Cultural Sports Complex Nika Stadium is a football stadium in the city of
Oleksandria,
Ukraine
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. The stadium was rebuilt in 1998 in place of Shakhtar Stadium
under a new name Nika.
The stadium is the home ground of
Ukrainian Premier League
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Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...
club
PFC Oleksandria
Football Club Oleksandriya (), commonly known as Oleksandriya, is a Ukrainian professional football club based in the city of Oleksandriya, Kirovohrad Oblast. Founded in 1990, the club plays in the Ukrainian Premier League. The year 1948 on t ...
and has a capacity of 7,000 spectators.
Before 1992 as Shakhtar Stadium, it was a home ground of another football club Shakhtar Oleksandriya. FC Oleksandriya that in 1991-2003 was known as FC Polihraftekhnika played about 4 games in the
1992 Ukrainian First League before it was forced to move to its newly built Olimp Stadium (25 May 1991
). After Shakhtar Oleksandriya became defunct in the 1990s, the stadium was rebuilt into the Cultural Sports Complex "Nika" and reopened in 1998. In 1998, Polihraftekhnika returned to the stadium.
Between 2004–2006,
MFK Oleksandria played their home games also at the stadium.
Seventy percent of the seating is under cover.
The main stadium has administration offices as well as a conference hall.
References
Football venues in Ukraine
Oleksandriia
Buildings and structures in Kirovohrad Oblast
Sports venues in Kirovohrad Oblast
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