The Central Stadium (russian: Центральный стадион, tt-Cyrl, Үзәк стадион) is a
multi-purpose stadium
A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...
in
Kazan
Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...
,
Russia
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. It is currently used mostly for
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 is the home ground of
FC Rubin Kazan
FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar language, Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in the city o ...
. The western half of the tribunes is covered with a canopy. In 2010, the stadium gained
Four stars classification from UEFA.
УЕФА присвоил стадиону в Казани категорию "четыре звезды"
Main characteristics
* Field size 110x73 m, marked out - 105x68 m
* Motomatic grass surface
External links
Stadium picture
References
FC Rubin Kazan
Football venues in Russia
Sports venues completed in 1960
Multi-purpose stadiums in Russia
Sport in Kazan
Buildings and structures in Kazan
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