Arena was opened on September 14, 2012. Sports facility located at Jamshid Nakhchivanski str.54, 8th km settlement, Nizami district, Baku, and was previously called as 8th km Stadium, “Bakcell Arena” and "Neftchi Arena". Stadium with a total area of 22,500 square meters is equipped with modern equipment that meets international standards. President of Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva participated in opening ceremony of Arena.
Stadium hosted matches of FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup,U-17 European Championship, World Cup and EURO Qualifiers, UEFA Champions League and Europa Conference League Qualification Round, UEFA Europa League Qualification and Group stage, and other tournaments. Arena has UEFA Stadium Category 4.
After 2012 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in 2012, it was handed over to our team by mutual agreement between AFFA and “Neftçi” PFK. Our team played its first match at this stadium against “Sumgayit” in 13th tour of 2012/13 Azerbaijan Premier League season.