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
FC Zenit and
FC Tosno.
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:
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg and
FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg
FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg (russian: ФК «Зенит-2» Санкт-Петербург) is a Russian football team from Saint Petersburg. It plays in the FNL 2 (third level). It is a farm club for the Russian Premier League team FC Zenit Sa ...
(selected matches). The capacity of MSA is 2835. The whole complex is located on the Petrograd side in central
St. Petersburg on
Petrovsky Island; an island in the
Malaya Neva River
The Little Neva or Malaya Neva (russian: Ма́лая Нева́) is the second largest distributary of the river Neva. The Neva splits into Great Neva (the southern armlet) and Little Neva (the northern armlet) near the Spit of Vasilievsky I ...
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
World War II
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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.
Zenit Saint Petersburg was based at Petrovsky Stadium from 1994 to 2017.
Tosno 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