Subotica City Stadium

Subotica City Stadium
Градски стадион Суботица
Gradski stadion Subotica
Spale
	Subotica City Stadium
Full name	Subotica City Stadium
Location	117 Belgrade Road,; Subotica, Serbia
Owner	City of Subotica
Operator	Spartak Subotica
Capacity	13,000
Field size	110m x 70m
Surface	Grass
Construction
Built	1935–1936
Opened	6 June 1936; 88 years ago
Renovated	1972, 1978, 2000, 2012, 2017-2018
Tenants
	Spartak Subotica (1945–present)

46°04′54.41″N 19°40′37.05″E / 46.0817806°N 19.6769583°E / 46.0817806; 19.6769583

Subotica City Stadium (Serbian: Градски стадион Суботица / Gradski stadion Subotica) is a multi-purpose stadium located in Subotica, Serbia. With a capacity of 13,000 people, it is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FK Spartak Subotica from 1945. There is a football pitch and a registered track for athletics suitable for competitions. One part of the stadium is covered. There are also two subsidiary football pitches.

History

The stadium was built in 1936 and named "Stadion kralja Petra" (King Peter's Stadium), also known as "Sokolsko sletište" (Falcon's Landing Site). It was part of the major architectural project by Dr. Kosta Petrović named "Veliki narodni park" (Great People's Park) and meant to serve the city with all necessary structures for sports and entertainment. The initial capacity of the stadium was between 20 and 25,000 spectators. The stadium was inaugurated on 6 June 1936, for the "Sokolski slet", an event that gathered all the "Sokol" associations from the northern region of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The further development of the sports complex was interrupted with the beginning of the Second World War and never completed afterwards.^[2]

One of the main characteristics of the stadium is its rectangular shape. During the years it has gone through several renovations, in 1972, 1978, 2000, 2012 and 2018.^[3]

The stadium was host at the 1986 UEFA European Under-18 Championship.^[4]