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Ion Oblemenco Stadium

The Ion Oblemenco Stadium is a football stadium in Craiova, Romania. The all-seater stadium opened in 2017 and has a capacity of 30,983, the fourth largest football ground in Romania. It is in the immediate vicinity of the new Sala Polivalentă. The ground is named after Ion Oblemenco (1945–1996), a legendary player and coach of Universitatea Craiova.[5]

The stadium ranked fourth overall among stadiums in the world opened in 2017 surpassing expectations, ranking higher than Wanda Metropolitano and Gazprom Arena.[6][7] On 26 February, 2018, the Stadionul Ion Oblemenco was selected as a finalist from 27 submissions by the jury.[8] Architects generally agreed that the outcome was satisfying, with decent investment results.[9]

History

Construction began on September 7, 2015. The older stadium was demolished in the same year.[10] On 26 April, 2017, the construction reached its final phase, with seats being installed.[11]

To celebrate the opening of the stadium, Universitatea Craiova played a friendly on 10 November, 2017 against the Czech side Slavia Prague. A crowd of 30,000 people attended.[12][13]

The stadium officially opened with a ceremony on 18 November, 2017 before its first competitive senior game, the Liga I match against Juventus București. The match was won by Universitatea Craiova 3–1, with Alexandru Mitriță scoring the first ever official goal at the new stadium.[14]

Events

International football games

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ Descriere. CNI.com.ro
  2. ^ Stadionul Ion Oblemenco, inaugurat.. digi24.ro
  3. ^ Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices: All Items for Romania
  4. ^ "Stadionul „Ion Oblemenco": unul din cele 8 stadioane de design din România". Igloo. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Cum a murit Ion Oblemenco. Au trecut 21 de ani fără "Tunarul din Bănie"" [How Ion Oblemenco died. 21 years have passed without "Tunarul from Bănie"] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Stadium of the Year 2017". stadiumdb.com. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Surpriză uriașă! Ce loc a ocupat stadionul "Ion Oblemenco" din Craiova în topul final al celor mai frumoase stadioane din lume" (in Romanian). Antena 1. 8 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Stadium of the Year 2017: Meet the Jury Award finalists!". stadiumdb.com. 26 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Stadionul Ion Oblemenco". stadiumdb.com. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  10. ^ A început construcția noului stadion „Oblemenco”. Olguța: Lucrările durează mai puțin decât documentația!. oltenasul.ro
  11. ^ Au apărut imagini noi de pe stadionul "Ion Oblemenco" » Jucătorii au planuri mari: "Visez să marchez primul gol pentru CSU Craiova pe noua arenă". gsp.ro
  12. ^ LIVE TEXT CS U Craiova - Slavia Praga 0-0. Atmosferă magnifică pe noul ”OZN” din Bănie!. digisport.ro
  13. ^ "Inaugurare SF pentru OZN-ul Craiovei" (in Romanian). ProSport. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  14. ^ "CS U Craiova - Juventus 3-1" (in Romanian). digisport.ro. 18 November 2017.