Rexhep Rexhepi Stadium
Rexhep Rexhepi (Albanian: Stadiumi Rexhep Rexhepi) is a multi-purpose stadium in Glogovac, Kosovo[a]. The ground is currently the home of Feronikeli.
Stadiumi Rexhep Rexhepi (sq) | |
| Full name | Stadiumi Rexhep Rexhepi |
|---|---|
| Location | Glogovac, Kosovo |
| Coordinates | 42.616446°N 20.903551°E |
| Owner | Municipality of Glogovac |
| Operator | Feronikeli |
| Field size | 100 by 74 metres (109.4 yd × 80.9 yd) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Tenants | |
| Feronikeli Prishtina (2017–18) | |
History
The stadium is named after the club's former player and captain Rexhep Rexhepi, who fought for the Kosovo Liberation Army and was killed on 12 February 1999 by Serb forces.[1]
Renovation
In December 2012 work began on the ground in order to renovate the single stand, the playing field as well as the clubhouse, with funding coming from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. In January 2014 the local municipality began to seek investment form the central government and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports to complete a full renovation of the stadium in order to convert into a 2,000 all seater stadium,[2] and this was granted on 23 May 2014, when the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports along with the Gllogoc municipality signed the agreement to invest €100,000 into a three-stage renovation process.[3] The entire project cost a total of €200,000, and stage two was completed during the 2014–15 season, while the third stage was completed after the end of the season in the summer of 2015.[4]
As FC Prishtina stadium
Rexhep Rexhepi Stadium also is the FC Prishtina stadium during the 2017–18 season, because their stadium is under renovation.[5]
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
- Ferronikeli përkujtoi Rexhepin
- Stadiumi “Rexhep Rexhepi” në Drenas, për 2 mijë shikues
- MKRS- ja ndanë 100 mijë euro për stadiumin në Drenas dhe 50 mijë për Pallatin e Kulturës në Gjakovë
- Feronikeli me stadium nga stinori pranveror Archived 2015-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
- "KK Drenas – FC Prishtina arrihet marrëveshja!". Futbolli Kosovar (in Albanian). 15 August 2017.