The construction of the stadium began in November 1949 and took eight years for various reasons. Finally, the club's new football home was finished on 6 June 1957. The newly built stadium has received 30,000 spectators and the first game which was played on, was between Radnički Kragujevac and Partizan Belgrade and it ended 2-2. The largest attendance in a Yugoslav First League game was on 24 August 1969 when Radnički played against Hajduk Split in front of a crowd of 35,000. The largest attendance ever recorded in the stadium took place in 1969 when Radnički played a friendly match against Santos at which 40,000 spectators came to watch the legendary Pelé play in Yugoslavia for the first time.[3][4]
In 2007, the stadium underwent a refurbishment, which included the installation of 15,100 bucket seats.[5] However, in 2012, seats were removed from the nine northeasternmost sectors of the stadium. The stadium remained limited by the lack of floodlights, restricting game schedules to daylight hours.[6]
New stadium plans
In May 2023, the construction works of a new 20,000 seater stadium are expected to start. It's expected to cost €70,000,000.[7][8]
In January 2024, the government suspended the ongoing process due to all received offers surpassing the predetermined maximum budget for the project by at least 50%.[9]