Toše Proeski Arena Explained

Stadium Name:National Arena Toše Proeski
Национална Арена Тоше Проески
Location:Skopje, North Macedonia
Coordinates:42.0056°N 21.4256°W
Opened:1947
Expanded:2011
Operator:JPSSO
Surface:Grass
Scoreboard:LED
Dimensions:105mx68mm (344feetx223feetm)
Tenants:FK Vardar (1947 - 2021) (2024-)
FK Rabotnički
North Macedonia national football team (1994 - present)
Former Names:City Park (1947–2009)
Seating Capacity:33,011
Record Attendance:32,120

National Arena Toše Proeski (Macedonian: Национална арена "Тоше Проески") is a sports stadium in Skopje, North Macedonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches, but also for concerts or athletics. It is the home stadium of Vardar and Rabotnichki from Skopje, who are competing in the Macedonian First League, as well as the home ground of the North Macedonia national football team on almost all occasions (the other venues rarely chosen being the Goce Delčev Stadium in Prilep, or SRC Biljanini Izvori in Ohrid).

The stadium was previously known as the City Park Stadium (Macedonian: Cтадион Градски парк; Stadion Gradski Park) until 2009 and Philip II National Arena (Macedonian: Национална арена "Филип Втори") until 2019. By an executive decision of the government of North Macedonia adopted on 9 April 2019, the National Arena was renamed "National Arena Todor Proeski" in honour of the Macedonian pop icon Todor "Toše" Proeski and as result of the Prespa agreement's obligation to de-antiquization.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] With the capacity of just over 33,000, the National Arena is the largest stadium in the country and one of the largest in Southeastern Europe.[6]

The stadium hosted the 2017 UEFA Super Cup.[7]

Reconstruction and expansion

The project for the City Park stadium was designed in 1975 by architects Dragan Krstev and Todorka Mavkova from BetonConstruction Company. The South Stand started with construction in 1977. Construction of the South stand took 2 years and it was finished in 1978.The whole stadium suppose to be finished the same year.Somehow the money from the budget were transferred to the federal budget and used for other projects. The reconstruction and expansion started after a long delay in project implementation in January 2008. The construction of a new north stand was finished in August 2009 and was put in use on 2 August 2009, the Macedonian national holiday "Ilinden". Ten days later, on 12 August, the North Macedonia national football team played a friendly match against then European Champions Spain, as part of the 100-year anniversary of football in the country.[8]

The reconstruction of the southern stand started in 2009, which was put into operation on 30 July of that year for the match between FK Rabotnički and Liverpool FC.[9]

On 8 September 2009, the construction of the new western and eastern stands started. The two new stands were open for the public on 24 April 2011. By mid July 2012, the majority of the stadium was completed with the reconstruction of the new pitch and athletic track. On 25 July 2012, FK Vardar played FC BATE Borisov in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League to re-open the stadium.[10] [11] On 8 September 2012, the Independence Day of North Macedonia, a celebration was held when almost 50,000 visitors attended the event (in the stands and on the field). This event set the record of attendance for the stadium.

(Main Stand)-NORTH Stand-(10.338) VIP-(494),PRESS (284),Wheelchairs(48)

SOUTH Stand-(10.713)

WEST Curve-(5.962)

EAST Curve-(5.962)

Total Capacity:33.011

Construction cost

Since 2008, the stadium has seen investment of about two billion denari, or €32 million. The second phase, which got underway in November 2011, saw the reconstruction of the pitch and athletic track. The athletic track around the pitch, from the original 6 was extended to 8 running tracks and it uses Tartan track surface. Total cost for this phase is €3.5 million.[12] The stadium was finished in 2013 with the completion of a new illuminated outer facade. The total construction cost for all actions related to the stadium in the period 2008–2013 reached over €60 million.[13]

