Saturn Stadium is a
football
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stadium
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in
Ramenskoye,
Moscow Oblast,
Russia
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. It is the home ground of third-tier side
FC Saturn Ramenskoye
FC Saturn Ramenskoye () is a Russian professional football club, based in the town of Ramenskoye in Moscow Oblast. It is also sometimes referred to as FC Saturn Moscow Region ().
History
The club was founded in 1946. Although the club is based ...
and has also used by
Torpedo Moscow
Football Club Torpedo Moscow (, ''FK Torpedo Moskva''), known as Torpedo Moscow, is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. The club will return to the Russian Premier League in the 2025–26 season. Their c ...
. The stadium holds 14,685 and was built in 1999.
For the 2013–14 season and the first half of the 2014-15 season, Torpedo played at the Saturn Stadium instead of its home ground as a cost-saving measure amidst financial difficulties. This made Saturn Stadium the first
Russian Premier League
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stadium built after the
Soviet era
The history of the Soviet Union (USSR) (1922–91) began with the ideals of the Russian Bolshevik Revolution and ended in dissolution amidst economic collapse and political disintegration. Established in 1922 following the Russian Civil War, ...
. Since then, most stadiums in the league are even more modern grounds, built in accordance with
2018 FIFA World Cup
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standards.
External links
Stadium at Saturn's website
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Football venues in Russia
FC Saturn Ramenskoye
Buildings and structures in Moscow Oblast
Sports venues completed in 1999
1999 establishments in Russia