Stadion Rujevica (), officially known as Stadion HNK Rijeka (), is a stadium in the city of

Rijeka Rijeka (; Fiume ( �fjuːme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...

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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 Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka (), commonly referred to as HNK Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka competes in Croatia's top division, Croatian First Football League, Supersport HNL, o ...

during construction of the new

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. The stadium is part of the

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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

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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

's 3–1 win against

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scored the first goal.

Expansion

In January and November 2016,

Chairman Damir Mišković hinted that the northern stand may be built in order to comply with

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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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