Koševo City Stadium (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Gradski stadion Koševo / Градски стадион Кошево),[1] also Koševo Olympic Stadium or StadiumAsim Ferhatović - Hase[4][5] (Stadion Asim Ferhatović Hase / Стадион Асим Ферхатовић Хасе) is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Koševo neighborhood of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its official name is Olimpijski stadion Koševo – Asim Ferhatović-Hase. Stadium is opened by the city, and leased on longterm basis by football club FK Sarajevo.[3] The club proposed the new name for its sporting and football events, in honor to its former footballer and club's legend, Asim Ferhatović - Hase. It hosted the opening ceremony of the 1984 Winter Olympics.
The stadium was opened in the year 1947. In 1984, it was reconstructed for the 1984 Winter Olympics, and is therefore often called Olympic Stadium. In July 2004, FK Sarajevo proposed the new name for sporting and football events, in honor to its former player and club's legend from the 1960s, Asim Ferhatović - Hase.
Construction works started in 1947. The stadium was literally buried into a local hill thus merging with its natural surroundings. In 1950, a pitch and a tartan track were also added. The first international football match, between Yugoslavia and Turkey, was played in 1954.
In 1966, the stadium hosted an athletic championship for the Balkans. It was renovated for that occasion. A new administration building was built, so were the new locker rooms and a restaurant. A modern scoreboard and new lighting were also provided.
The stadium was renovated for the third time after the Bosnian War, in 1998. By adding the chairs on every stand the seating capacity of the stadium was reduced to 34,500.
The stadium's largest attendance was recorded in a 1981–82 Yugoslav First League match between Sarajevo and Željezničar. Allegedly, up to 60,000 people attended the game, though the exact number was never officially published.
In April 2021, the stadium was leased to FK Sarajevo for operating the stadium for the next 30 to 45 years, making the stadium FK Sarajevo's de facto property.[2]
1984 Winter Olympics
On 7 February 1984, the Asim Ferhatović Hase stadium hosted the opening ceremonies of the 1984 Winter Olympics for which it was thoroughly renovated and expanded. About 50,000 people attended the ceremonies. The west stand held 18,500 seating places at that time.[6]
Panoramic view of Koševo Stadium during the 1984 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.
— Željo: Radović, Hrvat, Bećirspahić, Saračević, Hadžiabdić, Bratić, Jelušić [hr], Osim (Deraković), Bukal, Musemić (Janković), and Bajić (Kojović); head coach: Milan Ribar — Santos: Gilmar, Delgado, Turcão, Lima, Clodoaldo, Joel, Manoel Maria, Nené [pt; es], Edú, Douglas, Pelé, and Abel — scorers: 1:0 Bukal (45th min), 1:1 Pelé (78th min) — attendance: ~30,000 — 22-year-old FK Sarajevo and Yugoslav national team player Vahidin Musemić played the friendly match for his club's city rival Željo only twelve days after the Sarajevo derby in the Yugoslav First League, a match in which Sarajevo beat Željo 1-2 — the friendly match was Santos' fourth and final outing on their Yugoslav tour, (four friendly matches in nine days); before Željo they played Yugoslav First League sides Red Star (September 10th; 3-3), Dinamo Zagreb (September 13th; 1-1), and Radnički Kragujevac (September 16th; 4-4) — Željo played the friendly match in-between two of their league fixtures at the start of the 1969–70 Yugoslav First League; five days earlier, they had destroyed NK Olimpija 0-4 away in Ljubljana while only two days after playing Santos, they would host FK Vojvodina and beat them 3-1[7] — the crowd and media interest that Santos FC and their soon to be twenty-nine-year-old superstar Pelé garnered in Yugoslavia was sizeable; each of their four friendlies in the country was played in front of a packed stadium (~70,000 vs Red Star at Marakana, ~60,000 vs Dinamo at Maksimir, ~8,000 vs Radnički Kragujevac at Čika Dača, and ~30,000 vs Željo at Koševo) with each match broadcast live on Yugoslav television[8]
