Maksimir Stadium [Zagreb, Croatia] by maiers

Maksimir Stadium (Croatian: Stadion Maksimir) is a stadium in the Croatian capital of Zagreb. It takes its name from the neighbourhood of Maksimir. It is primarily the home of Dinamo Zagreb, the top football team in the country.

The stadium was first opened May 5, 1912. Over its history it has gone through many facelifts, but starting in 1997 it received a major rebuilding that lifted its seating capacity to over 40 000.^[1] Many of the Croatian national football team's games are played at Maksimir, which competes with Poljud stadium for the biggest matches. For 14 years the Croatian football team had a proud unbeaten record at this stadium in any competitive match, however on 10th September 2008 (two years after suffering a 2-0 defeat at the same venue) England became the first team to beat Croatia in Zagreb, coasting to a 4-1 victory.