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]
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Location | Barysaw, Belarus |
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Coordinates | 54°11′35″N 28°28′31″E |
Owner | BATE Barysaw |
Capacity | 13,126[1] |
Record attendance | 13,121 (Belarus vs Spain, 25 June 2015)[2] |
Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 2011–2014 |
Opened | 3 May 2014; 8 years ago (2014-05-03) |
Construction cost | 40,000,000 €[3] |
Architect | OFIS Architects |
Tenants | |
FC BATE Borisov (2014–) Belarus national football team (2014–2017; 2019) |
The first official game ever played 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 on the stadium in front of an almost full capacity of over 11,000.[1]
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]
# | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Competition |
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1 | September 4, 2014 | ![]() |
6–1 | 2,400 | Friendly |
2 | October 9, 2014 | ![]() |
0–2 | 10,512[7] | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
3 | October 12, 2014 | ![]() |
1–3 | 3,684[8] | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
4 | November 18, 2014 | ![]() |
3–2 | 6,700 | Friendly |
5 | June 14, 2015 | ![]() |
0–1 | 13,121 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
6 | October 12, 2015 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1,545 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
7 | September 6, 2016 | ![]() |
0–0 | 12,920 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
8 | October 10, 2016 | ![]() |
1–1 | 9,011 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
9 | June 9, 2017 | ![]() |
2–1 | 6,150 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
10 | September 3, 2017 | ![]() |
0–4 | 6,431 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
10 | October 7, 2017 | ![]() |
1–3 | 6,850 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
11 | June 8, 2019 | ![]() |
0–2 | 12,510 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying |
12 | June 11, 2019 | ![]() |
0–1 | 5,250 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying |