List of football stadiums in Bulgaria
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The following is a list of football stadium
s in Bulgaria
, ordered by capacity. Currently all stadiums with a capacity of 10,000 or more are included.
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
s in Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, ordered by capacity. Currently all stadiums with a capacity of 10,000 or more are included.
# | Stadium | Capacity | City | Home team | UEFA rating |
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1 | Plovdiv Stadium Plovdiv Stadium Plovdiv Stadium , formerly known as 9th September Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It is currently used mostly for athletics championships. The stadium holds 55,000. The stadium was built in 1950.... |
55,000 | Plovdiv Plovdiv Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe... |
Not in use since 1996 | |
2 | Vasil Levski National Stadium Vasil Levski National Stadium Vasil Levski National Stadium , named after Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski, is one of Bulgaria's largest sports venues and the country's second largest stadium... |
43,632 | Sofia Sofia Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated... |
Bulgaria national football team Bulgaria national football team The FIFA Bulgaria national football team is an association football team fielded by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. The team's home ground is Vasil Levski in Sofia and Luboslav Penev is in charge manager after replacement of Lothar Matthäus... |
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3 | Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Georgi Asparuhov Stadium , also known as Gerena , is a football stadium situated in the Suhata reka neighbourhood of the Bulgarian capital Sofia. It has been the home of PFC Levski Sofia since 1963.... |
29,200 | Sofia Sofia Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated... |
Levski Sofia | |
4 | Bulgarian Army Stadium | 22,015 | Sofia Sofia Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated... |
CSKA Sofia | |
5 | Lokomotiv Stadium | 22,000 | Sofia Sofia Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated... |
Lokomotiv Sofia | |
5 | Pleven Stadium | 22,000 | Pleven Pleven Pleven is the seventh most populous city in Bulgaria. Located in the northern part of the country, it is the administrative centre of Pleven Province, as well as of the subordinate Pleven municipality... |
Spartak Pleven | |
7 | Hristo Botev Stadium | 21,000 | Plovdiv Plovdiv Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe... |
Botev Plovdiv | |
7 | Hristo Botev Stadium | 21,000 | Vratsa Vratsa Vratsa is a city in northwestern Bulgaria, at the foothills of the Balkan Mountains. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Vratsa Province. As of February 2011, the town has a population of 60,482 inhabitants.... |
Botev Vratsa | |
9 | City Stadium | 19,960 | Rousse Rousse Ruse is the fifth-largest city in Bulgaria. Ruse is situated in the northeastern part of the country, on the right bank of the Danube, opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu, from the capital Sofia and from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast... |
Dunav Rousse | |
10 | Lazur Stadium | 18,037 | Bourgas | Chernomorets Bourgas Chernomorets Burgas Chernomorets Burgas may refer to:* PFC Chernomorets Burgas* PFC Chernomorets Burgas Sofia... |
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11 | Ivaylo Stadium | 18,000 | Tarnovo | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | |
11 | Ovcha Kupel Stadium Ovcha Kupel Stadium Ovcha Kupel Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Ovcha Kupel district of Sofia, Bulgaria. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of the local football club PFC Slavia Sofia... |
18,000 | Sofia Sofia Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated... |
Slavia Sofia | |
11 | Panayot Volov Stadium | 18,000 | Shumen Shumen Shumen is the tenth-largest city in Bulgaria and capital of Shumen Province. In the period 1950–1965 it was called Kolarovgrad, after the name of the communist leader Vasil Kolarov... |
Makak Shumen PFC Shumen Football Club Shumen 2010 is a Bulgarian football club, playing in the city of Shumen. The club was established in 1929 with the name "Panayot Volov". The stadium of the club is "Panayot Volov" in Shumen with capacity of 24,000 people. The main kit-colours of the team are yellow and blue... |
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14 | Beroe Stadium Beroe Stadium Beroe Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. It is located in the north-western part of the city, near the park Ayazmoto. Currently, the venue is used for football matches and is the home ground of the local football club Beroe Stara Zagora... |
17,800 | Stara Zagora Stara Zagora Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and a nationally important economic center. Located in Southern Bulgaria, it is the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province... |
Beroe Stara Zagora | |
15 | Bonchuk Stadium Bonchuk Stadium Bonchuk Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home field of PFC Marek Dupnitsa. The stadium has seating capacity for 16,050 people.... |
16,050 | Dupnitsa | Marek Dupnitsa PFC Marek Dupnitsa PFC Marek Dupnitsa is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Dupnitsa. It was founded in 1947 after the unification of four other local clubs - Atletic, Slavia, ZHSK and Levski... |
