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stadium_name = Stadionul Steaua |
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nickname = ''Templul Fotbalului Românesc''</br>(Temple of Romanian Football)|
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location = [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]] |
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opened = 9 April 1974 |
renovated = 1996, 2006 |
closed = |
demolished = |
owner = [[Ministry of National Defence of Romania]] |
operator = FC Steaua Bucureşti |
surface = Grass |
construction_cost = €20 million |
architect = [[Ministry of National Defence of Romania]] |
former_names = |
tenants = <center>[[FC Steaua Bucureşti]] |
seating_capacity = <center>27,557 ([[Football (soccer)|Football]]) |
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'''Steaua Stadium''' (or ''Ghencea'') ([[Romanian language|Romanian]]: Stadionul Steaua) is a [[football (soccer)|football]] [[stadium]] in [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]], home of [[FC Steaua Bucureşti]]. Also called ''Ghencea Stadium'', it was inaugurated on 9 April 1974 when Steaua played a friendly game against [[OFK Belgrade]]. At the time it was one of the first ''football-only'' stadiums ever built in [[Romania]], as there are no athletic (track and field) facilities, and the stands are very close to the pitch.


The original capacity was 30,000 on benches, but in 1991 when the plastic seats were installed, the capacity dropped to 27,557<ref>{{cite web
==Events==


