The all-seater stadium opened in 2017 and has a capacity of 30,983, the fourth largest football ground in Romania.

The ground is named after Ion Oblemenco (1945–1996), a legendary player and coach of Universitatea Craiova.

[11] To celebrate the opening of the stadium, Universitatea Craiova played a friendly on 10 November, 2017 against the Czech side Slavia Prague.

[12][13] The stadium officially opened with a ceremony on 18 November, 2017 before its first competitive senior game, the Liga I match against Juventus București.

The match was won by Universitatea Craiova 3–1, with Alexandru Mitriță scoring the first ever official goal at the new stadium.