Čika Dača Stadium
Full nameČika Dača Stadium
LocationKragujevac, Serbia
Coordinates44°01′15.14″N 20°53′57.10″E / 44.0208722°N 20.8991944°E / 44.0208722; 20.8991944
Ownersc" Mladost"
OperatorFK Radnički 1923, AK " Radnički", Kragujevac Wild Boars
Capacity15,100 (seated)[1]
SurfaceGrass
ScoreboardYes
Construction
Broke groundNovember 1949
Built1949–1957
Opened6 June 1957
Renovated2007
Tenants
FK Radnički 1923 (1957–present)

Čika Dača Stadium (Serbian: Стадион Чика Дача) is a multi-use stadium in Kragujevac, Serbia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FK Radnički 1923 and Kragujevac Wild Boars. The stadium was named in memory of Danilo Stojanović, known as Čika Dača, who is considered to be a pioneer of football in Serbia.[2]

History

A rainbow behind Stadion Čika Dača in 2010.

The construction of the stadium began in November 1949 and took eight years for various reasons. Finally, the club's new football home was finished on 6 June 1957. The newly built stadium has received 30,000 spectators and the first game which was played on, was between Radnički Kragujevac and Partizan Belgrade and it ended 2-2. The largest attendance in a Yugoslav First League game was on 24 August 1969 when Radnički played against Hajduk Split in front of a crowd of 35,000. The largest attendance ever recorded in the stadium took place in 1969 when Radnički played a friendly match against Santos at which 40,000 spectators came to watch the legendary Pelé play in Yugoslavia for the first time.[3][4]

In 2007, the stadium underwent a refurbishment, wich resulted in installation of 15,100 bucket seats.[5] However, in 2012, seats were removed from the nine northeasternmost sectors of the stadium. The stadium remained limited by the lack of floodlights, restricting game schedules to daylight hours.[6]

New stadium plans

In May 2023, the construction works of a new 20,000 seater stadium are expected to start. It's expected to cost €70,000,000.[7][8]

In January 2024, the government suspended the ongoing process due to all received offers surpassing the predetermined maximum budget for the project by at least 50%.[9]

Concerts

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Čika Dača Stadium.

References

  1. ↑ FK Radnički 1923 - Stadion - Istorija Archived 2012-04-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Football Federation of Serbia - History Archived 2011-12-27 at the Wayback Machine (In Serbian Cyrillic)
  3. ↑ FK Radnički – Prvi put u Prvoj ligi
  4. ↑ Blic - Prosili su devojke na stadionu Radničkog (Serbian) Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  5. ↑ FK Radnicki - O klubu - Stadion - Istorija Archived 2012-04-12 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "RENOVIRA SE KRAGUJEVAČKA "ČIKA DAČA"! Vučić: Biće to najlepši stadion u Srbiji". Espreso (in Serbian). 15 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Počinje izgradnja NAJLEPŠEG stadiona u Srbiji!". Republika (in Serbian). 15 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "Stadion Čika Dača - Izgled budućeg modernog stadiona u Kragujevcu". YouTube. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "Obustavljen tender: Nedovoljno 77,6 miliona za gradnju stadiona u Kragujevcu?". B92.net (in Serbian). 2 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.


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