Notable matches

Concerts

External links

Notes and References

  1. Dymitrow, M. (2020). Cultural Atavism in the Face of an Environmental Disaster: Skopje 2014 in the limelight. In: Mihaylov, V. (eds) Spatial Conflicts and Divisions in Post-socialist Cities. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61765-3_8
  2. Skopje renames national football stadium from “Philip II” to “Tose Proeski”. Protothema, April 9, 2019.
  3. However, the Prespa agreement not only stipulates a new name for Macedonia, but Article 8 also requires that Macedonia ‘review the status of the monuments, public buildings and infrastructures on its territory […] insofar as they refer in any way to ancient Hellenic history and civilization’ and effectively ban the Vergina flag from public usage. Article 8(2) demands a six months period in which the Second Party will re-examine the status of its monuments, public buildings and infrastructure on its territory to determine if they, in any way, call upon the ancient Hellenic history and civilization. The Second Party will then have to correct these objects to ensure respect for the Greek cultural heritage and history. For more see: Reef, Paul. "Macedonian Monument Culture Beyond ‘Skopje 2014’" Comparative Southeast European Studies, vol. 66, no. 4, 2018, pp. 451-480. https://doi.org/10.1515/soeu-2018-0037
  4. Web site: Не било мајтап: "Филип Втори" и официјално преименуван во Арена "Тоше Проески"!. Sport1.mk. 9 April 2019. 11 April 2019.
  5. Web site: Историјат на Национална Арена Тоше Проески – АДСДП на РМ. 2021-05-26.
  6. Web site: Стадион – Капацитет – АДСДП на РСМ. 2021-05-26.
  7. Web site: FYR Macedonia to host 2017 UEFA Super Cup game. UEFA. UEFA. 9 August 2016.
  8. Web site: Home – Macedonian Football. Macedonian Football.
  9. Web site: Liverpool FC to face FK Rabotnicki in UEFA Europa League qualifier. Liverpool. Echo. 22 July 2010. liverpoolecho.co.uk.
  10. Web site: Home – Macedonian Football. Macedonian Football.
  11. Web site: UEFA.com Vardar-BATE 0:0. UEFA. 25 July 2012.
  12. Web site: Теренот на "Филип Втори" како на "Емирати" . vest.com.mk . 15 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120422022508/http://www.vest.com.mk/default.asp?ItemID=E45487999BBA984296390FF0961A71D1 . 22 April 2012 . dead.
  13. Web site: HISTORY. IKT. Beton. beton.com.mk.
  14. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1985/clubs/club=53080/matches/index.html Vardar-Dinamo Bucureşti 1:0
  15. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1987/clubs/club=53080/matches/index.html Vardar-Porto 0:3
  16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSRg__40TSg Vardar-Pelister 1:0
  17. http://macedonianfootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=835&Itemid=61 Macedonia-Denmark 1:1
  18. http://macedonianfootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=835&Itemid=61 Macedonia-Spain 0:2
  19. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2000/clubs/club=62170/matches/index.html Pobeda-Parma 0:2
  20. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2003/matches/round=1710/match=72023/postmatch/report/index.html Vardar-CSKA Moscow 1:1
  21. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2003/matches/round=1711/match=73026/postmatch/report/index.html Vardar-Sparta Prague 2:3
  22. http://macedonianfootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1140:mkd-eng-match-report&catid=13:national-teams&Itemid=64 Macedonia-England 1:2
  23. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2003/matches/round=1718/match=73470/index.html Vardar-Roma 1:1
  24. http://macedonianfootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1084:mkd-ned-match-report&catid=13:national-teams&Itemid=64 Macedonia-Netherlands 2:2
  25. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2005/matches/round=2199/match=81469/postmatch/report/index.html Rabotnički-Lokomotiv Moscow 1:1
  26. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2005/matches/round=2199/match=81469/postmatch/report/index.html Rabotnički-Lille 0:1
  27. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2008/matches/round=15118/match=301416/index.html Rabotnički-Bolton 1:1
  28. http://macedonianfootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1124:mkd-cro-match-report&catid=13:national-teams&Itemid=64 Macedonia-Croatia 2:0
  29. http://macedonianfootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=766:mkd-sco-match-report&catid=13:national-teams&Itemid=64 Macedonia-Scotland 1:0
  30. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2011/matches/round=2000126/match=2002783/index.html Rabotnički-Liverpool 0:2
  31. http://macedonianfootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2960 Macedonia-Ireland 0:2
  32. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2012/matches/round=2000271/match=2007262/index.html Rabotnički-Lazio 1:3
  33. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2013/matches/round=2000344/match=2009424/index.html Vardar-BATE Borisov 0:0
  34. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/matches/round=2000631/match=2015599/index.html Vardar-APOEL 1:1
  35. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2016/matches/round=2000657/match=2018036/index.html Rabotnički-Rubin Kazan 1:1
  36. http://www.macedonianfootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7749 Macedonia-Spain 0:1
  37. http://www.macedonianfootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8268 Macedonia-Italy 2:3
  38. http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2017/matches/round=2000649/match=2016158/postmatch/commentary/index.html Macedonia-Scotland 2:0
  39. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2018/matches/round=2000889/match=2021962/index.html Vardar-Fenerbahçe 2:0
  40. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2018/matches/round=2000890/match=2022036/index.html Vardar-Zenit 0:5
  41. https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2028571/ North Macedonia-Kosovo 2:1
  42. https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036295/ North Macedonia-Malta
  43. https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036341/ North Macedonia=Ukraine
  44. News: Шекеровска. Катерина. Таркан – професионалец за спектакли. 27 July 2014. Utrinski vesnik. 19 June 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044947/http://www.utrinski.mk/?ItemID=EE8DA2A42E1ACB46838C1188A738E297. 8 August 2014.
  45. Web site: 61.000 гледачи на Филип Втори – спектакуларна прослава на Денот на независноста. Bukvar.mk. 9 September 2012. 27 July 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140727202027/http://bukvar.mk/news/61000-gledachi-na-filip-vtori-spektakularna-proslava-na-denot-na-nezavisnosta?newsid=XK8_. 27 July 2014.

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