Arena Ludogorez

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Arena Ludogorez
The Ludogorez arena in June 2018
The Ludogorez arena in June 2018
Earlier names

Gradski stadium Dianko Stefanov (1954–2011)

Data
place Bulvard "Vasil Levski" 43 7200 Razgrad , Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgaria
Coordinates 43 ° 32 '4.9 "  N , 26 ° 31' 39.3"  E Coordinates: 43 ° 32 '4.9 "  N , 26 ° 31' 39.3"  E
owner City of Razgrad
operator Ludogorez Razgrad
opening 1954
September 25, 2011 (reopening)
Extensions 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
surface Natural grass
architect Ardist OOD
RB Green OOD
capacity 9000 seats
playing area 105 × 69 m
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Events

The Arena Ludogorez ( Bulgarian Лудогорец Арена ) is a football stadium in the Bulgarian city ​​of Razgrad . It is the home ground of the Ludogorets Razgrad football club .

history

The Arena Ludogorez was built in 2011 and opened on September 25th of that year. A stadium previously existed at the same location. The Gradski stadion Dianko Stefanov ( German  Municipal Stadium Dianko Stefanov ), built in 1954, was out of date and was demolished in order to build a modern arena that would meet the needs of the first Bulgarian football league. The new Ludogorez arena currently offers space for 9,000 spectators, although this capacity was achieved in the course of two expansion measures in 2013 and 2015. These additions were made to prepare the stadium for European Cup matches after Ludogorez Razgrad qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in the 2014/15 season . Since the Ludogorez Arena did not yet have the standard for European matches at that time, Ludogorez Razgrad's Champions League games were played in the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia .

After the club signed a lease for 35 years in 2016, they promised to build three more grandstands at their own expense. Ludogorez Razgrad expects around ten years and investments of BGN 18.5 million  (approx. EUR 9.5 million). In mid-August 2017, the new main grandstand with 3500 seats was inaugurated on the east side. It was built from March to August of that year and replaced the old tier with 2038 seats. The next step is to build a grandstand on the back straight to the west. The plans for the next construction phase envisage back-door stands in the north and then in the south. In the end, a modern category 4 stadium with 12,500 seats is to be built.

For a long time, the Ludogorez Razgrad association, founded in 1945, was far from being successful at national level. In 2010 the club was bought by the oligarch Kyril Domustschiew and subsequently became a dominant force in Bulgarian football. Between 2012 and 2016, Ludogorez Razgrad won the Bulgarian Football Championship five times in a row , and in 2012 and 2014 he also won the Bulgarian Football Cup twice . The city of Razgrad, on the other hand, is not one of the largest cities in Bulgaria with a little more than 32,000 inhabitants. Razgrad is located in the northeast of the country and is the capital of the oblast of the same name. As just twenty-nine largest city in the country, Razgrad, with Ludogorez, has been the country's most successful club for several years, whose dominance is probably due to the financial strength of its oligarch.

On March 23, 2018, the Bulgarian national football team played a friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina in front of 2,200 spectators (0: 1) in the Ludogorez arena . The Bulgarian U-21 national football team has also been using the Ludogorez arena for home games since 2015.

gallery

  • Arena Ludogorez 2013

  • Scene from a game between Ludogorez Razgrad and CSKA Sofia (2013)

Web links

Commons : Arena Ludogorez  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ stadiumdb.com: Bulgaria: Ludogorets open new grandstand article from August 15, 2017 (English)
  2. ↑ stadiumdb.com: Ludogorets Arena
  3. ↑ weltfussball.de: Game report Bulgaria against Bosnia and Herzegovina