It hosted a match between Yugoslavia and Netherlands in the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying tournament,[3] and in April 2010 a match between Croatia national rugby union team playing against Netherlands in the 2008-10 European Nations Cup tournament.

[citation needed] Stari plac is the home ground of Rugby Club Nada Split.

The area the stadium was built on was originally a gasworks and was also used as a military training ground by the army.

[4] It was initially used as the home stadium of HNK Hajduk Split,[2] and although it was their basic venue in the early years and it was not until 1926 that the first stand was built.

After the war the stadium received a major reconstruction with a new drainage system, and a wooden west stand for 1400 people.