Lod Municipal Stadium
Lod Municipal Stadium (Hebrew: אצטדיון עירוני לוד, Itztadion Ironi Lod) is a football stadium in Neot Itzhak neighborhood of Lod, Israel.[1] It is currently the home stadium of Hapoel Bnei Lod.[2]
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| Location | Lod, Israel |
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| Owner | Municipality of Lod |
| Capacity | 3,000 (All-seater) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Renovated | 2013 2015 |
| Tenants | |
| Hapoel Lod Beitar Lod Maccabi Lod Hapoel Maxim Lod Hapoel Bnei Lod F.C. Kafr Qasim | |
The stadium was built in the 1960s to accommodate Lod's football clubs of Beitar, Maccabi and Hapoel, but fell into disuse and disrepair after the city's major club closed.[3] In 2010, the city was granted 10 million NIS by The Israeli Sports Betting Council, which was used, in part, to renovate the stadium.[3] The stadium was further renovated ahead of the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, in which the stadium hosted 4 matches.[4]
Adjacent to the stadium are three pitches, including a synthetic pitch, used by the city's minor teams, Hapoel Lod (which also host matches in the main stadium) and F.C. Tzeirei Lod.
References
- "Lod Municipal Stadium" (in Hebrew). imms.co.il. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- "ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל". football.org.il. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
- 1984: A Sad Tour of Neglected Lod Nir Shu'ali, 10 January 2013, nrg.co.il (in Hebrew)
- Lod Municipal Stadium Host Cities, UEFA Women's Under 19 Championship Israel 2015 (in Hebrew)