Kajymukan Munaitpasov Stadium ( kk, Қажымұқан Мұңайтпасов стадион, ''Qajymuqan Muńaıtpasov stadıon'') 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 ...

Astana Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmo ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

. It is named after the Kazakh wrestler

Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Qajymuqan Munaitpasuly ( kz, Қажымұқан Мұңайтпасұлы, ''Qajymūqan Mūñaitpasūly''; russian: Хаджимукан Мунайтпасов, 'Khadzhimukan Munajtpasov' 7 April 1871 – 12 August 1948), also known as Hadjimuk ...

. He was the first Kazakh who became a world champion. The stadium is currently used mostly for

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

matches and is the home stadium of

FC Astana-64 FC Zhenis ( kk, Жеңіс футбол клубы) is a Kazakhstani football club based at the K.Munaitpasov Stadium in Astana. Founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they were relegated to First Division for the first time in 2009 ...

. The stadium holds 12,350 people.

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