Stadion Rujevica (), officially known as Stadion HNK Rijeka (), is a stadium in the city of Rijeka, Croatia. The stadium is commonly referred to as Rujevica after its location. From August 2015, the stadium is a temporary home ground for HNK Rijeka during construction of the new Stadion Kantrida. The stadium is part of the training camp used by the club's youth academy, which includes four additional fields. Once the new Kantrida is built, the stadium will be used as the club's training ground.
Construction The construction of the training centre commenced on 15 September 2014 and was financed by the owners of HNK Rijeka. On 28 July 2015, the stadium was issued a licence from the Croatian football authorities. It was officially opened on 2 August 2015 with HNK Rijeka's 3–1 win against NK Lokomotiva. Marin Leovac scored the first goal.
Expansion In January and November 2016, HNK Rijeka Chairman Damir Mišković hinted that the northern stand may be built in order to comply with UEFA stadium categories requirement for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League to have a stadium with the minimum capacity of 8,000. The construction of the northern stand broke ground on 11 May 2017. The construction was completed on 21 July 2017, increasing the total capacity of the stadium from 6,039 to 8,279.
Capacity per sector Four sectors contribute to the total seating capacity of 8,279: Sector I (east): 2,852 Sector Z (west): 2,775 (including VIP sector) Sector S (north): 2,240 Sector J (south): 412 (away supporters' sector)
League attendance This is a list of HNK Rijeka's league attendance at Rujevica by season.
Season2015–16 71,682 5,776 2,522 4,2172016–17 85,628 6,004 3,022 4,7572017–18 87,301 7,258 3,022 4,8502018–19 81,463 7,122 2,846 4,5262019–20 73,598 7,326 2,071 4,3292020–214,3472,2752,0722,1732021–2264,5767,4851,6523,7982022–2388,1168,1913,0004,8952023–24115,3108,1184,0546,4062024–2596,7418,1873,1725,3742025–2696,8747,6653,4315,382
International matches DateCompetitionOpponentScoreAtt.RefCroatia national football team4 June 2016 Friendly 10–0 3,911 6 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers 1–1 7,578 12 October 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League 0–0 0 15 October 2018 Friendly 2–1 4,820 16 November 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers 3–1 8,212 27 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers 1–0 0 30 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers 3–0 0 8 September 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers 5–0 8,152 3 June 2024 Friendly 3–0 8,030 15 November 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers 3–1 7,846 2 June 2026 Friendly 0–2 7,5553 October 2026 2026–27 UEFA Nations League 0–7 6,342
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