Stadion SRC Mladost is a

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. The approximate capacity of the stadium is 8,000 places, including around 5,000

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. The stadium is owned by the city of Čakovec and primarily used for

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matches and various

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events. The football clubs currently using the stadium as their home ground are

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and

NK Međimurje NK Međimurje is a Croatian football club based in Čakovec. The club is named after Međimurje, the region in northern Croatia where the city of Čakovec is located. The club plays their home games at the Stadion SRC Mladost, Čakovec, whic ...

. Occasionally, it is also used to stage

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s and similar events. The stadium was built in the mid-1980s for the purposes of the

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. It is located in the Mladost Centre for Sports and Recreation (''SRC Mladost''), in the northwestern suburban part of the city of Čakovec. The complex also includes several other sports fields, a sports hall and a bathing resort. Originally, the stadium only had around 1,500 seats, all under the roof in the upper tier of the main stand. However, following the first promotion of NK Međimurje to the

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in 2004, the seating capacity of the stadium was expanded from 1,500 to 5,000 seats. In April and May 2009, the stadium was also equipped with floodlighting and a digital

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. The main auxiliary pitch of the stadium is also floodlit. The first floodlit competitive match in the stadium was played on 25 July 2009 between NK Međimurje and

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in the Croatian First League, ending in a 1-1 draw.

International matches

References

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