Stadion Rujevica (official name: Stadion HNK Rijeka, en, HNK Rijeka Stadium) is a stadium in the city of

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. The stadium is commonly referred to as Rujevica after its location. From August 2015, the stadium is a temporary home ground for HNK Rijeka during construction of the new

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. The stadium is part of the training camp used by the club's youth academy, which includes four additional fields. Once the new Kantrida is built, the stadium will be used as the club's training ground.

Construction

The construction of the training centre commenced on 15 September 2014 and was financed by the owners of HNK Rijeka. On 28 July 2015, the stadium was issued a licence from the Croatian football authorities. It was officially opened on 2 August 2015 with HNK Rijeka's 3–1 win against

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. Marin Leovac scored the first goal.

Expansion

In January and November 2016, HNK Rijeka Chairman

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hinted that the northern stand may be built in order to comply with UEFA stadium categories requirement for the group stages of the

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and

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to have a stadium with the minimum capacity of 8,000. The construction of the northern stand broke ground on 11 May 2017. The construction was completed on 21 July 2017, increasing the total capacity of the stadium from 6,039 to 8,279.

Capacity per sector

Four sectors contribute to the total

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of 8,279: *Sector I (east): 2,852 *Sector Z (west): 2,775 (including VIP sector) *Sector S (north): 2,240 *Sector J (south): 412 (away supporters' sector)

League attendance

This is a list of HNK Rijeka’s league attendance at Rujevica by season.

International matches

References

{{Prva HNL venues Rujevica Sports venues in Rijeka

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