The Trud Stadium is a

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and was the main home ground of

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from 2009 to present time, FC Avangard Podolsk in 2009

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in 2014 due to disqualification of

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for single match of the Russian Cup. and women's football club Podolchanka. The stadium holds 11,962.

History

The stadium in

was opened in 1961. With initial capacity of 22,500 spectators it was the biggest stadium of

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at the time. In 1980 the stadium was a part of

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. In 1996 the stadium was closed for reconstruction, which ended in September 2008. The first match after reopening took place on March 28th, 2009. It was the game between Vityaz Podolsk and

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, finished 2-1.

International matches

Trud Stadium has hosted several international matches, listed below:

References

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