The Eugen Popescu Stadium is a multi-use

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Târgoviște Târgoviște (, alternatively spelled ''Tîrgoviște'') is a Municipiu, city and county seat in Dâmbovița County, Romania. It is situated north-west of Bucharest, on the right bank of the Ialomița (river), Ialomița River. Târgoviște was ...

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currently undergoing re-construction. It is used mostly for

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matches and is the home ground of Chindia Târgoviște. The stadium held 8.400 people and is located in the town center, next to the

Chindia Tower The Chindia Tower () is a tower in the Curtea Domnească monuments ensemble in Târgoviște, Romania, built in the 15th century. The tower was begun during the second reign of Prince Vlad III the Impaler over Wallachia and took its final form dur ...

. The stadium was named after the former football player of Metalul Târgoviște and famous youth team coach Eugen Popescu (1928–1996), the creator of Chindia Târgoviște, team that promoted in 1996 to the Romanian Top League. Players like L. Reghecampf, B. Liță, C. Becheanu, T. Zamfirescu, R. Gâlmencea, A. Bogoi, C. Ţermure, C.I. Voicu, I. Ceauşu, M. Priseceanu, C. Bălaşa, M. Jilăveanu, R. Toboşaru, M. Antal, C. Negru, L. Strizu, have all been bred in the

youth team center by Eugen Popescu.

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Stadionul Eugen Popescu on Soccerway
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