Fazanerija City Stadium () is a multi-use stadium in

Murska Sobota Murska Sobota (, Slovenian abbreviation: ''MS'' ; ;''Radkersburg und Luttenberg'' (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut. ) is a town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Murska Sob ...

, Slovenia. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home ground of

NŠ Mura Nogometna šola Mura (), commonly referred to as NŠ Mura or simply Mura, is a Slovenian professional football club from Murska Sobota. Founded in 2012, the team currently plays in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top tier of Slovenian football. The ...

. The stadium was built in 1936 and has a capacity of 4,506 seats. With the standing area included, the total capacity of the stadium is around 4,700.

History

In 1934, the Municipality of Murska Sobota contacted the architect Franc Novak and asked him to make plans for the stadium. The first pitch was completed by 1936. The stadium was officially opened on 28 June 1936, and became the home ground of the local football team SK Mura. Initially, the stadium was called Stadion Viteškega Kralja Aleksandra I. Zedinitelja, in honour of

Alexander I of Yugoslavia Alexander I Karađorđević (, ; – 9 October 1934), also known as Alexander the Unifier ( / ), was King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 16 August 1921 to 3 October 1929 and King of Yugoslavia from 3 October 1929 until his assassinati ...

. The cost of building the stadium was 160,000

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. In the early 1980s, the stadium was expanded with the construction of a new main stand. A decade later, in 1994, two additional stands were built, located in the northern and southern parts of the stadium. In 2001, all stands were covered with a roof. In 2017, the locker rooms underwent a complete reconstruction in accordance with

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standards. In 2019, Fazanerija received floodlights. In 2019 and 2020, the stadium underwent further renovations and adjustments, including new seats, renovation of the stand for away fans, renovation of the roof, renovation of the camera tower and the new press center.

Events

The stadium is mainly used for football and is the home ground of

. Previously, the stadium was used by

NK Mura Nogometni klub Mura (), commonly referred to as NK Mura or simply Mura, was a Slovenian association football club based in Murska Sobota. The club was founded on 16 August 1924 as one of the first clubs in the Prekmurje region. The club had its ...

and

ND Mura 05 Nogometno društvo Mura 05, commonly referred to as ND Mura 05 or simply Mura 05, was a Slovenian Association football, football club from the town of Murska Sobota. The club was established on 16 June 2005. The club's home ground was Fazanerija ...

, the clubs that were dissolved in 2005 and 2013, respectively. The stadium hosted three matches of the Slovenia national team, most recently in 2003. Fazanerija is also occasionally used as a venue for Slovenia's youth national teams and the Slovenia women's national team.

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at Football Stadiums of Slovenia {{Slovenian PrvaLiga stadiums Football venues in Slovenia

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Murska Sobota Multi-purpose stadiums in Slovenia Sports venues completed in 1936 1936 establishments in Slovenia

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