Luch Stadium is a multi-use

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Gomel Gomel (russian: Гомель, ) or Homiel ( be, Гомель, ) is the administrative centre of Gomel Region and the second-largest city in Belarus with 526,872 inhabitants (2015 census). Etymology There are at least six narratives of the o ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is currently used by

as a training facility.FC Gomel practice at Luch Stadium, 2015
/ref> The stadium holds 5,000 spectators.

History

The stadium was opened in 1978 and has been used by various Gomel-based clubs. In 1993–1994 and 2000–2003 (while Gomel Central Stadium was closed for renovations), Luch Stadium was a primary home venue for

FC Gomel FC Gomel ( be, ФК Гомель), or FK Homiel, is a Belarusian football club, playing in the city of Gomel. Their home stadium is Central Stadium. History Teams from Gomel (usually city or raion selection or railway-based team ''Lokomotiv'', ...

in Belarusian Premier League. Post-2003, the stadium was used by FC Gomel reserves. Since 2010, the stadium has been in use as a training facility only.

References

External links

Stadium information at guidebook.by
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