Location Tashkent, Uzbekistan Broke ground November 13, 2008 Capacity 34,000 Phone +998 71 230 93 39 Architecture firm Gerkan, Marg and Partners | Operator Bunyodkor Address Tashkent, Uzbekistan Opened 28 August 2012 Team FC Bunyodkor Construction cost 250 million USD | |
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Similar Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, MHSK Stadium, Mirzo Ulugbek, Chilonzor, Bunyodkor | ||
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The Bunyodkor Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Bunyodkor.
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Background
Bunyodkor's previous permanent home ground, MHSK Stadium, was built in 1986. After the 2008 season MHSK Stadium was closed for a long time due to a reconstruction with aim to build a new arena on the site. In autumn 2008 and 2009 the old stadium was completely demolished. The construction of new arena and football academy facilities have been finished in August 2012. The new arena replaced the JAR Stadium where club played its home matches in 2009-2012.
The stadium holds 34,000 spectators. Its original shape was designed by GMP Architekten, an architectural firm based in Germany. It was planned to use the new arena for some matches of the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Bunyodkor Stadium opened on 28 September 2012 with a friendly match between Bunyodkor and Pakhtakor ended with 3–3.
The first official match was played on 26 March 2013 between Uzbekistan and Lebanon in 2014 FIFA World Cup AFC fourth qualification round.