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*[[202 BCE]] - The [[Battle of Zama]] results in the defeat of [[Carthage]] and [[Hannibal Barca|Hannibal]].
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* [[439]] - The [[Vandals]], led by King [[Gaiseric]], take [[Carthage]] in [[North Africa]].
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*[[1216]] - [[King John of England]] dies at [[Newark-on-Trent]] and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son [[Henry III of England|Henry]].
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*[[1453]] - The French recapture of [[Bordeaux]] brings the [[Hundred Years' War]] to a close, with the English retaining only [[Calais]] on French soil.
*[[1466]] - The [[Thirteen Years' War]] ends with the [[Second Peace of Thorn (1466)|Second Treaty of Thorn]].
*[[1469]] - [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] marries [[Isabella I of Castile]], a marriage that paves the way to the unification of [[Aragon]] and [[Crown of Castile|Castile]] into a single country, [[Spain]].
*[[1512]] - [[Martin Luther]] becomes a doctor of theology (''Doctor in Biblia'').
*[[1649]] - [[New Ross|New Ross town]], [[Co. Wexford]], [[Ireland]], surrenders to [[Oliver Cromwell]].
*[[1781]] - At [[siege of Yorktown|Yorktown, Virginia]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] commander [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Cornwallis]] surrendered to a [[France|Franco]]-[[United States|American]] force led by [[George Washington]] and the [[Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau|comte de Rochambeau]], paving the way for the end of the [[American Revolutionary War]].
*[[1789]] - Chief Justice [[John Jay]] is sworn in as the first [[Chief Justice of the United States]].
*[[1812]] - [[Napoleon I of France]] retreats from [[Moscow]].
*[[1813]] - The [[Battle of Leipzig]] concludes, giving [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]] one of his worst defeats.
*[[1822]] - In [[Parnaíba]]; Simplício Dias da Silva, João Cândido de Deus e Silva and Domingos Dias declare the independent state of [[Piauí]].
*[[1864]] - [[Battle of Cedar Creek]] - [[Union Army]] under [[Philip Sheridan]] destroys Confederate Army under [[Jubal Anderson Early|Jubal Early]].
* 1864 - [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] raiders launch an attack on [[Saint Albans, Vermont]] from [[Canada]].
*[[1873]] - [[Yale University|Yale]], [[Princeton University|Princeton]], [[Columbia University|Columbia]], and [[Rutgers University|Rutgers]] universities draft the first code of [[American football]] rules.
*[[1904]] - [[Polytechnic University of the Philippines]] founded as Manila Business School through the superintendence of the [[United States|American]] C.A. O'Reilley.
*[[1912]] - [[Italy]] takes possession of [[Tripoli]], [[Libya]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]].
*[[1914]] - The [[First Battle of Ypres]] begins.
*[[1917]] - [[Dallas Love Field|Love Field]] in [[Dallas, Texas]] is opened.
*[[1921]] - Portuguese Prime Minister [[António Granjo]] and other politicians are murdered in a [[Lisbon]] coup.
*[[1933]] - [[Germany]] withdraws from the [[League of Nations]].
*[[1935]] - The [[League of Nations]] places economic sanctions on [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|fascist Italy]] for its invasion of [[Ethiopia]].
*[[1943]] - [[Streptomycin]], the first [[antibiotic]] remedy for [[tuberculosis]], is isolated by researchers at [[Rutgers University]].
*[[1944]] - [[United States]] forces land in the [[Philippines]].
*[[1950]] - The military of the [[People's Republic of China]] takes control of the town of [[Chamdo]] in eastern [[Tibet]].
*[[1954]] - First ascent of [[Cho Oyu]]
*[[1960]] - The [[United States government]] places an [[embargo]] on Communist [[Cuba]].
*[[1969]] - The first [[Prime Minister of Tunisia]] in [[1957|twelve years]], Bahi Ladgham, is appointed by President [[Habib Bourguiba]].
*[[1973]] - President [[Richard Nixon]] rejects an Appeals Court demand to turn over the [[Watergate tapes]].
*[[1974]] - [[Niue Constitution Act 1974 (NZ)|Niue]] becomes self-govering colony of New Zealand
*[[1976]] - [[Battle of Aishiya]] in [[Lebanon]]. The same day, the [[Chimpanzee]] (''Pan troglodytes'') is placed on the List of Endangered Species.
*[[1983]] - [[Maurice Bishop]], [[Prime Minister of Grenada|Prime Minister]] of [[Grenada]], is overthrown and executed in a military [[coup d'état]] led by [[Bernard Coard]].
*[[1986]] - [[Samora Machel]], President of [[Mozambique]] and a prominent leader of [[FRELIMO]], and 33 others died when their [[Tupolev 134]] plane crashed into the [[Lebombo Mountains]].
*[[1987]] - In retaliation for [[Iran]]ian attacks on ships in the [[Persian Gulf]], the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] disables three of Iran's offshore [[oil platform]]s.
* 1987 - ([[Black Monday (1987)|Black Monday]]) [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] falls by 22%, 508 points. This is considered a [[Stock Market Crash]].
*[[1989]] - [[Guildford Four]] convictions are quashed by the [[Appellate court|Court of Appeal]] - they had spent 15 years in prison through a [[miscarriage of justice]].
*[[1994]] - The ''[[Goodnight Kiwi]]'' airs in [[New Zealand]] for the last time as [[TV2 (New Zealand)|TV2]] moves to 24-hour television 7&nbsp;days a week.
*[[1998]] - The [[Earth Liberation Front]] sets fire to the Vail Mountain ski resort in [[Vail, Colorado]], causing $12 million in damage.
*[[2001]] - [[SIEV-X]], an [[Indonesia]]n fishing boat en-route to [[Christmas Island]], carrying over 400 [[asylum seekers]], sank in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
*[[2003]] - [[Mother Teresa]] is [[beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul II]].
*[[2004]] - [[Myanmar]] prime minister [[Khin Nyunt]] is ousted and placed under house arrest by the [[SPDC]] on charges of corruption.
* 2004 - [[Care International]] aid worker [[Margaret Hassan]] is kidnapped in [[Iraq]].
*[[2005]] - [[Saddam Hussein]] goes on trial in Baghdad for [[crimes against humanity]].
* 2005 - [[Hurricane Wilma]] becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
*[[2007]] - [[Philippines]]. Amidst corruption controversies hounding the Arroyo administration, a bomb explosion rocked Glorietta 2, a shopping mall in [[Makati]], which killed 11 and injured more than 100 people.


