Gjilan City Stadium
The Gjilan City Stadium (Albanian: Stadiumi i Qytetit të Gjilanit, Serbian: Градски стадион у Гњилану / Gradski stadion u Gnjilanu) 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]
Agim Ramadani for SC Gjilani Selami Osmani for FC Drita | |
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| Address | Baleci Neighborhood |
|---|---|
| Location | Gjilan, Serbia |
| Coordinates | 42°28′00″N 21°27′52″E |
| 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 | |
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
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
As of 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 to have 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 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition. |
References:
- Kosovo - KF Gjilani - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway
- "Çfarë emri duhet të ketë stadiumi i qytetit në Gjilan". Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- "Çfarë emri duhet të ketë stadiumi i qytetit në Gjilan". Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- "Nis ndërtimi i stadiumit në Gjilan". Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- "Gjilani nis projektin e ndërtimit të stadiumit të ri". Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- "Kështu do të duket stadiumi i qytetit në Gjilan". Retrieved 4 October 2018.