Nusaý Stadium (; formerly Nisa-Chandybil Stadium) is a

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 ...

Ashgabat Ashgabat (Turkmen language, Turkmen: ''Aşgabat'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag, Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 ...

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...

. It is currently used mostly for

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

matches and serves as the home for

FC Aşgabat Ashgabat Futbol Kluby is a Turkmenistan, Turkmen professional association football, football club based in Ashgabat. They play in the top division of Turkmenistan football, Ýokary Liga. Their home stadium is Nisa-Çandybil Stadium, Nisa Stadium. ...

and training of the

Turkmenistan national football team The Turkmenistan national football team () represents Turkmenistan in men's international football. It is controlled by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan, the governing body for football in Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan's home ground is the ...

. It has a capacity of 3,000.

Notable events

The stadium was used by the

for 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian zone matches against China, Vietnam and Tajikistan in May 1997. The match against China and Tajikistan was attended by 3,000 people, and against Vietnam by 2,500 people. The stadium hosted the

2007 AFC Cup The 2007 AFC Cup was the fourth edition of the AFC Cup, playing among clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation. Qualification The 13 'developing' nations in the Asian Football Confederation were invited to nominate ...

group stage match of

Nebitçi FT Nebitçi Football Team () is a Turkmen professional football club based in Balkanabat. They compete in top division of Turkmen football, the Ýokary Liga. Their home stadium is Balkanabat Stadium which can hold 10,000 people. Former names ...

and Al Faisaly SC. It hosted 2022 Turkmenistan Cup Final between

FC Ahal Ahal Änew Football Club (), or simply Ahal FK, is a Turkmen professional football club based in the Änew, Ahal Province. Founded in 1989, the club played its first-ever top flight season in 1992. The club plays its home matches at the 20,000 ...

and

Şagadam FK Football Club Şagadam () is a Turkmen professional football club based in Türkmenbaşy, Balkan Region. The team compete in Ýokary Liga, the top division in Turkmenistan football league system. The club was founded in 1949 and home matches ar ...

. and 2022 Turkmenistan Super Cup between

FC Altyn Asyr Football Club Altyn Asyr (), also known as Altyn Asyr Ashgabat or simply Altyn Asyr, which translates to ''Golden Century'', is a Turkmenistan, Turkmen professional association football, football club based in Ashgabat. Founded in 2008, the club c ...

and

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Notable events

See also

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