Slava Metreveli Central Stadium Explained

Slava Metreveli Central Stadium
Nickname:Central Stadium
Location:Sochi, Russia
Coordinates:43.5651°N 39.7527°W
Built:1961
Opened:19 April 1964
Renovated:1991
Expanded:2010
Owner:City municipality
Operator:Federal State Unitary Enterprise "South Sports"
Surface:Grass
Scoreboard:Electroimpex Hungary
Capacity:10,200
Suites:30
Record Attendance:8'800
Dimensions:105×68 м
Tenants:Zhemchuzhina Sochi (1991-2012)
FC Sochi-04 (2004-2009)
FC Sochi 2013 (2013-2017)

The Slava Metreveli Central Stadium (Russian: link=no|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.

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]

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Notes and References

  1. http://allstadiums.ru/evropa/stadiony-rossii/centralnyy-stadion-imeni-slavy-metreveli.html Центральный стадион имени Славы Метревели (Сочи),Все стадионы