Stadion Metalac
{{Short description|Football stadium in Gornji Milanovac, Serbia}}
{{Infobox venue
| name = Stadion Metalac
| image = File:Stadion FK Metalac 13.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = View from the West Stand
| location = Gornji Milanovac, Serbia
| coordinates = {{Coord|44.026381|N|20.466677|E|region:RS_type|display=inline,title}}
| owner = Metalac a.d.
| operator = Metalac Gornji Milanovac
| capacity = 4,350
| surface = Grass
| scoreboard = LED
| broke_ground = October 2011
| built = 2011–2012
| opened = {{start date and age|2012|09|12|df=yes}}
| cost = €3 million
| general_contractor = Amiga d.o.o.
| tenants = Metalac Gornji Milanovac (2012–present)
}}
Stadion Metalac ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Стадион Металац}}) is a football stadium in Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. It is the home ground of Metalac Gornji Milanovac. The stadium consists of three stands with a total seating capacity of 4,350.
History
=Background and construction=
Before earning promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga for the first time in 2009, Metalac Gornji Milanovac hosted its matches at the nearby Stadion SD Takovo, colloquially known as the Stadion kraj Despotovice, owned by local rivals Takovo. However, due to the league's stadium requirements, the club was forced to play its home matches in Kragujevac, Čačak and Lučani over the next three seasons before suffering relegation from the top flight.
On 9 September 2011, Metalac a.d. signed an agreement with the local and national authorities to build a new stadium for Metalac Gornji Milanovac.{{Cite web | url=https://gradjevinarstvo.rs/vesti/4241/810/fk-metalac-dobija-stadion | title=FK Metalac dobija stadion | language=Serbian | publisher=gradjevinarstvo.rs | date=14 September 2011 | access-date=17 September 2019}} The cornerstone was laid by Metalac president Dragoljub Vukadinović in early October of the same year.{{Cite web | url=https://www.b92.net/sport/fudbal/vesti.php?yyyy=2011&mm=10&dd=04&nav_id=546940 | title=Metalac gradi novi stadion | language=Serbian | publisher=b92.net | date=4 October 2011 | access-date=17 September 2019}} The construction was completed in the summer of 2012.
=Opening=
The stadium hosted its first game on 1 September 2012, as Metalac Gornji Milanovac recorded a 3–1 victory over Mladost Lučani in the fourth round of the 2012–13 Serbian First League.{{Cite web | url=https://www.b92.net/sport/fudbal/vesti.php?yyyy=2012&mm=09&dd=01&nav_id=639513 | title=Gornji Milanovac dobio novi stadion | language=Serbian | publisher=b92.net | date=1 September 2012 | access-date=17 September 2019}} Metalac's defender Dalibor Rodić scored the first goal at the new stadium. The venue was officially opened 11 days later, on 12 September, with a friendly game between Metalac and Serbia B.{{Cite web | url=https://www.b92.net/sport/fudbal/vesti.php?yyyy=2012&mm=09&dd=12&nav_id=642571 | title=Karadžić otvorio stadion Metalca | language=Serbian | publisher=b92.net | date=12 September 2012 | access-date=17 September 2019}} Metalac president Dragoljub Vukadinović, FSS president Tomislav Karadžić and Serbia manager Siniša Mihajlović cut the ribbon during the ceremony before the match.{{Cite web | url=http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/233185/ | title=Presečena vrpca novog stadiona | language=Serbian | publisher=politika.rs | date=13 September 2012 | access-date=17 September 2019}}
=Notable matches=
The stadium has hosted all four Serbia U21 matches in their 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification and two of the team's five matches in the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.
The stadium also hosted the final match of the 2015–16 Serbian Cup,{{Cite web | url=http://www.rts.rs/page/sport/sr/story/36/fudbal/2293624/finale-kupa-srbije-u-gornjem-milanovcu.html | title=Finale Kupa Srbije u Gornjem Milanovcu | language=Serbian | publisher=rts.rs | date=22 April 2016 | access-date=17 September 2019}} as Partizan defeated Javor Ivanjica 2–0.{{Cite web | url=http://www.rts.rs/page/sport/sr/story/36/fudbal/2314025/partizan-osvojio-kup-srbije.html | title=Partizan osvojio Kup Srbije | language=Serbian | publisher=rts.rs | date=11 May 2016 | access-date=17 September 2019}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://fkmetalac.rs/stadion/ Stadium information] at Metalac Gornji Milanovac official website
{{Authority control}}