The Sonyachny Stadium is a football stadium in the city of

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

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. The stadium belongs to the local Children Healthcare Center "Sonyachny" which is a healthcare facility of the

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( Southern Railway). The stadium is built on the northern outskirts of

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

just beyond the administrative city limits. The word "Sonyachny" means sunny in Ukrainian language and happened so that the first tenant of the stadium was the local

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. The stadium was built as a training center in 2011 as part of preparation to the

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. It was used by the

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for training purposes, which during the competition were based out of

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

. The stadium has a capacity of almost 5,000 spectators. In 2012-2017 the stadium was the home ground of

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club

. In 2017-2018 the stadium is the reserve home ground of

and

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. On 21 May 2022 the stadium was severely damaged by a Russian shelling,Російські окупанти зруйнували стадіон у Харкові, на якому тренувалася збірна України
/ref> which was a part of mass shelling of the northern side of Kharkiv including its residential Saltivka neighborhood.

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Kharkiv opened the Sonyachny Training Center
Euro-2012. September 8, 2011
Sonyachny Stadium - FC Helios'es reserve stadium
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