— Željo: Janjuš, Kojović [it], Bećirspahić, Bratić, Katalinski, Hadžiabdić, Jelušić [hr], Janković, Bukal, Sprečo, and Džajić; head coach: Milan Ribar — Inter: Bordon, Bedin, Oriali (46th min Burgnich), Jair, Bertini, Boninsegna, Mazzola, Frustalupi, Fabbian (46th min Cella), Giubertoni, and Corso; head coach: Giovanni Invernizzi — scorers: 0:1 Boninsegna (4th min), 1:1 Janković (15th min), 2:1 Džajić (45th min), 2:2 Boninsegna (63rd min), 2:3 Mazzola (67th min), 3:3 Bukal (70th min) — attendance: ~50,000 — 25-year-old Red Star Belgrade and Yugoslav national team star player Dragan Džajić played the friendly match for Željezničar[9] — several weeks before the friendly match, Inter Milan had finished their league season, winning their eleventh Serie A league title — Željo played the friendly match in-between their league fixtures from the end of the 1970–71 Yugoslav First League season; three days earlier they had beaten NK Maribor 5-0 at home and with two weeks (two matches) left in the league, Željo—trailing league leaders Hajduk Split by 3 points—still had a slight outside chance of winning the title — four days after the friendly match with Inter, Željo travelled away to Crvenka to face relegation battlers FK Crvenka and only got a 2-2 draw while Hajduk, despite trailing 3-0 at halftime, managed to score four goals within 38 minutes and defeat FK Partizan away 3-4 thus clinching the title[10][11]
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^1984 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 10-14, 90.
^Znate li da je slavni Pele postigao gol na Koševu?;klix.ba, 14 May 2011
^Željezničar igrao protiv milanskog Intera 3:3;klix.ba, 16 June 2012
^Vujnović, Tonči (26 April 2016). "1971god. Partizan-Hajduk 3-4". HajduckiPortal.hr. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
^Mornar, Zvone (June 1971). "Hajduk u blistavom stilu osvojio krunu nogometnog prvaka Jugoslavije: Koja je tajna njihova uspjeha?". VUS. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
^Real Madrid vodio 0:2, Sarajevo izjednačilo;klix.ba, 5 July 2011
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Kosevo City Stadium Bosnian Croatian and Serbian Gradski stadion Kosevo Gradski stadion Koshevo 1 also Kosevo Olympic Stadium or Stadium Asim Ferhatovic Hase 4 5 Stadion Asim Ferhatovic Hase Stadion Asim Ferhatoviћ Hase is a multi purpose stadium located in the Kosevo neighborhood of Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina Its official name is Olimpijski stadion Kosevo Asim Ferhatovic Hase Stadium is opened by the city and leased on longterm basis by football club FK Sarajevo 3 The club proposed the new name for its sporting and football events in honor to its former footballer and club s legend Asim Ferhatovic Hase It hosted the opening ceremony of the 1984 Winter Olympics Asim Ferhatovic Hase Stadium 1 Stadion Kosevo UEFAFull nameOlimpijski stadion Kosevo Asim Ferhatovic HaseLocationBetanija Centar Sarajevo Bosnia and HerzegovinaCoordinates43 52 26 N 18 24 31 E 43 87389 N 18 40861 E 43 87389 18 40861 Coordinates 43 52 26 N 18 24 31 E 43 87389 N 18 40861 E 43 87389 18 40861OwnerSarajevo City Council long term leased to FK SarajevoOperatorFK Sarajevo 2 Capacity37 500 3 Field size105 x 68 m 114 8 x 74 4 yd SurfaceHybrid grassScoreboardLEDConstructionBroke ground1946Opened1947Renovated19841996Expanded1984TenantsFK Sarajevo 1947 present Yugoslavia 1954 1989 FK Zeljeznicar 1968 1976 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1996 present Contents 1 Construction 2 History 2 1 1984 Winter Olympics 3 Notable events 3 1 International Football Matches 3 2 Notable Club Friendlies 4 Concerts 5 Other events 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksConstruction EditThe stadium was opened in the year 1947 In 1984 it was reconstructed for the 1984 Winter Olympics and is therefore often called Olympic Stadium In July 2004 FK Sarajevo proposed the new name for sporting and football events in honor to its former player and club s legend from the 1960s Asim Ferhatovic Hase Today the total capacity of Kosevo is 34 500 seat and up to 70 000 for musical and various public events such as U2 s concert as part of their PopMart Tour in 1997 and Dino Merlin s Burek tour in 2004 and Hotel Nacional in 2015 or hosting of papal pastoral visitations by Pope John Paul II between 12 13 April 1997 and Pope Francis on 6 June 2015 For a long time it was also the home stadium