Stadion Hristo Botev ( bg, Стадион „Христо Ботев“, en, 'Hristo Botev Stadium' ) is a

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Gabrovo Gabrovo ( bg, Габрово ) is a town in central northern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Gabrovo Province. It is situated at the foot of the central Balkan Mountains, in the valley of the Yantra River, and is known as an internationa ...

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. This 14,000 seat stadium is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of

FC Yantra FC Yantra ( bg, ФК Янтра) is a Bulgarian football club based in Gabrovo, which plays in Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. The club was originally founded in 1919 and home matches are played at Stadion Hristo Botev. ...

. Some interesting concerts took place at the stadium in 1988 - Uriah Heep, 2002 -

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The stadium hosted the 1990 Final match of Bulgarian Football Cup between

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and

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which was won 2-0 by Sliven.
Since 2004, every summer the stadium is a host to a football tournament: " Kamenitza fan cup"

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