Obolon Arena is a football stadium in the city of

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. It is the home ground of

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.Obolon'-Brovar vs. Enerhiya Mykolajiv 0 - 0
Soccerway (14 July 2013) The stadium was used by teams of the top national league since 2002. The stadium has been actively used by the

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as well. Along with Bannikov training complex, it is one of the main alternative stadiums of the team.

History

In late 1970's the 11th

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of the Obolon residential massif was built with two schools at Pivnichna Street, both schools sharing one large football ground between them. In 2001 the ground was bought by Obolon brewery and demolished to build a stadium for their football team. The stadium was opened in October 2002 with a

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game which saw

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play against

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. 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. The record attendance for a match at the ground is 5,300, set on 3 April 2010 in the match between Obolon and

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. After the main player of the stadium FC Obolon Kyiv dissolved itself in February 2013, the stadium became the playing-ground of the (new) club Obolon Brovar.Obolon-Brewery: new brewery project
(4 March 2013)
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Other users of the stadium

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www.liga.net (21 February 2013)); but was also temporarily used by

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(2008). The Ukraine under-21 team hosted an international game against

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on 10 October 2008. The ground was used as a training facility for

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. The stadium served as home ground of

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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

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announced that will play its games for the Europa League third qualifying round at Obolon Arena. In 2025 the club Kudrivka announced that will play its home games in Obolon Arena for the

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Location

The stadium is located in the northern fringes of the city. The closest to the stadium

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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

{{Venues of Ukrainian PL 2002 establishments in Ukraine Football venues in Kyiv FC Obolon Kyiv Sports venues in Kyiv Obolonskyi District