Borisov Arena ( be, Барысаў-Арэна, ''Barysaw-Arena''; russian: Борисов-Арена, link=no) is a

football-specific stadium Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada to refer to a sports stadium either purpose-built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer and whose primary function is to host soccer matches, as opposed to a multi-p ...

Barysaw Barysaw ( be, Барысаў, ) or Borisov (russian: Борисов, ) is a city in Belarus near the Berezina River in the Minsk Region 74 km north-east from Minsk. Its population is around 145,000. History Barysaw is first mentioned in t ...

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 ...

and is the home stadium of

FC BATE Borisov FC BATE Borisov (russian: link=no, ФК БАТЭ Борисов, ''FK BATE Borisov'' ; be, ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, ''BATE Barysaw,'' ) is a professional Belarusian football team from the city of Barysaw. The club competes in the Belarusi ...

and the

Belarus national football team The Belarus national football team ( be, Зборная Беларусі па футболе, Zbornaja Biełarusi pa futbole; russian: Сборная Беларуси по футболу, Sbornaya Belarusi po futbolu) represents Belarus in inte ...

. The stadium's official capacity is 13,126.

History

The first official game ever played at the Borisov Arena was the 2013–14 Belarusian Cup Final on 3 May 2014. It was contested between

FC Neman Grodno FC Neman Grodno ( be, ФК Нёман Гродна, ''FK Nyoman Hrodna''; russian: ФК Неман Гродно) is a Belarusian football club from the city of Grodno, named after the Neman River and was founded in 1964. Since 1992, the team h ...

and

FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk ( be, ФК Шахцёр Салігорск, ''FK Shakhtsyor Salihorsk'') is a Belarusian Premier League football club, playing in the city of Soligorsk (Salihorsk) . History The club was founded in 1961. During Soviet ...

and won 1-0 by the team from Salihorsk.

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

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Artem Starhorodskyi scored the first ever goal on the stadium in front of an almost full capacity of over 11,000.

National team matches

The Belarus national football team played its first game at the Borisov Arena on 4 September 2014 when they defeated

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

6–1 in a friendly. The first official national team game was played on 9 October 2014, when Belarus lost 0–2 to

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier played in front of 10,512 spectators.

List of games

Gallery

File:Borisov-Arena Stands3.jpg, Detail of the stadium's main stand File:Borosiv-Arena 15-05-2014 BATE-Dinamo.jpg, BATE Borisov playing

FC Dinamo Minsk FC Dinamo Minsk ( be, ФК Дынама Мінск, ''FK Dynama Minsk''; russian: link=no, ФК Динамо Минск) is a professional football club based in the Belarusian capital city of Minsk. It was founded in 1927 as part of the Sovi ...

on May 5, 2014 File:Вікісустрэча на футболе Беларусь — Украіна (2014) 008.jpg, Belarus playing Ukraine at the Borisov Arena on October 9, 2014 File:Вікісустрэча на футболе Беларусь — Украіна (2014) 004.jpg, External view of the stadium (October 2014)

References

External links

Official website of the football club

Official website of the football club
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