{"id":600,"date":"2019-08-30T13:23:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T13:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.football-stadiums.co.uk\/rajko-mitic-stadium\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:09:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:09:09","slug":"rajko-mitic-stadium","status":"publish","type":"grounds","link":"https:\/\/www.football-stadiums.co.uk\/grounds\/serbia\/rajko-mitic-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajko Miti\u0107 Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda, better known by the English name of Red Star Belgrade, is a Serbian football club based in the country\u2019s capital city of Belgrade. The team is best known for having won the European Cup, now the Champions League, back in 1991. They\u2019re the only Serbian or Yugoslavian team to do so, having also become the only team from those nations to win the Intercontinental Cup that year. <\/p>\n

The club plays its games at the Rajko Miti\u0107 Stadium, also known as Red Star Stadium. It is named in honour of the club\u2019s former player, Rajko Miti\u0107, and has enough room for more than 55,000 supporters. That makes it the largest stadium in Serbia, which is fitting because the club is also the most popular team in the country. Opened in 1963, it hosted the final of the European Cup in 1973 and some of the matches for the European Championship in 1976.<\/p>\n

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Rajko Miti\u0107 Stadium Stats<\/th>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n
Year Opened<\/td>\r\n 1963<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Capacity<\/td>\r\n 53000<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Average Attendance<\/td>\r\n 13566<\/td> \r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Record Attendance<\/td>\r\n 110000 (Red Star v Ferencv\u00e1ros (23\/04\/1975))<\/td>\r\n <\/tr> \r\n \r\n \r\n
Pitch Size<\/td>\r\n 110 x 73 (8030)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Nickname<\/td>\r\n Marakana<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Former Name<\/td>\r\n Red Star Stadium<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Owner<\/td>\r\n Red Star Belgrade<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
Clubs Hosted<\/td>\r\n Red Star Belgrade, Serbia National Team<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
First Fixture<\/td>\r\n Yugoslavia v NK Rijeka (1963)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
Serbia Stats<\/th>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n
Year Founded<\/td>\r\n 1919<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Nickname<\/td>\r\n \u041erlovi \/ \u041e\u0440\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0438 (The Eagles)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
Rivals<\/td>\r\n Croatia<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
Kit<\/td>\r\n Red (Home) \/ White with Red (Away)\r\n \r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Training Ground<\/td>\r\n Sports Centre of the Football Association of Serbia<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
Record Goalscorer<\/td>\r\n Stjepan Bobek (38)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Record Appearances<\/td>\r\n Branislav Ivanovi\u0107 (105)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n <\/table>\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
Red Star Belgrade Stats<\/th>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n
Year Founded<\/td>\r\n 1945<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Nickname<\/td>\r\n \"\u0417\u0432\u0435\u0437\u0434\u0430 \/ Zvezda (The Star) \u0426\u0440\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043e-\u0431\u0435\u043b\u0438 \/ Crveno-beli (The Red-Whites)\"<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
Rivals<\/td>\r\n Partisan Belgrade<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Previous Stadiums<\/td>\r\n Avala<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Kit<\/td>\r\n Red & White (Home) \/ Dark Blue (Away)\r\n \r\n \/ Red (Third)\r\n \r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
Shirt Sponsor<\/td>\r\n Gazprom<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Team Owner<\/td>\r\n Svetozar Mijailovi\u0107<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Record Goalscorer<\/td>\r\n Bora Kosti\u0107 (230)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Record Appearances<\/td>\r\n Dragan D\u017eaji\u0107 (389)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n <\/table>\r\n\r\n\n

Rajko Miti\u0107 Stadium Photos<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"FK\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n FK Crvena zvezda Champions 2016\r\n \r\n
\r\n Bobik [CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>]<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"Belgrade\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Belgrade Night Scene\r\n \r\n
\r\n ANATOLY ALEKSEYEVICH IVANISHIN [Public domain]<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"Teams\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Teams line up before game at Rajko Miti\u00c4\u2021 Stadium\r\n \r\n
\r\n No machine-readable author provided. Pokrajac assumed (based on copyright claims). [CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>]<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\n\r\n

Rajko Miti\u0107 Stadium Seating Plan and Where to Sit<\/h2>\r\n \r\n
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User:Darwinek [CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>], via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n

Rajko Miti\u0107 Stadium has a bowl design, with one side of the ground being larger than the other. The North Stand and South Stand are located behind each of the goals, with the North Stand being where the club\u2019s most vocal supporters are located.<\/p>\n

The South Stand, on the other hand, is where the away supporters tend to be put, which isn\u2019t a bad gig when you consider it\u2019s basically a mirror imagine of the North Stand. The West Stand is the largest section of the ground and it\u2019s where the likes of the changing rooms and dugouts are housed.<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

Serbia Ticket Prices<\/h2>\r\n

When it comes to tickets for Serbia matches, things get slightly more complicated. The pricing for them is often set not by the stadium or the national team but rather by the organising body of the match. For international games, therefore, it can often be UEFA deciding how much people should be asked to pay, so it\u2019s always worth checking out the website of the governing body responsible for the match you want to watch.<\/p>\n\r\n \r\n

How To Get Serbia Tickets<\/h3>\r\n

Again, a lot of ticketing is run through the governing body for the competition that you\u2019re hoping to watch a match in. It\u2019s always worth calling the stadium directly, though, because the chances are that it won\u2019t have sold out unless it\u2019s a hugely important match.<\/p>\n\r\n \r\n\t\t\t\t\t

Where to Buy<\/h3>\r\n