Köpetdag Stadium 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 ...

Ashgabat Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشق‌آباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...

. 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 serves as the home for

Köpetdag Aşgabat The Köpet Dag, Kopet Dagh, or Koppeh Dagh ( tk, Köpetdag; fa, کپه‌داغ), also known as the Turkmen-Khorasan Mountain Range, is a mountain range on the border between Turkmenistan and Iran that extends about along the border southeast o ...

. The stadium holds 26,503 people and was built in 1997.

History

The stadium was built in 1997 by international technical company Mensel JV. Since opening, it has served as the home arena of

. In 2015 the stadium underwent radical reconstruction and reopened for the cup match played between Köpetdag and

FC Merw Physical culture and sports football club Merw ( tk, link=no, Merw bedenterbiýe-sport futbol kluby), also known as Merw Mary, is a Turkmen professional football club based in Mary. They play in the national top division; the Ýokary Liga. Their ...

.Президент Туркменистана принял участие в церемонии открытия реконструированного стадиона «Копетдаг»
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References

Football venues in Turkmenistan Multi-purpose stadiums in Turkmenistan Sports venues in Ashgabat Sports venues completed in 1997 1997 establishments in Turkmenistan {{Turkmenistan-sports-venue-stub