Toše Proeski Arena

National Arena Toše Proeski (Macedonian: Национална арена "Тоше Проески") is a sports stadium in Skopje, North Macedonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches, but also for concerts or athletics. It is the home stadium of Vardar and Rabotnichki from Skopje, who are competing in the Macedonian First League, as well as the home ground of the North Macedonia national football team on almost all occasions (the other venues rarely chosen being the Goce Delčev Stadium in Prilep, or SRC Biljanini Izvori in Ohrid).

National Arena Toše Proeski
Национална Арена Тоше Проески
Former namesCity Park (1947–2009)
Arena Philip II (2009–2019)
LocationSkopje, North Macedonia
Coordinates42°0′20″N 21°25′32″E
OperatorJPSSO
Capacity33,011
Record attendance32,120
Field size105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
SurfaceGrass
ScoreboardLED
Construction
Opened1947
Expanded2011
Tenants
FK Vardar (19472021)
FK Rabotnički
North Macedonia national football team (1994present)

The stadium was previously known as the City Park Stadium (Macedonian: Cтадион Градски парк; Stadion Gradski Park) until 2009 and Philip II National Arena (Macedonian: Национална арена "Филип Втори") until 2019. By an executive decision of the government of North Macedonia adopted on 9 April 2019, the National Arena was renamed "National Arena Todor Proeski" in honour of the Macedonian pop icon Todor "Toše" Proeski and as result of the Prespa agreement's obligation to de-antiquization. With the capacity of just over 33,000, the National Arena is the largest stadium in the country and one of the largest in Southeastern Europe.

The stadium hosted the 2017 UEFA Super Cup.

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