[3] In 2019, the stadium was renovated again in order to comply with UEFA Category 3 and be able to host European competitions games up to the play off round.

Shortly after the renovation works were complete, Lokomotiv Plovdiv played their first European game on this stadium in their history against the Slovak team Spartak Trnava.

This date also matched with Lokomotiv's 93rd birthday and the win was a great gift for the thousands of people attending the game.

[4] In 2021 after a government funding for the Plovdiv city football infrastructure the works on the new Bessica stand started with the completion date set for the summer of 2022.

[6] The record attendance for this stadium was in 1983 when Lokomotiv played against Chernomorets Burgas in a playoff game for entering the country's top tier league.