Shagadam Stadium (

Turkmen Turkmen, Türkmen, Turkoman, or Turkman may refer to: Peoples Historical ethnonym * Turkoman (ethnonym), ethnonym used for the Oghuz Turks during the Middle Ages Ethnic groups * Turkmen in Anatolia and the Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish desc ...

: «Şagadam» stadiony;

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: Стадион «Шагадам») is a

stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

in Turkmenbashi,

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. It is currently used mostly for

Ýokary Liga The Turkmenistan Higher League, also called Türkmenistan Ýokary Liga ( Turkmen: ''Türkmenistanyň Ýokary Ligasy''; Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

matches and serves as the home for Şagadam Türkmenbaşy. The stadium originally had natural

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and capacity for 1,500 peoples.

History

The stadium hosted soccer 2006 Turkmenistan Cup and 2021 Turkmenistan Cup finals.Туркменбаши второй раз примет финальный матч Кубка Туркменистана
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References

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