{{Short description|Football stadium in Tiraspol, Moldova}} {{Infobox venue | name = Sheriff Arena | native_name = {{lang|ru|Главная арена спорткомплекса «Шериф»}}, {{lang|ro|Arena principală a complexului sportiv „Sheriff”}} | native_name_lang = | nickname = | image = Tiraspol Sheriff Stadion.JPG | image_size = 250px | image_caption = The arena in 2014<br/>'''UEFA''' {{rating|4|4}} | fullname = | address = 1/2 Karl Liebknecht Street | city = Tiraspol | country = Moldova | location = | coordinates = | broke_ground = | built = August 2000 – May 2002 | opened = {{Start date and age|df=y|2002|7}} | renovated = {{Start date and age|df=y|2011}} | expanded = | closed = | demolished = | owner = Sheriff Tiraspol | operator = | surface = Grass | construction_cost = | architect = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | general_contractor = | project_manager = | main_contractors = | former_names = | tenants = Sheriff Tiraspol<br />FC Tiraspol (2001–2015)<br />Transnistria national football team | seating_capacity = 12,746 | dimensions = 106 x 69 m | scoreboard = }}
'''Sheriff Arena''' ({{Langx|ru|Главная арена спорткомплекса «Шериф»}}; {{langx|ro|Arena principală a complexului sportiv „Sheriff”}}) is home to Sheriff Tiraspol, a football team based in Tiraspol, capital of Transnistria, a breakaway region of Moldova. It is owned by the local Sheriff corporation. It has a capacity of 12,746.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fc-sheriff.com/eng/club/stadium|title = Splash}}</ref>
The stadium occupies more than 40 hectares and consists of the main field plus five other fields, training fields, a covered indoor arena for winter use as well as a soccer school for children and on-site residences for the players of Sheriff Tiraspol.
In June 2022, UEFA ordered that no European games would be permitted to be played in Transnistria, as a direct consequence of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0276-1577452f4791-2d066f6b6e1e-1000--no-uefa-competition-matches-shall-be-played-in-the-region-of-tr/|title=UEFA announces that no UEFA competition matches shall be played in the region of Transnistria until further notice|publisher=UEFA|date=24 June 2022|access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref> Sheriff played all of their home fixtures in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League and 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League at Zimbru Stadium in Chișinău.
== See also == * Malaya Sportivnaya Arena * Sheriff (company) * Lists of stadiums
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Sheriff Stadium}} * [http://sheriff-sport.com/ Official Stadium website (in Russian, English, Romanian)]
{{FC Sheriff Tiraspol}} {{Moldova national football team}} {{Authority control}} {{coord|46|50|18|N|029|33|27|E|type:landmark_region:MD|display=title}}
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