The Progresul Stadium is a
multi-purpose stadium
A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used for multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a design philosophy that stres ...
in
Pecica
Pecica (; ; ; /''Pečka'') is a town in Arad County, western Romania. In ancient times it was a Dacian fortress called Ziridava and today it is an important archeological site.Barbara Ann Kipfer, ''Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology'', p.428. ...
,
Romania
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. It is currently used mostly for
football
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matches and is the home ground of
Progresul Pecica
Asociația Club Sportiv Progresul Pecica, commonly known as ACS Progresul Pecica, Progresul Pecica, or simply as Pecica is a Romanian professional football (soccer), football football team, club based in Pecica, Arad County.
Progresul Pecica was ...
. The stadium holds about 2,000 people and has 1,500 seats. In the past was also the home ground of Virtutea Pecica and West Petrom Pecica (club that also included Progresul from 1992 until 2001).
The stadium was opened in the 1920s and over time it has gone through some modernization and renovation processes, but still retaining its vintage style.
The stadium was known in the past as ''Comunal Stadium'' or ''Petrom Stadium'' and the largest number of spectators recorded was of 5–6,000, on 21 September 1999, at the match between ''West Petrom Pecica'' and
Steaua București.
References
External links
Stadionul Progresul (Pecica) on soccerway.com
See also
Football venues in Romania
Buildings and structures in Arad County
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