Rexhep Rexhepi Stadium

Rexhep Rexhepi (Albanian: Stadiumi Rexhep Rexhepi) is a multi-purpose stadium in Glogovac, Kosovo[a]. The ground is currently the home of Feronikeli.

Rexhep Rexhepi
Stadiumi Rexhep Rexhepi (sq)
Full nameStadiumi Rexhep Rexhepi
LocationGlogovac, Kosovo
Coordinates42.616446°N 20.903551°E / 42.616446; 20.903551
OwnerMunicipality of Glogovac
OperatorFeronikeli
Field size100 by 74 metres (109.4 yd × 80.9 yd)
SurfaceGrass
Tenants
Feronikeli
Prishtina (2017–18)

History

The stadium is named after the club's former player and captain Rexhep Rexhepi, who fought for the Kosovo Liberation Army and was killed on 12 February 1999 by Serb forces.[1]

Renovation

In December 2012 work began on the ground in order to renovate the single stand, the playing field as well as the clubhouse, with funding coming from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. In January 2014 the local municipality began to seek investment form the central government and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports to complete a full renovation of the stadium in order to convert into a 2,000 all seater stadium,[2] and this was granted on 23 May 2014, when the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports along with the Gllogoc municipality signed the agreement to invest €100,000 into a three-stage renovation process.[3] The entire project cost a total of €200,000, and stage two was completed during the 2014–15 season, while the third stage was completed after the end of the season in the summer of 2015.[4]

As FC Prishtina stadium

Rexhep Rexhepi Stadium also is the FC Prishtina stadium during the 2017–18 season, because their stadium is under renovation.[5]

Notes and references

Notes

a. ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 98 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 113 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

References

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