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Name
Elbasan Arena
Alternate: Ruzhdi Bizhuta

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Next Event
AF Elbasani vs SK Tirana
Sun 24 Nov 2024 16:00

Established
1967 (57 years old)

Capacity
12,800

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Country
Albania

Location
Elbasan

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Coordinates
41°06′57.15″N - 20°05′31.17″E

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Upcoming

24 Nov	AF Elbasani	-	SK Tirana		4:00pm
04 Dec	AF Elbasani	-	KF Bylis		3:30pm
08 Dec	AF Elbasani	-	KF Vllaznia		3:30pm
11 Jan	AF Elbasani	-	KS Teuta		1:00pm
21 Jan	AF Elbasani	-	Laci		1:00pm
09 Feb	AF Elbasani	-	Egnatia		1:00pm
02 Mar	AF Elbasani	-	Partizani		2:00pm

Past Events

04 Nov	AF Elbasani	0 - 5	Dinamo City
26 Oct	AF Elbasani	1 - 1	Skenderbeu
20 Oct	AF Elbasani	1 - 1	Partizani
22 Sep	AF Elbasani	0 - 0	Egnatia
12 Sep	AF Elbasani	1 - 0	Laci
26 Aug	AF Elbasani	3 - 0	KS Teuta
15 May	Flamurtari V	0 - 0	Apolonia

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Elbasan Arena (Albanian: Elbasan Arena, formerly known as Ruzhdi Bizhuta) is a multi-purpose stadium in Elbasan, Albania. The stadium was completed in 1967 and has been the home ground of KF Elbasani ever since. The stadium was under reconstruction and was officially inaugurated on 8 October 2014 in time for the match against Denmark, valid for the qualifiers of UEFA Euro 2016, with total capacity of 12,800, making it the 3rd largest in Albania, after the Air Albania Stadium in Tirana.

Elbasan Arena first opened in 1967 under the name of Ruzhdi Bizhuta Stadion who was one of KF Elbasani’s most famous players. Constructed in the 1960s, the ground was built to replace the club’s former ground which had slowly become a set of outdated facilities.

For the majority of Ruzhdi Bizhuta’s history, the stadium has been used exclusively by KF Elbasani but in January 2014 it was announced that the ground would host Albania’s qualification matches of Euro 2016. This decision was taken by the Albanian Football Federation in order to allow the usual national stadium Qemal Stafa to undergo extensive renovation work.


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