Stadionul Michael Klein

Stadionul Michael Klein is a multi-use stadium in Hunedoara, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of CS Hunedoara. The stadium holds 16,500 people. Opened in 1960 the stadium was the home ground of Corvinul Hunedoara for 44 years, until the dissolution of "The Ravens".[1]

Stadionul Michael Klein
The stadium in 2012
Former namesStadionul Corvinul
AddressStr. Mihai Viteazu, nr. 10
LocationHunedoara, Romania
Coordinates45°45′41.9″N 22°54′46.7″E
OwnerMunicipality of Hunedoara
OperatorHunedoara
Capacity16,500 (3,000 seated)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened1960
Renovated2009
Tenants
Corvinul Hunedoara (1960–present)

The stadium originally known as Corvinul was renamed in the 1990s after Michael Klein, the Romanian international footballer who died on the pitch in 1993, while playing for Bayer Uerdingen.

It is the 16th stadium in the country by capacity.

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