Football stadium in Barysaw, Belarus
Borisov Arena (Belarusian: Барысаў-Арэна, Barysaw-Arena; Russian: Борисов-Арена) is a football-specific stadium in Barysaw, Belarus and is the home stadium of FC BATE Borisov and the Belarus national football team. The stadium's official capacity is 13,126.[4][5]
History
The first official game at the Borisov Arena was the 2013–14 Belarusian Cup Final on 3 May 2014. It was contested between FC Neman Grodno and FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk and won 1-0 by the team from Salihorsk. Ukrainian midfielder Artem Starhorodskyi scored the first ever goal in the stadium in front of an almost full capacity of over 11,000.[2]
National team matches
The Belarus national football team played its first game at the Borisov Arena on 4 September 2014 when they defeated Tajikistan 6–1 in a friendly.[6] The first official national team game was played on 9 October 2014, when Belarus lost 0–2 to Ukraine in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier played in front of 10,512 spectators.[7]
List of games
#
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Date
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Opponent
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Result
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Attendance
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Competition
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1
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September 4, 2014
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Tajikistan
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6–1
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2,400
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Friendly
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2
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October 9, 2014
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Ukraine
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0–2
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10,512[7]
|
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
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3
|
October 12, 2014
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Slovakia
|
1–3
|
3,684[8]
|
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
|
4
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November 18, 2014
|
Mexico
|
3–2
|
6,700
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Friendly
|
5
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June 14, 2015
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Spain
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0–1
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13,121
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UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
|
6
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September 08, 2015
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Luxembourg
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2–0
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3,482
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UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
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7
|
October 12, 2015
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Macedonia
|
0–0
|
1,545
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UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
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8
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September 6, 2016
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France
|
0–0
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12,920
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
9
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October 10, 2016
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Luxembourg
|
1–1
|
9,011
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
10
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June 9, 2017
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Bulgaria
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2–1
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6,150
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
11
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September 3, 2017
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Sweden
|
0–4
|
6,431
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
12
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October 7, 2017
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Netherlands
|
1–3
|
6,850
|
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
13
|
June 8, 2019
|
Germany
|
0–2
|
12,510
|
UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
|
14
|
June 11, 2019
|
Northern Ireland
|
0–1
|
5,250
|
UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
|
Gallery
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Detail of the stadium's main stand
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BATE Borisov playing
FC Dinamo Minsk on May 5, 2014
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Belarus playing Ukraine at the Borisov Arena on October 9, 2014
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External view of the stadium (October 2014)
See also
References
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