HaMoshava Stadium

The HaMoshava Stadium (Hebrew: אִצְטַדְיוֹן הַמוֹשָׁבָה), also known as Petah Tikva Stadium, is a football stadium in Petah Tikva, Israel. It was completed in 2011, and is used mainly for football matches and is home to both Hapoel Petah Tikva and Maccabi Petah Tikva.[1]

HaMoshava Stadium
UEFA
LocationIsrael Petah Tikva, Israel
Public transitTel Aviv Light Rail at Kiryat Arye
Israel Railways Yarkon Railway Line at Kiryat Aryeh
OwnerPetah Tikva Municipality
OperatorPetah Tikva Municipality
Capacity11,500
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground2007
Opened6 December 2011
Construction cost$ 60 million
ArchitectGAB Architects
Tenants
Hapoel Petah Tikva (2011–present)
Maccabi Petah Tikva (2011–present)
The western stand, June 2016
View of the east stand
Aerial view

The stadium has an all-seated capacity of 11,500 with an option for further construction of 8,500 on the south and north stands, totaling 20,000 seats.

As part of a larger sports park in the new industrial area of the city, the complex will also boast a 3,000 seat multi-purpose arena, and artificial turf training fields. The budget for the stadium was US$25 million.[1][2]

The designers of the new stadium were GAB (Goldshmidt Arditty Ben Nayim) Architects, one of Israel's leading sport architecture firms that also designed the new Netanya Stadium and Haberfeld Stadium.

The stadium was inaugurated on 6 December 2011, after almost two years of construction.[3] It was one of four venues for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, staging three group matches and a semi-final.

The stadium's naming was controversial in Petah Tikva, as some local residents wished to name it Rosh HaZahav (Gold head), after local city club Hapoel Petah Tikva and Israel national football player Nahum Stelmach. As a result, Maccabi Petah Tikva supporters proposed to name the stadium after Shmuel Ben-Dror, who played in the club for more than twenty years, was Israel's first captain and scored the first ever goal for Israel.[4] After the city's refusal it was named HaMoshava after Petah Tikva's nickname, Em HaMoshavot (Mother of the Moshavot).

In 2014 HaMoshava Stadium hosted the 2014 United Supercup.[5]

International matches
DateResultCompetitionAttendance
29 Feb 2012 Israel2–3 UkraineFriendly7,000
17 Nov 2022 Israel4–2 ZambiaFriendly5,243
20 Nov 2022 Israel2–3 CyprusFriendly7,352

See also

References
  1. "The shining stadium of Petah Tikva" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  2. "Petah Tikva Stadium". GAB Architects. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  3. "The stadium open date was delayed, will be inaugurated on 6 December 2011" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  4. "שמואל בן דרור, קפטן נבחרת ישראל הראשון, הלך לעולמו - וואלה! ספורט". 6 January 2009.
  5. "G-Drive United SuperCup 2014". RSSSF.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to HaMoshava Stadium.

32°06′15.11″N 34°51′54.28″E

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.