Eighth Kilometer District Stadium, ( az, 8-ci Kilometr Qəsəbə Stadionu) is a

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located in

Nizami raion Nizami Rayon ( az, Nizami Rayonu, Низами Рајону, نیظامی رایوننو) is a municipal district of the city of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Its population is 201,239 and it includes the municipality of Keşlə. Of these, 25,6 ...

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, Azerbaijan. It was opened in 2012 and has a capacity of 11,000 spectators. In 2013 it was renamed to Bakcell Arena. Bakcell Arena is serving as the home ground of the

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club Neftchi PFK. The stadium hosted some of the

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matches.

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