- Address: Samara
- Country: Russia
- Capacity: 44,000
- Opened: 28 April 2018
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Krylia Sovetov (football)
Extra stadium info – Solidarnost Samara Arena
The construction of the Solidarnost Samara Arena, which is also known as the Cosmos Arena, started in 2014. The national football teams of Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, England, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Sweden, the United Mexican States and Uruguay played at the Solidarnost Samara Arena during the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The first-ever FIFA World Cup match at the venue took place on 17 June 2018. The national football team of Serbia won the game after beating Costa Rica in front of 41,000 spectators. Aleksandar Kolarov scored the only goal of the match. He played professional football in Serbia, the Italian Republic and the United Kingdom. Kolarov scored 11 goals for the national football team of Serbia.
Other FIFA World Cup games
The Solidarnost Samara Arena hosted three more group-stage matches for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The first one took place on 21 June 2018. The game between Denmark and Australia ended in a 1-1 draw. The second one was won by Uruguay after beating Russia 3-0. The national football team of Colombia won the third one after scoring once against Senegal. On 2 July 2018, the Solidarnost Samara Arena hosted its only round-of-16 match for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. It was a game between Brazil and the United Mexican States, which was won by the South Americans. Five days later, England won the last 2018 FIFA World Cup game at the Solidarnost Samara Arena after defeating Sweden. It was a quarter-final.
Krylia Sovetov
Football club Krylia Sovetov use the Solidarnost Samara Arena for home games. The club was founded in 1942. In 2005, they reached the Russian cup final for the first time in their history. Krylia Sovetov lost the final, which took place in the city of Moscow. 17,000 people attended the cup final. Krylia Sovetov drew an average home attendance of 25,000 during that league season.
