Summary
Stadion Nikola Šćepović, known as Zabjelo Stadium is a football stadium in Podgorica, Montenegro. It is situated in the Zabjelo neighbourhood, near the Morača riverbank. It is used for football matches and is the home ground of FK Zabjelo.
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| Full name | Stadion Nikola Šćepović[1] |
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| Location | Podgorica, Montenegro |
| Coordinates | 42°25′54″N 19°14′40″E / 42.431782°N 19.244467°E |
| Owner | City of Podgorica |
| Capacity | 750 |
| Field size | 105x65 |
| Surface | grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1973 |
| Tenants | |
| FK Zabjelo | |
History edit
Zabjelo Stadium was built in 1973,[2] as a home ground of FK Zabjelo. Through the decades, on stadium were built small stands, with the overall capacity of 750 seats.
Historical highest attendance on Zabjelo Stadium was recorded on 2003 with 3,000 spectators on a game FK Zabjelo - FK Budućnost (1:1),[3]
Tenant of stadium, FK Zabjelo, revealed plans for reconstruction of the stadium, which will have a proposed capacity of 10,000 seats.[4]
In December 2022. stadium was renamed in Stadion Nikola Šćepović,[1] in memory of the former captain Nikola Šćepović who died in 2016. from a heart attack at the age 20.[5]
Pitch and conditions edit
The pitch measures 105 x 65 meters. The stadium didn't met UEFA criteria for European competitions.
In addition to the main field was an auxiliary field, but it was destroyed during 2004.
See also edit
External links edit
- Stadium information
References edit
- ^ a b "Stadion Zabjela nosiće naziv "Nikola Šćepović"". glaszabjela.me. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "Sportski objekti na teritoriji Glavnog grada Podgorica".
- ^ "Yugoslavia 2001/02".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-04-16. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Kapiten zauvijek". glaszabjela.me. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2023.