Boris Paichadze Stadium

Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena

Dinamo Arena
Dinamo Arena in 2015
Former names	Lenin Dinamo Stadium (1976-1990) Boris Paichadze National Stadium (1995-2011)
Location	Tbilisi, Georgia
Coordinates	41°43′22.83″N 44°47′23.14″E / 41.7230083°N 44.7897611°E / 41.7230083; 44.7897611Coordinates: 41°43′22.83″N 44°47′23.14″E / 41.7230083°N 44.7897611°E / 41.7230083; 44.7897611
Owner	Dinamo Tbilisi
Executive suites	52
Capacity	54,549
Record attendance	110,000 (Dinamo Tbilisi - Liverpool 3-0, 3 October 1979, Georgia-Germany 0-2, 29 March 1995)
Field size	105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Surface	Astro turf
Scoreboard	Yes
Construction
Built	1976
Renovated	2006
Architect	Archil Kurdiani, Gia Kurdiani
Structural engineer	Shalva Gazashvili
Tenants
Georgia national rugby union team Georgia national football team Dinamo Tbilisi 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival 2015 UEFA Super Cup
Website
www.fcdinamo.ge/en/club/stadium

Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, formerly known as Lenin Dinamo Stadium and later Boris Paichadze National Stadium, is a stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia, and the home stadium of Dinamo Tbilisi, Georgia national rugby union team and Georgia national football team. With a capacity of 54,549, the stadium is the largest in Georgia. Built in 1976 by the Georgian architect Gia Kurdiani, the Dinamo Arena was named Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Dinamo Stadium after Russian Communist leader but later, in 1995 was renamed to Boris Paichadze National Stadium after the famous Georgian football player Boris Paichadze. Prior to the construction of Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, the home stadium of Dinamo Tbilisi was the Central Stadium with an approximate capacity of 35,000 spectators. The demand for a much bigger stadium was increased with the successful performance of Dinamo Tbilisi in the mid 1970s. After the inauguration of the stadium, it became the third-largest in the Soviet Union, with a capacity of 74,354 spectators.

On 29 September 1976, the first official match was played at the newly built stadium between Dinamo Tbilisi and Welsh Cardiff City. The game ended with a 3–0 victory for Dinamo.

The stadium hosted many glorious days during Dinamo's 1978 and 1979 triumphs. Holding lighted torches, 80,000 fans came in 1981 just to congratulate the 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup winning team Dinamo Tbilisi.

The Dinamo Arena is now one of the largest stadiums in Eastern Europe. Most of the seats in the second tier are covered by the roof. The USSR national football team played several international matches on the Dinamo Arena. Football clubs Spartak Moscow and Dynamo Kiev often played their autumn international matches at the stadium.