Voždovac Stadium (), commercially known as the Stadion Shopping Center, is a

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Voždovac Voždovac ( sr-Cyrl, Вождовац, ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2022 census results, the municipality has a population of 174,864 inhabitants. The municipality is located in the south ...

district of

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, that is the home ground of

FK Voždovac Fudbalski klub Voždovac () is a professional football club based in Voždovac, Belgrade, Serbia, which competes in the Serbian First League, the second tier. Nicknamed "The Dragons", they experienced little success in the Yugoslavian era, but h ...

. One of a few

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stadiums in the world designed for professional football, it was built on the top of a shopping mall and opened in August 2013.

History

After the old venue of Voždovac was demolished, the new stadium began construction in 2011 along with the establishment of a new shopping center in the Zaplanjska street in

. It has a

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of 5,175. The stadium meets all UEFA standards for matches in the

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and the

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