Metalist Oblast Sports Complex
Multi-use stadium in Kharkiv, Ukraine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Metalist" Oblast Sports Complex (Ukrainian: Обласний спортивний комплекс "Металіст"), which includes the Metalist Stadium (Ukrainian: Стадіон "Металіст"), is a multi-use stadium in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It is used chiefly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv. The stadium, which was a venue for Euro 2012, currently seats 40,003 spectators.
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Former names | Tractor Stadium (1926–1940) Dzerzhinets Stadium (1940–1967) |
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Location | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
Coordinates | 49°58′51.09″N 36°15′42.13″E |
Owner | Kharkiv City Council |
Operator | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv |
Capacity | 41,307 |
Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1925 |
Opened | 12 September 1926; 97 years ago (1926-09-12) |
Renovated | 5 December 2009 |
Architect | Z. V. Permilovskyi |
Tenants | |
Metalist Kharkiv (1926–present) Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (2016–present) Shakhtar Donetsk (2017–2020) |
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After FC Metalist Kharkiv financially collapsed in May 2016 professional football temporary disappeared from the stadium.[1] In August 2016, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv made the stadium its home stadium.[2] Shakhtar Donetsk followed suit in February 2017.[1]