Bijeli Brijeg Stadium
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Bijeli Brijeg, officially name: Stadium of HŠK Zrinjski (hr:
Croatian language
Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...

 Stadion Hrvatskog športskog kluba Zrinjski) is a football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

 in the city of Mostar
Mostar
Mostar is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the largest and one of the most important cities in the Herzegovina region and the center of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation. Mostar is situated on the Neretva river and is the fifth-largest city in the country...

 in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

. It is currently the home of HŠK Zrinjski Mostar
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar is a football team from the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and has been one of the top teams in the country over the years....

. It formerly served as Velež Mostar
Velež Mostar
FK Velež , successor of RŠD Velež, is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, from the city of Mostar, founded on June 22, 1922....

's stadium. The stadium was built in 1971 and currently has a capacity of 25,000. http://www.hskzrinjski.ba/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=44&lang=en

Its name literally means "white hill".

The stadium of Bijeli Brijeg is situated in the west side of the city and since the club HŠK Zrinjski Mostar was refounded by Croats in 1992, Bijeli Brijeg became the home stadium of HŠK Zrinjski Mostar.

Bijeli Brijeg is the second largest stadium in Bosnia and Herzegovina after Koševo.
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