efbet Arena () is a multi-purpose stadium in Burgas, Bulgaria. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of Neftochimic 1962 Burgas. The stadium holds 18,037 people and carries a 3-star rating by UEFA. It was opened in 1967 and was renovated between 1990 and 1997. Officially opened after renovation at 13 April 1997 with the match Neftochimik - Levski Sofia 4:1. Until 2002 the stadium was named "Neftochimic" and later "Naftex".
The stadium was used by PFC Chernomorets Burgas between 2006 and 2015, even though they had plans to move to a new stadium in the future. It was used also in some European matches of Litex Lovech (for the UEFA Champions League match against FC Spartak Moscow), PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (for UEFA Champions League match against Club Brugge and for UEFA Cup matches against OFK Beograd and Bolton Wanderers F.C.) and PFC Cherno More Varna (for UEFA Intertoto match against UC Sampdoria and for the UEFA Europa League matches against Iskra-Stal and PSV Eindhoven).
During several renovations of the Vasil Levski National Stadium the Bulgaria national football team has played some of their home matches at "Lazur". In the summer of 2009, the stadium underwent some serious upgrades, which included replacing the yellow-green seats with blue ones, as well as increasing the roof covers of the stadium to 10 meters. During the summer of 2015, the stadium was one of 4 venues hosting the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. It hosted 11 games in total, including the final, which had an official attendance of 14,680.
National team matches DateCompetitionOpponentScoreAtt.RefBulgaria (1997–present)8 June 1997 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying 4–0 19,000 EU-Football.info - Game Report - Bulgaria-Luxembourg - World Cup 1998 Qualifying6 September 1998 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying 0-3 15,000 UEFA Game Report - Bulgaria-Poland - Euro 2000 Qualifying14 October 1998 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying 0-1 12,000 UEFA Game Report - Bulgaria-Sweden - Euro 2000 Qualifying22 August 2007 Friendly 0-1 15,000 11v11 Match Report - Bulgaria - Wales
Bulgarian Cup & Supercup finals SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upDateAtt.Bulgarian Cup (2012–present)2011–12 Ludogorets Razgrad 2–1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv19 May 2012 13,1032013–14 Ludogorets Razgrad 1–0 Botev Plovdiv15 May 2014 13,2502014–15 Cherno More Varna 2–1 (aet) Levski Sofia30 May 2015 13,910Bulgarian Supercup (2004–present)2004 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1-0 Litex Lovech31 July 2004 4,5002011 CSKA Sofia 3-1 Litex Lovech30 July 2011 12,6202012 Ludogorets Razgrad 3-1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv11 July 2012 2,7302014 Ludogorets Razgrad 3-1 Botev Plovdiv13 August 2014 4,4002015 Cherno More Varna 1-0 Ludogorets Razgrad12 August 2015 1,8102017 Botev Plovdiv 6-5 (pen)Ludogorets Razgrad9 August 2017 1,830
See also Chernomorets Stadium
References
External links Official website of the football club