History
The building was started in 1949, but works were stopped several times. Interesting, stadium was never completed by the end.
In 1980, the unfinished stadium was opened.
In 1982, was broken the record of stadium attendance, on football match between NK Osijek and Dinamo Zagreb. At that match, on stadium were 40,000 attendants. Result was 2–2.
In 1998 were installed seats and reflectors.
In 2005, the stadium was renovated. Under west stand VIP rooms were set, lodge is rearranged (1,000 new seats). And athletic track was renewed, over-painted from red to blue. After this renovation, the stadium is respected by UEFA criteria of stadiums. In the same year, stadium was a part of Croatia and Hungary's failed bid for the 2012 European Football Championship. Then were presented a projects of a new stadium with a larger capacity.
In 2010, stadium was again edited: a lawn is edited, fences are overpainted and seats are numbered. The reason was friendly match between Croatia and Wales, which was held on 23 May that year.
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