Stadion Hristo Botev Tickets

Stadium facts

Stadion Hristo Botev key facts

Home team

Bulgaria

Capacity

18,777

Opened

1961

Owner

Plovdiv Municipality; operated by Botev Plovdiv

Record attendance

40,000 — Botev Plovdiv 1–1 Atlético Madrid, European Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-final, 27 February 1963 (before the 2013–2023 rebuild)

Pitch size

105 × 68 m

Postcode

4017

• The 37,000 crowd for a 1966 league match against Levski Sofia is the ground’s domestic record.
• It hosted the 2000 Bulgarian Cup final.
• The rebuilt stadium was given UEFA Category 4 status in October 2024.
• Bulgaria beat Northern Ireland 1–0 here in the Nations League on 8 September 2024, in front of 14,300.
• The rebuild was designed by Georgi Savov of Vamos Architecture & Design.

History

About Stadion Hristo Botev

A pitch was first opened on the site in 1923 on land bought by Saint Augustine College, which gave the ground its nickname, Kolezha. The stadium was rebuilt from 1959 and reopened on 14 May 1961 with a 3–0 friendly win for Botev over Steaua Bucharest. All the stands were demolished in 2013 for a rebuild to 18,777 seats, but work stopped in 2014 when the main sponsor, Corporate Commercial Bank, collapsed. Building resumed under a 2020 contract, the first match in the new stadium was against Levski Sofia on 29 April 2023, and the roof and façade were completed in mid-2024.

Seating layout

Stadion Hristo Botev seating plan & capacity

The rebuilt stadium is a rectangular, football-only ground with single-tier stands on all four sides. Every stand is roofed, though the roof does not cover the lowest rows.

• West Stand

  The main stand, with the club facilities and boxes.

• South Stand

  Home to Botev’s ultras.

Getting there

How to get to Stadion Hristo Botev

Stadion Hristo Botev is at 4017, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

FAQ

Stadion Hristo Botev ticket FAQs