Sheriff Stadium

Sheriff Stadium is home to FC Sheriff, a football team based in Tiraspol, capital of Transnistria, and owned by the local Sheriff corporation. It seats 14,300 spectators. It is the only football stadium in the region which is eligible for international events, which means that teams from both Moldova and Transnistria use it to play their international home matches.

It occupies a territory of more than forty hectares and consists of the main field plus five other fields, training fields, a covered indoor arena for winter use as well as a soccer school for children and on-site residences for the players of "FC Sheriff". A five star luxury hotel is under construction.

The stadium has impressed its visitors, among them FIFA president Sepp Blatter and Willie McDougall from the Scottish Football Association.

Malaya Sportivnaya Arena is a multi-use stadium in Tiraspol, Moldova. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It hosts games of the FC Sheriff Tiraspol. [http://stadiony.net/stadium.php?s=678] The stadium holds 11,000 people and was built in 2002. [http://www.worldstadia.com/stadium/moldova/malaya_sportivnaya_arena/1646.php?PHPSESSID=91b236da035fe1c125fadd4ba3a9b7cc]

See also

* Sheriff

External links

* [http://sc.sheriff.md/rus/structure/main Stadium website (in Russian)]
* [http://www.pridnestrovie.net/sports.html Article about stadium, with photos]