Stožice Stadium, Association football stadium in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Stožice Stadium is a football ground in Ljubljana's Bežigrad district, built in 14 months and opened on 11 August 2010. Designed by Sadar + Vuga, it is sunk into the Stožice Sports Park plateau, so only the roof over the stands rises above the park like a monolithic crater. The pitch is ringed by tiered seats under a flat white lattice canopy, with floodlight masts above.
Designed by Sadar + Vuga, the stadium was built in 14 months and opened on 11 August 2010 with a friendly between Slovenia and Australia, which Slovenia won 2–0. It was sunk into the Stožice Sports Park plateau, with only the roof rising above ground. In 2021 it hosted matches of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, including the final between Germany and Portugal.
The stadium's first cultural event was "Notpadu lajv?!", a joint stage project by comedians Lado Bizovičar and Jurij Zrnec on 20 September 2010, which brought more than 20,000 people into the stands. The following June, in 2011, the Slovene rock band Siddharta gave the first concert held here. For concerts the capacity is raised above 20,000.
The stadium is sunk beneath the plateau of Stožice Sports Park in the Bežigrad district, north of Ljubljana city centre, so only the roof over the stands rises above the park level. The pitch is reached by descending from the park surface. The complex also holds the Stožice Arena, and the stadium is intended for cultural events as well as football.
The record of 16,432 was set on 20 November 2023 against Kazakhstan and equalled on 26 March 2024 in a friendly with Portugal. The stadium sits sunk beneath the park plateau, so only its roof rises above ground as a monolithic crater.
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