Wasken Sarkissyan Republican Stadium
Wasken Sarkissyan Republican Stadium | |
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Exterior view (2007) | |
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Yerevan Dynamo Stadium |
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place | Yerevan , Armenia |
Coordinates | 40 ° 10 '19.1 " N , 44 ° 31' 32.2" E |
owner | Armenian Football Association |
start of building | 1933-1935 |
opening | 1935 |
Renovations | 1999, 2008 |
surface | Natural grass |
capacity | 14,968 seats |
playing area | 105 × 68 m |
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The Wasken Zarkissyan Republican Stadium ( Armenian : Վազգեն Սարգսյանի անվան Հանրապետական մարզադաշտ) is a football stadium in the Armenian city of Yerevan . The football clubs FC Pyunik Yerevan and FC Ulisses Yerevan play their home games here. The facility offers 14,968 seats and the playing field measures 105 × 68 meters.
history
Construction of the stadium began in 1935 and the stadium was opened a year later. After the Second World War , it was expanded further. The original name was "Dynamo Stadium", after the independence of Armenia it was renamed "Hanrapetakan Stadium" ( German Republican Stadium ). After the death of Wasken Zarkissjan in 1999, the stadium was named in his honor. The first renovations were carried out in 1995 at a cost of US $ 3 million with financial support from UEFA and the renovations were completed in 2000. In 2008 the stadium was expanded with a more modern playing surface and a VIP area in order to meet the UEFA stadium guidelines.
gallery
Web links
- Picture gallery on fussballtempel.net ( Memento from November 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- worldstadiums.com: Pictures (English)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Republican Stadium named after Vazgen Sargsyan on transfermarkt.de
- ↑ worldstadiums.com: Stadiums in Armenia (English)