Stadion

STADIONUL STEAUA (Ghencea)

Date tehnice
Inaugurat: 1974
Renovat: 1996+2006
Locuri in stadion: 28.000, toate pe scaune
Nocturna: 1400 lucsi/mp.

Stadionul „Steaua” este cea mai moderna arena de fotbal din Romania. Pozitionat in sud-vestul Bucurestiului, in cartierul Ghencea, stadionul „Steaua” face parte din „Complexul Sportiv Steaua” fiind o arena tipica de fotbal (fara pista de atletism).
Constructia a fost inaugurata in aprilie 1974, cu ocazia unui meci amical Steaua – OFK Belgrad (scor 2-2). La inceputul deceniului 9 au inceput lucrarile instalatiei de nocturna, aceasta fiind inaugurata pe 14 august 1991, la un meci Steaua-FC Bacau (scor 4-1). Mai tarziu, in 1996, arena din Ghencea a fost modernizata in totalitate, tribunele fiind dotate cu scaune, cantonamentul jucatorilor de sub tribuna a doua fiind renovat la nivelul unui hotel de patru stele, iar utilitatile fiind aduse la standardele vremii.
Este stadionul pe care a jucat, in afara multiplei campioane a Romaniei – Steaua -, si echipa nationala, calificata pana in sferturile de finala ale Campionatului Mondial din 1994.
Stadionul „Steaua” reprezinta pentru toti stelistii o mare mandrie. Unic in tara prin facilitati, poate gazdui partide de fotbal la standardele impuse de FIFA si UEFA, atat in ceea ce priveste confortul si securitatea spectatorilor cat si al facilitatilor oferite mass-media.
Stadionul este dotat cu un sistem de supraveghere a spectatorilor dotat cu un numar de 7 camere fixe si 9 camere mobile, acestea avand posibilitatea de a lua imagini chiar si de la intrarea spectatorilor in stadion. La tribuna oficiala exista o camera de monitorizare performanta care este folosita, in caz de nevoie, de catre fortele de ordine. (www.steauafc.ro)

Steaua Bucharest plays its home matches at the Ghencea Stadium, a football stadium situated in South-Western Bucharest. Part of Complexul Sportiv Steaua, it was inaugurated on April 9, 1974 when Steaua played a friendly game against OFK Beograd, at which time it was the first football-only stadiums ever built in Communist Romania, with no track and field facilities. Thus, with the help of Steaua’s noisy supporters, the stands located very close to the pitch, create an atmosphere unique in Romania and otherwise intimidating for the visiting team.

The original capacity was 30,000, however in 1991 when the plastic seats where installed, the capacity dropped to 27,063. The floodlighting system, with a density of 1400 luces, has been inaugurated in 1991.

Today, following two general renovations in 1996 and 2006 in order to host UEFA Champions League games, Ghencea is the most modern stadium in Romania offering some state-of-art facilities such as: a four-star establishment with all the facilities required for the team, internet for the press-room, 17 cameras for video surveillance, electrically heated pitch, an automated irrigation system, and a modern scoreboard capable of playing replays.

Romania is also a tenant. The first game the national team played in Ghencea was in March 1977 against Turkey. Since then other 59 games were played, the last one in October 2006 against Belarus. (Wikipedia.org)