[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.

[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.

[7] Lokomotiv stadium is located in Trakia district, on the south-eastern periphery of the large urban center of Plovdiv.