Regional Sport Complex Brestsky (; ), also known simply as OSK Brestsky or ASK Brestski is a multi-use
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 ...
in
Brest,
Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...
. It is currently used mostly for
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
matches and is the home ground of
FC Dinamo Brest
FC Dynamo Brest (, ''FK Dynama Brest''; ) is a Belarusian professional football club based in Brest. The club plays in the Belarusian Premier League, the top division in Belarusian football.
In 2019, Dynamo won its first Belarusian Premie ...
. The stadium holds 10,060 people.
The complex was built in 1937 and given the name Spartak Stadium in 1939. In 1972, it was renamed to Dinamo Stadium and reassigned to Dinamo sport society along with local
football team
A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-st ...
. Stadium's major reconstruction and renovation started in 1996. After partial completion in 1999, it was rebranded as Regional Sport Complex Brestsky.
Another stadium in Brest currently known as Dinamo Stadium was built in 1989 and originally known as Stroitel Stadium. It was renamed to Dinamo Stadium in 2004 and is currently used as home ground for FC Dinamo Brest reserve team.
International use
OSK Brestsky is one of the few Belarusian stadia that is allowed to host group stage and knockout phase matches of European club competitions.
OSK Brestsky and Central Stadium in Gomel allowed to host group and knockout games of European Cups
/ref> It was also used as a home ground for Belarus national football team
The Belarus national football team (; ) represents Belarus in men's international football, and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus, the governing body for football in Belarus. Belarus' home ground is Dinamo Stadium in Minsk. ...
on one occasion, which was a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
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match against Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
in October 2009 that ended with 4–0 win for Belarus.
External links
Official website
References
Football venues in Belarus
Sport in Brest, Belarus
Buildings and structures in Brest, Belarus
FC Dynamo Brest
Sports venues completed in 1937
1937 establishments in Belarus
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