Malaya Sportivnaya Arena (literally Small Sports Arena) 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 ...

Tiraspol Tiraspol or Tirișpolea ( ro, Tiraspol, Moldovan Cyrillic: Тираспол, ; russian: Тира́споль, ; uk, Тирасполь, Tyraspol') is the capital of Transnistria (''de facto''), a breakaway state of Moldova, where it is the ...

Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnist ...

. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and hosts

FC Sheriff Tiraspol Fotbal Club Sheriff (russian: ФК Шериф Тирасполь), commonly known as Sheriff Tiraspol or simply Sheriff, is a Moldovan professional association football, football club based in Tiraspol, a city located in the List of states with ...

's reserve team games, as well as some

FC Dinamo Bender Football Club Tighina is a Moldovan football club based in Bender (also known as ''Tighina''), Moldova. History During its existence, the club has been known by the following names: * 1950—1958: ''Burevestnik Bender'' * In 1959: ''Lokomot ...

and

FC Tiraspol FC Tiraspol was a Moldovan football club based in Tiraspol, Moldova. They played in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football. Founded in 1992 as ''Constructorul Chișinău'', it entered the Moldovan National Division in t ...

matches. It is located in the Sheriff Sports Complex, alongside the larger

Sheriff Stadium Sheriff Stadium (also known as ''Glavnaya Arena of Complexul Sheriif'') is home to Sheriff Tiraspol, a football team based in Tiraspol, capital of Transnistria breakaway region of Moldova. It is owned by the local Sheriff (company), Sheriff corpor ...

, where the Sheriff Tiraspol senior team plays. The stadium was built in 2002 and has an all-seated capacity of 8,000, making it the third-largest stadium in Moldova. The pitch has an artificial FieldTurf surface, and is surrounded by a six-lane running track.

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