Arvi arena Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium

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 Marijampolė

Marijampole

Marijampolė is an industrial city and the capital of the Marijampolė County in the south of Lithuania, bordering Poland and Russian Kaliningrad oblast, and Lake Vištytis. The population of Marijampolė is 48,700...

, Lithuania

Lithuania

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. The stadium was built using funds from the European Union

European Union

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 and opened on July 6, 2008. It is currently used mostly for football

Football (soccer)

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 matches and is the home stadium of FK Sūduva

FK Suduva

FK Sūduva is a football club from the city of Marijampolė, Lithuania.At the UEFA Cup 2002-03 tournament Sūduva twice defeated S.K. Brann of Norway 3–2. During the home game 21-year-old Tomas Radzinevičius scored a hat-trick. Their next opponent, Glasgow Celtic, of Scotland proved to be much...

. Its original capacity increase from 4,500 to 6,250 spectators after additional seats were installed in May–June 2009 before a match between Lithuania national team

Lithuania national football team

The national football team of Lithuania is under the auspices of the Lithuanian Football Federation. It played its first match in 1923. In 1940, Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union; the country regained its independence in 1990 and played their first match as a new nation against Georgia on...

 and Romania

Romania national football team

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. Beginning from the 2011 season the stadium was named Arvi arena after the sponsoring rights were bought by ARVI Enterprises Group.