Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek is a football stadium in Karlovac, Croatia. It serves as home stadium for the NK Karlovac 1919 football club. The stadium was built in 1975 and has a capacity of 12,000 seats. Following NK Karlovac's promotion to Prva HNL the stadium underwent renovations in order to meet top-level requirements in the summer of 2009. The renovated stadium was opened on 19 July 2009 with a friendly match against Queens Park Rangers, which NK Karlovac won 3–1.[1][2]
Full name | Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek |
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Former names | Stadion 13. srpanj (The 13th of July Stadium) |
Location | Mekušansko polje bb, Karlovac |
Coordinates | 45°29′4.19″N 15°33′50.16″E / 45.4844972°N 15.5639333°E |
Capacity | 12,000 |
Field size | 110m x 68m |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Built | 1975 |
Renovated | 2020 |
Tenants | |
NK Karlovac 1919 |
The stadium is named after Branko Čavlović (1933–1955), a footballer from Karlovac who was active with local clubs in the 1940s and competed for the Croatian national junior team of that period.
References
edit- ^ "Queens Park Rangers uvjerljivo pao u Karlovcu". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). 17 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
- ^ "Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek". nk-karlovac1919.hr. Retrieved 2024-02-20.