Östersund Arena, currently known as Jämtkraft Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a football

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 completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...

Östersund Östersund (; ) is an Urban areas in Sweden, urban area (Stad (Sweden), city) in Jämtland in northern Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-larg ...

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. Its current capacity is 8,466 and it was opened on 13 July 2007. The official tenants are

Östersunds FK Östersunds Fotbollsklubb, commonly known simply as Östersunds FK, Östersund () or (especially locally) ÖFK, is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Östersund, Sweden, that plays in the Swedish second tier, S ...

and

Östersunds DFF Östersunds DFF is a Swedish football club in Östersund, Sweden. The club was formed 2001 as a co-operation between two Östersund clubs, originally using the name Storsjöns DFF, which was later changed to Ope-Frösö DFF and finally to Östers ...

, but many other football clubs in the area regularly play there. One of its most famous visitors was

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. On February 15, 2018, they defeated Östersunds FK by 3-0 in the first-leg of the

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's Round of 32. It was the English club's first trip to Sweden since beating

AIK Fotboll AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), and internationally known as AIK Stockholm, is a Swedish professional football club from Stoc ...

in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jamtkraft Arena Football venues in Sweden Sport in Östersund 2007 establishments in Sweden Sports venues completed in 2007 Sports venues in Jämtland County Östersunds FK 21st-century establishments in Jämtland County