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Terek Stadium is a multi-use stadium

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...

in Grozny

Grozny

Grozny is the capital city of the Chechen Republic, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the preliminary results of the 2010 Census, the city had a population of 271,596; up from 210,720 recorded in the 2002 Census. but still only about two-thirds of 399,688 recorded in the 1989...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. It was completed in May 2011, and is 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. The stadium hosts homes matches of FC Terek Grozny

FC Terek Grozny

FC Terek Grozny is a Russian football club, currently playing in the Russian Premier League....

. The stadium was designed with a capacity of 30,000 spectators. It replaced Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium

Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium

Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium is a stadium in Grozny, Russia. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of FC Terek Grozny. The stadium holds 10,200 seats. Before the start of the 2008 Premier League season, the Russian Football Union granted Terek the right to host Premier...

as the home of FC Terek. The grand opening took place on May 11, 2011 and featured a match between the team of Caucasus

Caucasus

The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...

against the team of World stars. Team Caucasus featured the likes of Alexander Khloponin

Alexander Khloponin

Alexander Gennadyevich Khloponin was born on March 6, 1965 in Colombo, Ceylon . Khloponin was the governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai in Siberia, Russia....

, Ramzan Kadyrov

Ramzan Kadyrov

Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov is the President of Chechnya and a former Chechen rebel.Ramzan is a son of former Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov, assassinated in May 2004. In February 2007 Kadyrov replaced Alu Alkhanov as President, shortly after he had turned 30, which is the minimum age for the post...

, Rinat Dasayev, Timur Dzhabrailov

Timur Dzhabrailov

Timur Mamedovich Dzhabrailov is a retired Chechen Russian footballer who played for FC Terek Grozny and was its captain in 2001–2010. After retirement, he was appointed club's sporting director.-External links:...

, Andrei Fedkov

Andrei Fedkov

Andrei Yuryevich Fedkov is a retired Russian football player. As of June 2009, he works as a deputy general director with FC Terek Grozny.-Honours:* Russian Cup winner: 2004....

and others. Team World featured Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona is a retired Argentine football player and widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys, setting...

, Luís Figo

Luís Figo

Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, OIH, is a Portuguese former international footballer. He played as a midfielder for Sporting CP, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Internazionale, during a career which spanned over a period of 20 years. He retired from football on 31 May 2009...

, Roberto Ayala

Roberto Ayala

Roberto Fabián Ayala , nicknamed el Ratón , is a former Argentine football centre back.Regarded as one of the best central defenders of his generation, Ayala captained the Argentine national team for more matches than anyone else...

, Franco Baresi

Franco Baresi

Franco Baresi is an Italian football youth team coach and former player. He played as a sweeper and spent his entire career with Serie A club AC Milan, acknowledged as one of the greatest defenders ever to play the game. Baresi was nicknamed "Piscinin", Milanese for "Little one"...

, Alain Boghossian

Alain Boghossian

Alain Boghossian is a retired French-Armenian football player and now assistant coach for the French national team.-Club career:...

and others. Team Caucasus won the game 5 goals to 2.

First competitive match on the arena took place on May 20th, 2011. Terek played Anzhi

FC Anzhi Makhachkala

FC Anzhi Makhachkala is a Russian football club based in Makhachkala, capital of the Republic of Dagestan, which plays in the Russian Premier League. The word "Anzhi" is part of Anzhi-Qala the old name of Makhachkala.-History:The club was founded in 1991 and has played in the Russian league since...

in the 10th round of the Premier League

Russian Premier League

The Russian Premier League , currently called SOGAZ Russian Football Championship due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition...

. The team from Grozny won the game 1 goal to 0. The only goal of the match scored by Blagoy Georgiev

Blagoy Georgiev

Blagoy Georgiev is a Bulgarian footballer currently playing for Terek Grozny as a midfielder.-Career:Born in Sofia, he played for Slavia Sofia and featured in 172 A PFG matches while scoring 46 goals....

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