Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov

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Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov
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Full name	Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov
Former names	Slavia Stadium (1958–2021)
Location	Sofia, Bulgaria
Coordinates	42°40′31.30″N 23°16′19.30″E / 42.6753611°N 23.2720278°E / 42.6753611; 23.2720278
Owner	Slavia Sofia
Operator	Slavia Sofia
Capacity	25,000
Field size	105 X 68
Surface	Grass
Built	1958
Tenants
Slavia Sofia (1932–present) Bulgaria U21 (2009–present)

Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov (Bulgarian: Стадион „Александър Шаламанов“) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Slavia district of Sofia, Bulgaria named after the football legend Aleksandar Shalamanov. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of the local football club PFC Slavia Sofia. The stadium has a seating capacity of 25,000 and is one of the biggest sport facilities in Bulgaria.^[1]

The stadium is part of a multifunctional sport complex, which includes two football training grounds, one multi-purpose indoor hall and an ice-hockey arena with a capacity of 2,000 spectators.
Also, as of 2009, the Bulgaria national under-21 football team plays some of its home matches at this stadium.

In April 2014, a contract for building a new stadium to replace the old one was signed between PFC Slavia and the German company IFS. The capacity shall be expanded to 24,000, with an option for 33,000 spectators for major events. The deal was co-signed by the Bulgarian Football Union. The national teams shall be obliged to play their host matches at the new stadium. Also, the football union will bid with this stadium for a standard package of Euro 2020 matches.^[2]^[3]

On 25 October 2021, a day after Slavia's legend Aleksandar Shalamanov died, the team announced that the stadium would be renamed in his honour and would take the name Aleksandar Shalamanov Stadium.^[4]

Old Slavia Stadium

The original home ground of Slavia was located just to the northwest of Ruski Pametnik near the center of Sofia. It was built in the mid-1920s and demolished in the late 1940s.^[5]

References

^ "Национален Клуб на Слависта - Виж темата - стадион "Славия"".
^ "Националният отбор се обвърза дългосрочно с бъдещия стадион в "Овча купел"". dnevnik.bg (in Bulgarian). 10 April 2014.
^ "Sofia National Stadium". IFS. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
^ Славия кръщава стадиона си на Александър Шаламанов
^ Map of Sofia, 1946, "Sp. Club Slavia" can be seen in square V4 ('В4' in Cyrillic).

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