Stadionul Michael Klein

Stadionul Michael Klein
Former names Stadionul Corvinul
Address Str. Mihai Viteazu, nr. 10
Location Hunedoara, Romania
Coordinates 45°45′41.9″N 22°54′46.7″E / 45.761639°N 22.912972°E / 45.761639; 22.912972
Owner Municipality of Hunedoara
Operator Hunedoara
Capacity 16,500 (3,000 seated)
Surface Grass
Construction
Opened 1960
Renovated 2009
Tenants
Corvinul Hunedoara (1960–2004)
Corvinul 2005 Hunedoara (2005–2008)
Hunedoara (2009–present)

Stadionul Michael Klein is a multi-use stadium in Hunedoara, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of CS Hunedoara. The stadium holds 16,500 people. Opened in 1960 the stadium was the home ground of Corvinul Hunedoara for 44 years, until the dissolution of "Th Ravens".[1]

The stadium originally knows as Corvinul was renamed in the 1990s after Michael Klein, the Romanian international footballer who died on the pitch in 1993, while playing for Bayer Uerdingen.

It is the 16th stadium in the country by capacity.

References

  1. ↑ Stadionul „Michael Klein”, între legendă și derizoriu. Cum arată acum arena pe care Mircea Lucescu a scris istorie pentru Corvinul Hunedoara. pressalert.ro (in Romanian)
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