Ion Oblemenco Stadium (2017)

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Stadionul Ion Oblemenco
The new Stadionul Ion Oblemenco in Craiova (January 2018)
The new Stadionul Ion Oblemenco in Craiova (January 2018)
Data
place Bulevardul Știrbei Vodă 36 200653 Craiova , Romania
RomaniaRomania
Coordinates 44 ° 18 '50.5 "  N , 23 ° 47' 3"  E Coordinates: 44 ° 18 '50.5 "  N , 23 ° 47' 3"  E
classification 4th
owner City of Craiova
operator CS Universitatea Craiova
start of building September 7, 2015
opening November 10, 2017
First game November 10, 2017
CS Universitatea Craiova - SK Slavia Prague 0: 4
surface Natural grass with lawn heating
costs RON 240 million (around € 51.5 million )
architect Proiect Bucuresti SA
Dico si Tiganas
capacity 30,944 seats
playing area 105 × 68 m
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Events

The Ion Oblemenco Stadium ( Romanian Stadionul Ion Oblemenco , also known as Complexul Sportiv Ion Oblemenco ; German  Sports Complex Ion Oblemenco ) is a football stadium in the Romanian city ​​of Craiova , Dolj District , in the south of the country. It was built on the basis of the old Ion Oblemenco stadium from 1967 and offers 30,944 seats in the covered stands. The CS Universitatea Craiova football club plays its home games here. The new stadium still bears the name of the former Romanian football player and coach Ion Oblemenco (1945–1996). Until the completion of the new building, the club played its games in the Stadionul Extensiv in Craiova.

history

The construction of the new Oblemenco stadium is closely linked to the election of Lia Olguța Vasilescu as mayor of Craiova in 2012. Before the election, she promised to build a modern football stadium. A draft was presented to the public in spring 2013. The futuristic complex Sportiv Ion Oblemenco was to offer 40,000 seats, be built from 2014 to 2017 and cost 100 million  euros .

However, the first draft was not implemented. On the one hand it was the modern design, but the cost of 100 million euros was far more difficult. Nor did the city have a club that would regularly only half fill a 40,000-seat stadium. A revised draft was published in autumn 2014. Capacity was reduced to 30,000, including 624 journalist and 222 wheelchair-accessible spaces, and costs fell to around 55 million euros. As with the first design, the architects were inspired by the oval works of the Romanian-French sculptor Constantin Brâncuși (1876–1957), such as the Brâncuși egg . A special feature of the design was the roof construction, which towers over 60 meters and is wide open at the top. 1,200 parking spaces were to be created around the new stadium, with 2,000 additional spaces in the vicinity. The construction time of 17 months for a project of this size was tight. The city of Craiova pays only five million euros of the construction costs. The rest of the money would come from the Romanian Ministry for Regional Development.

At the end of December 2014, the Romanian government approved funding for the construction. They took over 90% of the construction costs. The opening was expected in early 2017. In addition, the city wanted to build a second stadium with 5,000 seats with an athletics facility. On May 11, 2015, the construction machinery arrived and began demolishing the old stadium. Two months and costs of 320,000 euros, which the city paid, were estimated for the work. The construction of the new Ion-Oblemenco stadium then began. The same consortium of companies under the management of SC CON-A SRL that built the Cluj Arena in Cluj-Napoca was responsible for the construction. Based on the design of the previous draft, the plans were further processed and simplified by the architectural office Dico si Tiganas in order to reduce costs. The architects also designed the Cluj Arena. The plans provided for 30,960 places. 3,450 of these were  VIP and business seats, 440 of which were in boxes , as well as 240 seats for journalists and 62 handicapped-accessible seats plus the same number for companions. A hotel with 40 rooms was also planned.

