Stadionul Gheorghe Șilaev 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 ...

Plopeni Plopeni () is a town in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 9,611. Climate Plopeni has a humid continental climate (''Cfb'' in the Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most wi ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. It is currently used mostly for

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

matches and is the home ground of

CSO Plopeni Clubul Sportiv Orășenesc Plopeni, commonly known as CSO Plopeni, or simply as Plopeni, is a Romanian amateur football club based in Plopeni, Prahova County. The club was originally established in 1947 under the name of ''Metalul Plopeni''. Me ...

. The stadium is named after former director of the Plopeni Factory, Gheorghe Șilaev and holds about 9,000 people, 5,000 on seats.Istoria a fost scrisă la Plopeni. Omagiu adus directorului Gheorghe Șilaev
observatorulph.ro The stadium was opened in the 1940s and was renovated and expanded for several times, especially during the communist period (before 1990). Gheorghe Șilaev Stadium has a main stand that was built on a concrete structure, with a vintage roof, sustained by pillars, the rest of the stadium was built on metal frame and it is quite degraded.

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Stadionul Gheorghe Șilaev
at soccerway.com
Stadionul Gheorghe Șilaev
at romaniansoccer.ro

at stadiumromania.blogspot.com

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