The Petrovsky Stadium (russian: стадион «Петровский») is on a sports complex that consists of a number of buildings, the stadium is used mostly for football and also for athletics. The Grand Sport Arena of the Petrovsky Sport Complex was the home of

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and

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. The complex also contains another football stadium, Minor Sport Arena (MSA). MSA of Petrovsky in 2022 is used by several teams that compete in lower professional leagues:

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and

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(selected matches). The capacity of MSA is 2835. The whole complex is located on the Petrograd side in central

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Petrovsky Island Petrovsky Island (russian: Петро́вский о́стров) is an island in Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia, bordered by the Malaya Neva River, Malaya Neva, Malaya Nevka River, Malaya Nevka, and Zhdanovka, Zhdanovka Rivers (in ...

; an island in the Malaya Neva River connected to the adjacent Petrogradsky islands through Zhdanovsky bridge. The nearest metro station Sportivnaya is around 150 metres away from the stadium.

Capacity

The Grand Sport Arena of the Petrovsky Sport Complex has a capacity of 20,985 people.

History

The first stadium at this location was designed by Czech architect Aloise Wejwoda and was built in 1924 - 1925. During

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the stadium was completely destroyed. In 1957 - 1961 it was completely rebuilt by architects N.V. Baranov, O.I. Guryev and V.M. Fromzel. At that time the capacity was 33,000 seats. Before the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

Petrovsky Stadium went through the reconstruction.

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was based at Petrovsky Stadium from 1994 to 2017.

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used the Petrovsky Stadium for one season.

Photo gallery

Image:Стадион Петровский.jpg, Facade of the stadium Image:Петровский стадион.jpg, Facade of the stadium in winter and a view of St. Vladimir's Cathedral Image:Zenit's fans anthem 1.jpg, FC Zenit fans on the stadium in 2008 Image:Estadio zenith san petesburgo.JPG, Petrovsky Stadium in 2005

References

External links

Official websiteFC Zenit Official Site
{{Sports venue and auditoriums in Saint Petersburg Sports venues completed in 1925 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Football venues in Russia Sports venues built in the Soviet Union Sports venues in Saint Petersburg Speed skating venues in Russia 1925 establishments in Russia