Stadion Bezigrad
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Bežigrad Stadium also known as the Bežigrad Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium
in Ljubljana
, Slovenia
. It has been closed since 2008. Joc Pečečnik, a Slovenian multimillionaire, plans to renovate it starting in January 2011.
The Bežigrad stadium was built in 1928, for the Catholic youth sport association Orel
. It was designed by architect Jože Plečnik
. It takes its name from the district of Bežigrad
.
Bežigrad Stadium was used, predominantly, for football
matches, and was the home of the football club NK Olimpija Ljubljana
(established in 1911), till the club's dissolution in 2004. The newly-established club, with the same name, NK Olimpija Ljubljana, is stationed at the Stožice Stadium
, built in 2010, which took over the title of the biggest stadium in Ljubljana and Slovenia.
!Date
!Competition
!Country
!Result
!Attendance
|-
|7 April 1993
|Friendly
|
|2-0
|2.500
|-
|11 October 1995
|UEFA Euro 1996 Q
|
|3-2
|4.000
|-
|15 November 1995
|UEFA Euro 1996 Q
|
|1-2
|10.000
|-
|21 May 1995
|Friendly
|
|2-2
|2.500
|-
|1 September 1995
|1998 FIFA World Cup Q
|
|0-3
|6.000
|-
|10 November 1996
|1998 FIFA World Cup Q
|
|1-2
|4.000
|-
|6 September 1997
|1998 FIFA World Cup Q
|
|0-3
|5.000
|-
|11 October 1997
|1998 FIFA World Cup Q
|
|1-3
|6.000
|-
|10 October 1998
|UEFA Euro 2000 Q
|
|1-2
|8.500
|-
|28 April 1999
|Friendly
|
|1-1
|2.000
|-
|18 August 1999
|UEFA Euro 2000 Q
|
|2-0
|8.000
|-
|4 September 1999
|UEFA Euro 2000 Q
|
|2-1
|7.000
|-
|12 November 1999
|UEFA Euro 2000 Q
|
|2-1
|9.000
|-
|3 June 2000
|Friendly
|
|2-0
|9.000
|-
|11 October 2000
|2002 FIFA World Cup Q
|
|2-2
|9.000
|-
|28 March 2001
|2002 FIFA World Cup Q
|
|1-1
|10.000
|-
|2 June 2010
|2002 FIFA World Cup Q
|
|2-0
|5.000
|-
|15 August 2001
|Friendly
|
|2-2
|6.000
|-
|1 September 2001
|2002 FIFA World Cup Q
|
|2-1
|9.000
|-
|6 October 2001
|2002 FIFA World Cup Q
|
|3-0
|9.500
|-
|10 November 2001
|2002 FIFA World Cup Q
|
|2-1
|9.000
|-
|17 April 2002
|Friendly
|
|1-0
|5.500
|-
|17 May 2002
|Friendly
|
|2-0
|7.000
|-
|7 September 2002
|UEFA Euro 2004 Q
|
|3-0
|7.000
|-
|2 April 2003
|Friendly
|
|4-1
|5.000
|-
|6 September 2003
|UEFA Euro 2004 Q
|
|3-1
|8.000
|-
|10 September 2003
|UEFA Euro 2004 Q
|
|0-2
|9.000
|-
|19 November 2003
|UEFA Euro 2004 Q
|
|0-1
|8.500
|-
|18 August 2004
|Friendly
|
|1-1
|6.000
|}
Multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...
in Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
. It has been closed since 2008. Joc Pečečnik, a Slovenian multimillionaire, plans to renovate it starting in January 2011.
The Bežigrad stadium was built in 1928, for the Catholic youth sport association Orel
Orel (movement)
The Orel movement is a Moravia-based Czech youth movement and gymnastics organization which emerged between 1902-1909 as Catholic Church-supported competitor of the nationalistic and therefore, in the local policical context, rather anti-Catholic organization Sokol.A similar organization with the...
. It was designed by architect Jože Plečnik
Jože Plecnik
Jože Plečnik , was a Slovene architect who practised in Vienna, Belgrade, Prague and Ljubljana.-Biography:...
. It takes its name from the district of Bežigrad
Bežigrad
The Bežigrad District or simply Bežigrad is a city district in the northern part of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It encompasses the area between the southern rail line to the south, the Upper Carniola rail line to the west, the highway loop to the north, and Šmartno Street and the Žale...
.
Bežigrad Stadium was used, predominantly, for football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
matches, and was the home of the football club NK Olimpija Ljubljana
NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1911)
NK Olimpija Ljubljana was a Slovenian association football club based in Ljubljana. The club had traced its origin back to 1911 when it was originally founded as SK Ilirija. It had gone through a series of mergers in the first half of the 20th century before adopting the name Olimpija in 1962...
