Kosevo City Stadium

Kosevo City Stadium (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Gradski stadion Kosevo / Градски стадион Кошево), also Kosevo Olympic Stadium or Stadium Asim Ferhatovic - Hase (Stadion Asim Ferhatovic Hase / Стадион Асим Ферхатовић Хасе) is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Kosevo neighborhood of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its official name is Olimpijski stadion Kosevo – Asim Ferhatovic-Hase. Stadium is opened by the city, and leased on longterm basis by football club FK Sarajevo. The club proposed the new name for its sporting and football events, in honor to its former footballer and club's legend, Asim Ferhatovic - Hase. It hosted the opening ceremony of the 1984 Winter Olympics.

History

Construction works started in 1947. The stadium was literally buried into a local hill thus merging with its natural surroundings. In 1950, a pitch and a tartan track were also added. The first international football match, between Yugoslavia and Turkey, was played in 1954.

In 1966, the stadium hosted an athletic championship for the Balkans. It was renovated for that occasion. A new administration building was built, so were the new locker rooms and a restaurant. A modern scoreboard and new lighting were also provided.

The stadium was renovated for the third time after the Bosnian War, in 1998. By adding the chairs on every stand the seating capacity of the stadium was reduced to 34,500.

Throughout its football history, the stadium was usually a home ground for FK Sarajevo's and FK Zeljeznicar's international matches. The Sarajevo audience witnessed many great matches against Europe's finest clubs such as Manchester United, Dynamo Kyiv, Derby County, Basel, Hamburger SV, Newcastle United, Celtic etc.

The stadium's largest attendance was recorded in a 1981–82 Yugoslav First League match between Sarajevo and Zeljeznicar. Allegedly, up to 60,000 people attended the game, though the exact number was never officially published.

In April 2021, the stadium was leased to FK Sarajev

This page also has a version in other languages :  Асим Ферхатович-Хасе Стадион (russian)