- Address: Yekaterinburg
- Country: Russia
- Capacity: 35,000
- Opened: 1957
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Ural (football)
Extra stadium info – Central Stadium
The Central Stadium became the only 2018 FIFA World Cup venue in Asia. 27,000 people attended the first FIFA World Cup match in Yekaterinburg. The national football team of Uruguay won the game after beating Egypt. Uruguay won the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930 and Egypt played their first FIFA World Cup match in 1934. The French Republic won the second world championship game at the Central Stadium after beating Peru 1-0. The stadium’s third FIFA World Cup game was played between Japan and Senegal. The match ended in a 2-2 draw. Sweden won the last FIFA World Cup match at the Central Stadium after beating the United Mexican States in front of 33,000 spectators.
The Russian cup tournament and FC Ural
In 2012, the Central Stadium hosted its first final of the Russian cup tournament. 26,000 people showed up for the football game between Dynamo Moscow and Rubin Kazan. FC Ural use the Central Stadium for home games. The football club was founded in 1930 under a different name. FC Ural played numerous Russian top-flight football league games. In 2017, they played their first-ever Russian cup final. Lokomotiv Moscow won the match.
