Vitebsky Central Sport Complex (also known as Vitebsky CSK in short) is a multi-use

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Vitebsk Vitebsk or Viciebsk (russian: Витебск, ; be, Ві́цебск, ; , ''Vitebsk'', lt, Vitebskas, pl, Witebsk), is a city in Belarus. The capital of the Vitebsk Region, it has 366,299 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-largest ci ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home ground of

FC Vitebsk FC Vitebsk ( be, ФК Віцебск, FK Viciebsk, russian: ФК Витебск) is a Belarusian football club based in Vitebsk. The club plays in the Belarusian Premier League, the top division in Belarusian football. Their home stadium is Viteb ...

. The stadium holds 8,144 people.

History

The stadium was built in 1937 and was originally known as Dinamo Stadium. In 1950, it was rebuilt after damages sustained during

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. It 2002, it was chosen to host a final match of the

2001–02 Belarusian Cup 2001–02 Belarusian Cup was the eleventh season of the Belarusian annual football cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it is conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first games were played on August 15, 2001. Winners of the Cup qualifi ...

. In 2003, most of the renovation works were completed and the arena was renamed to Vitebsky Central Sport Complex.History of Vitebsky CSK
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International use

The stadium hosted occasional home games of Belarus national under-21 team. In 2005, it hosted Belarus national team's friendly match against

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. It also was used by Naftan Novopolotsk as a home venue in

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qualifiers in 2009 and 2012.

References

External links

Official website
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