Skoda Xanthi Arena
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Skoda Xanthi Arena is a football ground built by Skoda Xanthi in Xanthi
, Thrace
, Greece
. It was built over the course of ten months in 2004. It is a ground used for matches and is the home ground of Skoda Xanthi FC. It holds up to 7,422 spectators, with 80% of the seats under the roof. The stadium was built because of a disagreement between FC Skoda Xanthi and the amateur club of Skoda Xanthi. It is situated in an area where the club had built its training facilities (Skoda Xanthi athletic center).
, a village 5 km east of Xanthi. This city is in the region of Thrace
(230 km east of Thessaloniki
).
. (Skoda Xanthi FC vs PAOK FC – on 28/8/2005)
Xanthi
Xanthi ; is a city in Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Xanthi peripheral unit of the periphery of East Macedonia and Thrace.-History:...
, Thrace
Thrace
Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. It was built over the course of ten months in 2004. It is a ground used for matches and is the home ground of Skoda Xanthi FC. It holds up to 7,422 spectators, with 80% of the seats under the roof. The stadium was built because of a disagreement between FC Skoda Xanthi and the amateur club of Skoda Xanthi. It is situated in an area where the club had built its training facilities (Skoda Xanthi athletic center).
Capacity
The stadium's official capacity is 7,422 (all seated). It only has three stands, the fourth was promised but this never materialised, so there are boards behind the goal at one end.Location
The stadium is located near PigadiaPigadia
Pigadia , also may refer to several locations that begin with this name:*Pigadia, Karpathos, the main town and port of Karpathos*Pigadia, Drama, a village in the Drama Prefecture...
, a village 5 km east of Xanthi. This city is in the region of Thrace
Thrace
Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east...
(230 km east of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
).
Record attendance
The average attendance in the matches is about 5,500 people. The peak attendance was 6,410 in a game against PAOK FCPAOK FC
P.A.O.K. F.C. is a Greek association football club based in Thessaloniki, Greece. It is the largest supported football club in Macedonia.PAOK FC is the football department of Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans , a multi-sport club. Since its formation in 1926 the football club...
. (Skoda Xanthi FC vs PAOK FC – on 28/8/2005)