}}</ref>, along with 126 press seats, 17 personal boxes of 12 seats each and 733 armchairs. The floodlighting system, with a density of 1400 lux, has been inaugurated in 1991.<ref>{{cite web
==Births==
*[[1276]] - [[Prince Hisaaki]], Japanese shogun (d. [[1328]])
*[[1433]] - [[Marsilio Ficino]], Italian philosopher (d. [[1499]])
*[[1562]] - [[Archbishop George Abbot]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (d. [[1633]])
*[[1582]] - [[Dmitry Ivanovich]], Russian Tsarevich (d. [[1591]])
*[[1605]] - [[Thomas Browne]], English writer (d. [[1682]])
*[[1610]] - [[James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde]], English statesman and soldier (d. [[1688]])
*[[1658]] - [[Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] (d. [[1704]])
*[[1680]] - [[John Abernethy (minister)|John Abernethy]], Irish [[Protestant]] minister (d. [[1740]])
*[[1688]] - [[William Cheselden]], English surgeon and anatomist (d. [[1752]])
*[[1718]] - [[Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie]], Marshal of France (d. [[1804]])
*[[1720]] - [[John Woolman]], American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (d. [[1772]])
*[[1721]] - [[Joseph de Guignes]], French orientalist (d. [[1800]])
*[[1784]] - [[John McLoughlin]], Canadian fur trader (d. [[1857]])
*[[1810]] - [[Cassius Marcellus Clay]], American abolitionist (d. [[1903]])
*[[1851]] - [[Empress Myeongseong]], Empress of Korea (d. [[1895]])
*[[1858]] - [[George Albert Boulenger]], Belgian naturalist (d. [[1937]])
*[[1862]] - [[Auguste Lumière]], French inventor (d. [[1954]])
*[[1873]] - [[Jaap Eden]], Dutch skater and cyclist (d. [[1925]])
*[[1873]] - [[Bart King|John Barton King]], American cricketer (d. [[1965]])
*[[1876]] - [[Mordecai Brown]], American baseball player (d. [[1945]])
*[[1882]] - [[Umberto Boccioni]], Italian painter and sculptor (d. [[1916]])
*[[1885]] - [[Charles Merrill]], American investment banker (d. [[1956]])
*[[1895]] - [[Lewis Mumford]], American historian (d. [[1990]])
* 1895 - [[Frank Durbin]], last American veteran of the Battle of Verdun (d.[[1999]])
*[[1896]] - [[Bob O'Farrell]], American baseball player (d. [[1988]])
*[[1897]] - [[Salimuzzaman Siddiqui]], Pakistani scientist and scholar (d. [[1994]])
*[[1899]] - [[Miguel Ángel Asturias]], Guatemalan writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1974]])
*[[1900]] - [[Bill Ponsford]], Australian cricketer (d. [[1991]])
* 1900 - [[Roy Worters]], Canadian ice hockey goaltender (d. [[1957]])
* 1900 - [[Erna Berger]], German soprano (d. [[1990]])
*[[1901]] - [[Arleigh Burke]], American admiral (d. [[1996]])
*[[1903]] - [[Tor Johnson]], Swedish wrestler and actor (d. [[1971]])
*[[1907]] - [[Roger Wolfe Kahn]], American bandleader (d. [[1962]])
*[[1908]] - [[Geirr Tveitt]], Norwegian composer (d. [[1981]])
*[[1909]] - [[Cozy Cole]], American jazz drummer (d. [[1981]])
* 1909 - [[Marguerite Perey]], French physicist (d. [[1975]])
*[[1910]] - [[Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar]], Indian-born physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1995]])
* 1910 - [[Paul Robert]], French [[lexicographer]] and publisher (d. [[1980]])
*[[1913]] - [[Vinicius de Moraes]], Brazilian poet and songwriter (d. [[1980]])
*[[1915]] - [[Farid al-Atrash]], Syrian composer, musician, and actor (d. [[1974]])
*[[1916]] - [[Jean Dausset]], French immunologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
* 1916 - [[Emil Gilels]], Ukrainian pianist (d. [[1985]])
*[[1920]] - [[Pandurang Shastri Athavale]], Indian philosopher (d. [[2003]])
*[[1922]] - [[Jack Anderson]], American journalist (d. [[2005]])
*[[1926]] - [[Joel Feinberg]], American moral philosopher (d. [[2004]])
* 1926 - [[Arne Bendiksen]], Norwegian singer and songwriter
*[[1931]] - [[John le Carré]], English novelist
*[[1932]] - [[Robert Reed]], American actor (d. [[1992]])
*[[1936]] - [[Tony Lo Bianco]], American actor
* 1936 - [[James Bevel]], American activist
*[[1937]] - [[Peter Max]], American artist
* 1937 - [[Marilyn Bell]], Canadian swimmer
