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{{Short description|Multi-use stadium in Moscow, Russia}}
{{Hatnote|Not to be confused with another stadium in [[Moscow]] named [[VTB Arena]].}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name      = VEB Arena
| nickname          = 
| image             = Arena_CSKA.jpg
| image_size        = 250px
| caption             = '''[[UEFA Elite stadium|UEFA]]''' {{rating|4|4}}
| location          = [[Khodynka Field]], [[Moscow]], Russia
| coordinates       = {{coord|55|47|29|N|37|30|58|E|display=it}}
| broke ground      = 19 May 2007
| opened            = 10 September 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportfakt.ru/football/103298/|title = Ставки на спорт и официальные сайты букмекеров &#124; BetON}}</ref>
| owner             = [[PFC CSKA Moscow]]
| operator          = PFC CSKA Moscow
| dimensions        = 110 x 68 m
| surface           = Grass
| publictransit     = {{MOSMETRO-bull|11|}} [[CSKA (Moscow Metro)|CSKA]] <br /> {{MOSMETRO-bull|14|}} [[Zorge (Moscow Central Circle)|Zorge]]
| record_attendance = {{formatnum:29284}} (12 April 2018)
| construction_cost = 350 million USD<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.rambler.ru/sport/34503191-nazvana-stoimost-stadiona-tsska-v-moskve/|title = Названа стоимость стадиона ЦСКА в Москве}}</ref>
| architect         = 
| tenants           = [[PFC CSKA Moscow]] (2016–present)<br />[[Russia national football team]] (selected matches)
| seating_capacity  = 29,071 ([[Russian Premier League]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/stadiums/stadiums_1754.html |title=Arena CSKA (VEB Arena)}}</ref>
}}

'''VEB Arena''' ({{langx|ru|«ВЭБ-Арена»}}), known as '''Arena CSKA''' due to UEFA sponsorship regulations, is a multi-use [[stadium]] in [[Khodynka Field]], Moscow, Russia, that was completed in 2016. It is used mostly for [[association football|football]] matches and host the home matches of [[PFC CSKA Moscow]] and occasionally the [[Russia national football team|Russian national team]].

The stadium is located near the [[Khodynka Field]] in the Park of Birch Grove.

==History==
The construction process started in 2007 but had been halted several times, with the longest pause lasting 16 months (between 2009 and 2011).
[[File:27 September 2017 - PFC CSKA v Manchester United.jpg|250px|thumb|VEB Arena during a UEFA Champions League match between CSKA Moscow and [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] in 2017.]]
The VEB Arena has a capacity around 30,000 people. An integral part of the stadium is a skyscraper designed to resemble the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]], the first European trophy won by a Russian club, with CSKA beating [[Sporting CP]] in [[2005 UEFA Cup Final|2005]].

The first match at the new stadium was supposed to be the [[2016 Russian Super Cup]] between CSKA and [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Saint Petersburg]] on 23 July 2016, but due to the stadium's unpreparedness the game was moved to [[RZD Arena]]. The actual first match was played on 4 September 2016, a closed friendly match between CSKA and [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]), in which CSKA won 3–0. The first official match at the stadium was held six days later against [[FC Akhmat Grozny|Terek Grozny]]; CSKA also won 3–0. [[Lacina Traoré]] scored the first official goal in the new arena.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pfc-cska.com/novosti/vse-novosti/stadium/arena-cska-vvedena-v-ekspluataciju/|title = Арена ЦСКА введена в эксплуатацию!}}</ref>

On 27 September 2016, the stadium held its first European match; in the [[2016–17 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] against the English club [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]], in which CSKA lost 0–1. On 30 April 2017, CSKA lost 1–2 to [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]. This was the first league defeat for CSKA in this stadium. On 9 June 2017, the [[Russia national football team|Russian national team]] played at the stadium for the first time.

On 28 February 2017, CSKA Moscow announced that they had sold the naming rights to the stadium to Russian bank [[Vnesheconombank (Russia)|VEB]], with the stadium becoming the VEB Arena.<ref>{{cite web|title=PFC CSKA seal naming rights deal with VEB|url=http://en.pfc-cska.com/news/club-news/pfc-cska-seal-naming-rights-deal-with-veb/|website=pfc-cska.com|publisher=CSKA Moscow|access-date=28 February 2017|date=28 February 2017}}</ref>

Exactly a year after its first European match at the stadium, CSKA played in a UEFA Champions League match against another English team. [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] defeated CSKA 4–1 as the match broke the attendance record with 29,073 spectators.

{{Panorama
|image   = File:Arena CSKA2.jpg
|height  = 351
|width   = 1158
|alt     =
|caption = {{center|A [[panoramic]] photograph of the stadium}}
}}

==Russian fixtures==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
!scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date
!scope=col|Time
!scope=col|Result
!scope=col|Competition
!scope=col|Attendance
!scope=col|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|9 June 2017
|19:00 [[Moscow Time|MSK]] ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]])
|{{fb-rt|RUS}} 1–1 {{fb|CHI}}
|align=center|[[Friendly Match|Friendly]]
|align=center|22,000
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |title=Russia vs. Chile - 9 June 2017 |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/06/09/world/friendlies/russia/chile/2430001/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=2 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
|7 October 2017
|17:00 [[Moscow Time|MSK]] ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]])
|{{fb-rt|RUS}} 4–2 {{fb|KOR}}
|align=center|Friendly
|align=center|24,200
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://in.reuters.com/article/soccer-friendly-rus-kor/two-own-goals-help-world-cup-hosts-russia-beat-south-korea-idINKBN1CC0MP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613040648/https://in.reuters.com/article/soccer-friendly-rus-kor/two-own-goals-help-world-cup-hosts-russia-beat-south-korea-idINKBN1CC0MP |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 13, 2018 |title=Two own goals help World Cup hosts Russia beat South Korea |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=October 8, 2017 }}</ref>
|-
|5 June 2018
|19:00 [[Moscow Time|MSK]] ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]])
|{{fb-rt|RUS}} 1–1 {{fb|TUR}}
|align=center|Friendly
|align=center|27,423
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44373963 |title=Russia – Turkey |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=June 5, 2017 }}</ref>
|}

==Concerts==
[[Park Live Festival|Park Live 5]] festival took place at the stadium, [[System Of A Down]] and [[Three Days Grace]] performed in front of more than 20,000 people.

==See also==
* [[Grigory Fedotov Stadium]], previous stadium
* [[Light-Athletic Football Complex CSKA]], training field with artificial turf located nearby

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|CSKA Moscow Stadium}}
*[http://stadium.pfc-cska.com/ Official site]
*[http://stadiumdb.com/constructions/rus/stadion_cska Construction progress updates at StadiumDB.com]
*[http://stadiumdb.com/designs/rus/stadion_cska Design renderings at StadiumDB.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071009125132/http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?139215 '''(ru)''' Stadium information]

{{Russian Premier League venues}}
{{PFC CSKA Moscow}}
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[[Category:2016 establishments in Russia]]
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