Zvezda Stadium (Russian: «Звезда»), until 1991 Lenin Komsomol Stadium (Russian: стадион имени Ленинского комсомола), is a multi-use stadium in Perm, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Amkar Perm, Zvezda Perm and a women's club Zvezda-2005 Perm.[1] The stadium holds 17,000 people and was opened on June 5, 1969.[2]

Zvezda Stadium
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Former namesLenin Komsomol Stadium
LocationPerm, Russia
Coordinates57°59′26.50″N 56°14′40.69″E / 57.9906944°N 56.2446361°E / 57.9906944; 56.2446361
Capacity17,000
Surfaceartificial turf
OpenedJune 5, 1969 (1969-06-05)
Tenants
FC Zvezda Perm

FC Amkar Perm

FC Zvezda-2005 Perm

History

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The stadium opened its doors on June 5, 1969 with a match between Zvezda Perm and Sokol Saratov.

The field was covered with artificial turf in 2005.

On August 3rd, 2009 the stadium received the UEFA Certification "Quality Concept Football Turf - 2 stars", which lets the stadium host international matches up to the UEFA Europa League quarterfinals and Round of 16 of UEFA Champions League.[3]

On August 27th, 2009 it hosted its first ever Europa League match, a qualification game between Amkar Perm and Fulham F.C., that finished with the Russian team's victory - 1:0. The only goal was scored by Martin Kushev.[4]

In 2015 one of the stadium's sectors - number 14 - was named in honor of Zahari Sirakov, a former FC Amkar Perm player, who played for 12 years for the club.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Russia - FK Zvezda 2005 Perm - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  2. ^ "Zvezda Stadium | FC Amkar".
  3. ^ ""Амкар" может играть на "Звезде" до 1/4 финала Лиги Европы | Championat". Archived from the original on 2009-08-06.
  4. ^ "«Амкар» Пермь - «Фулхэм» Лондон - 1:0 27.08.2009". footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  5. ^ "На стадионе «Звезда» появился именной сектор Захари Сиракова". www.business-class.su (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-04-22.
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