It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of PFC Kuban Krasnodar, as well as the now-amateur FC Kuban Krasnodar.

[2] First opened on 30 October 1960, it initially had a capacity of approximately 20,000 people.

[citation needed] The first match was played on 14 May 1961, when FC Kuban Krasnodar (then called Spartak Krasnodar) played PFC Dynamo Stavropol (then called Spartak Stavropol).

[citation needed] The capacity was later doubled with the building of a second floor, which is when floodlights were also installed.

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