Stadionul Municipal (Oltenița) Explained

Stadium Name:Stadionul Municipal
Former Names:Stadionul Navol (1994–2014)
Address:Str. Stadionului
Location:Oltenița, Romania
Coordinates:44.0894°N 26.6498°W
Opened:1940s
Owner:Municipality of Oltenița
Operator:CSM Oltenița
Surface:Grass
Seating Capacity:2,500 (0 seated)
Tenants:CSM Oltenița (1948–present)

Stadionul Municipal is a multi-purpose stadium in Oltenița, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches, is the home ground of CSM Oltenița and holds 2,500 people.[1] The stadium had in the past a capacity of 10,000 people, but after the period in which was abandoned much of it was irreparably destroyed.[2] In 2011 the stadium was revived, but the capacity was reduced at only 2,500 and from 2014 was also bought by Municipality of Oltenița from the company that took over the assets of the Oltenița shipyard after its bankruptcy.[3]

Between 1994 and 2014 it was known as Stadionul Navol.[4]

On 5 October 2000 the stadium was the place of a tragedy that shook the Romanian football, Cătălin Hîldan, Dinamo București captain, fell to the ground and died after he suffered a cardiac arrest during the friendly match between Navol Oltenița and Dinamo București.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.europlan-online.de/stadionul-municipal/verein/21646 Stadionul Municipal - Oltenița
  2. http://liga2.prosport.ro/special/oltenita-tot-fara-fotbal-6980568 Olteniţa, tot fără fotbal!
  3. http://www.arenamedia.ro/index.php/arena-news/administratie/primarii/10375-arena-din-oltenita-a-intrat-in-proprietatea-municipiului Arena din Oltenița intrat in proprietatea municipiului
  4. http://stadiumromania.blogspot.com/2009/11/stadioane-calarasi.html Stadioane Calarasi
  5. https://www.digisport.ro/special/video-14-ani-de-la-disparitia-tragica-a-lui-catalin-hildan-132816 14 ani de la dispariția tragică a lui Cătălin Hîldan