The Slava Metreveli Central Stadium (Russian: Центральный стадион имени Славы Метревели, Tsentralnyi Stadion imeni Slavy Metreveli) is a multi-purpose stadium in Sochi, Russia, named after the Soviet footballer. It is used mostly for football matches and sometimes in other sports disciplines.
Central Stadium | |
 view of Central Stadium of Slava Metreveli | |
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| Location | Sochi, Russia |
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| Coordinates | 43°33′54″N 39°45′10″E / 43.5651°N 39.7527°E |
| Owner | City municipality |
| Operator | Federal State Unitary Enterprise "South Sports" |
| Executive suites | 30 |
| Capacity | 10,200 |
| Record attendance | 8'800 |
| Field size | 105×68 м |
| Surface | Grass |
| Scoreboard | Electroimpex Hungary |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1961 |
| Opened | 19 April 1964 |
| Renovated | 1991 |
| Expanded | 2010 |
| Tenants | |
| Zhemchuzhina Sochi (1991-2012) FC Sochi-04 (2004-2009) FC Sochi 2013 (2013-2017) | |
The stadium was opened 19 April 1964 football match between Syria and the RSFSR
The stadium seats 10,200 people.
Record attendance is set to 1/16 final match between the teams of the Cup of Russia FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi and Rostov (Rostov-on-Don) (1:2, 17 July 2011)
On 3 December 2010 the stadium was visited by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for the first time.[1]
International matches
edit| 6 March 1973 European Cup Winners | FC Spartak Moscow  | 0–1 |  AC Milan | |
| 22:00 | Report | Romeo Benetti  62' |
Attendance: 18,000 (?) Referee: John Keith Taylor  |
| 6 April 2011 Friendly Under-19 | Russia  | 1–0 | Italy | |
| 18:00 | Alexsandr Kozlov 16' |
Referee: Vitali Anisimov |
| 27 March 2015 Women's Under-17 Championship | Belgium  | 0–4 |  Spain | |
| 14:00 | Referee: Henrikke Nervik  |
References
editExternal links
edit- (in Russian and English) Website about Federal State Unitary Enterprise "South Sports"
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