Pavlodar Central Stadium ( kk, Орталық стадион, ''Ortalyq 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 ...
in
Pavlodar
Pavlodar ( ; ) is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Region. It is located 450 km northeast of the national capital Astana and 405 km southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. , the cit ...
,
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 ...
. The former name of the stadium was "Traktor".
It is currently used mostly for
football
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matches and is the home stadium of
FC Irtysh
FC Irtysh Pavlodar ( kk, Ертіс Футбол Клубы, ''Ertis Fýtbol Klýby'') was a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 (as ''Ansat''), 1997, 1 ...
.
History
The football arena has been in use since 1947. "Central" was refurbished in 2001, 2007 and 2015.
In the 2007–2008 season, the outdated scoreboard was replaced with a new
LCD monitor
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, with the ability to display match moments and reports from other games. Since the 2009–2010 season, the Irtysh team has had a heated playing field on which to train. The stadium has met
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
standards since the construction work.
Reconstruction
During the reconstruction the following works were carried out:
In the year 2001:
* Construction of parking spaces
* Extension of crew changing rooms and a conference room
* Large scale renovation of the football pitch
* Reconstruction of the lawn irrigation system
* Restoration of the six light poles
* Refurbishment of public toilets
In the year 2007:
* Replacement of natural grass with an artificial turf with
drainage system from the
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* Construction of a small stadium
* Reconstruction of the west, north and east stands according to UEFA standards.
* Renovation of the VIP lounge
* Paving of running tracks
The stadium has a pitch of 105×68 metres and a capacity of 11,828 spectators.
Images
File:Pavlodar Tsentralny stadium 2009 May 20 001.JPG, Central Stadium Pavlador, Kazakhstan. 20 May 2009, Game between „Irtysh“ and „Ordabasy“.
File:Pavlodar Tsentralny stadium info stand May 20 2009.JPG, Stadium information board. 20 May 2009.
File:Centralny stadium Pavlodar.jpg, View of the stadium from 2 November 2007
References
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Football venues in Kazakhstan
Multi-purpose stadiums in Kazakhstan
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