Central Stadium, football stadium in Astrakhan, Russia

Central Stadium is a multi-purpose arena in Astrakhan with a football pitch and covered seating; its capacity is given as 18,000 after reconstruction in one source and 21,500 all-seated in another. A separate small sports arena on the site of the former reserve field has an artificial pitch with heating, floodlights, a scoreboard and 3,000 seats. The whole territory covers 12 hectares.

Built in 1955 with wooden stands for 15,000 spectators, the stadium gained under-stand rooms in 1964 and an electronic scoreboard in the early 1970s. A second reconstruction widened the stands in 1974; in 1988 the ground passed from the fish-canning and refrigeration combine to Astrakhan-gazprom. Plastic seats and rebuilt floodlight masts followed by 2000, and a 2008 rebuild for the city's 450th anniversary left 17,500 seats.

The stadium is the home ground for FC Volgar Astrakhan and hosts regional festivals including the Sabantuy celebration. It plays a central role in the city's sports and community life.

The stadium stands at the start of Savushkina Street, where the "Central Stadium" bus stop serves routes M1, M2, M3, M5, 4, 19s, 29, 37, 52, 53, 63, 78 and 90, plus marshrutkas 4s, 27s, 29s, 37s, 78s, 80s and 90s; several are terminus stops. The grounds cover 12 hectares, and a small arena with a heated artificial pitch and 3,000 seats sits on the former reserve field.

In 2001 the stadium averaged 29,000 spectators per match; the record came against Uralan Elista, when 33,000 attended, 2,500 more than the arena's official capacity at the time.