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.