*[[1940]] - [[Michael Gambon]], Irish actor
*[[1941]] - [[Simon Ward]], British actor
*[[1942]] - [[Andrew Vachss]], American author and attorney
*[[1943]] - [[Robin Holloway]], British composer
* 1943 - [[Takis Ikonomopoulos]], Greek footballer
*[[1944]] - [[Peter Tosh]], Jamaican musician, political activist (d. [[1987]])
* 1944 - [[George McCrae]], American soul singer
*[[1945]] - [[Harris Glen Milstead|Divine]], American actor (d. [[1988]])
* 1945 - [[Patricia Ireland]], American attorney and feminist
* 1945 - [[John Lithgow]], American actor
* 1945 - [[Jeannie C. Riley]] American country and gospel singer
*[[1946]] - [[Philip Pullman]], English writer
*[[1947]] - [[Giorgio Cavazzano]], Italian comic strip artist
*[[1948]] - [[Patrick Simmons]], American musician
*[[1949]] - [[Lynn Dickey]], American football player
*[[1949]] - [[Jamie McGrigor]], British politician
*[[1951]] - [[Demetrios Christodoulou]], Greek mathematical physicist, recipient of the [[Bôcher Memorial Prize]]
*[[1952]] - [[Verónica Castro]], Mexican actress and singer
*[[1954]] - [[Joe Bryant]], American basketball player
* 1954 - [[Sam Allardyce]], English football manager
* 1954 - [[Deborah Blum]], American writer
*[[1955]] - [[Melpo Kosti]], Greek actress
*[[1956]] - [[Carlo Urbani]], Italian physician (d. [[1993]])
* 1956 - [[Bruce Weber]], American Basketball Coach
* 1956 - [[Sunny Deol]], Indian actor
* 1956 - [[Didier Theys]], Belgian racing driver
*[[1957]] - [[Ray Richmond]], American columnist and critic
* 1957 - [[Karl Wallinger]], Welsh musician
* 1957 - [[Doug Kirby]], American author and travel guide
*[[1958]] - [[Tiriel Mora]], Australian actor
*[[1958]] - [[Lou Briel]], Puerto Rican singer and actor
*[[1960]] - [[Jonathan FeBland]], English musician and artist
*[[1962]] - [[Tracy Chevalier]], American author
* 1962 - [[Evander Holyfield]], American boxer
*[[1963]] - [[Prince Laurent of Belgium]]
*[[1964]] - [[Jorge Luis Gonzales]], Cuban-born American boxer
*[[1965]] - [[Brad Daugherty (basketball)|Brad Daugherty]], American basketball player
*[[1965]] - [[Ty Pennington]], American television carpenter
*[[1966]] - [[Roger R. Cross]], Jamaican-born actor
* 1966 - [[Jon Favreau]], American actor, writer and director
*[[1967]] - [[Yoko Shimomura]], Japanese composer
* 1967 - [[Amy Carter]], daughter of US President [[Jimmy Carter]]
*[[1968]] - [[Sinitta]], American singer
*[[1969]] - [[Trey Parker]], American cartoonist and actor
* 1969 - [[Erwin Sánchez]], Bolivian footballer
* 1969 - [[DJ Sammy]], Spanish DJ
* 1969 - [[John Edward]], American TV Psychic
*[[1970]] - [[Chris Kattan]], American comedian and actor
*[[1972]] - [[Keith Foulke]], American baseball pitcher
* 1972 - [[Pras]], American musician
*[[1973]] - [[Hicham Arazi]], Moroccan tennis player
* 1973 - [[Joaquin Gage]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1976]] - [[Joy Bryant]], American actress
* 1976 - [[Omar Gooding]], American actor
* 1976 - [[Desmond Harrington]], American actor
* 1976 - [[Dan Smith (hockey player)|Dan Smith]], Canadian ice hockey player
* 1976 - [[Michael Young (baseball player)|Michael Young]], baseball player
*[[1977]] - [[Louis-José Houde]], Canadian stand-up comic
* 1977 - [[Jason Reitman]], Canadian filmmaker
* 1977 - [[Raúl Tamudo]], Spanish footballer
*[[1978]] - [[Enrique Bernoldi]], Brazilian race car driver
* 1978 - [[James Roberts (ice hockey)| James Roberts]], British Ice Hockey Player
* 1978 - [[Zakhar Dubenskiy]], Russian footballer
*1978 - [[Henri Sorvali]], Finnish musician
*[[1979]] - [[Brian Robertson (trombonist)|Brian Robertson]], American trombonist
* 1979 - [[José Luis "Parejita" López]], Mexican footballer
*[[1980]] - [[Benjamin Salisbury]], American actor
*[[1981]] - [[Heikki Kovalainen]], Finnish race car driver
*[[1982]] - [[Gonzalo Pineda]], Mexican footballer
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==Deaths==
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* [[727]] - Saint [[Frideswide]]
