Karađorđe Stadium

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Karađorđe Stadium
View of the east stand of the Karađorđe
View of the east stand of the Karađorđe (2009)
Earlier names

Karađorđe stadium (1924–1945)
Gradski stadium Novi Sad (1945–2007)

Data
place SerbiaSerbia Novi Sad , Serbia
Coordinates 45 ° 14 '49 "  N , 19 ° 50' 32"  E Coordinates: 45 ° 14 '49 "  N , 19 ° 50' 32"  E
owner FK Vojvodina
operator FK Vojvodina
start of building 1924
opening June 28, 1924
(on Vidovdan , a Serbian memorial day)
Renovations 1964, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013 (south stand)
Extensions 1931, 1991
surface race
architect Daka Popović
capacity 14,853 seats
Capacity (internat.) 14,853 seats
playing area 105 × 68 m
Societies)
Events

The Karađorđe stadium ( Serb - Cyrillic Стадион Карађорђе ) is a soccer stadium with athletics track and home of FK Vojvodina , a Serb football club from Novi Sad whose capacity 14.853 traffic to seats is. It was named after Đorđe Petrović , called Karađorđe .

history

Development and further development (1924–1939)

The stadium construction project and its architecture were developed and designed in 1924 on the initiative of the club's president and Serbian engineer , publicist and historian Daka Popović. The construction was carried out by FK Vojvodina together with Juda Makkabi, a football club also from Novi Sad, which mainly gathered the city's young Jewish population. The land on which the stadium to be built, was leased by the then city authorities during the construction by voluntary contributions from supporters and club members of both clubs, as well as by actions, such as the occurrence of one of Louisiana originating cabaret troupe called Bluebird was funded, . The largest investor was Popović himself, who provided building materials worth 24,000 Serbian dinars , from which the grandstands and changing rooms were built. The stadium opened on July 28, 1924 on Vidovdan , which is a special memorial day for the Serbs . It was named after the leader of the first Serbian uprising (1804-1813) against the Ottoman occupation and the founder of the Karađorđević dynasty, Đorđe Petrović , called Karađorđe. In 1931 the grandstand was roofed over and its capacity expanded so that it could accommodate 500 spectators, and the playing field was fenced off.

Confiscation during World War II (1939–1945)

On April 6, 1941, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was invaded, occupied and partitioned by Nazi Germany and its fascist allies Hungary and Italy . The region around Novi Sad was under occupation by the Hungarian troops during the Second World War . One of the first decisions of the occupiers was the ban on FK Vojvodina and the confiscation of its property, including the stadium. During this period, a house was built on the south side of the stadium in 1942, which later housed the club's changing rooms and offices. This house became a characteristic that divided the south stand into two halves for decades. After the city was taken by the deployment of the Yugoslav People's Liberation Army at the end of 1944, the entire reorganization of sporting life slowly began again , including that of FK Vojvodina and Karađorđe.

Required renaming and expansion (1945–1991)

After the end of the Second World War, the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (CPJ) under Josip Broz Tito took over leadership in the country. The latter quickly set about monopolizing power in their hands. On the instructions of the new regime, the stadium name had to be changed to Gradski stadion Novi Sad , which means "urban" or "city stadium Novi Sad", because the name Karađor misse disliked the new government due to the Serbian and monarchist background. In the following years, renovations and expansion phases took place at Karađor ,e, which also increased the stadium capacity. In 1967 it received floodlights financed by the winter transfer of Vojvodina's striker Silvester Takač to Stade Rennais . These were first used on March 1, 1967 in the quarter-final first leg of the 1966/67 European Cup between the home team and Celtic Glasgow , which ended 1-0 for Vojvodina. During this encounter, the highest number of spectators to date in the Karađorđe of around 30,000 was registered.

Modernization in recent years (since 1991)

In 1991 the north stand was completed and in 2004 a synthetic track for athletics was laid. 2009 followed by other renovations, including the construction of a new south-east grandstand and the installation of an LED - display board of the brand Philips . This was used for the first time at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships held in Karađorđe . Previously, the stadium was given its old name back in 2007 after a decision by the Skupština of the city of Novi Sad . After the renovation in 2009, the stadium was also the venue for one of a total of five venues for the 2011 U-17 European Football Championship . Among other things, both semi-finals and the final took place here. In 2011 a new floodlight system with an illuminance of 1,700 lux from the Philips brand was installed. With the demolition of the building that had been located between the south-east and south stands for 71 years and which has become a legend , the renovation of the south stand began on May 24, 2013. A new grandstand was built for this purpose, in which the necessary infrastructure is located in accordance with UEFA regulations .

The Karađorđe in detail

The Karađorđe currently offers 14,853  seats . In the west stand there are 4,302 covered seats, a box with space for 150 VIP guests, as well as two other boxes called Galerija 66 (67 seats) and Galerija 89 (88 seats). These are named after the years when FK Vojvodina became Yugoslav champions and are mainly used to accommodate club veterans but also other guests. In the central part of the grandstand there is the press center and above it a restaurant for VIP guests. There are also 14 separate booths with internet connections for journalists and TV teams. On the west stand, some of the seats are colored so that they show the word Voša , which is an abbreviation for the club, in white, Serbian-Cyrillic script . The north stand offers space for 3,994 spectators, in the lower area of ​​which there are restaurants and shops. The east stand has 2,772 seats and is partly intended for guest fans. However, these are often distributed over the 980-seat southeast stand. In its interior there are also the rooms of AK Vojvodina, the athletics department of the club. In the south-east stand there is also the Philips brand LED display board with an area of ​​42 square meters . The south stand with its 2,500 seats is the recently built stand, including the changing rooms, doping control and press room, as well as a medical department for players and spectators, but also meeting rooms and office space , as well as other infrastructure facilities in accordance with UEFA regulations.

Future development

At the beginning of 2012, the association's board announced further renovations. These include a new south stand, the reconstruction of the east and south-west stands and the roofing of the entire stadium. In the end, the stadium should offer around 20,000 seats. The south and south-west stands were completed at the end of 2013.

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Panorama picture of the west or main stand from 2006.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p fkvojvodina.rs: Stadium “Karađorđe” (Serbian) ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still Not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fkvojvodina.rs
  2. ↑ a b c d e fkvojvodina.rs: Stadion detaljno (Serbian) ( Memento of the original from July 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fkvojvodina.rs
  3. ↑ UEFA : Karadjordje Stadium, Novi Sad
  4. ↑ B92 : Novo ime stadiona FK Vojvodina (Serbian)
  5. ↑ mondo.rs: Stadium Vojvodina opet "Karadjordje" (Serbian)