Haradski Stadium ( be, Гарадскі стадыён, russian: Городской стадион; literally "City Stadium") is a multi-purpose stadium in Barysaw, Belarus. 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 was the home ground of

BATE Borisov FC BATE Borisov (russian: link=no, ФК БАТЭ Борисов, ''FK BATE Borisov'' ; be, ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, ''BATE Barysaw,'' ) is a professional Belarusian football team from the city of Barysaw. The club competes in the Belarusi ...

before they moved to the Borisov Arena in 2014. The stadium has a maximum holding capacity of 5,402 people. The stadium was opened in 1959.

International use

The stadium is allowed to host UEFA Champions League matches up to 3rd qualifying round and UEFA Europa League matches up to play-off round. For the later stages of both competitions,

had to use a bigger venue, which usually was Dinamo Stadium in Minsk. In 2010, Haradski Stadium was also used by

Torpedo Zhodino FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino ( be, ФК Тарпеда-БелАЗ Жодзіна, ''FK Tarpeda-BelAZ Zhodzina''; , ''Futbolniy klub Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino'') is a Belarusian football club based in Zhodino. They play in the Belarusian Premier League, ...

in the Second qualifying round of the Europa League. Since 1998, the stadium has been used as a primary home venue for Belarus national under-21 football team, though the team still occasionally plays in other cities. It was also used as a home ground for Belarus national football team on one occasion, which was a friendly match against Moldova in June 2009 that ended with a 2–2 draw.

References

External links

Stadium profile on FC BATE official website
Football venues in Belarus FC BATE Borisov Multi-purpose stadiums in Belarus Sports venues completed in 1959 Barysaw {{Belarus-sports-venue-stub