Regional Sport Complex Brestsky ( be, Абласны спартыўны комплекс «Брэсцкi»; russian: Областной спортивный комплекс «Брестский»), also known simply as OSK Brestsky or ASK Brestski is a multi-use
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
in
Brest
Brest may refer to:
Places
*Brest, Belarus
**Brest Region
**Brest Airport
**Brest Fortress
*Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria
*Břest, Czech Republic
*Brest, France
**Arrondissement of Brest
**Brest Bretagne Airport
** Château de Brest
*Brest, ...
,
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
football
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matches and is the home ground of
FC Dinamo Brest
FC Dynamo Brest ( be, ФК Дынама Брэст, ''FK Dynama Brest''; russian: link=no, ФК Динамо Брест) is a Belarusian professional football club based in Brest. The club plays in the Belarusian Premier League, the top divisi ...
. The stadium holds 10,060 people.
The complex was built in 1937 and given the name Spartak Stadium in 1939. In 1972, it was renamed to Dinamo Stadium and reassigned to Dinamo sport society along with local
football team
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. Stadium's major reconstruction and renovation started in 1996. After partial completion in 1999, it was rebranded as Regional Sport Complex Brestsky.
Another stadium in Brest currently known as Dinamo Stadium was built in 1989 and originally known as Stroitel Stadium. It was renamed to Dinamo Stadium in 2004 and is currently used as home ground for FC Dinamo Brest reserve team.
International use
OSK Brestsky is one of the few Belarusian stadia that is allowed to host group stage and knockout phase matches of European club competitions.
OSK Brestsky and Central Stadium in Gomel allowed to host group and knockout games of European Cups
/ref> 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 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
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match against Kazakhstan
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in October 2009 that ended with 4–0 win for Belarus.
External links
Official website
References
Football venues in Belarus
Sport in Brest, Belarus
Buildings and structures in Brest, Belarus
FC Dynamo Brest
Sports venues completed in 1937
1937 establishments in Belarus
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