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*[[1187]] - [[Pope Urban III]]
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*[[1216]] - [[John of England|King John]]
*[[1432]] - [[John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk]], English politician (b. [[1392]])
*[[1587]] - [[Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (b. [[1541]])
*[[1608]] - [[Martin Delrio]], Flemish theologian and occultist (b. [[1551]])
*[[1636]] - [[Marcin Kazanowski]], Polish politician
*[[1682]] - [[Thomas Browne]], English writer (b. [[1605]])
*[[1723]] - [[Godfrey Kneller]], German-born painter (b. [[1646]])
*[[1745]] - [[Jonathan Swift]], Irish author (b. [[1667]])
*[[1790]] - [[Lyman Hall]], American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. [[1724]])
*[[1813]] - [[Józef Antoni Poniatowski]], Polish prince and Marshal of France (friendly fire) (b. [[1763]])
*[[1842]] - [[Aleksey Koltsov]], Russian poet (b. [[1808]])
*[[1851]] - [[Princess Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte|Marie Thérèse Charlotte]] (b. [[1778]])
*[[1856]] - [[William Sprague III]], American politician from Rhode Island (b. [[1799]])
*[[1889]] - King [[Louis of Portugal]] (b. [[1838]])
*[[1897]] - [[George Pullman]], American inventor and industrialist (b. [[1831]])
*[[1901]] - [[Carl Frederik Tietgen]], Danish financier and industrialist (b. [[1829]])
*[[1918]] - [[Harold Lockwood]], American actor (b. [[1887]])
*[[1936]] - [[Lu Xun]], Chinese writer (b. [[1881]])
*[[1937]] - [[Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson]], New Zealand physicist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (b. [[1871]])
*[[1943]] - [[Camille Claudel]], French sculptor (b. [[1864]])
*[[1950]] - [[Edna St. Vincent Millay]], American poet (b. [[1892]])
*[[1956]] - [[Isham Jones]], American musician (b. [[1894]])
*[[1960]] - [[George Wallace (Australian comedian)|George Wallace]], Australian vaudevillian and film comedian (b. [[1895]])
*[[1964]] - [[Vance and Nettie Palmer|Nettie Palmer]], Australian poet and essayist (b. [[1885]])
*[[1973]] - [[Walt Kelly]], American cartoonist (b. [[1913]])
*[[1978]] - [[Gig Young]], American actor (b. [[1913]])
*[[1983]] - [[Maurice Bishop]], [[Prime Minister of Grenada]] (b. [[1944]])
*[[1985]] - [[Alfred Rouleau]], French Canadian businessman (b. [[1915]])
*[[1986]] - [[Dele Giwa]], Nigerian journalist
* 1986 - [[Samora Machel]], President of [[Mozambique]] (b. [[1933]])
*[[1987]] - [[Jacqueline Du Pré]], English cellist (b. [[1945]])
* 1987 - [[Hermann Lang]], German race car driver (b. [[1909]])
*[[1988]] - [[Son House]], American musician (b. [[1902]])
*[[1994]] - [[Martha Raye]], American comedian and actress (b. [[1916]])
*[[1995]] - [[Don Cherry (jazz)|Don Cherry]], American jazz trumpet player (b. [[1936]])
*[[1997]] - [[Glen Buxton]], American guitarist (b. [[1947]])
*[[1999]] - [[Nathalie Sarraute]], Russian-born French writer (b. [[1900]])
* 1999 - [[James C. Murray]], American politician (b. [[1917]])
*[[2000]] - [[Hortense Ellis]], Jamaican reggae singer (b. [[1941]])
*[[2003]] - [[Alija Izetbegović]], President of Bosnia-Herzegovina (b. [[1925]])
* 2003 - [[Margaret Murie]], American conservationist (b. [[1902]])
* 2003 - [[Road Warrior Hawk|Michael Hegstrand]], American professional wrestler (b. [[1960]])
*[[2004]] - [[Elliott Smith]], American Singer Songwriter(b. [[1969]])
*[[2005]] - [[Dallas Cook]], American musician ([[Suburban Legends]]) (b. [[1982]])
* 2005 - [[Corinne Lévesque]], wife of Quebec premier [[René Lévesque]] (b. [[1943]])
*[[2006]] - [[James Glennon]], American cinematographer (b. [[1942]])
*[[2007]] - [[LaLa Brown]], American singer (b. [[1986]])
* 2007 - [[Randall Forsberg|Dr. Randall Forsberg]], American nuclear freeze advocate (b. [[1943]])
* 2007 - [[Michael Maidens]], English footballer with [[Hartlepool United F.C.|Hartlepool United]] (b. [[1987]])
* 2007 - [[Jan Wolkers]], Dutch writer (b. [[1925]])
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==Holidays and observances==

