Pod Goricom

The building gives the stadium a modern profile, yet the stadium sits in a city that has not always looked this way.

Inside the gates the seats are uniform, turning darker when the stands fill. The players' names on the advertising hoardings change with the season, but the words "PEACE" and "МИР" remain fixed in Cyrillic and Latin, a reminder of the match that ended in a forfeit win for Russia after a flare struck the goal. The pitch itself is natural grass, the kind that takes the bruising of a winter campaign without complaint.

The stadium fell silent when the national team played its first ever game here in 2007, a moment that mattered more than the result. Since then, it has been the home for FK Budućnost and the national side alike. The capacity has changed over time, shrinking and shrinking again as safety rules tightened, but the feeling of the place has not. It is a ground that feels older than its concrete, rooted in a time when wooden stands caught fire and were rebuilt without record. The new main stand is promised for 2025, and the old one may finally go, but for now the arches hold their shape.