{{Short description|Football stadium in Celje, Slovenia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox venue | name = Stadion Z'dežele | image = Arena Petrol 2013.jpg | location = Lower Hudinja, Celje, Slovenia | coordinates = {{coord|46|14|48|N|15|16|12|E|type:landmark}} | former_names = Arena Petrol | nickname = | broke_ground = 1999<ref name="stadiuminfo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nk-celje.si/sl/arena|title=Stadion|publisher=NK Celje|language=sl|access-date=30 April 2024}}</ref> | built = 1999–2003 | opened = 9 September 2003<ref name="stadiuminfo"/> | renovated = 2024<ref>{{cite web |last1=Possnig |first1=Gordana |title=Celje: Posodobili bodo nogometni stadion, ki zdaj ne ustreza standardom |url=https://vecer.com/celjsko/celje-posodobili-bodo-nogometni-stadion-ki-zdaj-ne-ustreza-standardom-10356632 |website=Večer |access-date=30 May 2024 |language=sl |date=13 May 2024}}</ref> | expanded = 2003–2008 | owner = City Municipality of Celje | operator = ZPO Celje | surface = Grass | construction_cost = €16.5 million<ref name="stadiuminfo"/> | architect = Bojan Purg, Dragan Stevovič, Reichenberg architects<ref name="stadiuminfo"/> | general_contractor = CM Celje<ref name="stadiuminfo"/> | tenants = Celje (2003–present)<br />Šampion Celje (2011–2014) | seating_capacity = 13,059<ref name="stadiuminfo"/> | dimensions = {{convert|105|×|68|m|yd|abbr=off}} | record_attendance = {{formatnum:12512}} (Celje–Fiorentina, 10 April 2025)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nogomania.com/Slovenski-Nogomet/Ekipa/Celje/Novica/Podoba-ki-odhaja-v-anale-kluba-V-Celju-so-nasteli-rekordno-stevilo-gledalcev |title=Podoba, ki odhaja v anale kluba: V Celju so našteli rekordno število gledalcev |publisher=Nogomania |language=sl |access-date=11 April 2025|date=11 April 2025}}</ref> }}
'''Stadion Z'dežele''' is a football stadium in Celje, Slovenia. It has been the home ground of NK Celje since 2003. Prior to July 2017, the stadium had been called '''Arena Petrol'''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ekipa.svet24.si/clanek/nogomet/prva-liga/595b7698736a3/celjski-stadion-z-novim-imenom-odslej-bo-arena-zdezele|website=Ekipa24|language=sl|access-date=4 July 2017|date=4 July 2017|title=Celjski stadion z novim imenom, odslej bo Arena Z'dežele}}</ref>
At the time of its opening, Arena Petrol was the most modern football stadium in Slovenia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nogometni stadion Arena Petrol |url=http://www.zpo.si/vsebina.asp?id=59 |year=2007 |access-date=18 January 2013 |language=sl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216083614/http://www.zpo.si/vsebina.asp?id=59 |archive-date=16 February 2012 }}</ref> It took its name from its principal sponsor, the Slovenian oil company Petrol. The stadium was opened on 9 September 2003 with a single stand that could accommodate 3,600 spectators.<ref name="stadiuminfo"/> In the following years, three additional stands were built until the stadium was completed in 2008 with a capacity of 13,059 seats, of which 7,000 are covered.<ref name="stadiuminfo"/> The stadium pitch is 105 metres long and 68 metres wide and covered with natural grass. The stadium also features a pitch heating system and floodlighting.<ref name="stadiuminfo"/>
Between 2004 and 2007, the stadium served as the main venue for all competitive home matches of the Slovenia national football team, before being replaced by Ljudski vrt and later Stožice Stadium.
==Stands== *Main stand (3,600 seats)<ref name="stadiuminfo"/> *West stand (4,850 seats)<ref name="stadiuminfo"/> *North stand (3,000 seats)<ref name="stadiuminfo"/> *South stand (1,500 seats)<ref name="stadiuminfo"/>
==Slovenia national team matches== {{See also|Slovenia national football team results}} {| class="wikitable" !Date !Competition !Opponent !Result |- |31 March 2004 || Friendly|| {{fb|LAT}} | style="background: #fdd; text-align:center;"|0–1 |- |4 September 2004 || 2006 FIFA World Cup Q || {{fb|Moldova}} | style="background: #dfd; text-align:center;"|3–0 |- |9 October 2004 || 2006 FIFA World Cup Q || {{fb|ITA}} | style="background: #dfd; text-align:center;"|1–0 |- |9 February 2005 || Friendly || {{fb|CZE}} || style="background: #fdd; text-align:center;"|0–3 |- |26 March 2005 || Friendly || {{fb|GER}} || style="background: #fdd; text-align:center;"|0–1 |- |30 March 2005 || 2006 FIFA World Cup Q || {{fb|BLR}} || style="background: #ffd; text-align:center;"|1–1 |- |3 September 2005 || 2006 FIFA World Cup Q || {{fb|NOR}} || style="background: #fdd; text-align:center;"|2–3 |- |12 October 2005 || 2006 FIFA World Cup Q || {{fb|SCO}} || style="background: #fdd; text-align:center;"|0–3 |- |31 May 2006 || Friendly || {{fb|Trinidad and Tobago}} || style="background: #dfd; text-align:center;"|3–1 |- |15 August 2006 || Friendly || {{fb|ISR}} || style="background: #ffd; text-align:center;"|1–1 |- |7 October 2006 || UEFA Euro 2008 Q || {{fb|LUX}} || style="background: #dfd; text-align:center;"|2–0 |- |28 March 2007 || UEFA Euro 2008 Q || {{fb|NED}} || style="background: #fdd; text-align:center;"|0–1 |- |2 June 2007 || UEFA Euro 2008 Q || {{fb|ROM}} || style="background: #fdd; text-align:center;"|1–2 |- |12 September 2007 || UEFA Euro 2008 Q || {{fb|BLR}} || style="background: #dfd; text-align:center;"|1–0 |- |13 October 2007 || UEFA Euro 2008 Q || {{fb|ALB}} || style="background: #ffd; text-align:center;"|0–0 |- |21 November 2007 || UEFA Euro 2008 Q || {{fb|BUL}} || style="background: #fdd; text-align:center;"|0–2 |- |19 November 2013 || Friendly || {{fb|Canada}} || style="background: #dfd; text-align:center;"|1–0 |- |10 June 2025 || Friendly || {{fb|BIH}} || style="background: #dfd; text-align:center;"|2–1 |}
==See also== *List of football stadiums in Slovenia
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://stadioni.org/celje/arena-petrol/ Stadion Z'dežele on Football Stadiums of Slovenia] {{in lang|sl}}
{{Prva SNL Stadiums}} {{NK Celje}} {{Slovenia national football team}}
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