*[[Roman festivals]] - [[Armilustrium]] in honor of [[Mars (god)|Mars]]
Today, following two general renovations in 1996 and 2006 in order to host [[UEFA Champions League]] games, '''Ghencea''' is the most modern stadium in Romania offering some state-of-the-art facilities such as: a four-star establishment with all the facilities required for the team, internet for the press-room, 17 cameras for video surveillance, electrically heated pitch, an automated irrigation system, and a modern scoreboard capable of playing replays.<ref>{{cite web
*[[Calendar of Saints|Roman Catholic Saints]] - Saints [[Jean de Brébeuf]], [[Isaac Jogues]], and [[Canadian Martyrs|Companions]]; Saint [[Frideswide]]

*Also see [[October 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
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*[[Public holidays in Albania|Albania]] - [[Mother Teresa]] Day.
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*[[Brazil]] - [[Independence Day]] of State of Piauí
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*[[Niue]] - [[Niue Constitution Act 1974 (NZ)|Constitution Day]] in honour of the country's independence (self-governing in free association with [[New Zealand]]) in [[1974]].
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*[[French Republican Calendar]] - [[Tomato|Tomate (Tomato)]] Day, twenty-eighth day in the [[Vendémiaire|Month of Vendémiaire]]

*[[Aaron (Saint)|Aaron]], a saint of the [[Coptic Church]]
}}</ref> Lately there have been talks for increasing the capacity to either 45,000 or 60,000 with the company that, among others, has worked on building stadia such as [[Commerzbank-Arena]] in Frankfurt and renovating ones as [[Olympic Stadium (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]] in Berlin.<ref>{{cite news
*[[List of Hindu festivals|Hindu Festivals]], Concluding of [[Navratri|Navratri Festival]] of India. It is a nine day festival attributed to the Goddess Durga, the Supreme-Divine manifested in form of Mother. The 10th day, Hindus celebrate [[Dasara]], the mark of Lord Rama's victory over demon Ravana - [[Durga Puja|Goddess Durga]] Day.

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[[Romania national football team|Romania]] is also a tenant. The first game played by the national team at '''Steaua''' was in March 1977 against [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]]. Since then other 59 games were played, the last one in May 2008 against [[Montenegro national football team|Montenegro]].<ref>{{cite web

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| title=Istoric - PALMARES ALL-TIME
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}}</ref> Also, several matches from the [[1998 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship]], including the final, have been hosted by the arena.

==The most important matches played at Stadionul Ghencea==

[[Image:Ghencea 2007.JPG|thumb|left|300px|Stadionul Ghencea in 2007]]

* 9 April 1974 - [[Steaua Bucureşti]] vs. [[OFK Belgrade]] 2 : 2. A friendly game, the first ever played on Ghencea Stadium.

* 23 March 1977 - [[Romania national football team|Romania]] vs. [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] 4 : 0. A Balcanic Cup game. The first game played by [[Romania national football team|Romania]] on Ghencea Stadium.

* 16 April 1986 - [[Steaua Bucureşti]] vs. [[RSC Anderlecht]] 3 : 0. European Cup semifinal. Following this win, [[Steaua]] qualified for the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] final.

* 6 April 1988 - [[Steaua Bucureşti]] vs. [[SL Benfica]] 0 : 0. European Cup semifinal.

* 5 April 1989 - [[Steaua Bucureşti]] vs. [[Galatasaray Istanbul]] 4 : 0. European Cup semifinal. An important win for [[Steaua]] which virtually opened the door to the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] final.

