Poljud Stadium

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Poljud Stadium
Poljudska ljepotica
The Poljud stadium in Split
The Poljud stadium in Split
Data
place 8 Mediteranskih Igara 2 21000 Split , Croatia
CroatiaCroatia
Coordinates 43 ° 31 '10.3 "  N , 16 ° 25' 53.7"  E Coordinates: 43 ° 31 '10.3 "  N , 16 ° 25' 53.7"  E
owner City of Split
opening 1979
Renovations 2003
surface Natural grass
architect Boris Magaš
capacity 34,448 seats
playing area 105 m × 68 m
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Events

The Poljud Stadium is a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Croatian port city of Split . It is the home of the traditional football club HNK Hajduk Split . It is also known as Poljudska ljepotica ( The Beauty of Poljud ). The Croatian national soccer team also occasionally uses the venue for their games.

architecture

The Poljud stadium was built in 1979 in the district of the same name according to the designs of Boris Magaš with an unusual roof structure in the form of an open shell. It is one of the most important examples of Yugoslav architecture.

Originally the stadium could hold 55,000 people. By foregoing standing room, this number was reduced to 34,448. In some cases, no spectators can sit on the south stand. The attendance record dates back to 1982. When Hajduk Split played against Dinamo Zagreb , 65,000 fans were in the stadium.

history

The stadium was built in 1979 for the 8th Mediterranean Games . In 1990 the European Athletics Championships took place here. In 2010 the Athletics Continental Cup was hosted in the stadium in Split.

From 2013 to 2018 it also hosted the Ultra Europe Festival, the annual European edition of the Ultra Music Festival .

gallery

Interior panorama from August 2010

Web links

Commons : Stadion Poljud  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. stadionwelt.de: List of Croatian stadiums
  2. stadiumdb.com: record attendance (English)