Stadionul Municipal (Brăila)
| Location | 1 Parcul Monument Street, Brăila, Romania |
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| Coordinates | 45°15′29.01″N 27°56′49.74″E / 45.2580583°N 27.9471500°ECoordinates: 45°15′29.01″N 27°56′49.74″E / 45.2580583°N 27.9471500°E |
| Owner | Municipality of Brăila |
| Capacity | 20,000 |
| Record attendance | 30,000 (CF Brăila-FC Dinamo București, 1 December 2004) |
| Field size | 105 x 68m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1970 |
| Opened | August 21, 1974 |
| Renovated | 2012 |
| Tenants | |
| CF Brăila (1974–present) | |
| Website | |
| Fans website | |
The Municipal Stadium (Romanian: Stadionul Municipal) is a multi multi-purpose stadium in Brăila, Romania, and is the home ground of CF Brăila. It holds 20,000 people
The stadium was opened on August 21, 1974 and was built on the ground of the old Vasile Roaită Stadium, a small stadium that had only one stand. Over time the stadium was renovated, the most recent were made in the summer of 2008, ending up with the mounting of 8,000 seats on the 1st and 2nd stand, decreasing its capacity from 25,000 to 20,000 also in 2012 the seats from Main Stand were changed in the club colors white and blue.
It holds motorcycle speedway events like the Speedway European Championship[1] (Qualifying Round 3).[2]
Construction
The old stadium Vasile Roiata was demolished between December 1970 and February 1971, also CF Brăila moves his home ground to Progresul Stadium during the construction. Construction of the new stadium were held for 4 years and in 21 August 1974 was inaugurated.
Facilities
The venue holds 20,154 people and from this capacity only 6,814 are seats. Also only 1,038 seats are covered at Main Stand. 200 VIP seats are available, with another 20 seats allotted for the press; the stadium has 21 entries and 50 parking spaces.
Usage
Municipal Stadium holds football competition like Liga II and Cupa Romaniei and motorcycle speedway events like the Speedway European Championship[1] (Qualifying Round 3).[2]
Notable high audience matches
The highest audience for a football game was achieved at the match between 
CF Brăila and FC Dinamo București, hosted on 1 December 2004, which brought 30,000 people to the stadium.[3]
The 2nd highest audience was achieved at in Liga I match hosted on 15 March 1992. The game between local team, CF Braila and FC Steaua București, brought 25,000 people to the stadium.[4]
Transport
The stadium is served by public transport with bus and trams. Stadium is located to the south-west of Brăila.
See also
Photo gallery
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Stadion Municipal Braila
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Stadion Municipal Braila
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Stadium plan