Bežigrad Stadium

Bežigrad Stadium

Full name	Bežigrad Central Stadium
Location	Bežigrad, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Coordinates
Owner	Joc Pečečnik, City Municipality of Ljubljana
Capacity	8,211
Record attendance	25,000
Surface	Grass
Construction
Built	1935
Closed	2008
Architect	Jože Plečnik
Tenants
NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2004) NK Bežigrad (2005–2007) Slovenia national football team (1995–2004)

Bežigrad Stadium (Slovene: bežigrajski stadion, stadion Bežigrad, stadion za Bežigradom), also known as Bežigrad Central Stadium (Slovene: Centralni stadion Bežigrad), is a multi-purpose stadium in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It was closed since 2008 until January 2013. Joc Pečečnik, a Slovenian multimillionaire, plans to renovate it.

The Bežigrad stadium was built in 1928 for the Czechoslovak Roman Catholic youth sport association Orel. It was designed by architect Jože Plečnik. It takes its name from the district of Bežigrad in Ljubljana.

Bežigrad Stadium was used, predominantly, for football matches, and was the home of the football club NK Olimpija Ljubljana (established in 1945), until the club's dissolution in 2004. The newly established club, NK Bežigrad, played at the stadium between 2005 and 2007.

National team matches

Date	Competition	Country	Result	Attendance
11 October 1995	UEFA Euro 1996 Q	Ukraine	3–2	4,000
15 November 1995	UEFA Euro 1996 Q	Croatia	1–2	10,000
21 May 1995	Friendly	United Arab Emirates	2–2	2,500
1 September 1996	1998 FIFA World Cup Q	Denmark	0–3	6,000
10 November 1996	1998 FIFA World Cup Q	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–2	4,000
6 September 1997	1998 FIFA World Cup Q	Greece	0–3	5,000
11 October 1997	1998 FIFA World Cup Q	Croatia	1–3	6,000
10 October 1998	UEFA Euro 2000 Q	Norway	1–2	8,500
18 August 1999	UEFA Euro 2000 Q	Albania	2–0	8,000
4 September 1999	UEFA Euro 2000 Q	Georgia	2–1	7,000
12 November 1999	UEFA Euro 2000 Q	Ukraine	2–1	9,000
3 June 2000	Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–0	9,000
11 October 2000	2002 FIFA World Cup Q	Switzerland	2–2	9,000
28 March 2001	2002 FIFA World Cup Q	Yugoslavia	1–1	10,000
2 June 2010	2002 FIFA World Cup Q	Luxembourg	2–0	5,000
15 August 2001	Friendly	Romania	2–2	6,000
1 September 2001	2002 FIFA World Cup Q	Russia	2–1	9,000
6 October 2001	2002 FIFA World Cup Q	Faroe Islands	3–0	9,500
10 November 2001	2002 FIFA World Cup Q	Romania	2–1	9,000
17 April 2002	Friendly	Tunisia	1–0	5,500
17 May 2002	Friendly	Ghana	2–0	7,000
7 September 2002	UEFA Euro 2004 Q	Malta	3–0	7,000
2 April 2003	UEFA Euro 2004 Q	Cyprus	4–1	5,000
6 September 2003	UEFA Euro 2004 Q	Israel	3–1	8,000
10 September 2003	UEFA Euro 2004 Q	France	0–2	9,000
19 November 2003	UEFA Euro 2004 Q	Croatia	0–1	8,500
18 August 2004	Friendly	Serbia and Montenegro	1–1	6,000

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See also

• List of football stadiums in Slovenia

External links

• Stadion za Bežigradom on Football Stadiums of Slovenia