Charentsavan City Stadium (), is a multipurpose

stadium A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...

Charentsavan Charentsavan (), is a town and urban municipal community in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. It was founded in 1947 as ''Lusavan'', and renamed in 1967 after the poet Yeghishe Charents. According to the 2011 census, the population of Charentsavan ...

, Armenia, mainly used for

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games, as well as local events of

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.Athletics Championship of Armenia

Overview

It was opened in 1970 and has a capacity of 5,000 spectators. It served as a home ground to

FC Moush Charentsavan FC Moush Charentsavan () was an Armenian football club from Charentsavan, Kotayk Province. They played their home games at the Charentsavan City Stadium Charentsavan City Stadium (), is a multipurpose stadium in Charentsavan, Armenia, mainly us ...

between 1990 and 1994, when the club was dissolved and retired from professional football. On the occasion of the ''2017 Charentsavan youth capital of Armenia'', the stadium's pitch was replaced with an artificial turf in September 2016. The renovation process was financed by the

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. It is envisaged to turn the venue into an all-seater stadium by the end of 2017. The stadium is currently used by several youth football schools of

Kotayk Province Kotayk (, ), is a provinces of Armenia, province (''Administrative divisions of Armenia, marz'') of Armenia. It is located at the central part of the country. Its capital is Hrazdan and the largest city is Abovyan. It is named after the Kotayk c ...

Gallery

File:Charentsavan city stadium.jpg, The Stadium before the installation of the artificial turf

References

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