SC Milan Muškatirović Sports Centre
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Constructed: 1971-1974
Architect: Ivan Antić
Alternative name: Sport-Recreational Centre ’25 May’
Genre: Modernist, Socialist architecture, former Yugoslavia
The sports centre was purpose-built for the first World Water Sports Championships, which Belgrade hosted in late August/early September 1973. The original name of the complex is associated with Youth Day, a public holiday in the former Yugoslavia that took place annually on Tito’s birthday between 1945 and 1988. It was renamed in 2005 in honour of Milan Muškatirović, the Yugoslav water polo player who was most prominent in the 1960s and considered one of the sport’s best goalkeepers during this time.
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