Bilino Polje Stadium
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Location | Bulevar Kulina Bana bb, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Owner | City of Zenica |
Capacity | 15,292[1] |
Field size | 105 x 68 m[2] |
Surface | Hybrid grass |
Scoreboard | LED |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1972 |
Opened | 4 October 1972 |
Renovated | 2012 |
Tenants | |
NK Čelik Zenica (1972–present) NK Đerzelez Zenica (1999–2001) Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team (1995–present) |
Bilino Polje is the home
History
The stadium was built and opened in 1972. It was used in
NK Čelik was formed in 1945 as a club and played its home games at Blatuša. At the time, the stadium was mainly built with wooden stands and could have an attendance of 15,600 spectators. Zenica, being an industrial city and having Željezara as the main provider for most of the population of the city, needed to provide some kind of job offer for its hard workers. Now, the decision was made to build a larger stadium since NK Čelik was taking part in the Yugoslav First League.
Bilino Polje was built within a 6 and 8 months period, and was ready for NK Čelik to host European teams in the then
Location
The stadium is located in the Bilino Polje, urban area of Zenica, and can be easily accessed and navigated to from several points in the city. It is also well connected to the ongoing urban redevelopment of the city's road network.
Stadium statistics
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Football matches by the Yugoslavia national football team to 1992:
Date | Home Team | Result | Away Team | Competition |
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17 April 1974 | ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Friendly |
27 March 1985 | ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
1986 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Football matches by the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team to date:
Table of games played at Bilino Polje | |||||||
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GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
53 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 85 | 32 | +53 |
Table correct as of 19 November 2015.
Image gallery
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West side
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South side
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North side
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East side
References
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- ^ "Stadien Bosnien-Herzegowina". Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ [1][permanent dead link]
- 2008-2010 European Nations Cup Third Division#Matches 4