Rođeni Stadium, Football stadium in Vrapčići district, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Rođeni Stadium is a football ground in the Vrapčići suburb of Mostar, home to FK Velež Mostar since 1995. It has stands on all four sides, including the eastern Red Army Tribina and a roofed western stand completed in 2019, and holds up to 7,000 spectators.
The stadium opened in 1995 after the war, providing FK Velež Mostar with a new home following years of displacement. This opening represented the club's return to stable ground and the beginning of a new chapter for the team in the Vrapčići area.
The name "Rođeni" (literally "born", used to mean "our own") was chosen by an online poll in 2017, echoing FK Velež Mostar's and its supporters' nickname. In 2012 the eastern stand was renamed Red Army Tribina after Red Army Mostar, the club's supporter group. The first official match under floodlights here was played on 8 August 2020, when Velež beat Zrinjski 2:0 in the Mostar city derby.
The ground sits in the Vrapčići suburb in the northeast of Mostar, with the western stand the only covered section after its roof was completed in 2019. The eastern stand has been called the Red Army Tribina since 2012. The rest is open to the weather, so dress for sun or rain.
A public vote in 2017 determined the stadium's name, with supporters choosing a term expressing their sense of belonging to the club. This democratic naming process is uncommon and reveals how deeply rooted the relationship is between the team and its followers.
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