of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team History EditConstruction works started in 1947 The stadium was literally buried into a local hill thus merging with its natural surroundings In 1950 a pitch and a tartan track were also added The first international football match between Yugoslavia and Turkey was played in 1954 In 1966 the stadium hosted an athletic championship for the Balkans It was renovated for that occasion A new administration building was built so were the new locker rooms and a restaurant A modern scoreboard and new lighting were also provided The stadium was renovated for the third time after the Bosnian War in 1998 By adding the chairs on every stand the seating capacity of the stadium was reduced to 34 500 Throughout its football history the stadium was usually a home ground for FK Sarajevo s and FK Zeljeznicar s international matches The Sarajevo audience witnessed many great matches against Europe s finest clubs such as Manchester United Dynamo Kyiv Derby County Basel Hamburger SV Newcastle United Celtic etc The stadium s largest attendance was recorded in a 1981 82 Yugoslav First League match between Sarajevo and Zeljeznicar Allegedly up to 60 000 people attended the game though the exact number was never officially published In April 2021 the stadium was leased to FK Sarajevo for operating the stadium for the next 30 to 45 years making the stadium FK Sarajevo s de facto property 2 1984 Winter Olympics Edit On 7 February 1984 the Asim Ferhatovic Hase stadium hosted the opening ceremonies of the 1984 Winter Olympics for which it was thoroughly renovated and expanded About 50 000 people attended the ceremonies The west stand held 18 500 seating places at that time 6 Panoramic view of Kosevo Stadium during the 1984 Winter Olympics opening ceremony Notable events EditInternational Football Matches Edit Date Home Team Result Away Team Competition17 October 1954 Yugoslavia 5 1 Turkey Friendly8 April 1970 Yugoslavia 1 1 Austria Friendly22 September 1971 Yugoslavia 4 0 Mexico Friendly22 March 1980 Yugoslavia 2 1 Uruguay Friendly1 June 1983 Yugoslavia 1 0 Romania Friendly23 April 1985 Yugoslavia 0 0 France 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifying11 October 1989 Yugoslavia 1 0 Norway 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifying6 November 1996 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 1 Italy Friendly2 April 1997 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 1 Greece 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying20 August 1997 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 Denmark 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying10 September 1997 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 Slovenia 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying12 August 1998 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 Faroe Islands Euro 2000 qualifying5 September 1998 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 Estonia Euro 2000 qualifying10 October 1998 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 3 Czech Republic Euro 2000 qualifying5 June 1999 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 Lithuania Euro 2000 qualifying4 September 1999 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 2 Scotland Euro 2000 qualifying25 April 2000 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 1 FIFA XI Friendly16 August 2000 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 Turkey Friendly2 September 2000 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 2 Spain 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying24 March 2001 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 Austria 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying15 August 2001 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 Malta Friendly1 September 2001 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 Israel 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying21 August 2002 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2 FR Yugoslavia Friendly7 September 2002 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 3 Romania Euro 2004 qualifying11 October 2002 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 Germany Friendly11 October 2003 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 