Stadionul Ilie Oana
Encyclopedia
Ilie Oană Stadium is a football stadium
located in Ploieşti
, Romania
and is the current home of Petrolul Ploiești. The stadium opened in September 2011 and has an all seated capacity of 15,500.
The costruction is built on the site of the former Ilie Oană Stadium, which was completed in 1937.
The stadium can host UEFA Europa League semifinals and UEFA Champions League
group matches.
The stadium is named after Ilie Oană, a famous player and coach.
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
located in Ploieşti
Ploiesti
Ploiești is the county seat of Prahova County and lies in the historical region of Wallachia in Romania. The city is located north of Bucharest....
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
and is the current home of Petrolul Ploiești. The stadium opened in September 2011 and has an all seated capacity of 15,500.
The costruction is built on the site of the former Ilie Oană Stadium, which was completed in 1937.
The stadium can host UEFA Europa League semifinals and UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
group matches.
The stadium is named after Ilie Oană, a famous player and coach.
Milestones
- The first match to be played at the stadium was a exhibition gameExhibition gameAn exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
between a team of former Petrolul Ploiești, the generation which won the Romanian CupRomanian CupThe Cupa României is a football competition which was held annually since 1933-34, except during the World War II. It is the country's main cup competition, and it is open to all clubs affiliated with FRF and the county football associations regardless of the league they belong to...
in 1995, and a selection of former Romanian internationals, amongst which Gheorghe HagiGheorghe HagiGheorghe Hagi is a former Romanian footballer. He was famous for his passing, close control, long shots and was regarded as one of the best attacking midfielders in Europe during the 1980s and 1990s and is considered the greatest Romanian footballer of all time...
, Gheorghe PopescuGheorghe PopescuGheorghe Gică Popescu is a former Romanian footballer who played as a defender, and was a key part of the Romania national team in the 1990s. He played for a string of European clubs in an illustrious career that saw him amass many honours...
, Viorel MoldovanViorel MoldovanViorel Dinu Moldovan is a retired Romanian football forward, who was a key part of the Romanian national team in the 1990s...
, Ovidiu Stângă and Daniel ProdanDaniel ProdanDaniel Claudiu Prodan is a retired Romanian footballer who played mainly as a central defender.In a career marred by injuries, he played mainly for Steaua Bucureşti, representing the Romanian national team in one World Cup and one European Championship.-Club career:Born in Satu Mare, Prodan came...
. The former internationals won the match 4-3. The first goal scored on this stadium belonged to Cristian Zmoleanu. - Petrolul's first competitive match at the stadium was an Liga ILiga ILiga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...
game against Dinamo București on 25 September 2011, which ended 5-1 for the Bucharest team. Dinamo player Cosmin MoțiCosmin MotiCosmin Moţi is a football defender under contract with Dinamo Bucureşti.- Career :Since June 2008 he has been linked to a move to SS Lazio, because Lazio's president, Claudio Lotito came to Romania to discuss the transfer with Dinamo Bucharest's officials...
scored the first goal of the game and thus the first official goal at new Ilie Oană Stadium.