Minjor Stadium
| Minjor Stadium | |
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| West stand of the stadium and boxes | |
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Georgi Dimitrov Stadium |
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 Pernik , Bulgaria
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| Coordinates | 42 ° 36 '24 " N , 23 ° 1' 24" E |
| owner | City of Pernik |
| start of building | 1951 |
| opening | April 30, 1954 |
| Renovations | 2009 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 8,000 |
| playing area | 105 × 60 |
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The Minjor Stadium is a multifunctional stadium in the Bulgarian city of Pernik . It has space for 8,000 spectators and is the home of the football club Minjor Pernik .
history
The Minjor Stadium in Pernik , a town with a little more than 100,000 inhabitants in western Bulgaria about thirty kilometers southwest of the capital Sofia , was built between 1951 and 1954 and opened on May 30, 1954 in the presence of many politicians, military and athletes . Before that, there was a sports field in the same place, which was used by the local football club Minjor Pernik . The last game on the old field was in 1951 against the Soviet club Shakhtar Donetsk from today's Ukraine. In the same year construction began on the Minjor Stadium, which was completed three years later, in 1954. Since then, Minjor Pernik's sports facility has been used as a venue for home football matches. Minjor Pernik has as the greatest success in the club's history reaching the final in the Bulgarian Football Cup , or in the then Soviet Army Cup , in 1958, but where Spartak Plovdiv was defeated 0-1. In league operations, the club has played more than thirty seasons in Bulgaria's highest league, the A Grupa . They are also currently active there, after being promoted from B Grupa in the 2007/08 season . Since then, Minjor Pernik has played in the first division.
Over the years, the Minjor Stadium was named Georgi Dimitrov Stadium after Georgi Dimitrov (1882-1949), a Bulgarian communist politician and Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 1946 until his death. After the political change in Eastern Europe, the sports facility was renamed and given the title Minjor Stadium. The Minjor Stadium can now accommodate 8,000 spectators. The stadium once had a capacity of around 20,000 spectators, but in August 2009 the Minjor Stadium had to be rebuilt in order to meet the requirements of the Bulgarian Football Association for admission to the A Grupa. During the renovations, the west stand was completely rebuilt and equipped with seats. There are currently plans to expand the stadium.