Stožice Stadium

The stadium was named after the area in which it is located, and the change of the name is possible in the future due to sponsorship rights. Together with an indoor arena, it is a part of the Stožice Sports Park. The stadium building area measures 24.614 square metres.[1] It was constructed in 14 months and was opened on 11 August 2010 in a football friendly match between the national teams of Slovenia and Australia, won by Slovenia 2–0.[3]

The stadium has a capacity of 16,038 seats and is laid out under the plateau of the park. The stadium also has 558 VIP seats and 97 spots for people with disabilities.[1] The stadium's press area can accommodate 210 journalists.[1] As a structure, the stadium is ‘sunk’ into the park. Only the roof over the stands rises above the plane of the park as a monolithic crater.

For cultural purposes such as music concerts, the stadium capacity is increased to over 20,000.

The stadium is mainly used for football and is the home ground of football club Olimpija Ljubljana. Besides being the home ground of Olimpija the stadium is also the home venue of the Slovenia national football team.

National team matches

Date	Competition	Slovenia vs.	Result
11 August 2010	Friendly	Australia	2–0
8 October 2010	UEFA Euro 2012 Q	Faroe Islands	5–1
25 March 2011	UEFA Euro 2012 Q	Italy	0–1
10 August 2011	Friendly	Belgium	0–0
2 September 2011	UEFA Euro 2012 Q	Estonia	1–2
15 September 2011	Friendly	United States	2–3
15 August 2012	Friendly	Romania	4–3
7 September 2012	2014 FIFA World Cup Q	Switzerland	0–2
6 February 2013	Friendly	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3
22 March 2013	2014 FIFA World Cup Q	Iceland	1–2
6 September 2013	2014 FIFA World Cup Q	Albania	1–0
18 November 2014	Friendly	Colombia	0–1
27 March 2015	UEFA Euro 2016 Q	San Marino	6–0
14 June 2015	UEFA Euro 2016 Q	England	2–3
9 October 2015	UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Lithuania	1–1
5 June 2016	Friendly	Turkey	0–1
8 October 2016	2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Slovakia	1–0
11 October 2016	2018 FIFA World Cup Q	England	0–0
10 June 2017	2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Malta	2–0
4 September 2017	2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Lithuania	4–0
8 October 2017	2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Scotland	2–2
27 March 2018	Friendly	Belarus	0–2
6 September 2018	2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Bulgaria	1–2
16 October 2018	2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Cyprus	1–1
16 November 2018	2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Norway	1–1
24 March 2019	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	North Macedonia	1–1
6 September 2019	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Poland	2–0
9 September 2019	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Israel	3–2
13 October 2019	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Austria	0–1
16 November 2019	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Latvia	1–0
3 September 2020	2020–21 UEFA Nations League	Greece	0–0
6 September 2020	2020–21 UEFA Nations League	Moldova	1–0
7 October 2020	Friendly	San Marino	4–0
11 November 2020	Friendly	Azerbaijan	0–0
15 November 2020	2020–21 UEFA Nations League	Kosovo	2–1

Although the stadium was primarily build for football it is also planned to host many cultural events. The first was a joint project of two comedians, Lado Bizovičar and Jurij Zrnec, that was titled Notpadu lajv?!, on 20 September 2010. Over 20,000 people gathered on this event.[1]

The stadium is a record holder for most spectators on a home football match of the Slovenia national football team. This was achieved on 11 August 2010 on the opening match, when Slovenia played against Australia. 16,135 people gathered to see that match.[3] That is also the highest attendance on any football match in Slovenia after the independence of the country in 1991.

• List of football stadiums in Slovenia