Construction officially started on September 7, 2015 in the presence of Mayor Lia Olguța Vasilescu. Local council resolutions and government decisions were necessary before construction began, and there was also a process with a former user of the facility who had not paid the rent. Vasilescu stated that the construction work would take around 14 months, which would have indicated completion by the end of 2016. In August 2016, the stadium took shape. The south stand was almost finished and the dome of the roof was growing. Due to bad weather conditions in winter, the scheduled date could not be kept. Now they wanted to finish in February 2017, in time for the league game against the record champions Steaua Bucharest on February 18.

The completion and opening had to be postponed several times. After November 2016 and February 2017, the completion of the work should now take place in June of that year. The reasons for the delay were: a. the bad weather in winter and a lack of skilled workers in summer. The schedule up to June 2017 was tight. In July 2017, further difficulties arose, this time with the merging roof and facade construction. Two halves of the roof structure were of different heights. There was a difference of 25 to 30 cm between the north-western and the north-eastern part. The parts that did not fit were removed and new parts were cut. It is unclear whether this has any influence on the stability of the roof. Even with the first draft, the planned roof dome with a height of 60 meters caused problems. Tests in the wind tunnel showed that the tall construction could be torn in strong winds.

After many delays, the new building was inaugurated on November 10, 2017 with a friendly game between CS Universitatea Craiova and SK Slavia Prague from the Czech Republic . The home side lost 4-0 to the guests. The first competitive game of the CS Universitatea Craiova took place a week later, on November 18th. The home team defeated on the 18th matchday of the season 2017/18 Liga 1 to CS Juventus Bucharest with 3: 1. In front of 17,854 spectators, Alexandru Mitriță scored the first goal for Craiova in the new stadium in the 29th minute.

On July 14, 2018, the Romanian cup winners CS Universitatea Craiova and the champions CFR Cluj played the game for the Romanian Football Supercup in front of 25,852 spectators . The title holder from Cluj-Napoca beat the home team 1-0 with a penalty from Emmanuel Culio . The first international match was played in qualifying for the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League . On August 16, 2018, Universitatea Craiova and the German representative RB Leipzig split in front of 12,050 spectators with a 1-1 draw.

International matches at the new Ion Oblemenco Stadium

In 2018 the Romanian national soccer team celebrated its international match premiere in the new Craiova stadium.

gallery

  • The Ion Oblemenco Stadium in May 2018

Web links

Commons : Ion Oblemenco Stadium  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stadionul Extensiv - Craiova. In: europlan-online.de. Retrieved October 1, 2018 .
  2. ^ Complex Sportiv Ion Oblemenco. Retrieved October 1, 2018 .
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  5. ^ Complex Sportiv - Craiova Stadium. In: cona.ro. Retrieved October 1, 2018 (Romanian).
  6. ↑ Romania: Brâncuși egg under construction! In: stadiumdb.com. May 19, 2015, accessed October 1, 2018 .
  7. ↑ A început construcția noului stadium “Oblemenco”. Olguța: Lucrările durează mai puțin decât documentația! ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ New construction: The egg in Craiova growing. In: stadiumdb.com. August 22, 2016, accessed October 1, 2018 .
  9. ^ Romania: Another delay for Ion Oblemenco. In: stadiumdb.com. January 13, 2017, accessed October 1, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Romania: Construction fail in Craiova causes further mockery. In: stadiumdb.com. July 31, 2017, accessed October 1, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Inauguration of the new Ion Oblemenco Stadium in Craiova In: europlan-online.de. November 13, 2017, accessed October 1, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Romania »Liga 1 2017/2018» 18th matchday »CS Universitatea Craiova - Juventus București 3: 1. In: weltfussball.de. Retrieved October 1, 2018 .
  13. ^ Romania »Supercupa 2018» Final »CFR Cluj - CS Universitatea Craiova 1-0. In: weltfussball.de. Retrieved October 3, 2018 .
  14. ↑ CS U Craiova vs. RB Leipzig 1 - 1. In: de.soccerway.com. Retrieved October 1, 2018 .
  15. ↑ Friendship 2018 »March» Romania - Sweden 1: 0. In: weltfussball.de. Retrieved October 1, 2018 .