The Ion Oblemenco Stadium is a football stadium in Craiova, Romania. The all-seater stadium opened in 2017 and has a capacity of 30,983, the fourth largest football ground in Romania. It is in the immediate vicinity of the new Sala Polivalentă. The ground is named after Ion Oblemenco (1945–1996), a legendary player and coach of Universitatea Craiova.
The stadium ranked fourth overall among stadiums in the world opened in 2017 surpassing expectations, ranking higher than Wanda Metropolitano and Gazprom Arena. On 26 February, 2018, the Stadionul Ion Oblemenco was selected as a finalist from 27 submissions by the jury. Architects generally agreed that the outcome was satisfying, with decent investment results.
History Construction began on September 7, 2015. The older stadium was demolished in the same year.A început construcția noului stadion „Oblemenco”. Olguța: Lucrările durează mai puțin decât documentația!. oltenasul.ro On 26 April, 2017, the construction reached its final phase, with seats being installed.Au apărut imagini noi de pe stadionul "Ion Oblemenco" » Jucătorii au planuri mari: "Visez să marchez primul gol pentru CSU Craiova pe noua arenă". gsp.ro
To celebrate the opening of the stadium, Universitatea Craiova played a friendly on 10 November, 2017 against the Czech side Slavia Prague. A crowd of 30,000 people attended.LIVE TEXT CS U Craiova - Slavia Praga 0-0. Atmosferă magnifică pe noul ”OZN” din Bănie!. digisport.ro
The stadium officially opened with a ceremony on 18 November, 2017 before its first competitive senior game, the Liga I match against Juventus București. The match was won by Universitatea Craiova 3–1, with Alexandru Mitriță scoring the first ever official goal at the new stadium.
Events International football games International football matchesDateCompetitionHomeAwayScoreAttendance27 March 2018Friendly Romania Sweden1–020,00016 August 2018UEFA Europa League 3QR Universitatea Craiova RB Leipzig1–112,05018 July 2019UEFA Europa League 1QR Universitatea Craiova Sabail FK3–215,7631 August 2019UEFA Europa League 2QR Universitatea Craiova Budapest Honvéd0–0 22,1348 August 2019UEFA Europa League 3QR Universitatea Craiova AEK Athens0–22,53029 July 2021UEFA Europa Conference League 2QR Universitatea Craiova KF Laçi0–0 028 July 2022UEFA Europa Conference League 2QR Universitatea Craiova Vllaznia3–0 12,32411 August 2022UEFA Europa Conference League 3QR Universitatea Craiova Zorya Luhansk3–015,0791 August 2024UEFA Europa Conference League 2QR Universitatea Craiova Maribor3–218,62031 July 2025UEFA Europa Conference League 2QR Universitatea Craiova Sarajevo4–019,6247 August 2025UEFA Europa Conference League 3QR Universitatea Craiova Spartak Trnava3–022,66428 August 2025UEFA Europa Conference League Play-Off Universitatea Craiova İstanbul Başakşehir3–027,88423 October 2025UEFA Europa Conference League League Phase Universitatea Craiova Noah1–118,00427 November 2025UEFA Europa Conference League League Phase Universitatea Craiova Mainz 051–024,28411 December 2025UEFA Conference League League Phase Universitatea Craiova Sparta Prague1–220,21029 July 2026UEFA Champions League 2QR Universitatea Craiova Levski Sofia2–227,037
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See also List of football stadiums in Romania List of European stadia by capacity
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