Victor Mumjiev Stadium

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Stadionul „Victor Mumjiev”, also known as Stadionul Orășenesc, is a football stadium in Comrat, Moldova. It is home of Univer Comrat, Olimp Comrat and Maiak Chirsova. It was built on the site of a 60-years old football field in 2011–2012 with the funds mostly by the Government of Turkey. The reconstruction cost amounted to 10 million euro. The stadium has a seating capacity of 4,430 with six four-hundred-meter asphalted running tracks and a football field measuring 105 × 68 meters. The name is given in honor of Viktor Georgievich Mumzhiev, the chairman of the Comrat kolkhoz in the 1950s-1960s, who made a significant contribution to the development of sports in the city.

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