Hristo Botev Stadium (Plovdiv)

Hristo Botev Stadium (Bulgarian: Стадион „Христо Ботев“, "Колежа") (also nicknamed Kolezha, "the College") is a football stadium in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It is the home ground of PFC Botev Plovdiv and has a seating capacity of 22,000 spectators. The sport venue was inaugurated on May 14, 1961, with the friendly match between Botev Plovdiv and Steaua Bucureşti.

• The stadium was originally named The College and is still known by this name among the fans. The reason for this is that in the early 1900s the pitch was owned by the Catholic College.
• The stadium was built between 1959 and 1961, and originally held 35,000 people and had electric lightning in the design of architect Anton Karavelov.
• In the summer of 2008, the venue underwent some renovations to meet the requirements of the Football Union - The Central Stand was renovated and the visitors's changing room was built under it.
• The football stadium was also the host of the 2000 Bulgarian Cup final, which was won by Levski Sofia after 2:0 against Naftex Burgas.

References

External links

• (Bulgarian) Official website of the fans of Botev Plovdiv