Stadion Georgi Benkovski

Stadion Georgi Benkovski

Стадион Георги Бенковски
The stadium in 2023
Stadion Georgi Benkovski Location within Bulgaria
Former names	Septemvri (1989-1991)
Address	Bulgaria
Location	Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
Coordinates	42°12′39″N 24°19′21″E / 42.21083°N 24.32250°E / 42.21083; 24.32250
Type	Multi-use stadium
Capacity	13,128
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	1989
Renovated	2021-2023

Stadion Georgi Benkovski (Bulgarian: Стадион "Георги Бенковски") is a multi-use stadium in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Hebar Pazardzhik. The stadium holds around 13 thousand people.

History

The fourth pitch was completed in 1989. It was then called the Septemvri Stadium and had a seating capacity of 12,000. It was inaugurated that year on 26 March with the match FC Hebar - FC Yantra 1:0, attended by 15 000 spectators. On 30 July 1991 the stadium was renamed "Georgi Benkovski", whose name it still bears today. This is the current stadium of FC Hebar. The three seasons in ''A'' Football Group were played in this stadium. It has modern changing rooms, a press conference hall, two covered benches for journalists and guests, a referee's room and meets all the requirements for holding football matches.^[1]

References

This page was last edited on 10 June 2023, at 13:00