Sheriff Arena Explained

Stadium Name:Sheriff Arena
Native Name:Главная арена спорткомплекса «Шериф»
Arena principală a complexului sportiv „Sheriff”
Address:1/2 Karl Liebknecht Street
City:Tiraspol
Country:Moldova
Built:August 2000 – May 2002
Owner:Sheriff Tiraspol
Surface:Grass
Tenants:Sheriff Tiraspol
FC Tiraspol (2001–2015)
Transnistria national football team
Seating Capacity:12,746
Dimensions:106 x 69 m

Sheriff Arena is home to Sheriff Tiraspol, a football team based in Tiraspol, capital of Transnistria, a breakaway region of Moldova. It is owned by the local Sheriff corporation. It has a capacity of 12,746.[1]

The stadium occupies more than 40 hectares and consists of the main field plus five other fields, training fields, a covered indoor arena for winter use as well as a soccer school for children and on-site residences for the players of Sheriff Tiraspol.

In June 2022, UEFA ordered that no European games would be permitted to be played in Transnistria, as a direct consequence of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2] Sheriff played all of their home fixtures in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League and 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League at Zimbru Stadium in Chișinău.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Splash.
  2. Web site: UEFA announces that no UEFA competition matches shall be played in the region of Transnistria until further notice. UEFA. 24 June 2022. 25 June 2022.