Obolon Arena
association football stadium in Ukraine
Obolon Arena is a football stadium in the city of Kyiv, Ukraine. It is the home ground of football club Obolon Kyiv. 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
In late 1970's the 11th microdistrict 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 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.
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