Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium
The Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium (Albanian: Stadiumi Olimpik Adem Jashari) is a multi-purpose stadium in Mitrovica, Kosovo, which is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KF Trepça. The stadium has a capacity of around 35,000 people or 16,300 seated. After the Kosovo War, the stadium was renamed in honour of Adem Jashari, one of the founders of the Kosovo Liberation Army.
Stadiumi Olimpik Adem Jashari (sq) | |
Full name | Stadiumi Olimpik Adem Jashari |
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Location | Mitrovica, Kosovo |
Coordinates | 42.882101°N 20.850997°E |
Operator | Football Federation of Kosovo |
Capacity | 30,000 |
Record attendance | 35,000 |
Field size | 105 by 68 metres (114.8 yd × 74.4 yd) |
Surface | Grass |
Scoreboard | LED |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1938 |
Renovated | 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020–ongoing |
Tenants | |
KF Trepça KFF Mitrovica (selected matches) Kosovo national football teams |
History
International matches
On 31 October 1979, it hosted a UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying match of Yugoslavia against Romania and finished with the result 2–1.[1][2] On 5 March 2014, after 35 years hosted the first permitted by FIFA match of the Kosovo against Haiti and finished with the result 0–0.[3][4]
# | Date | Competition | Opponent | Score | Att. | Ref |
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Yugoslavia (1946–1992) | ||||||
1. | 31 October 1979 | UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying | Romania | 2–1 | 24,397 | [1][2] |
Kosovo (from 2014) | ||||||
1. | 5 March 2014 | Friendly | Haiti | 0–0 | 17,000 | [3][4] |
2. | 21 May 2014 | Turkey | 1–6 | 17,000 | [5][6] | |
3. | 13 November 2017 | Latvia | 4–3 | 5,116 | [7] | |
Inauguration
On 4 July 2017, after renovation was held a qualifying match for 2017–18 UEFA Champions League against Faroese club Víkingur Gøta. Playing for the first time at the recently refurbished Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium.
Trepça'89 | 1–4 | Víkingur Gøta |
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Florent Hasani 65' | Report | Sorin Anghel 37' Perparim Islami 40' (o.g.) Sølvi Vatnhamar 52', 59' |
Trepça'89
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Víkingur Gøta
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References
- "Yugoslavia (2–1) Romania". eu-football.info. 31 October 1979.
- "Yugoslavia national football team results (1970–79)". RSSSF.
- "Kosova e dha provimin, barazoi pa gola me Haitin" [Kosovo passed the exam, draw without goals with Haiti] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 5 March 2014.
- "Kosovo footballers draw with Haiti in Mitrovica debut". 5 March 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- "Kosova pësoi humbje nga Turqia" [Kosovo suffered losses from Turkey] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 21 May 2014.
- "Kosovo (1–6) Turkey". eu-football.info. 21 May 2014.
- "Kosovo (4–3) Latvia". eu-football.info. 13 November 2017.
External links
- Olympic Stadium Adem Jashari at EU-Football.info