium is 45.6 kilometres (28.3 mi) away from the Henri Coandă International Airport in Otopeni, a town located north of Bucharest's city centre.
Events
Association football
| International football matches | |||||
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| Date | Competition | Home | Away | Score | Attendance |
| 29 March 2015 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |  |
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1 - 0 | 13,898 |
| 5 October 2017 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
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3 - 1 | 10,123 |
| 5 June 2018 | Friendly | |
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2 - 0 | 13,312 |
| 7 September 2018 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League | |
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0 - 0 | 0(closed doors) |
Association football
| International football clubs matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Competition | Home | Away | Score | Attendance |
| 15 July 2012 | Friendly | |
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4 - 0 | ~9,000 |
| 7 September 2012 | Friendly | |
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0 - 3 | 7,420 |
| 18 July 2013 | UEFA Europa League | |
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3 - 0 | 9,854 |
| 1 August 2013 | UEFA Europa League | |
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1 - 1 | 11,827 |
| 29 August 2013 | UEFA Europa League | |
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2 - 1 | 12,880 |
| 17 July 2014 | UEFA Europa League | |
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2 - 0 | 8,714 |
| 31 July 2014 | UEFA Europa League | |
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1 - 1 | 11,244 |
| 21 August 2014 | UEFA Europa League | |
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1 - 3 | 13,460 |
Gallery
Ilie Oană Stadium view from the Main Stand 
View of the 2nd sector and an Outer sector 
View of one of the VIP sectors 
Peluza 1, the host of many Petrolul Ploiesti choregraphies
References
- 1 2 "Stadium". FC Petrolul Ploiești (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 25 September 2011.
- ↑ "Legendarul stadion "Ilie Oană" din Ploieşti este demolat! Aici a pierdut Liverpool". Gazeta Sporturilor. 29 December 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ "Stadionul Ilie Oană din Ploieşti, cotat de UEFA la patru stele". Adevărul (in Romanian). 10 May 2012.
- ↑ "Petrolul s-a întors acasă". FC Petrolul Ploiești (in Romanian). 24 September 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2015.