Denmark Euro 2004 qualifying9 October 2004 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 Serbia and Montenegro 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying30 March 2005 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 Lithuania 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying16 August 2006 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 2 France Friendly2 June 2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 Turkey Euro 2008 qualifying6 June 2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 Malta Euro 2008 qualifying22 August 2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 5 Croatia Friendly12 September 2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 1 Moldova Euro 2008 qualifying17 October 2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2 Norway Euro 2008 qualifying12 August 2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 3 Iran Friendly3 March 2010 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 1 Ghana Friendly7 September 2010 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2 France Euro 2012 qualifying10 August 2011 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 Greece Friendly14 August 2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 4 United States Friendly12 November 2020 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2 Iran FriendlyNotable Club Friendlies Edit Date Home Team Result Away Team Occasion Notes17 March 1965 FK Sarajevo 1 2 Soviet Union USSR s Yugoslav Tour Sarajevo Muftic Sirco Fazlagic Vujovic Prljaca Sehovic Biogradlic Ristic Cerkic Smajlovic Ferhatovic Blazevic Osim and Musovic Siljkut USSR Yashin Chertkov Shesternyov Ponomaryov Voronin Shustikov Chislenko Kazakov Metreveli Logofet and Meskhi scorers 0 1 Metreveli 15th min 0 2 Kazakov 51st min 1 2 Sehovic 67th min attendance 40 000 FK Zeljeznicar players Ivica Osim and Miso Smajlovic played the match for Sarajevo19 September 1969 FK Zeljeznicar 1 1 Santos FC Santos Yugoslav Tour Zeljo Radovic Hrvat Becirspahic Saracevic Hadziabdic Bratic Jelusic hr Osim Derakovic Bukal Musemic Jankovic and Bajic Kojovic head coach Milan Ribar Santos Gilmar Delgado Turcao Lima Clodoaldo Joel Manoel Maria Nene pt es Edu Douglas Pele and Abel scorers 1 0 Bukal 45th min 1 1 Pele 78th min attendance 30 000 22 year old FK Sarajevo and Yugoslav national team player Vahidin Musemic played the friendly match for his club s city rival Zeljo only twelve days after the Sarajevo derby in the Yugoslav First League a match in which Sarajevo beat Zeljo 1 2 the friendly match was Santos fourth and final outing on their Yugoslav tour four friendly matches in nine days before Zeljo they played Yugoslav First League sides Red Star September 10th 3 3 Dinamo Zagreb September 13th 1 1 and Radnicki Kragujevac September 16th 4 4 Zeljo played the friendly match in between two of their league fixtures at the start of the 1969 70 Yugoslav First League five days earlier they had destroyed NK Olimpija 0 4 away in Ljubljana while only two days after playing Santos they would host FK Vojvodina and beat them 3 1 7 the crowd and media interest that Santos FC and their soon to be twenty nine year old superstar Pele garnered in Yugoslavia was sizeable each of their four friendlies in the country was played in front of a packed stadium 70 000 vs Red Star at Marakana 60 000 vs Dinamo at Maksimir 8 000 vs Radnicki Kragujevac at Cika Daca and 30 000 vs Zeljo at Kosevo with each match broadcast live on Yugoslav television 8 16 June 1971 FK Zeljeznicar 3 3 Inter Milan FK Zeljeznicar 50th Anniversary Zeljo Janjus Kojovic it Becirspahic Bratic Katalinski Hadziabdic Jelusic hr Jankovic Bukal Spreco and Dzajic head coach Milan Ribar Inter Bordon Bedin Oriali 46th min Burgnich Jair Bertini Boninsegna Mazzola Frustalupi Fabbian 46th min Cella Giubertoni and Corso head coach Giovanni Invernizzi scorers 0 1 Boninsegna 4th min 1 1 Jankovic 15th min 2 1 Dzajic 45th min 2 2 Boninsegna 63rd min 2 3 Mazzola 67th min 3 3 Bukal 70th min attendance 50 000 25 year old Red Star Belgrade and Yugoslav national team star player Dragan Dzajic played the friendly match for Zeljeznicar 9 several weeks before the friendly match Inter Milan had finished their league season winning their eleventh Serie A league title Zeljo played