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Rajko Mitić Stadium
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football stadium in Belgrade, Serbia
Key facts
- Full name
- Rajko Mitić Stadium
- Former names
- Red Star Stadium (1963–2014)
- Location
- Dedinje , Belgrade , Serbia
- Owner
- Red Star Belgrade
- Operator
- Red Star Belgrade
- Capacity
- 51,755
- Executive suites
- 5 (450 seats)
- Surface
- Hybrid grass
- Scoreboard
- LED
- Record attendance
- 116,000 Red Star Belgrade vs Ferencváros (23 April 1975)
- Field size
- 110 x 73 meters
- Built
- 1960–1963
- Opened
- 1 September 1963 ; 62 years ago ( 1963-09-01 )
- Renovated
- 2017–present
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Rajko Mitić Stadium (Serbian: Стадион Рајко Митић, romanized: Stadion Rajko Mitić, pronounced [ˈstâdioːn ˈrâːjko ˈmǐːtit͡ɕ]), previously known as Red Star Stadium (Стадион Црвенe звездe, Stadion Crvene zvezde), also known as Marakana (Serbian Cyrillic: Маракана), is a multi-use stadium in Belgrade, Serbia, which has been the home ground of the Red Star Belgrade since 1963. The stadium is located in Dedinje, municipality of Savski Venac.
Rajko Mitić Stadium, renamed in December 2014 in honor of the club's former player and legend Rajko Mitić (1922–2008), has a seating capacity of 51,755 and is currently the largest stadium in Serbia by capacity.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rajko Mitić Stadium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.