Ghencea Stadium
| Stadionul Ghencea | |
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| The Ghencea Stadium in Bucharest (2006) | |
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| place | Bulevardul Ghencea No. 34-35 Bucharest , Romania
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| Coordinates | 44 ° 24 '46.3 " N , 26 ° 2' 25.1" E |
| owner | Romanian Ministry of Defense |
| opening | April 9, 1974 |
| First game | April 9, 1974 Steaua Bucharest - OFK Belgrade 2-2 |
| Renovations | 1996, 2006 |
| demolition | 2018 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 27,063 seats |
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The Ghencea Stadium ( Romanian Stadionul Ghencea ), also known as the “Steaua Stadium” (“Stadionul Steaua”), was a football stadium in the Romanian capital Bucharest . From 1974 to 2015 it was the home of the first division soccer team Steaua Bucharest . The facility had a spectator capacity of 27,063. In 2018 it was demolished to make way for a new building.
location
The stadium is located in the south-west of Bucharest in the Ghencea district, which gives the stadium its name. It is part of the sports complex Ghencea ( Romanian Complexul Sportiv Steaua ).
Stadion
The Ghencea Stadium was built in 1974 on behalf of the Romanian Ministry of Defense, to which the Steaua Bucharest association also belonged at the time. It was inaugurated with a friendly match between Steaua Bucharest and OFK Belgrade on April 9, 1974, which ended in a 2-2 draw.
During the renovation work that lasted almost a year in 2006, Steaua Bucharest played its home games in the Lia Manoliu national stadium . With the completion of the construction work in September 2006, the club was able to return to the Ghencea Stadium.
The stadium has had a floodlight system since 1991 , which has a strength of 1,400 lux . The facility was inaugurated on August 14, 1991 with Steaua's 4-1 win against FCM Bacau .
Due to unpaid rent payments and high rental costs for the use of the stadium, there were repeated disputes between the Ministry of Defense and Steaua's owner, Gigi Becali .
New building
The Ghencea Stadium will be replaced by a new building. On August 27, 2018, a farewell ceremony and a last, symbolic, game took place. The club's youth players competed against each other for ten minutes. The new stadium will serve as a training location for the 2021 European Football Championship . On March 22, 2015, the last game took place in Ghencea Stadium. As of August 29, 2018, it was demolished. The construction of the Stadionul Steaua has been underway since spring 2019 .
panorama
Web links
- steauafc.com: The stadium
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stadionul. In: steauafc.com. Steaua Bucharest, accessed September 4, 2018 (Romanian).
- ↑ Steaua, afară din Ghencea? Vezi culisele afacerii şi de ce wear Becali de timp! In: prosport.ro. February 24, 2011, accessed September 4, 2018 (Romanian).
- ↑ Stadionul Steaua. In: stadiumdb.com. Retrieved August 30, 2018 .
- ↑ Bucharest: Symbolic farewell to Ghencea. In: stadiumdb.com. August 29, 2018, accessed August 29, 2018 .
- ↑ The demolition of the Steaua Stadium has begun. In: stadionwelt.de. September 3, 2018, accessed September 4, 2018 .