Stadion Ivaylo ( bg, Стадион „Ивайло“, en, 'Ivaylo Stadium' ) is a
multi-purpose stadium
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in
Veliko Tarnovo
Veliko Tarnovo ( bg, Велико Търново, Veliko Tărnovo, ; "Great Tarnovo") is a town in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province.
Often referred as the "''City of the Tsars''", Veliko Tarnovo ...
,
Bulgaria
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. It is currently used mostly for
football
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matches and is the home ground of
Etar Veliko Tarnovo. The stadium holds 18,000 people and was built in 1958. The highest attendance ever at the venue was 40,000 on 18 September 1969 during a match between Etar and
Levski Sofia
Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...
. The match ended with a 0-2 defeat for Etar. In 1974, the stadium hosted a first round of the
1974–75 UEFA Cup between Etar and
Inter Milan
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(0:0) with an attendance of 27,000. On 2 October 1991, on stadium Ivaylo, Etar secured a 1:1 draw with German champions
Kaiserslautern
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in front of 15,000 people in the first round of the
1991-92 European Cup, the only time the stadium has hosted matches of the premier European international competition.
In recent years, the stadium has hosted the final for the
Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League
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Structure
All officially registered amateur ...
six times - in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022.
File:Стадион ивайло.jpg
Ivalio
Multi-purpose stadiums in Bulgaria
Buildings and structures in Veliko Tarnovo
Sport in Veliko Tarnovo
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