Stari plac (lit. "Old ground"), also often referred to as Plinara Stadion, (or incorrectly in some foreign sources as Plinada Stadion[2][3]) is a stadium in Split, Croatia used originally for association football and later mainly for rugby union. It hosted a match between Yugoslavia and Netherlands in the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying tournament,[3] and in April 2010 a match between Croatia national rugby union team playing against Netherlands in the 2008-10 European Nations Cup tournament.[citation needed] Stari plac is the home ground of Rugby Club Nada Split.
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| Full name | Stadion Stari plac |
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| Location | Split, Croatia |
| Capacity | 20,000 (historical), 3,000 (924 seated)[1] |
| Field size | 105 m x 70 m |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1911 |
| Renovated | 1951, 1979 |
| Tenants | |
| Hajduk Split (1911–1979) RK Nada Split | |
The area the stadium was built on was originally a gasworks and was also used as a military training ground by the army.[4] It was initially used as the home stadium of HNK Hajduk Split,[2] and although it was their basic venue in the early years and it was not until 1926 that the first stand was built.[4]
In the beginning the 100 x 60 meters pitch was oriented west-to-east. After First World War it was resized to 105 x 70 meters on a north-to-south orientation. Its first wooden stands, built in 1926, burned down that same year. Three years later new stands were built with a capacity of 900 people, but these were gradually demolished during the Second World War. After the war the stadium received a major reconstruction with a new drainage system, and a wooden west stand for 1400 people. Ten years later the sandy pitch was replaced with grass one, and later on new stands were built on eastern side of the pitch.[5]
In November 2009 Hajduk fans watched a home game versus Dinamo Zagreb on a big screen in the Stari plac, rather than see the game in the Poljud, in a protest against actual club board.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Na današnji dan: Hajduk se oprostio od Starog placa".
- ^ a b Hajduk European Cup results, dates and venues at foot.dk
- ^ a b Euro 72 Qualifying results and line-ups at RSSSF
- ^ a b "Stari plac". Priče sa starog placa (in Croatian). Hajduk.hr. Archived from the original on 20 October 2001. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^ "Stari Plac" (in Croatian). hajduk.hr. 19 May 2016.
- ^ Tom Dunmore (1 November 2009). "Hajduk Split Fans Boycott Crucial Derby". pitchinvasion.net. Retrieved 27 August 2010.