Opus Arena

Opus Arena
Stadion NK Osijek

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Full nameOpus Arena
LocationRetfala, Osijek, Croatia
Coordinates45°33′59″N 18°39′27″E / 45.56639°N 18.65750°E / 45.56639; 18.65750
OwnerNK Osijek Football Academy
OperatorNK Osijek
Executive suites9[1]
Capacity13,005[2]
Field size105 × 68 metres
SurfaceHybrid grass
Construction
Broke groundDecember 2017 [3]
Opened1 July 2023[7]
Construction cost€65 million[4]
ArchitectSirrah Projekt d.o.o.
Main contractorsOsijek Asfalt d.o.o.
Eurokamen d.o.o.
Strabag d.o.o.[5][6]
Tenants
NK Osijek (2023–present)
Croatia national football team (2023–present)

Opus Arena is a football stadium in Osijek, Croatia, in the city's Retfala district. Its seating capacity of 13,005 makes it the fourth-largest stadium in Croatia. The stadium is used by NK Osijek and the Croatia national football team for both domestic and international competitions.

Built from 2017 to 2023, the stadium was informally known as the "Pampas Stadium", after the name of the neighborhood in which it was built, before securing sponsorship from Hungarian asset management firm Opus Global. It was constructed for local club team NK Osijek as a successor precinct Gradski Vrt Stadium. For UEFA and FIFA competitions, it is known as Stadion NK Osijek, due to limits on corporate sponsorships. The country's national team is slated open its qualifying for UEFA Euro 2024 in the stadium in 2023.

Financed at an estimated €65 million by NK Osijek, Opus Global and a grant from the Hungarian government, Opus Arena is the first to cover its entire seating capacity. The precinct also acts as the training base of the club, with seven football pitches adjoining the stadium.

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  2. ^ "Evo kada će biti gotov najmoderniji stadion u Hrvatskoj, izbačeni jacuzzi i saune za VIP goste" [Here's When the Most Modern Stadium in Croatia Will Be Finished, Jacuzzi and Saunas for VIP Guests]. sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Sportske novosti. May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  3. ^ "I Retfala će dobiti novu vizuru". nk-osijek.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  4. ^ "S novom sezonom NK Osijek dobit će najmoderniji stadion" [NK Osijek will get the most modern stadium in the new season] (PDF). GRAĐEVINAR (in Croatian). 5 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Official project board on the site" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2019-04-15.
  6. ^ "Potpisan Ugovor Sa Strabagom Za Drugu Fazu Izgradnje Stadiona i Kampa" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  7. ^ "U subotu otvorene tribine novog stadiona". nk-osijek.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-06-28.