Shrine to Sports and New Symbol of Serbia, with a circular base of 292 metres in diameter and a height of 52 metres, the largest football arena in the country will have a total of nine levels and a capacity of 52,000 seats

In Surčin, next to the site where Serbia will host the creative world in 2027 at the Specialised EXPO exhibition, the National Football Stadium is emerging, as a monumental facility set to become the biggest infrastructural achievement in the fields of sports, architecture and construction in Serbia’s modern history. With a capacity of 52,000 seats and the surface area of 32 hectares, the National Stadium complex will be the largest sports structure in the country, comparable to the most modern facilities in Europe.
When the laying of the cornerstone in the form of a ball with autographs of Serbian football legends and the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić took place on 1 May 2024, this was the symbolic beginning of the construction of the National Stadium and a new chapter in Serbia’s sports history.

The stadium has been designed according to the highest standards of FIFA and UEFA and will host the final match of the UEFA Europa League in 2028. It will also be eligible for the organization of the most significant international sports competitions. In addition to football matches, the new stadium will be used throughout the year as a venue for concerts, large-scale manifestations and other social, educational, cultural, and entertainment events. All of this will open up a broad range of opportunities for tourism development and will provide additional income to the Serbian economy, which will place the National Stadium among the infrastructural projects of the highest strategic importance to the country.

It is expected that the construction of the National Stadium will position Serbia among the European leaders in the fields of sports, construction, and sustainable development while also encouraging the expansion of domestic economy, hospitality industry, services, and infrastructure. It will be one of the most impressive structures within the EXPO complex, a masterpiece of architecture and engineering which will be the global epicentre of cultural and artistic life, international economic, cultural and technological cooperation over the three months of its duration.

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