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History

The stadium was opened in 1972. Currently, only the West stand is covered and has proper chairs, while the other three parts of the stadium are without seatings.

Bilino Polje was used in Bosnia and Herzegovinas first match, a friendly played against Albania in 1995 with the final result being a 0-0 draw. The city of Zenica had to wait another 5 years before the next match of the national team was played at the stadium. This match was also a friendly, this time against Macedonia, with the final result being a victory for the home side 1-0.

As previously mentioned, the stadium was built in 1972. NK Čelik was formed in 1945 as a club and played its home games at Blatuša. At the time, the stadium was mainly built with wooden stands and could have an attendance of 15,000 spectators. Zenica, being an industrial city and having Željezara as the main provider for most of the population of the city, needed to provide some kind of job offer for its hard workers. Now, the decision was made to built a larger stadium since NK Čelik was taking part in the Yugoslav First League. The stadium Bilino Polje was built at a historical place. The Ban of Bosnia, Ban Kulin, made some important declarations about Bosnia at the present stadium location back in the 11th century. The Yugoslav First League (Prva Liga) was the premier football league in the former Yugoslavia (1945-1991), and served the same role in Serbia and Montenegro before the countrys name change (1991-2003). ... Ban could be: ban, a decree that prohibits something, a form of censorship ban, a barring of access of resources on the Internet Ban, a king from Arthurian legend. ... Categories: Historical stubs | History of Bosnia and Herzegovina ...

Bilino Polje was built within a 6-8 month period, and was ready for NK Čelik to host European teams in the then MitEuropa Cup. At that time, NK Čelik hosted Fiorentina at the stadium in the finals of the MitEuropa Cup and won it that year. Also, NK Čelik went on to win the MitEuropa Cup the following year as well. A few years after the construction, the stadium was actually given the award for being the most beautiful stadium in Yugoslavia. Bilino Polje has the British style dimensions with a square look, rather than an oval look such as the Stadium Koševo in Sarajevo, which also makes it a beautiful and somewhat unusual stadium in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ACF Fiorentina, formerly Associazione Calcio Fiorentina, is an Italian football club based in Firenze (Florence). ... The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state that existed from 1945 to 1992. ... KoÅ¡evo is the home stadium of FK Sarajevo. ... Sarajevo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

The Facility

• Stadium Name: Bilino Polje
• Year of Construction: 1972
• Capacity: 18,000
• Record Attendance: 35,000 against Fiorentina in 1972
• Address: Obalni Bulevar bb. 3300, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina