Stadion Mladost, Strumica

Mladost Stadium
Стадион Младост
Location Strumica, Macedonia
Capacity 6,500
Surface Grass
Construction
Opened 1950
Expanded 2005
Tenants
FK Belasica
Akademija Pandev
FK Tiverija

Mladost Stadium is a football stadium in Strumica, Republic of Macedonia. It has a capacity of 6,500 and it is the home ground of FK Belasica and FK Tiverija.

History

The stadium was built back in 1950 with the original capacity of 6,000.

In 2005, Joseph S. Blatter unveiled a plaque to commemorate the occasion at the Mladost Stadium in Strumica. The Strumica GOAL Project was approved to finance the improvement of the technical centre and stadium. Today the facility boasts several modern training pitches, modern floodlighting, modern dressing rooms and modern conference room underground on Mladost Stadium new build tribune. FIFA and UEFA gave Mladost Stadium the green light for international games back in 2004.[1][2]

In September 2015, at the stadium was played the match under the floodlights between FK Belasica and Akademija Pandev in front of 5,000 spectators.[3]

The club board of FK Belasica with a new owner Slavčo Vaskov-Pinda was unveiled the reconstruction plans of the stadium under the patronage of the Football Federation of Macedonia and the Strumica Municipality. The new stadium will be the similar to the old Skopje City Stadium and the capacity of the stadium will be between 13,000 and 15,000 spectators. After a completion of the reconstruction the stadium is a expected to host a two games of the Macedonia national football team against Albania and Israel, as a part of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Blatter opens soccer stadium in Macedonia".
  2. ↑ "FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter kicks the ball at the opening ceremony in Strumica".
  3. ↑ "Струмичкото градско дерби од Третата лига под рефлектори и пред 5.000 гледачи!" (in Macedonian). Ekipa.mk. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Струмица со нов стадион ги дочекува Албанија и Израел (ФОТО)" (in Macedonian). Sportmedia.mk. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.

Coordinates: 41°26′46.32″N 22°38′15.75″E / 41.4462000°N 22.6377083°E / 41.4462000; 22.6377083

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