Z'dežele Stadium
| Z'dežele Stadium | |
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| The stadium in 2013 | |
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Arena Petrol (2003-2017) |
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| place | Opekarniška cesta 15a Celje , Slovenia
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| Coordinates | 46 ° 14 '47.2 " N , 15 ° 16' 11.7" E |
| opening | September 12, 2003 |
| First game | September 12, 2003 NK Celje - Ljubljana V&V 3: 1 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | € 16.5 million |
| architect |
VZHODNA grandstand : Bojan Purg JUŽNA grandstand : Dragan Stevovič ZAHODNA - and SEVERNA grandstand : Reichenberg arhitektura |
| capacity | 13,059 seats |
| playing area | 105 × 68 m |
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The stadium Z'dežele (also Stadion v športnem parku pod Golovcem ; German 'Stadium in the sports park below Golovec' ) is a football stadium in the Slovenian city of Celje . It is the home of the NK Celje football club . From 2004 to 2008, the Slovenian national soccer team played their games in Celje on a transitional basis.
history
Construction of the plant started in 1999; It was opened with the completed main grandstand in the east with 3,600 seats on September 12, 2003. It replaced the Skalna klet stadium from 1904, which is still used today for training purposes. The youth teams of Slovenia and France (0-0) played their first game in the new stadium on September 9, 2003. Three days later, NK Celje and Ljubljana V&V (3-1) met at the stadium opening for the first official game. The name sponsor of the sports facility was the Slovenian mineral oil company Petrol in 2003 and remained so until 2017. Two more grandstands were built in 2004 and 2005; which increased the capacity to around 10,000 viewers.
The construction work ended in 2008 with the fourth spectator rank in the north, which opened on March 2, 2008. In the corner between the north and east stands is a glazed building with an area of 8,400 square meters, which houses offices, shops and restaurants. The sports facility also has turf heating , an irrigation system , a video wall and a floodlight system with 1,400 lux . Today the Z'dežele stadium is one of the largest and most modern football stadiums in the country. It offers visitors 13,059 seats (including 135 VIP seats) of which 7,000 are covered.
International matches in the Celje stadium
From 2004 to 2008 the Slovenian national soccer team played their home games in the stadium in Celje. Since then, the national team has played mostly in the Stožice stadium in Ljubljana and in the Ljudski vrt stadium in Maribor .
- green background color = victory of the Slovenian team
- yellow background color = tie
- red background color = defeat of the Slovenian team
| date | opponent | Result | occasion |
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| 31 Mar 2004 |
 Latvia
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0: 1 | Friendly match |
| 4th Sep 2004 |
 Moldova
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3-0 | World Cup qualification 2006 |
| Oct 9, 2004 |
 Italy
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1-0 | World Cup qualification 2006 |
| Feb 9, 2005 |
 Czech Republic
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0: 3 | Friendly match |
| 26th Mar 2005 |
 Germany
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0: 1 | Friendly match |
| 30th Mar 2005 |
 Belarus
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1: 1 | World Cup qualification 2006 |
| 3rd Sep 2005 |
 Norway
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2: 3 | World Cup qualification 2006 |
| Oct 12, 2005 |
 Scotland
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0: 3 | World Cup qualification 2006 |
| May 31, 2006 |
 Trinidad and Tobago
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3: 1 | Friendly match |
| Aug 15, 2006 |
 Israel
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1: 1 | Friendly match |
| Oct 7, 2006 |
 Luxembourg
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2-0 | European Championship qualification 2008 |
| 28 Mar 2007 |
 Netherlands
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0: 1 | European Championship qualification 2008 |
| June 2, 2007 |
 Romania
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1: 2 | European Championship qualification 2008 |
| Sep 12 2007 |
Belarus
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1-0 | European Championship qualification 2008 |
| Oct 13, 2007 |
 Albania
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0-0 | European Championship qualification 2008 |
| Nov 21, 2007 |
 Bulgaria
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0: 2 | European Championship qualification 2008 |
| Nov 19, 2013 |
 Canada
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1-0 | Friendly match |
Web links
- nk-celje.si: Stadium on the club's website (Slovenian)
- en.stadioni.org: Arena Petrol (English)
- stadiumdb.com: Stadion Z'dežele (Športni park pod Golovcem) (English)
- europlan-online.de: Arena Petrol - Celje
- stadionwelt.de: picture gallery
Individual evidence
- ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: stadium on a fan page )
- ↑ Stadium Z'dežele. In: nk-celje.si. NK Celje , accessed on August 1, 2019 (Slovenian).