- Source: Adjarabet Arena
The Batumi Stadium (Georgian: ბათუმის სტადიონი, batumis st’adioni) officially Adjarabet Arena (Georgian: აჭარაბეთ არენა) for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Batumi, Georgia. The stadium has a capacity of 20,035 people.
History
Construction began in January 2018 and was completed in July 2020. Its inauguration, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, took place on 27 October 2020 with an official ceremony. The ceremony was attended by then-Prime Minister of Georgia, Giorgi Gakharia.
It has a capacity of 20,000 seats and hosts FC Dinamo Batumi's home matches. It is a UEFA Category 4 Stadium and since 2021 has been occasionally hosting matches of the Georgian national football team.
The stadium was designed by the Turkish firm Bahadır Kul Architecture and cost about 100 million Georgian Laris (35 million euros).
The exterior of the stadium, consisting of a series of panels arranged in the form of overlapping scales that can be illuminated at night, is inspired by the swirling effect of traditional Georgian dances, in particular Khorumi.
In 2023, it was one of four Georgian venues to host the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship and hosted the final, where England defeated Spain 1-0.
Notable games
The first match was held on November 21, 2020, between Dinamo Batumi and Dila Gori.
On 10 July 2022, the Georgian Rugby Team defeated Italy 28–19. Batumi Stadium hosted this historical match, when Georgia defeated a first-tier team for the first time in 2022 summer series.
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See also
FC Dinamo Batumi
Stadiums in Georgia
List of European stadiums by capacity
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Babak kualifikasi Liga Konferensi Eropa UEFA 2023–2024 (Jalur Utama)
- Grup A Kualifikasi Kejuaraan Eropa UEFA 2024
- Liga B Liga Negara UEFA 2024–2025
- Adjarabet Arena
- 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
- 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final
- 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B
- 2024 Erovnuli Liga
- Georgia national football team
- 2024–25 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round
- 2024 Georgian Super Cup
- 2024–25 UEFA Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round (Champions Path)
- England national under-21 football team
