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FC Gomel
FC Gomel () is a Belarusian association football, football club based in the city of Gomel. Their home stadium is Central Stadium (Gomel), Central Stadium. History Teams from Gomel (usually city or raion selection or railway-based team ''Lokomotiv'', but not always) played in the Belarusian SSR championships since the early 1920s. In 1946, Byelorussian SSR league for one season becomes one of the zones of the USSR 3rd level league, and ''Lokomotiv Gomel'' became the first city team to play in the Soviet league. The modern Gomel team was founded in 1959 as ''Lokomotiv Gomel''. They played at the 2nd level of Soviet football between 1959 and 1968. The results varied between seasons, as the team managed to finish 1st in their zone in 1962 as well as last in 1959 and 1963. However, because Soviet league system structure was changing almost every season in the 1950s and 1960s, Lokomotiv wasn't promoted or relegated until another league reorganisation in 1969. ''Gomselmash'' played a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Stadium (Gomel)
Central Stadium (; ) is a association football, football-specific stadium in Gomel, Belarus. It is currently used as a home ground of FC Gomel, Gomel. The stadium is all-seater stadium, all-seater and has a capacity of 14,307 people. The stadium was opened in 2004. History The modern stadium was built at the site of an old multi-purpose stadium of the same name, which was built in the 1930s and used by FC Gomel, Gomel until 1999. The stadium was then demolished and completely rebuilt during 1999–2004. International use The stadium has been used by FC Gomel, Gomel in international (mainly UEFA Europa League) matches. It was also used as a home ground for Belarus national football team on one occasion, which was a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match against Luxembourg national football team, Luxembourg in October 2007 that ended with 0–1 loss for the home team. References External links World Stadium ArticleProfile at pressball.by [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |