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{{Short description|Multi-use stadium in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria}}
{{Infobox Stadium
| name = {{PAGENAMEBASE}}
| native_name = Стадион Георги Бенковски
| native_name_lang = bg
| image = Georgi Benkovski stadium.jpg
| image_caption = The stadium in 2023
| pushpin_map = Bulgaria
| former names = Septemvri (1989-1991)
| country = {{BGR}}
| location = [[Pazardzhik]], [[Bulgaria]]
| coordinates = {{Coords|42|12|39|N|24|19|21|E|display=inline,title}}
| type = Multi-use stadium
| capacity = 13,000
| surface = Grass
| opened = 1989
| renovated = 2021-2023
}}

'''Stadion Georgi Benkovski''' ({{langx|bg|Стадион "Георги Бенковски"}}) is a multi-use [[stadium]] in [[Pazardzhik]], [[Bulgaria]].  It is currently used mostly for [[football (soccer)|football]] matches and is the home ground of [[FC Hebar Pazardzhik]]. The stadium holds around 13 thousand people.

== History ==
The fourth pitch was completed in 1989. It was then called the Septemvri Stadium and had a seating capacity of 12,000. It was inaugurated that year on 26 March with the match [[FC Hebar Pazardzhik|FC Hebar]] - [[FC Yantra Gabrovo|FC Yantra]] 1:0, attended by 15 000 spectators. On 30 July 1991 the stadium was renamed "Georgi Benkovski", whose name it still bears today. This is the current stadium of FC Hebar. The three seasons in [[First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|<nowiki>''A''</nowiki> Football Group]] were played in this stadium. It has modern changing rooms, a press conference hall, two covered benches for journalists and guests, a referee's room and meets all the requirements for holding football matches.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-04 |title=Стадион |url=https://hebarfc.com/%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%b4%d0%b8%d0%be%d0%bd/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=hebarfc.com|language=bg-BG}}</ref>

== References ==
[[Category:Football venues in Bulgaria|Georgi Benkovski]]
[[Category:Pazardzhik]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Pazardzhik Province]]
<references />{{Pazardzhik Municipality}}

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