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| Full name | Stadionul Ilie Oană |
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| Address | 26 Stadionului Street |
| Location | Ploiești, Romania |
| Coordinates | 44°56′26.1″N26°02′04.2″E / 44.940583°N 26.034500°E /44.940583; 26.034500 |
| Owner | Consiliul Local Ploiești |
| Operator | Petrolul Ploiești |
| Capacity | 15,073[2] |
| Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | August 2010 |
| Opened | 25 September 2011 |
| Construction cost | €17,500,000 (€22 million in 2021 euros)[1] |
| Architect | Alpine Bau |
| Main contractors | All Plan Construction |
| Tenants | |
| Petrolul Ploiești (2011–present) | |
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TheIlie Oană Stadium (Romanian:Stadionul Ilie Oană) is afootball stadium inPloiești, Romania. It has been the home ground ofPetrolul Ploiești since its inauguration in September 2011, and has a capacity of 15,073 spectators.[2] The stadium was built on the site of theformer arena, which was completed in 1937 and demolished in 2010.[3]
Being ranked as aUEFA Category 4 stadium,[4] Ilie Oană can hostEuropa League semi-finals andChampions League group stage matches. The stadium is named afterIlie Oană, a legendary player and coach of Petrolul Ploiești.[5]
The first match to be played at the stadium was anexhibition game in September 2011, between a team of formerPetrolul Ploiești footballers which won theCupa României in 1995 and a selection of former Romanian internationals, among whichGheorghe Hagi,Gheorghe Popescu,Viorel Moldovan,Ovidiu Stângă andDaniel Prodan. The former internationals won the match 4–3 and the first goal scored on this stadium belonged to Cristian Zmoleanu.[6]
On 25 September 2011, Petrolul Ploiești played its first competitive match at the stadium, aLiga I fixture againstDinamo București.Cosmin Moți scored the first goal of the game and thus the first official goal at new Ilie Oană Stadium. Petrolul played its firstEuropean game on the stadium on 13 July 2013, a 3–0 defeat ofVíkingur counting for theUEFA Europa League qualifiers.
TheRomania national team played its first official match at the Ilie Oană on 29 March 2015, a 1–0 win over theFaroe Islands in theUEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers. Due to its proximity to the capitalBucharest, the stadium has continued to host Romania senior matches in recent years.
800 metres from Ilie Oană there is a Ploiești tramway station named "Muzeul de Istorie" (line 101). It links the stadium with the north of the city and Ploiești-South Railstation.
TheTCE bus lines with a stop close to Ilie Oană are:
The stadium is 45.6 kilometres (28.3 miles) away from theHenri Coandă International Airport inOtopeni, a town located north of Bucharest.
| International football matches | |||||
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| Date | Competition | Home | Away | Score | Attendance |
| 13 August 2014 | Friendly |  Romania U21 |  Italy U21 | 2–1 | c. 1,000 |
| 29 March 2015 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying | Romania |  Faroe Islands | 1–0 | 13,898 |
| 5 October 2017 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | Romania |  Kazakhstan | 3–1 | 10,123 |
| 5 June 2018 | Friendly | Romania |  Finland | 2–0 | 13,312 |
| 7 September 2018 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League | Romania |  Montenegro | 0–0 | 0 (closed doors) |
| 16 October 2018 | 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification | Romania U21 |  Liechtenstein U21 | 4–0 | 12,108 |
| 17 November 2018 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League | Romania |  Lithuania | 3–0 | 50 (only away) |
| 8 September 2019 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying | Romania |  Malta | 1–0 | 13,376 |
| 14 October 2020 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League | Romania |  Austria | 0–1 | 0 |
| 18 November 2025 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification | Romania |  San Marino | 7–1 | 8.426 |
| International football clubs matches | |||||
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| Date | Competition | Home | Away | Score | Attendance |
| 12 November 2011 | Friendly | Petrolul Ploiești |  Partizan | 1–0 | |
| 15 July 2012 | Friendly | Petrolul Ploiești |  AEK Athens | 4–0 | c. 9,000 |
| 7 September 2012 | Friendly | Petrolul Ploiești |  Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–3 | 7,420 |
| 18 July 2013 | UEFA Europa League | Petrolul Ploiești | Víkingur | 3–0 | 9,854 |
| 1 August 2013 | UEFA Europa League | Petrolul Ploiești |  Vitesse | 1–1 | 11,827 |
| 29 August 2013 | UEFA Europa League | Petrolul Ploiești |  Swansea City | 2–1 | 12,880 |
| 17 July 2014 | UEFA Europa League | Petrolul Ploiești |  Flamurtari Vlorë | 2–0 | 8,714 |
| 31 July 2014 | UEFA Europa League | Petrolul Ploiești |  Viktoria Plzeň | 1–1 | 11,244 |
| 21 August 2014 | UEFA Europa League | Petrolul Ploiești |  Dinamo Zagreb | 1–3 | 13,460 |
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