Dealul Florilor Stadium
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Stadionul Viorel Mateianu is a multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...

 in Baia Mare
Baia Mare
Baia Mare is a municipality in northwestern Romania and the capital of Maramureş County. The city is situated about 600 kilometres from Bucharest, the capital of Romania, 70 kilometres from the border with Hungary and 50 kilometres from the border with Ukraine...

. It is the home ground of FC Maramureş Universitar Baia Mare
FC Maramureş Universitar Baia Mare
FC Maramureş Universitar Baia Mare is a Romanian football team from Baia Mare, Maramureş County, founded in 2010.-History:The club was founded in 2010 to continue the football tradition in Baia Mare after the dissolution of FC Baia Mare....

. It holds 15,500 people.

It was built in the early 1950s. The stands used to be overcrowded during FC Baia Mare
FC Baia Mare
FC Baia Mare was a Romanian football club, based in Baia Mare, Maramureș, northern Romania. In the 2009–10 season, they played in the Liga II . The team played at Dealul Florilor Stadium , which hosted big names of European football such as Real Madrid, Dinamo Bucharest and Steaua Bucharest in the...

's golden era when between 20,000 and 25,000 people used to come and see the local team playing.

Big names of European football, such as Real Madrid
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

 and Steaua Bucharest, played on this stadium in the past.

The stadium is ranked 22nd in order of capacity in Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

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Previously the stadium was named 23 August and Dealul Florilor.http://www.liga2.ro/seria-2/dealul-florilor-devine-viorel-mateianu-5185061

The stadium is named after Viorel Mateianu
Viorel Mateianu
Viorel Mateianu was a Romanian football player and coach.Mateianu was born in Lipăneşti, Prahova and died in Bucharest....

, the famous coach that trained FC Baia Mare between 1977-1981.

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