* 15 November 1989 - [[Romania national football team|Romania]] vs. [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] 3 : 1. Following this win, [[Romania national football team|Romania]] qualified to [[1990 FIFA World Cup]], the first World Cup [[Romania national football team|Romania]] attended in twenty years.

* 28 September 1991 - [[Steaua Bucureşti]] vs. [[FCM Bacău]] 4 : 1. A [[Divizia A]] game, in which occasion the floodlighting system was inaugurated.

* 25 February 2005 - [[Steaua Bucureşti]] vs. [[Valencia CF]] 2 : 0. Steaua won 4-3 on [[penalty shootout]], and thus Steaua qualified for the [[Round of 16]] of the [[UEFA Cup]]. Many consider this game, the most important win of the past 15 years, marking the beginning of "a new era" for the Romanian side.

<br><br>

{{wide image|Ghencea panoramic.jpg|1800px|[[Stadionul Ghencea|Ghencea]] as seen from Peluza Nord ''(North Stand)'' in 2007.}}

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==External links==
==External links==
*{{ro icon}} {{en icon}} [http://www.steauafc.ro/ Official website]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/19 BBC: On This Day]
*{{en icon}} [http://www.steaua.com/ English-language fan website]
* {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=19}}
*{{ro icon}} [http://www.fcsteaua.ro/ Fans website]
* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Oct&day=19 On This Day in Canada]
*{{ro icon}} [http://www.steauaonline.com/ Steaua Bucuresti Online]
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Stadionul Steaua
Templul Fotbalului Românesc
(Temple of Romanian Football)
Stadionul Steaua
Stadionul Steaua
UEFA
Map
LocationBucharest, Romania
OwnerMinistry of National Defence of Romania
OperatorFC Steaua Bucureşti
Capacity
27,557 (Football)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened9 April 1974
Renovated1996, 2006
Construction cost€20 million
ArchitectMinistry of National Defence of Romania
Tenants
FC Steaua Bucureşti

Steaua Stadium (or Ghencea) (Romanian: Stadionul Steaua) is a football stadium in Bucharest, Romania, home of FC Steaua Bucureşti. Also called Ghencea Stadium, it was inaugurated on 9 April 1974 when Steaua played a friendly game against OFK Belgrade. At the time it was one of the first football-only stadiums ever built in Romania, as there are no athletic (track and field) facilities, and the stands are very close to the pitch.

The original capacity was 30,000 on benches, but in 1991 when the plastic seats were installed, the capacity dropped to 27,557[1], along with 126 press seats, 17 personal boxes of 12 seats each and 733 armchairs. The floodlighting system, with a density of 1400 lux, has been inaugurated in 1991.[2]

Today, following two general renovations in 1996 and 2006 in order to host UEFA Champions League games, Ghencea is the most modern stadium in Romania offering some state-of-the-art facilities such as: a four-star establishment with all the facilities required for the team, internet for the press-room, 17 cameras for video surveillance, electrically heated pitch, an automated irrigation system, and a modern scoreboard capable of playing replays.[3] Lately there have been talks for increasing the capacity to either 45,000 or 60,000 with the company that, among others, has worked on building stadia such as Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt and renovating ones as Olympiastadion in Berlin.[4]

Romania is also a tenant. The first game played by the national team at Steaua was in March 1977 against Turkey. Since then other 59 games were played, the last one in May 2008 against Montenegro.[5] Also, several matches from the 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, including the final, have been hosted by the arena.

The most important matches played at Stadionul Ghencea

Stadionul Ghencea in 2007
  • 23 March 1977 - Romania vs. Turkey 4 : 0. A Balcanic Cup game. The first game played by Romania on Ghencea Stadium.



Ghencea as seen from Peluza Nord (North Stand) in 2007.

Footnotes

  1. ^ "UEFA Stadium Guide". uefa.com. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
  2. ^ "The added capacity of Stadionul Steaua". SteauaFC.com. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
  3. ^ "The added capacity of Stadionul Steaua". SteauaFC.com. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  4. ^ Stan, Sebastian. "60.000 de locuri?". prosport.ro. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
  5. ^ "Istoric - PALMARES ALL-TIME". frf.ro. Retrieved 2007-07-07.

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