Obolon Arena

Obolon Arena

Former names	Obolon Stadium (2001–11)
Location	Kyiv, Ukraine
Coordinates	50°31′37.40″N30°30′27.00″E / 50.5270556°N 30.5075000°E / 50.5270556; 30.5075000 Coordinates: 50°31′37.40″N30°30′27.00″E / 50.5270556°N 30.5075000°E / 50.5270556; 30.5075000
Capacity	5,100 [1] [2]
Field size	104 m × 68 m (341 ft × 223 ft)
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	2001
Opened	2002
Expanded	2004
Tenants
FC Obolon Kyiv Ukraine U-21

Obolon Arena is a football stadium in the city of Kyiv, Ukraine. It is the home ground of football club Obolon Kyiv. ^[3] The stadium was used by teams of the top national league since 2002.

The stadium has been actively used by the Ukraine national under-21 football team as well. Along with Bannikov training complex, it is one of the main alternative stadiums of the team.

History

The stadium was opened in October 2002 with a Ukraine Premier League game which saw FC Obolon Kyiv play against Kryvbas.

In late 2006, construction began on the northern stand and the work was completed in the summer of 2008. This stand added 3,000 additional seats. ^[2]

The record attendance for a match at the ground is 5,300, set on 3 April 2010 in the match between Obolon and Shakhtar Donetsk. ^[4]

After the main player of the stadium FC Obolon Kyiv dissolved itself in February 2013, ^[5] the stadium became the playing-ground of the (new) club Obolon Brovar. ^{[3] [6]}

Other users of the stadium

The stadium was the home ground of FC Obolon Kyiv (this club dissolved itself in February 2013 ^[5] ); but was also temporarily used by FC Arsenal Kyiv (2008).

The Ukraine under-21 team hosted an international game against Holland on 10 October 2008.

The ground was used as a training facility for Euro 2012.

The stadium served as home ground of FC Stal Kamianske for the 2017-18 Ukrainian Premier League returning UPL games to the stadium since relegation of Obolon in 2012.

On 28 July 2020 the club Desna Chernihiv announced that will play its games for the Europa League third qualifying round at Obolon Arena. ^{[7] [8]}

Location

The stadium is located in the northern fringes of the city. The closest to the stadium Kyiv Metro railway station is Heroiv Dnipra which requires some 10-15 minutes of "hike" to the stadium.

The stadium is located between two of the city's high schools (245 and 170).

External links

• Obolon Arena information
• How comfortable to attend the UPL games: Obolon-Arena (PFC Stal) (Наскільки комфортно ходити на матчі УПЛ: Оболонь-Арена (ПФК Сталь)). Football 24. 11 May 2018

References

1. О команде «Оболонь» (in Russian)
2. Звіт про роботу Оболонської районної державної адміністрації за 2004 р. (Офіційна сторінка Оболонської районної ради) (in Ukrainian)
3. Obolon'-Brovar vs. Enerhiya Mykolajiv 0 - 0, Soccerway (14 July 2013)
4. FPL: Game Report – Obolon vs. Dynamo Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
5. (in Ukrainian) "Obolon" refused to brew in the spring part in the First League, but instead in Kyiv there will be a new club, www.liga.net (21 February 2013)
6. Obolon-Brewery: new brewery project (4 March 2013) & FC Obolon-Browar, began full operation (6 February 2013), Sport.ua
7. It became known where Desna will be playing its games of the Europa League qualification (Стало известно, где Десна будет играть матчи квалификации Лиги Европы). Sport.ua. 28 July 2020
8. Sofia Kulai. Where "Desna" will play its historical for the club European competition matchups: the club's answer (Где "Десна" сыграет исторические для клуба еврокубковые поединки: ответ клуба). Sport 24 TV. 3 August 2020