Dinamo Stadium 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
Samarkand
fa, سمرقند
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Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...
. 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 is the home stadium of
Dynamo Samarkand.
History
The stadium was built in 1963.
The original capacity was 13,820 people. After reconstruction works in 2011 the stadium capacity expanded to 16,000. The stadium became all-seater stadium.
References
Football venues in Uzbekistan
Buildings and structures in Samarkand
Sport in Samarkand
Sports venues built in the Soviet Union
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