Ilie Oană Stadium

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]

Ilie Oană
UEFA
Full nameStadionul Ilie Oană
Address26 Stadionului Street
LocationPloiești, Romania
Coordinates44°56′25″N 26°2′0″E
OwnerConsiliul Local Ploiești
OperatorPetrolul Ploiești
Chindia Târgoviște
Capacity15,073[1]
Field size105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke groundAugust 2010
Opened25 September 2011
Construction cost€17,500,000
(€21 million in 2019 euros)[2]
ArchitectAlpine Bau
Main contractorsSC All Plan Construction SRL
Tenants
Petrolul Ploiești (2011–present)
Juventus București (2017–2018)
FC Voluntari (2017)
Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe (2018)
Chindia Târgoviște (2019–2020)
Website
www.fcpetrolul.ro

The stadium was built on the site of the former Ilie Oană Stadium, which was completed in 1937, and demolished in 2009-2010.[3]

Ilie Oană can host UEFA Europa League semifinals and UEFA Champions League group matches. It is ranked as a UEFA Category 4 stadium.[4]

The stadium is named after Ilie Oană, a legendary player and coach of Petrolul Ploiești.[5]

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.[6] 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.

Average attendances

The average season attendance at league matches held at the Ilie Oana for Petrolul. [7]

* Club was in lower leagues
= Romanian Cup winners

Events

Association football

International football matches
DateCompetitionHomeAwayScoreAttendance
13 August 2014 Friendly Romania U21 Italy U21 2 - 1 ~1,000
29 March 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Romania Faroe Islands 1 - 0 13,898
5 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Romania Kazakhstan 3 - 1 10,123
5 June 2018 Friendly Romania Finland 2 - 0 13,312
7 September 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League Romania Montenegro 0 - 0 0(closed doors)
16 October 2018 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Romania U21 Liechtenstein U21 4 - 0 12,108
17 November 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League Romania Lithuania 3 - 0 50(only away)

Association football

References

  1. "Stadium". FC Petrolul Ploiești (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 25 September 2011.
  2. Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices: All Items for Romania
  3. "Legendarul stadion "Ilie Oană" din Ploieşti este demolat! Aici a pierdut Liverpool". Gazeta Sporturilor. 29 December 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  4. "Stadionul Ilie Oană din Ploieşti, cotat de UEFA la patru stele". Adevărul (in Romanian). 10 May 2012.
  5. "Povestea senzațională a lui Ilie Oană! Scenariu demn de Hollywood: "Americanul" care i-a crescut pe "lupi"" [Ilie Oana's sensational story! Hollywood-worthy scenario: "The American" who raised the "wolves"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  6. "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.
  7. "StadiaPostcards".
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