Dinamo Stadium is a multi-use
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
Samarkand
fa, سمرقند
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,
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...
. 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 stadium of
Dynamo Samarkand
FC Dinamo Samarqand ( uz, Динамо Самарқанд Футбол Клуби, tg, script=Latn, Dastai Futboli Dinamo Samarqand) is an Uzbek professional football club, based in city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Currently it plays in Uzbekistan ...
.
History
The stadium was built in 1963.
The original capacity was 13,820 people. After reconstruction works in 2011 the stadium capacity expanded to 16,000. The stadium became all-seater stadium.
References
Football venues in Uzbekistan
Buildings and structures in Samarkand
Sport in Samarkand
Sports venues built in the Soviet Union
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