Details for Hristo Botev Stadium, Plovdiv

In 1959 the authorities allowed the building of a new club stadium at the place of the old field in the neighborhood of �Kamenitza�. The first building works begin on July 21st 1959. Two years later, Botev Plovdiv finally returns to its home - �The College.� On May 14th, 1961 the stadium was officially opened.

The attendance record was set on February 27th 1963 during the quarter-final of the Cup Winner�s Cup against Atletico Madrid (1:1) � 40 000 people. The record for the Bulgarian championship was set in 1966 against Levski Sofia (0:1) � 37 000 people.

For more than 30 years there were no big repair works on the College. In 1993, during the presidency of Hristo Danov, some serious repair works were made. The visitors changing room was moved to the eastern part of the stadium. A tunnel under the East and the North stand was built in order to connect the visitors� changing room with the field and the capacity of the stadium was reduced.