Selman Stërmasi Stadium
 Selman Stërmasi Stadium in its ingaural match | |
| Former names |
Dinamo Stadium (1956–1991) |
|---|---|
| Location |
Muhamet Gjollesha Road Tiranë, Albania |
| Owner | Tirana Municipality |
| Operator | Tirana Municipality |
| Capacity | 12,724[1] |
| Record attendance |
20,000 Partizani–Fenerbahçe (30 September 1961) |
| Surface | Natural grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1955 |
| Opened | 1956 |
| Renovated |
1995 2014–2015 |
| Tenants | |
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KF Tirana (1956–present) Dinamo Tirana (1956–present) Partizani Tirana (1956–present) | |
The Selman Stërmasi Stadium (Albanian: Stadiumi Selman Stërmasi) is a multi-purpose stadium in Tirana, Albania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KF Tirana. The stadium holds 12,500 people (6000 seated).[1] It is named after Selman Stërmasi, one of KF Tirana's best players of all time. The stadium is also used by Dinamo. Until 2010 Partizani used the stadium, due not making their payments they were kicked out.
The stadium is located approximately 400 m from the west side of the Lana stream and of former exhibition site "Shqiperia Sot" (now Top-Channel Television headquarters). It was built in 1956 and named Dinamo Stadium until 1991 when it was given its new name. The Football Association of Albania and KF Tirana decided posthumously name the stadium after the eminent KF Tirana player, coach and president, Selman Stërmasi. The stadium has recently ended a long phase of construction, which involved development of the main pitch, central seated area, facilities around the ground and general lineaments. There are still improvements expected to be made, such as side seated areas, an electronic clock and a KF Tirana shopping centre just under the central seated stand. The internal facilities include a press conference room. The main parking area is located at the front of the stadium which leads to the entrance.[2]
Renovation
In December 2014 work began on both the Selman Stërmasi Stadium and the Skënder Halili Complex in order to fully renovate these grounds to be used by KF Tirana. The stadium's exterior, interior and playing surface was renovated and 9,600 seats were replaced as part of the renovations taking place.[3][4]
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References
- 1 2 World Stadiums
- ↑ Selman Stermasi Stadium
- ↑ "Skender Halili training ground". supersport.al. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ↑ "Stadiumi “Selman Stërmasi”, së shpejti me fytyrë të re, por për sezonin e ri". Albanian Sport (in Albanian). 2 May 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
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Coordinates: 41°19′08″N 19°48′40″E / 41.319°N 19.811°E
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