Neman Stadium

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• FK Neman Grodno
• Belarusian national football team

The Neman Stadium (White Russian Стадыён " Нёман ", Russian Стадион " Неман ", dt, Memel Stadium ') is a product now used mainly for football matches multi-purpose stadium in the Belarusian city of Hrodna. It is the central Sportkomlexes Neman.

History

Occupied the site of the sports complex since about 1800, the new Jewish cemetery Hrodnas. This was destroyed in 1951 by the Soviet authorities. 1963 was the construction of the 15,000 spectators offered stadium " Krasnaya Znamya " ( сьцяг Belarusian Чырвоны, Russian Красное знамя, dt, Red Banner ') started. In 1993 it was renamed the " Neman " stadium. During construction in the 2002-2008 renovations, an excavator bones unearthed human remains of the former cemetery; they were disposed of in a landfill. Independent journalists made ​​this known. Following protests by the city council pledged to install a plaque at the stadium. With the end of the work, the stadium capacity was reduced to 8,800 seats.

International meetings

The FK Neman Grodno wore his three previous international games played in the Neman Stadium. In Europe Cup Winners' Cup in 1993/94, the club received the FC Lugano and won after a 0-5 first-leg defeat 2-1. In the UEFA Cup 2003/ 04 the team played against Steaua Bucharest 1-1. The UI Cup 2005 team against FC Tescoma Zlín lost with 0:1.

BATE Borisov met in the absence of other suitable stadium on February 14, 2013 Hrodno in the Round of the UEFA Europa League 2012/13 Fenerbahce and erreichtete there 0-0.

The Belarusian national football team came on June 6, 2009 in a qualifying match for the 2010 World Cup in Neman Stadium against Andorra and won with 5:1.