Haradski Stadium ( be, Гарадскі стадыён, russian: Городской стадион; literally "City Stadium") is a

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. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of BATE Borisov before they moved to the

Borisov Arena Borisov Arena ( be, Барысаў-Арэна, ''Barysaw-Arena''; russian: Борисов-Арена, link=no) is a football-specific stadium in Barysaw, Belarus and is the home stadium of FC BATE Borisov and the Belarus national football team. ...

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

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matches up to 3rd qualifying round and

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matches up to play-off round. For the later stages of both competitions, BATE Borisov had to use a bigger venue, which usually was Dinamo Stadium in

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. In 2010, Haradski Stadium was also used by Torpedo Zhodino in the Second qualifying round of the Europa League. Since 1998, the stadium has been used as a primary home venue for

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, though the team still occasionally plays in other cities. It was also used as a home ground for

Belarus national football team The Belarus national football team ( be, Зборная Беларусі па футболе, Zbornaja Biełarusi pa futbole; russian: Сборная Беларуси по футболу, Sbornaya Belarusi po futbolu) represents Belarus in inte ...

on one occasion, which was a

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against

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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