Stadion Koturaška

Koturaška
Location Zagreb, Croatia
Capacity 10,000
Field size 100 x 60 m
Surface Grass
Construction
Built 1924
Closed 1948
Demolished 1950s
Tenants
Građanski Zagreb (1924–1945)
Dinamo Zagreb (1945–1948)

Stadion Koturaška, also referred to as Građanski Stadium (Croatian: Igralište Građanskog) was a football stadium in Zagreb, Croatia. It was located at Koturaška Road (Croatian: Koturaška cesta) in today's Trnje and was home to the football club Građanski Zagreb for over 20 years from 1924 to 1945. After World War II and the dissolution of Građanski it was taken over by NK Dinamo Zagreb, who played there until 1948 when the club moved to their present-day home at Stadion Maksimir.

Timeline

International matches

In the 1920s and 1930s the Kingdom of Yugoslavia national team often hosted matches in Zagreb, but the main venues used for these were grounds owned by Concordia and HAŠK football clubs (the present-day Stadion Kranjčevićeva and Stadion Maksimir). However, in May 1932 Koturaška hosted a friendly between Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Poland, which attracted a crowd of 6,000 and ended in Poland's 3–0 win.[4]

In 1940 the team of Banovina of Croatia (at the time province of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) played two unofficial international matches at the stadium, beating Switzerland 4–0 in April (through goals from Florijan Matekalo, August Lešnik and a brace by Zvonko Cimermančić) in front of a crowd of 10,000,[5] and drawing 1–1 against Hungary in December, with Franjo Wölfl scoring the single goal for the home team, in front of 8,000 spectators.[6] Interestingly, all the players who scored for Croatia at Koturaška in 1940 were footballers of Građanski.

Following the 1941 Invasion of Yugoslavia the fascist puppet state Independent State of Croatia came into existence and formed a national team recognized by FIFA which hosted a number of international friendlies in Zagreb during World War II. However, the team's preferred stadium was Concordia's ground, so Koturaška never hosted another international game as in 1945 both the Independent State of Croatia and Građanski ceased to exist and the stadium fell into disrepair before it was completely abandoned in 1948.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Štulhofer, Ariana (June 1995). "Contribution to the History of Sports Facilities Construction in Zagreb - Chronology of Construction from 1808 to 1975". Prostor (in Croatian) (Zagreb: University of Zagreb Faculty of Architecture). pp. 55–72. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Građanski (Prvi hrvatski građanski športski klub)". Nogometni leksikon (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 Jajčević, Zdenko (June 2005). "Od Dinama do Dinama" (PDF). Olimp (in Croatian) (Croatian Olympic Committee). p. 9. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  4. "052. Jugoslavija - Poljska 0-3". Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 17 August 2010.
  5. "Hrvatska-Švicarska 4:0". Sve o sportu (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 August 2010.
  6. "Hrvatska-Mađarska 1:1". Sve o sportu (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 August 2010.
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