TOFIQ BAHRAMOV NATIONAL STADIUM

Baku, Azerbaijan

WSPE-689

Tofiq Bahramov Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as the home ground of FK Baku and the Azerbaijan national football team and holds 30,000, making it the largest stadium in the country.

Tofiq Bahramov Stadium was built in 1951. Its construction started before the World War II in 1939, but was suspended. When its construction resumed, it was finished by the German prisoners of war. Initially the stadium was named after Stalin and built in form of C (Cyrillic: C?a???). After the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1956 (denunciation of Stalin) it was renamed after Lenin. In 1993, the stadium was named after the famous football referee Tofik Bahramov who passed away that year.

Unused 4" x 6" continental size chrome.

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