(established in 1911), till the club's dissolution in 2004. The newly-established club, with the same name, NK Olimpija Ljubljana, is stationed at the Stožice Stadium
Stožice Stadium
Stožice Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It was designed by Slovenian Sadar Vuga d.o.o. architects and is the biggest football stadium in the country. It is one of two main stadiums in the city and lies in the Bežigrad district, north of the city centre...
, built in 2010, which took over the title of the biggest stadium in Ljubljana and Slovenia.
National team matches
{| {| class="wikitable"!Date
!Competition
!Country
!Result
!Attendance
|-
|7 April 1993
|Friendly
|
|2-0
|2.500
|-
|11 October 1995
|UEFA Euro 1996 Q
|
|3-2
|4.000
|-
|15 November 1995
|UEFA Euro 1996 Q
|
|1-2
|10.000
|-
|21 May 1995
|Friendly
|
|2-2
|2.500
|-
|1 September 1995
|1998 FIFA World Cup Q
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
-Qualified teams:The following 32 teams qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup: - qualified automatically as hosts - qualified automatically as defending champions-Notes:...
|
|0-3
|6.000
|-
|10 November 1996
|1998 FIFA World Cup Q
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
-Qualified teams:The following 32 teams qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup: - qualified automatically as hosts - qualified automatically as defending champions-Notes:...
|
|1-2
|4.000
|-
|6 September 1997
|1998 FIFA World Cup Q
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
-Qualified teams:The following 32 teams qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup: - qualified automatically as hosts - qualified automatically as defending champions-Notes:...
|
|0-3
|5.000
|-
|11 October 1997
|1998 FIFA World Cup Q
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
-Qualified teams:The following 32 teams qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup: - qualified automatically as hosts - qualified automatically as defending champions-Notes:...
|
|1-3
|6.000
|-
|10 October 1998
|UEFA Euro 2000 Q
|
|1-2
|8.500
|-
|28 April 1999
|Friendly
|
|1-1
|2.000
|-
|18 August 1999
|UEFA Euro 2000 Q
|
|2-0
|8.000
|-
|4 September 1999
|UEFA Euro 2000 Q
|
|2-1
|7.000
|-
|12 November 1999
|UEFA Euro 2000 Q
|
|2-1
|9.000
|-
|3 June 2000
|Friendly
|
|2-0
|9.000
|-
|11 October 2000
|2002 FIFA World Cup Q
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
A total of 199 teams entered the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 32 spots in the final tournament. and , as the co-hosts, and , as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 29 spots open for competition....
|
|2-2
|9.000
|-
|28 March 2001
|2002 FIFA World Cup Q
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
A total of 199 teams entered the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 32 spots in the final tournament. and , as the co-hosts, and , as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 29 spots open for competition....
|
|1-1
|10.000
|-
|2 June 2010
|2002 FIFA World Cup Q
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
A total of 199 teams entered the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 32 spots in the final tournament. and , as the co-hosts, and , as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 29 spots open for competition....
|
|2-0
|5.000
|-
|15 August 2001
|Friendly
|
|2-2
|6.000
|-
|1 September 2001
|2002 FIFA World Cup Q
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
A total of 199 teams entered the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 32 spots in the final tournament. and , as the co-hosts, and , as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 29 spots open for competition....
|
|2-1
|9.000
|-
|6 October 2001
|2002 FIFA World Cup Q
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
A total of 199 teams entered the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 32 spots in the final tournament. and , as the co-hosts, and , as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 29 spots open for competition....
|
|3-0
|9.500
|-
|10 November 2001
|2002 FIFA World Cup Q
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
A total of 199 teams entered the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 32 spots in the final tournament. and , as the co-hosts, and , as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 29 spots open for competition....
|
|2-1
|9.000
|-
|17 April 2002
|Friendly
|
|1-0
|5.500
|-
|17 May 2002
|Friendly
|
|2-0
|7.000
|-
|7 September 2002
|UEFA Euro 2004 Q
|
|3-0
|7.000
|-
|2 April 2003
|Friendly
|
|4-1
|5.000
|-
|6 September 2003
|UEFA Euro 2004 Q
|
|3-1
|8.000
|-
|10 September 2003
|UEFA Euro 2004 Q
|
|0-2
|9.000
|-
|19 November 2003
|UEFA Euro 2004 Q
|
|0-1
|8.500
|-
|18 August 2004
|Friendly
|
|1-1
|6.000
|}
External links
- Stadion za Bežigradom Stadion za Bežigradom on Football Stadiums of Slovenia