Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912
Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912 (Bulgarian: Футболен комплекс „Ботев 1912“, English: 'Botev 1912 Football Complex') is a football complex in the Komatevo neighbourhood of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, which is the home of Botev Plovdiv and its youth academy.
Location | Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
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Coordinates | 42°06′27″N 24°42′28.8″E |
Operator | PFC Botev Plovdiv |
Capacity | 3,500 |
Field size | 105 m × 68 m |
Surface | Grass, Artificial turf |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 13 June 2012 |
Built | 2012–2013 |
Opened | 18 September 2013 |
Renovated | 2016 |
Construction cost | 13.3 million BGN[1] €6.8 million in 2013 |
Architect | Georgi Savov |
Tenants | |
Botev Plovdiv (2013–present) |
The first squad have been using the venue for their training and official matches since late 2013, because their official stadium, the Hristo Botev Stadium is being reconstructed. From the summer of 2014 the redevelopment is on hold, due to the lack of funding.[2]
In 2017, the football complex was leased to Maritsa Plovdiv, until their stadium was licensed for professional football matches.[3]
Overview
The venue has a total of six fields, two of which have an artificial turf surface, the first one is standard size and the other is 40 by 50 metres (130 ft × 160 ft) long.[4] The surface of the remaining four terrains is made from grass. Three of them are standard size, the last one being 90 by 50 metres (300 ft × 160 ft) long.[5] A stand with a seating capacity of 2,000 spectators is situated next to one of the fields. The stand consists of two levels. The first one contains two built-in changing rooms, a gym, training rooms, referee rooms, a storage room, a doctor's office, a massage room and a press conferences room. The second level contains a fanshop and a cafeteria.[6][7] The venue also consists of a hotel part.[8]
Renovations
2016
In order to meet the licensing criteria of the Bulgarian Football Union, the club bought four floodlight pylons, which were then situated around the official field.[9]
References
- "Ботев инвестира 13 млн. лева в Коматево". Plovdiv24.bg (in Bulgarian). 13 November 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- "Близо 30 млн. лв. трябват за довършването на ст. "Христо Ботев"". Novasport.com (in Bulgarian). 29 March 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- "Ботев и Марица ще си сътрудничат, пет "канарчета" ще играят под наем при маричани". botevplovdiv.bg (in Bulgarian). 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- "Изкуствени игрища". botevplovdiv.bg (in Bulgarian). 7 September 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- "Естествени игрища". botevplovdiv.bg (in Bulgarian). 7 September 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- "Фитнес". botevplovdiv.bg (in Bulgarian). 7 September 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- "Трибуна". botevplovdiv.bg (in Bulgarian). 7 September 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- "Хотелска част". botevplovdiv.bg (in Bulgarian). 7 September 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- "Стълбовете на осветлението се издигнаха над клубната база". botevplovdiv.bg (in Bulgarian). 10 August 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2017.