Balkanabat Stadium
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Balkanabat Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium
in Balkanabat
, Turkmenistan
(39.511944°N 54.365000°E). It is currently used mostly for football
matches and serves as the home for Nebitçi Balkanabat and Gara Altyn Balkanabat
. The stadium holds 10,000 people, but it has been known to accommodate crowds as large as 21,000.
Multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...
in Balkanabat
Balkanabat
Balkanabat , formerly Nebit Dag, is a city in western Turkmenistan, and the capital of Balkan Province. It is located at , at an altitude of 17 meters, some 400 kilometers from Ashgabat. As of 2006, the city had an estimated population of 87,822. Balkanabat lies at the foot of the Balkan...
, Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
(39.511944°N 54.365000°E). It is currently used mostly for football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
matches and serves as the home for Nebitçi Balkanabat and Gara Altyn Balkanabat
Gara Altyn Balkanabat
Gara Altyn Balkanabat is a Turkmenistani football club based in Balkanabat. They played in the top division in Turkmenistani football in 2008. Their home stadium is Balkanabat Stadium which can hold 10,000 people.-Current squad:...
. The stadium holds 10,000 people, but it has been known to accommodate crowds as large as 21,000.