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Former names
  
Stadion 24. September

Surface
  
Grass

Capacity
  
12,000

Phone
  
+381 31 510660

Renovated
  
2011

Location
  
Užice, Serbia

Address
  
Омладинска, Užice, Serbia

Opened
  
24 September 1946

Owner
  
Užice

Užice City Stadium

Similar
  
Subotica City Stadium, Smederevo Stadium, Novi Pazar City Stadium, Jagodina City Stadium, Ivanjica Stadium

Užice City Stadium (Serbian: Градски стадион/Gradski stadion), also called Begluk, is a multi-purpose stadium in Užice, Serbia. It is mainly used for football matches and hosts the home matches of FK Sloboda Užice of the Serbian SuperLiga. The stadium has a total capacity of 12,000.

History

The stadium renovation was completed in 2011.The first official match on the renovated stadium was on August 21, 2011 between Sloboda and Partizan.In front of 10,000 supporters,Sloboda recorded their first ever win over Partizan in that match,with a goal from Slavko Marić in the 93rd minute. On 6 September, 2011 the Serbia U21's played against Faroe Islands in their 2013 UEFA European U21 Championship qualifying match and won 5–1.

In July 2013 it was announced that the stadium will have floodlights for the first time in club's history,and that the first game under the floodlights would be 2 months later, against Partizan on September 14, 2013. On November 19, 2013 Serbian national team played the "Media Selection team" in a revial match.The national team won the game 2–0.

On 25 May, 2016 the stadium was the host to a friendly match between Serbia and Cyprus.It was Slavoljub Muslin's first game in charge as the head coach of the national team.Serbia won the game 2–1 with the help of Aleksandar Mitrović and Dušan Tadić goals.

References

Užice City Stadium Wikipedia