Chele Arena

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Chele Arena
Location Flag of Georgia.svg Kobuleti, Georgia
Owner Government of Georgia
Capacity 6,000
Field size105 m × 70 m (344 ft × 230 ft)
ScoreboardYes
Construction
Opened1967
Renovated2012
Tenants
FC Dinamo Batumi (until 2020)
FC Shukura Kobuleti

Chele Arena is a multi-use stadium in Kobuleti, Georgia. Built in 1967, it is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Shukura Kobuleti. FC Dinamo Batumi also used it until 2020. The stadium is able to hold 6,000 people.

After the reconstruction works were completed in September 2012, the stadium was named after Revaz Chelebadze, [1] the most famous player to come from Kobuleti. Chelebadze won Soviet Championship in 1978 and Soviet Cup in 1976 and 1979 all with Dinamo Tbilisi. He also played for USSR National Team and became a bronze medal winner in 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.

In September 2023, the authorities announced that a new 8,000-seater stadium would replace the existing arena in the near future. [2]

See also

Stadiums in Georgia

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References

  1. "ახალი სტადიონი ქობულეთში". batumelebi.ge (in Georgian). 3 October 2012.
  2. "ქობულეთში უეფას მე-2 კატეგორიის სტადიონს ააშენებენ VIP შესასვლელითა და პარკინგით". batumelebi.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 12 October 2023.

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