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16 | Hristo Botev Stadium Hristo Botev Stadium (Gabrovo) Hristo Botev Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Gabrovo, Bulgaria. It is currently chiefly used for football matches. The stadium holds 14,000 people... |
14,000 | Gabrovo Gabrovo Gabrovo is a city in central northern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Gabrovo Province. It is situated at the foot of the central Balkan Mountains, in the valley of the Yantra River, and is known as an international capital of humour and satire , as well as noted for its Bulgarian National... |
Yantra Gabrovo | |
17 | Lokomotiv Stadium Lokomotiv Stadium (Plovdiv) Lokomotiv Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, located in southeastern Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv... |
13,800 | Plovdiv Plovdiv Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe... |
Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv, which competes in Bulgaria's top football league, the A PFG. The club was founded on July 25, 1926 when two of the oldest Plovdiv clubs - Atletic and Karadzha united into a new club named Sports Club Plovdiv... |
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18 | Georgi Benkovski Stadium | 13,128 | Pazardzhik Pazardzhik Pazardzhik is a city situated along the banks of the Maritsa river, Southern Bulgaria. It is the capital of Pazardzhik Province and centre for the homonymous Pazardzhik Municipality... |
Hebar Pazardzhik PFC Hebar Pazardzhik PFC Hebar is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Pazardzhik, playing in the Bulgarian South-West V AFG, the third division of Bulgarian football. The current name of the club was chosen in 1979: Hebar-the old Thracian name of the river Maritsa. This is the name that the club has borne for... |
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19 | Ticha Stadium Ticha Stadium Ticha Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Varna, Bulgaria. It is located in the north-eastern part of the city. Currently the stadium is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Cherno More Varna. It has a seating capacity of 12,500 spectators... |
12,500 | Varna Varna Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011... |
Cherno More Varna | |
19 | Druzhba Stadium | 12,500 | Dobrich Dobrich Dobrich is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Dobrich Province. With 91,030 inhabitants, as of February 2011, Dobrich is the ninth most populated town in Bulgaria, being the centre of the historical region of Southern Dobruja... |
Dobrudzha Dobrich | |
20 | Hristo Botev Stadium Hristo Botev Stadium (Blagoevgrad) Hristo Botev Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, located in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. It is used for football matches and is the home ground of the local PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad. The stadium holds 11,000 spectators and it is currently being expanded to 18,000 people. Also, as of 2009, the stadium is... |
11,000 | Blagoevgrad Blagoevgrad Blagoevgrad is а city in southwestern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Blagoevgrad Province, with a population of about 74,302 . It lies on the banks of the Blagoevgradska Bistritsa River.... |
Pirin Blagoevgrad PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad was a Bulgarian professional football club based in Blagoevgrad.Club was founded in 1931 as Makedonska Slava . In 1948 the club joined the newly established FD Julius Dermendzhiev and cease its independent existence... |
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21 | Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium | 10,000 | Sliven Sliven Sliven is the eighth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and industrial centre of Sliven Province and municipality. It is a relatively large town with 89,848 inhabitants, as of February 2011.... |
Sliven 2000 OFC Sliven 2000 OFC Sliven 2000 is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Sliven, currently playing in the East B PFG, the second division of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground is the Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium in Sliven with a capacity of 15,000... |
Future stadiums
Stadium | Capacity | City | Club | Opening date |
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New Varna Stadium New Varna Stadium New Varna Stadium is a description of a new multi-use stadium in Varna, Bulgaria, that is currently undergoing construction. It is located in the north-east part of the city. The stadium will be used for football matches and will be the new home ground of the local Cherno More Varna... |
30,000 | Varna Varna Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011... |
Cherno More Varna | 2013 |
Chernomorets Arena Chernomorets Arena Chernomorets Arena is a planned future modern sports venue in Burgas, Bulgaria. The stadium will be built in the place of the old Chernomorets Stadium and will have an exact capacity of 30,000 spectators and a possible expansion to 55,000. It is scheduled to be opened in 2017 and it will be the... |
30,000 | Burgas Burgas -History:During the rule of the Ancient Romans, near Burgas, Debeltum was established as a military colony for veterans by Vespasian. In the Middle Ages, a small fortress called Pyrgos was erected where Burgas is today and was most probably used as a watchtower... |
Chernomorets Burgas Chernomorets Burgas Chernomorets Burgas may refer to:* PFC Chernomorets Burgas* PFC Chernomorets Burgas Sofia... |
2017 |
See also
- Football in BulgariaFootball in BulgariaFootball is the most popular sport in Bulgaria. It was introduced in 1893–1894 by Swiss gymnastics teachers invited to the country...
- List of football clubs in Bulgaria