the friendly match in between their league fixtures from the end of the 1970 71 Yugoslav First League season three days earlier they had beaten NK Maribor 5 0 at home and with two weeks two matches left in the league Zeljo trailing league leaders Hajduk Split by 3 points still had a slight outside chance of winning the title four days after the friendly match with Inter Zeljo travelled away to Crvenka to face relegation battlers FK Crvenka and only got a 2 2 draw while Hajduk despite trailing 3 0 at halftime managed to score four goals within 38 minutes and defeat FK Partizan away 3 4 thus clinching the title 10 11 17 August 1972 FK Sarajevo 2 2 Real Madrid C F FK Sarajevo 25th Anniversary Sarajevo Muftic Gruda Tesan Muzurovic Kuduz Sljivo Lubura Demir Rasevic D Simic R Simic Piric Musemic Ceric Francevic and Petkovic head coach Srboljub Markusevic Real Garcia Remon Tourino Jose Luis 45 Benito Verdugo Pirri Andres es 45 Zoco Amancio Grosso Santillana Velazquez and Aguilar head coach Miguel Munoz scorers 0 1 Aguilera 31st min 0 2 Pirri 36th min 1 2 Rasevic 41st min penalty kick 2 2 Piric 80th min reigning La Liga champions Real played the friendly match as part of their pre season training for the new La Liga season set to start two weeks later Sarajevo played the friendly match as final preparation ahead of travelling to Bor three days later for the opening of their 1972 73 Yugoslav First League campaign away at newly promoted FK Bor where Sarajevo would go on to lose in a 4 1 upset 12 Concerts EditZdravko Colic 7 September 1978 Putujuci zemljotres Tour the concert got stopped midway through due to heavy rain U2 23 September 1997 PopMart Tour Dino Merlin 31 July 2000 Sredinom Tour guests Adi Lukovac amp Ornamenti Ivana Banfic Amir Bjelanovic Tula Miro Asotic Dino Merlin 31 July 2004 Burek Tour guests Zeljko Joksimovic Ivana Banfic Nina Badric Edo Zanki Almir Hukelic Gani Tamir Bijelo dugme 15 June 2005 Haris Dzinovic 23 June 2007 guests Halid Beslic Hari Varesanovic Zeljko Joksimovic Enis Beslagic Moj ummete 2007 28 July 2007 Dino Merlin 19 July 2008 Ispocetka Tour guests Hari Varesanovic Vesna Zmijanac Tony Cetinski Eldin Huseinbegovic Ivana Banfic Baby Dooks Elvedin Krilic Hari Mata Hari 10 August 2009 Sreca Tour guests Nina Badric Dino Merlin Halid Beslic Drazen Zeric Zera Eldin Huseinbegovic Zeljko Joksimovic 12 June 2010 guests Halid Beslic Hari Varesanovic Jelena Tomasevic Zdravko Colic 31 July 2010 Kad pogledas me preko ramena Tour guests Dino Merlin Niksa Bratos Halid Beslic 22 June 2013 Romanija Tour guests Haris Dzinovic Zeljko Joksimovic Enes Begovic Dzenan Jahic Viki Miljkovic Colonia Enis Beslagic Dino Merlin 25 July 2015 Hotel Nacional Tour Zeljko Joksimovic 19 August 2016 Marija Serifovic 1 July 2018 guests Jelena Karleusa Other events Edit Pope Francis celebrating a mass at the stadium on 6 June 2015 Pope John Paul II celebrated a mass in the stadium in front of 50 000 people 13 April 1997 Pope Francis celebrated a mass in the stadium in front of 67 000 people 6 June 2015See also EditList of football stadiums in Bosnia and HerzegovinaReferences Edit a b Opcina Centar Sarajevo a b Usvojen Nacrt ugovora o zakupu stadiona Asim Ferhatovic Hase In Bosnian Opcina Centar Sarajevo Opcina centar Retrieved 27 April 2021 a b Stadion FK Sarajevo 45 search results for stadion Kosevo sarajevo ba in Bosnian and English Grad Sarajevo City of Sarajevo stadium owner Archived from the original on 5 January 2017 Retrieved 4 January 2017 25 search results for stadion Asim Ferhatovic Hase sarajevo ba in Bosnian and English Grad Sarajevo City of Sarajevo stadium owner Archived from the original on 5 January 2017 Retrieved 4 January 2017 1984 Winter Olympics official report pp 10 14 90 Znate li da je slavni Pele postigao gol na Kosevu klix ba 14 May 2011 Pele na jugoslovenskoj turneji strategija org Zeljeznicar igrao protiv milanskog Intera 3 3 klix ba 16 June 2012 Vujnovic Tonci 26 April 2016 1971god Partizan Hajduk 3 4 HajduckiPortal hr Retrieved 23 August 2022 Mornar Zvone June 1971 Hajduk u blistavom stilu osvojio krunu nogometnog prvaka Jugoslavije Koja je tajna njihova uspjeha VUS Retrieved 23 August 2022 Real Madrid vodio 0 2 Sarajevo izjednacilo klix ba 5 July 2011External links Edit 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