Stadion Stari plac
| Stari plac | |
|---|---|
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| Full name | Stadion Stari plac |
| Location | Split, Croatia |
| Opened | 1911 |
| Renovated | 1951 |
| Owner | Hajduk Split |
| Operator | Hajduk Split |
| Capacity | 20,000 |
| Tenants | |
| Hajduk Split (1911–1979) | |
Stari plac (lit. "Old place") or stadion kraj stare plinare (lit. "Stadium near the old gas plant"), and also often referred to as Plinara Stadion, (or mistakenly as Plinada Stadion[1][2]) is a multi-use stadium in Split, Croatia, which used to be primarily used for football. In April 2010 the Croatia national rugby union team played a match at the stadium against Netherlands in the 2008-10 European Nations Cup tournament.[3]
The area the stadium was built on was originally a gasworks and was also used as a military training ground by the army.[4] It was initially used as the home stadium of HNK Hajduk Split,[1] although it was a basic venue in the early years and it was not until 1926 that the first stand was built.[4]
It also hosted a match between Yugoslavia and Netherlands in the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying tournament.[2]
It was replaced as Hajduk's home ground by the Poljud Stadion in 1979, although it has at times been used by Hajduk for matches since 1979, including a game against CS Grevenmacher in the 1997–98 UEFA Cup.[5] In November 2009 Hajduk fans watched a home game versus Dinamo Zagreb on a big screen in the Stari plac, rather than see the game in the Poljud, in a protest against recent Hajduk team performances.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hajduk European Cup results, dates and venues at foot.dk
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Euro 72 Qualifying results and line-ups at RSSSF
- ↑ Netherlands V Croatia preview at Rugby International News
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Stari plac". Priče sa starog placa (in Croatian). Hajduk.hr. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ↑ CS Grevenmacher at fussball-lux.lu
- ↑ Tom Dunmore (1 November 2009). "Hajduk Split Fans Boycott Crucial Derby". pitchinvasion.net. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
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Coordinates: 43°30′44″N 16°26′06″E / 43.512289°N 16.435053°E
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