Georgi Benkovski Stadium, Football stadium in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria.
Georgi Benkovski Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Pazardzhik, mostly used for football, with a capacity of 13,128 seats. It stands in the northwestern part of the city, in Park Stadiona, left of the exit toward the Trakia motorway, near the old Lyuben Shkodrov Stadium and the Strelbishte training pitch. It has modern changing rooms, a press conference hall, two covered benches for journalists and guests, and a referee's room.
The fourth pitch on the site was completed in 1989 as Septemvri Stadium, with a capacity of 12,000 seats. It opened on 26 March 1989 with a match between Hebar and Yantra (Gabrovo) that Hebar won 1:0 before 15,000 spectators. On 30 July 1991 it was renamed Georgi Benkovski, after the Bulgarian revolutionary, and has kept that name since.
It serves as the home ground for local football club PFC Hebar Pazardzhik and functions as a gathering place for the city's football supporters. Match days bring fans from the surrounding area together to share in their passion for the team.
The stadium sits in the northwestern part of Pazardzhik, in Park Stadiona, on the left of the road leaving town toward the Trakia motorway. The old Lyuben Shkodrov stadium and the Strelbishte training pitch are in the same park. The ground has two covered benches for journalists and guests and a separate referees' room.
The stadium stands in the northwest of Pazardzhik, in Park Stadiona, left of the road out of town toward the Trakia motorway. The same park holds the old Lyuben Shkodrov stadium and the Strelbishte training pitch; the ground itself was built on the site of the former Septemvri practice field.
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