Arena Petrol

Arena Petrol
Full name Football Stadium Celje Arena Petrol
Location Lower Hudinja
Celje, Slovenia
Coordinates 46°14′48″N 15°16′12″E / 46.24667°N 15.27000°E / 46.24667; 15.27000
Capacity 13,059[1]
Record attendance 10,055[1]
Field size 105 × 68 metres
Surface Grass
Construction
Broke ground 1999[1]
Built 2003, completed in 2008
Opened 9 September 2003[1]
Construction cost 16,5 million[1]
Architect Bojan Purg, Dragan Stevovič, Reichenberg architects[1]
General contractor CM Celje[1]
Tenants
Celje (2003–present)
Šampion (2011–2014)
Slovenia national football team (2004–present)

Arena Petrol is a football stadium in Celje, Slovenia. It is the home ground of NK Celje since 2003.

At the time of its opening Arena Petrol was the most modern football stadium in the country.[2] It takes its name from its principal sponsor, the Slovenian oil company Petrol. The stadium opened on 9 September 2003 with its single stand giving it a capacity of 3,600.[1] During the next years three additional stands were built until the stadium was completed in 2008 with the capacity of 13,059 seats; 7,000 of which are covered.[1] The pitch in the stadium is 105 metres long and 68 metres wide and covered with natural grass. The stadium also features a pitch heating system and floodlighting.

In 2004, the stadium replaced the Bežigrad Stadium as the venue for all competitive home matches of the Slovenian national football team. In 2003 it replaced the former stadium of Celje Football Club, the Skalna Klet, which now serves as training facility for members of the first team, and team sometimes plays friendly match.

Stands

National team matches

Date Competition Country Result Attendance
31 March 2004 Friendly  Latvia 0–1 2,300
4 September 2004 2006 FIFA World Cup Q  Moldova 3–0 4,000
9 October 2004 2006 FIFA World Cup Q  Italy 1–0 9,250
9 February 2005 Friendly  Czech Republic 0–3 4,000
26 March 2005 Friendly  Germany 0–1 9,200
30 March 2005 2006 FIFA World Cup Q  Belarus 1–1 8,000
3 September 2005 2006 FIFA World Cup Q  Norway 2–3 10,055
12 October 2005 2006 FIFA World Cup Q  Scotland 0–3 9,000
31 May 2006 Friendly  Trinidad and Tobago 3–1 2,500
15 August 2006 Friendly  Israel 1–1 3,000
7 October 2006 UEFA Euro 2008 Q  Luxembourg 2–0 3,000
28 March 2007 UEFA Euro 2008 Q  Netherlands 0–1 9,520
2 June 2007 UEFA Euro 2008 Q  Romania 1–2 8,000
12 September 2007 UEFA Euro 2008 Q  Belarus 1–0 4,000
13 October 2007 UEFA Euro 2008 Q  Albania 0–0 4,000
21 November 2007 UEFA Euro 2008 Q  Bulgaria 0–2 3,600
19 November 2013 Friendly  Canada 1–0 2,500

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Arena Petrol" (in Slovenian). NK Celje official website. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. "Nogometni stadion Arena Petrol" (in Slovenian). 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

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