Stadion Septemvri (Bulgarian: Стадион „Септември“, English: 'Septemvri Stadium') is a multi-purpose stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium will hold 4,500.

Stadion Septemvri

Full name	Septemvri Stadium
Location	Sofia, Bulgaria
Coordinates	42°41′32″N 23°17′16″E
Owner	DIT Group
Operator	Septemvri Sofia
Capacity	4,500 (planned)
Field size	105 × 68
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	1956
Built	1958 (old) 2019 (new) (planned)
Opened	1958 (old) 2019 (new) (planned)
Tenants
Old Stadium Septemvri Sofia (1958–1969; 1988–2006) CSKA Sofia (1970–1988) CSKA Sofia Reserves (1981–1984) New Stadium Septemvri Sofia (2019–present)

History

Old Septemvri Stadium

Septemvri Stadium was opened on 18 March 1958 with a friendly match against PFC Septemvri Sofia and PFC Levski Sofia. The stadium had 25,000 seats.

New Septemvri Stadium

In 2011 Hristo Stoichkov announced that a new Septemvri Stadium would be built with 15,000 seats and would have the name The Crown of Septemvri.[1][2] But the project was cancelled in 2013.

After the takeover of Septemvri by DIT Group in 2015, the new owners would fund a new stadium. In the beginning of 2017 it was announced that the new Septemvri Stadium building would start in summer 2017, if the team get the promotion for the Bulgarian First League.[3] In 2018 the project with 4,500 seats was run, expecting to be approved before the end of 2018.[4]

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