Stadion Gradski vrt

Gradski vrt
(City Garden)
Full name	Stadion Gradski vrt
Location	Osijek, Croatia
Coordinates	45°32′42″N 18°41′45″E
Opened	1980
Renovated	2005, 2010
Owner	City of Osijek
Operator	Športski objekti d.d.
Surface	Grass
Capacity	22,050
Field dimensions	106x69 m
Tenants
NK Osijek (1980–present)

Gradski vrt (English: City Garden) is a multi-use stadium in the Croatian city of Osijek. It is home to two Croatian football clubs, NK Osijek and Fortuna VNO Osijek.

It has a capacity of 22,050 (19,350 for seating and 2,700 for standing).

History

The building was started in 1949, but works were stopped several times. Interesting, stadium was never completed by the end.

In 1980, the unfinished stadium was opened.

In 1982, was broken the record of stadium attendance, on football match between NK Osijek and Dinamo Zagreb. At that match, on stadium were 40,000 attendants. Result was 2-2.

In 1998 were installed seats and reflectors.

In 2005, the stadium was edited. Under west stand were set VIP rooms, lodge is rearranged (1,000 new seats). And athletic track was renewed, over-painted from red to blue. After this renovation, the stadium is respected by UEFA criteria of stadiums. In the same year, stadium was a part of Croatia and Hungary's failed bid for the 2012 European Football Championship. Then were presented a projects of a new stadium with a larger capacity.

In 2010, stadium was again edited: a lawn is edited, fences are overpainted and seats are numbered. The reason was friendly match between Croatia and Wales, which was held on 23 May that year.

Gallery

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  West stand (before 2005 renovation)

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  East stand (after 2005 renovation)

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  East stand (after 2005 renovation)