Khazar Lankaran Central Stadium ( az, Xəzər Lənkəran Mərkəzi Stadionu) is a multi-use
stadium
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in
Lankaran
Lankaran ( az, Lənkəran, ) is a city in Azerbaijan, on the coast of the Caspian Sea, near the southern border with Iran. As of 2021, the city had a population of 89,300. It is next to, but independent of, Lankaran District. The city forms a di ...
,
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
. It is currently used mostly for
football
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matches and is the home stadium of
FK Khazar Lankaran
Khazar Lankaran FK ( tly, Xəzər Lankon Futboli Klub, script=Latn, az, Xəzər Lənkəran Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Lankaran that last played in the Azerbaijan Premier League during the 2015–16 season.
Since the ...
. The stadium holds 15,000 people and opened in 2006. The stadium also known as ''Fırtınalar meydanı'' (Arena of Storms), named after club's local supporters ''Fırtına'' fan group.
On 17 July 2009,
UEFA
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approved the stadium for usage during international football matches. The stadium hosted its first senior international match on 5 September 2009, between
Azerbaijan
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and
Finland
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.
The stadium was one of the venues for the group stages of the
2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Two Group matches were played there.
See also
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List of football stadiums in Azerbaijan
This is a list of football stadiums in Azerbaijan, ranked in descending order of capacity.
See also
*List of European stadiums by capacity
*2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
*UEFA Euro 2020
References
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External links
Khazar Lankaran's Stadium
Football venues in Azerbaijan
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