Stadion SRC Mladost

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SRC Mladost
Full name	Stadion Sportsko rekreacijskog centra Mladost
Built	mid-1980s
Opened	1987
Capacity	7,000 (5,000 seating)
Home of	NK Čakovec NK Međimurje
Pitch size	110 x 75 metres

Stadion SRC Mladost is a multi-use city-owned stadium in Čakovec, Croatia. The stadium is now primarily used for football matches and various track and field athletics events, but it also hosts some larger concerts from time to time. It is currently home stadium to football clubs NK Čakovec and NK Međimurje. The stadium has a total capacity of 7,000 from which 5,000 is seating.

The stadium is located in northwestern suburban part of the city of Čakovec in the Mladost centre for sports and recreation, where several other sports buildings and grounds are located. It was built in the mid-1980s to serve for the purposes of the 1987 Summer Universiade, which was partially held in Čakovec. The stadium was slightly renovated with expansion of its seating capacity in 2004, when NK Međimurje managed promotion to the top flight. The seating capacity was then expanded from 1,500 to 5,000 seats. There is currently no floodlighting in the stadium, but there are plans to install it in the near future.

The most recent international match held in the stadium was a friendly between under-21 teams of Croatia and Greece in April 2001.