Sochi Olympic Stadium

Fisht Olympic Stadium
The Olympic Stadium in October 2018
Data
place	Olympic Avenue 354340 Adler , Sochi , Russia
Coordinates	43 ° 24 '7.1 "  N , 39 ° 57' 21.5"  E Coordinates: 43 ° 24 '7.1 "  N , 39 ° 57' 21.5"  E
owner	Olimpstroi
start of building	2009
opening	April 2013
Extensions	2017
surface	Natural grass
costs	approx. 700 million euros
architect	Populous Buro Happolt
capacity	48,000 seats (World Cup) 40,000 seats (Olympic Games)
playing area	105 × 68 m
Societies)
FK Sochi (since 2018)
Events
2014 Winter Olympics 2014 Winter Paralympics Russian soccer cup final 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 Football World Cup 2018

The Sochi Olympic Stadium ( Russian Олимпийский стадион "Фишт" , Olympic Stadium " Fish " ; named after the mountain) is located in the Adler district of the city of Sochi on the Russian Black Sea coast . The stadium, which can hold 48,000 spectators, was the venue for the 2018 World Cup. Since 2018, the newly founded football club FK Sochi , currently in the Premjer League , has been based in the 2014 Olympic Stadium.

history

The opening, closing and medal ceremonies took place in the stadium at the 2014 Winter Olympics . It was also one of four venues for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and also one of twelve venues for the 2018 FIFA World Cup .

For the soccer world championship, the stadium was rebuilt for over 50 million euros and expanded to 48,000 seats. The construction cost a total of around 700 million  euros . As there is no soccer club in the area , the Russian national soccer team will be the only user of the stadium. Training camps and international matches are planned.

In the 2017 Russian Cup final on May 2 of that year, Lokomotiv Moscow defeated the Ural Yekaterinburg team 2-0 in front of 24,500 spectators in the “Fisht” Olympic Stadium .

The construction of the stadium

• According to initial estimates, the construction would cost Russia 1.7 billion euros in 2006. The development of the architectural design was carried out by the company "Populous", which specializes in the design of stadiums and, among other things, was involved in the redesign of Soccer City in Johannesburg for the 2010 World Cup .
• In 2008 the land was bought and the areas for the construction of the Olympic complex cleared.
• In 2010 the construction of the "Fischt" stadium began. The symbolic capsule was placed to mark the start of construction. It was labeled "Believe in your strength and together we will win".
• In 2011, the original project was changed - as some sources claim, at the request of the director of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Konstantin Ernst.
• In 2013 the construction of the stadium was completed and it was put into operation later than the other Olympic sports facilities.

safety

Two thousand cameras are in use in the stadium during the 2018 World Cup matches. 600 employees of the disaster control ministry are assigned to protect the stadium.

Design features

The playing area is 105 m × 68 m. The stadium has four grandstands: two open front grandstands and two lateral, covered stands. The roof over the western and eastern stands consists of translucent ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer (ETFE). The stadium meets the criteria for category 4 of the UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations .

International matches of the Russian national football team in Sochi

So far, the Russian national soccer team has played two games in the Olympic Stadium.

• 28 Mar 2017: Russia 3-3 Belgium ( friendly , 39,000 spectators)  
• October 14, 2018: Russia - Turkey 2: 0 ( UEFA Nations League 2018/19 , 38,288 spectators)  

2017 FIFA Confederations Cup matches in Sochi

Four FIFA Confederations Cup matches were played in the Olympic Stadium.

date	group	team	team	Result
19th June 2017	Group B	Australia	Germany	2: 3 (1: 2)
June 21, 2017	Group A	Mexico	New Zealand	2: 1 (0: 1)
June 25, 2017	Group B	Germany	Cameroon	3: 1 (0: 0)
June 29, 2017	Semifinals	Germany	Mexico	4: 1 (2: 0)

Games of the 2018 World Cup in Sochi

The stadium was the venue for four group stage games, a round of 16 and a quarter-finals at the 2018 World Cup.

date	group	team	team	Result	spectator
June 15, 2018	Group B	Portugal	Spain	3: 3 (2: 1)	43,866
June 18, 2018	Group G	Belgium	Panama	3: 0 (0: 0)	43,257
June 23, 2018	Group F.	Germany	Sweden	2: 1 (0: 1)	44,287
June 26, 2018	Group C	Australia	Peru	0: 2 (0: 1)	44,073
June 30, 2018	Round of 16	Uruguay	Portugal	2: 1 (1: 0)	44,287
07th July 2018	Quarter finals	Russia	Croatia	2: 2 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1), 3: 4 i. E.	44,287

gallery

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  The Olympic Stadium (left) and the adjacent Bolshoi Ice Palace in the Sochi Olympic Park. In between is the Ice Cube Curling Center . On the far left of the picture the Adler Arena

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  The stadium in March 2014 with the roof closed

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  Exterior view from January 2018

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The Olympic Stadium in June 2017

Web links

Commons : Sochi Olympic Stadium  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• pfcsochi.ru: Stadium on the website of FK Sochi (Russian)
• de.fifa.com: Fischt Stadium
• stadiumdb.com: Fisht Olympic Stadium (Tsentralnyj Stadion) (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Cup Series Part 6: The Legacy of Olympia , Retrieved November 8, 2018.
2. ↑ Russia: These are the stadiums for the 2018 World Cup. In: handelsblatt.com. Retrieved October 27, 2012 . 
3. ↑ stadionwelt.de: World Cup Series Part 6: The Legacy of Olympia
4. ↑ weltfussball.de: Game report Ural Yekaterinburg against Lokomotiv Moscow
5. ↑ Системы видеонаблюдения и информационной безопасности стадиона "Фишт" готовы к ЧМ. Retrieved June 16, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Систему "Безопасный город" планируется запустить в Сочи и Краснодаре к ЧМ-2018. Retrieved June 16, 2018 . 
7. ↑ weltfussball.de: Match report Russia against Belgium
8. ↑ weltfussball.de: Game report Russia against Turkey