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| Full name | Yaakov Turner Toto Stadium Be'er Sheva |
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| Location |  Be'er Sheva,Israel |
| Owner | Be'er Sheva Municipality |
| Operator | Be'er Sheva Municipality |
| Capacity | 16,126 |
| Field size | 22.000 Sq m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | August 2011 |
| Opened | September 2015 |
| Construction cost | ₪ 250 million |
| Tenants | |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva (2015–present) Israel national football team (selected matches) | |
TheTurner Stadium (Hebrew:אצטדיון טרנר), officially theYaakov Turner Toto Stadium Be'er Sheva, is afootball stadium inBe'er Sheva,Israel. It is the home ground ofHapoel Be'er Sheva. It was named after former Be'er Sheva mayorYaakov Turner.[1] The stadium also serves theIsrael national football team for some home matches.
The stadium has an all-seated capacity of 16,126 seats, with the southern stand named after Arthur Vasermil, for whom the club's previousVasermil Stadium was named.[1] and is a part of asports complex that also includes the multi-purpose 3,000-seatConch Arena, atraining field and aswimming pool.
The stadium, located on the northern side of Be'er Sheva,[2] opened during the early stages of the2015–16 season, with the club selling a record 12,000 season tickets.[1] However, as it was not ready for the start of the season, Hapoel were forced to play their first home match at theTeddy Stadium inJerusalem.[3] The first match at the ground was played on 21 September 2015, a 0–0 draw withMaccabi Haifa.[4]
The first match of theIsrael national football team was played on October 14, 2018. Israel hosted theAlbania national football team in the2018–19 UEFA Nations League match and won the match by a score of 2–0.
On 2 August 2020, the stadium was declared a dangerous building by theBeersheba municipality due to structural problems and was closed.[5][6] On 3 August 2020 it was revealed that the structural problems included cracks in the support beams and loose bolts. The municipality announced it would sue the constructing company and said they would remove the stadium roof.[6]
| Date | Result | Competition | Attendance | ||
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| 14 October 2018 | Israel | 2–0 |  Albania | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League | 14,950 |
| 5 September 2019 | Israel | 1–1 |  North Macedonia | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying | 15,200 |
| 15 October 2019 | Israel | 3–1 |  Latvia | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying | 9,150 |
| 12 October 2021 | Israel | 2–1 |  Moldova | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | 9,000 |
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