ASK Arena (), formerly Inter Arena and Shafa Stadium is an

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located in

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. The stadium was built on the site of Termist stadium in 2001 and has a capacity of 8,125 spectators. The stadium surrounded by practice fields, administration buildings and four-star hotel.

Background

ASK Arena was built by AFFA in 2001. The first match played was a

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first qualifying round between Shafa Baku and Olimija Ljubljana where the match ended 0–4. The first goal scored by

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. The stadium was one of the venues for the group stages of the

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. A Group A match were played there. In July 2014, it was announced that stadium will change its name to Inter-Arena after

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(whose former name was "Inter Baku") loaned stadium for long-term from AFFA. As the stadium changed its owner, in July 2018 it was renamed again into ASK Arena (which means ''Azerbaijan Industrial Corporation'') for sponsorship reasons.

Transport

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station of

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. The M9 Metro Station is planned in this area by

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in the future.

References

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{{Baku landmarks Football venues in Baku Sports venues completed in 2001