Elbasan Arena
| Elbasan Arena | |
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| "Djalli" ("devil") | |
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| Square in front of the stadium and facade of the main stand | |
| Earlier names | |
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Ruzhdi Bizhuta Stadium (until 2014) |
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| Data | |
| place |
 Elbasan , Albania
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| Coordinates | 41 ° 6 '57 .2 " N , 20 ° 5' 31.2" E |
| owner | KF Elbasani |
| operator | KF Elbasani |
| opening | 1967 |
| Renovations | 2004 |
| Extensions | 2014 |
| capacity | 12,800 seats |
| Societies) | |
The Elbasan Arena is a football stadium in Elbasan , Albania . The football club KF Elbasani and the Albanian national football team play home games in the stadium. With 12,800 seats, it is the fifth largest stadium in Albania. The stadium is located on the eastern edge of downtown Elbasan in the extension of the main boulevard. Until the renovation in 2014, it was called the Ruzhdi Bizhuta Stadium ( Albanian Stadiumi Ruzhdi Bizhuta ).
In summer 2016, it was one of two stadiums in Albania that had a tartan track for athletics competitions .
history
The stadium was built in the 1960s and opened in 1967. It was named after the soccer player Ruzhdi Bizhuta (1920-1970) who played in 1946 and 1947 for Bashkimi Elbasanas, as the local club was then called, and in 1946 for the Albanian national soccer team. In the first game of the Albanian national football team - the Albanians won 5-0 against a Montenegrin selection in Shkodra - he scored the second goal after Qamil Teliti had already scored the opening goal in the 29th minute.
In 2014, the stadium was extensively renovated, as Albania did not have a stadium that met the requirements of UEFA for international matches. The stadium, the infrastructure and facade of which was completely renovated, was inaugurated on October 8th with a ceremony and a friendly match between the national team and a youth team from Elbasan. On October 11th, the Albanian national team met Denmark in the new stadium and drew 1-1.
Stadium for international games
In January 2014 it was announced that the national team's games would be played in the Ruzhdi Bizhuta Stadium , while the Qemal Stafa Stadium , the national stadium in the capital Tirana , would be demolished and rebuilt. For this purpose, the Ruzhdi Bizhuta Stadium was renovated for about 5.5 million euros , making the stadium the largest investment in Albanian football.
The costs, which were originally supposed to be a third less, were partly borne by the Albanian football association Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit , the city of Elbasan and essentially the Albanian government. The renovation began in February 2014; The work includes a new, colorful facade, the renewal of the cloakrooms for players and officials, the installation of plastic seats in red and black, the establishment of a conference room, access for emergency vehicles to the pitch and a seating area for 400 guests of honor and 100 journalists, replacement of the Floodlights and the installation of electronic scoreboards and an electronic ticketing system to meet UEFA requirements for stadiums for international matches.
In Elbasan, all four home games of Albania were played during the qualification for the European Championship 2016 . It is expected that future games will also take place here - but the first three games of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup took place in Shkodra in the newly restored Loro Boriçi Stadium . KF Skënderbeu Korça also uses the stadium for international matches , for example in the 2015/16 season as part of the UEFA Champions League against FC Milsami , Dinamo Zagreb , Beşiktaş Istanbul , Sporting Lisbon and Lokomotiv Moscow and Dinamo Zagreb in the 2017 UEFA Europa League / 18 .
Web links
- Pictures shortly before the completion of the construction work (Gazeta Tema, October 2, 2014)
- Animation of the stadium project on YouTube
- Project description on Albanian Construction Portal (Albanian)
- Schalke-Fotos.de: Pictures and report from a game visit in July 2006
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Inagurohet 'Elbasan Arena', Rama: Ky vetëm fillimi. (No longer available online.) In: aSport.info. October 8, 2014, archived from the original on October 10, 2014 ; Retrieved October 12, 2014 (Albanian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Tirana Times: Luiza Gega claims Albania's first European medal ahead of Olympics debut. July 11, 2016, accessed July 12, 2016 .
- ^ "Elbasani Enciklopedi": Futbollisti i shquar Ruzhdi Bizhuta. (No longer available online.) In: ElbasaniPlus. May 28, 2015, archived from the original on February 15, 2016 ; Retrieved February 14, 2016 (Albanian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ruzhdi Bizhuta. In: Playerhistory. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014 ; accessed on June 4, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Ruzhdi Bizhuta. In: EU-Football.info. Retrieved June 4, 2014 .
- ↑ Irfan Rama: Fitorja e kombëtares në syrin sugjerues. (No longer available online.) In: kombetarja.info. May 27, 2010, archived from the original on July 14, 2014 ; Retrieved June 4, 2014 (Albanian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b UEFA inspekton punimet në "Ruzhdi Bizhuta". In: albeu. April 23, 2014, accessed on June 4, 2014 (Albanian): "Rikonstruksioni i plotë, i stadiumit 'Ruzhdi Bizhuta' në Elbasan, njëkohësisht investimi më i madh për infrastructureën futbollistike në Shqipëri ka qenë në vëmendjen m. Edhe tëëndë organizers tëm futbollit europian UEFA. "
- ^ Leonard Karaj: Rama: Elbasani pret kombëtaren. (No longer available online.) In: Panorama Sport. January 29, 2014, archived from the original on February 20, 2014 ; Retrieved June 4, 2014 (Albanian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Rama-Duka, "ok" rikonstruksionit të "Ruzhdi Bizhuta". In: Bota Sot. January 21, 2014, accessed June 4, 2014 (Albanian).
- ↑ “Ruzhdi Bizhuta”, plani për ta kthyer stadium ndërkombëtar. In: ikub.al. January 31, 2014, accessed June 4, 2014 (Albanian).
- ↑ Zbulohet i PLOTE Stadiumi "Ruzhdi Bizhuta". In: Gazeta Dita. May 4, 2014, accessed June 5, 2014 (Albanian).
- ↑ FIFA e UEFA inspektojnë punimet për stadium in “Ruzhdi Bizhuta”. In: Balkanweb. April 23, 2014, archived from the original on October 6, 2014 ; Retrieved June 5, 2014 (Albanian).
