Veria Stadium is a

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Veria Veria (; ), officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Beroea or Berea, is a city in Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of Imathia. It is located north-nor ...

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. It is used for

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matches, and is the home stadium of NFC Veria. It was built in 1925 by members of music and gymnastics association Megas Alexandros. The stadium holds about 7,000. It is situated off the city centre. Record attendance is 10,309 for a game between

and

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club based in the City of Athens. Panathinaikos is one of the mos ...

in 1970. However, during a game between

Veria FC Veria Football Club () was a Association football, football club based in Veria, Imathia, Greece. Veria FC was founded in September 1960 when two local teams (Hermes and Vermion) merged. History 20th century 1960s In 1960 two local tea ...

and

PAOK FC PAOK FC (, ), short for "Pan-Thessalonian Sports club, Athletic Club of Constantinople, Constantinopolitans" (), and commonly known as PAOK Thessaloniki, PAOK Salonika or simply PAOK, is a Greek professional Association football, football cl ...

there were about 12,000 fans, but most of them entered the stadium without a ticket. The stadium formerly held track races too but after the renovations in 2005 and 2007 the space for track runners was removed.

Renovation

During 1997, Veria F.C. in co-operation with Municipality of Veria installed a roof at the west stand while, in 1998 an electronic scoreboard was installed. Again, in 2005 a lighting system was installed while the stadium capacity was greatly reduced due to the installation of seats to approximately 5,300. Although, in 2007 administration board of Veria & the city's mayor agreed to the construction of a north and a south stand which increased the stadium capacity to 7,000. During the team's comeback to the

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in 2012 Veria applied some improvements to the stadium in order to be qualified to host the championship matches. In 2013, Veria F.C. announced another renovation in the stadium. Since the beginning of the season due to security reasons the stands were upgraded as security rails were installed. Also due to damaged drainage system and an almost destroyed football field, on September 16, 2013, Veria announced the replacement of current drainage system and the reinstallation of a new football field. The replacement was expected to be complete by October 20, 2013. Veria F.C. was expected to use its stadium again in the local derby against

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in October 20. Also there are plans of another expansion in the near future while soon the electronic ticket will be available in Veria Stadium as well. On October 18, 2013

announced that the renovation of stadium was over and the stadium was ready to host again Veria's fixtures in Superleague Greece. Except the pitch's replacement the stadium was painted in blue-crimson colours while new goalposts were installed. Last but not least the locker rooms and the stadium's entrance were improved too. So that the stadium is able to host International matches.

Venues

In summer of 2015

and her stadium will host in

along with

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and

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the

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. Also every year, during the summer season there are plenty of music concerts taking place. On 17 September 2014 Veria Stadium held its first ever international match between

and

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as part of 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup European qualification round. During November 2014, an international friendly tournament was held at Veria Stadium.Ελλάδα - Γαλλία την Πέμπτη στο Δημοτικό Στάδιο Βέροιας

Most receipts

International matches

Concerts

Gallery

File:AEK Vs VERIA at Veria Stadium.JPG, Game between

and AEK FC in September 2007. Image:Veria asteras.jpg,

against

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. Image:VERIA_KSANTHII.JPG,

vs Skoda Xanthi FC. File:VeriaVsPaok.jpg, Veria F.C. vs P.A.O.K. F.C. during

in season 2013–14. File:VeriaVsAsteras.JPG,

against

from the east stand of the stadium. File:VeriaVsGiannina.JPG, View from the west stand of the east stand at Veria Stadium File:West stand of Veria Stadium.jpg, West stand of Veria Stadium. File:South Stand of Veria Stadium.JPG, South Stand of Veria Stadium. File:Scoreboard Veria Stadium.JPG, Scoreboard of Veria stadium. File:Veria stadium during its first international match.jpg, Greece vs Albania in Veria Stadium File:Veria stadium during an international match.jpg, Veria stadium during the international match of Greece women's national team against Albania as part of World Cup's 2015 European qualification round. File:Greece vs Ukraine in Euro U19 Championship, premiere.JPG, Premiere day:

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in 2015 European U19 championship at Veria Stadium. File:Greece vs Ukraine in Euro U19 Championship, premiere, panorama.JPG, Panorama of the north, south and east stand of Veria Stadium during the premiere game between

in 2015 European U19 championship.

References

External links

Veria Stadium website
{{Veria F.C. Veria F.C. Football venues in Greece Buildings and structures in Veria Multi-purpose stadiums in Greece Sports venues in Central Macedonia