Todor Diev Stadium
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Todor Diev Stadium is a football
stadium
in Plovdiv
, Bulgaria
. Located in the south urban area of Kyuchuk Parij. It is the home ground of FC Spartak Plovdiv
. Presently the stadium holds 3,500 people. Opened in 1926 as a multi-sport venue of the domestic sport giant Botev Plovdiv.
In 1949 the stadium was nationalized by the communist authorities and later same year it was given to then established Spartak
.
In the period 1982-1984 Spartak Stadium was redeveloped. It is named after the greatest player in the club's history Todor Diev
.
The stadium's highest recorded attendance of 11,353 was in a Bulgarian Cup
semi-final game against Blagoevgrad
`s FC Pirin (0:0) on 27 April 1994.
The stadium is also known as Plovdiv's Loftus Road
- a tribute to the English
team
QPR
, which plays in the same hooped kit as Spartak
. All the roads surrounding Todor Diev Stadium have Macedon
ian and Thracian
connections.
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...
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 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...
, 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...
. Located in the south urban area of Kyuchuk Parij. It is the home ground of FC Spartak Plovdiv
FC Spartak Plovdiv
FC Spartak Plovdiv is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv. Spartak Plovdiv currently plays its home matches at the 3,000-seat Todor Diev Stadium in the Kichuk Parizh district of Plovdiv. The stadium is named after the club's all-time greatest player Todor Diev...
. Presently the stadium holds 3,500 people. Opened in 1926 as a multi-sport venue of the domestic sport giant Botev Plovdiv.
In 1949 the stadium was nationalized by the communist authorities and later same year it was given to then established Spartak
FC Spartak Plovdiv
FC Spartak Plovdiv is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv. Spartak Plovdiv currently plays its home matches at the 3,000-seat Todor Diev Stadium in the Kichuk Parizh district of Plovdiv. The stadium is named after the club's all-time greatest player Todor Diev...
.
In the period 1982-1984 Spartak Stadium was redeveloped. It is named after the greatest player in the club's history Todor Diev
Todor Diev
Todor Nedyalkov Diev is a former Bulgarian football player.Diev was Born in Plovdiv. He played 308 games for Spartak Plovdiv and scored 146 goals. He was also capped 55 times for the Bulgaria national team and scored 16 goals.-References:...
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The stadium's highest recorded attendance of 11,353 was in a Bulgarian Cup
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....
semi-final game against 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....
`s FC Pirin (0:0) on 27 April 1994.
The stadium is also known as Plovdiv's Loftus Road
Loftus Road
Loftus Road is a football stadium in Shepherd's Bush, London. It is home to the English football team Queens Park Rangers of the Premier League and has a capacity of around 18,500. The four stands are called the Loftus Road End , Ellerslie Road Stand, South Africa Road Stand and the School End,...
- a tribute to the English
England
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team
Team
A team comprises a group of people or animals linked in a common purpose. Teams are especially appropriate for conducting tasks that are high in complexity and have many interdependent subtasks.A group in itself does not necessarily constitute a team...
QPR
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
, which plays in the same hooped kit as Spartak
FC Spartak Plovdiv
FC Spartak Plovdiv is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv. Spartak Plovdiv currently plays its home matches at the 3,000-seat Todor Diev Stadium in the Kichuk Parizh district of Plovdiv. The stadium is named after the club's all-time greatest player Todor Diev...
. All the roads surrounding Todor Diev Stadium have Macedon
Macedon
Macedonia or Macedon was an ancient kingdom, centered in the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, the region of Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south....
ian and Thracian
Thrace
Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east...
connections.