List of football stadiums in Ukraine

The Olympic National Sports Complex Stadium in Kyiv

Construction and exploitation of stadiums and other football infrastructure in Ukraine as well as providing safety in conducting competitions is supervised by the respected UAF (previously FFU) standing committee. The Ukrainian Association of Football itself adopts regulations on infrastructure of stadiums and measures of safety.

Previously all stadiums in Ukraine were awarded a certain category: 1, 2, 3, and elite. All professional clubs are obligated to conduct their "home games" in place of their permanent location and state registration and at stadiums that correspond to the FFU regulations. A football game is held only at a stadium that was applied by the club during its attestation for respectful competition season. Such stadiums are listed in a stadium registry on which permitted to conduct matches of respected level. Each stadium has a certificate of state commission and passport.

In 2020, the UAF revamped its stadium categorization to synchronize with the same requirements as the UEFA. It published a new list of stadiums and its categorization.[1]

Current stadiums in Ukraine with a capacity of at least 10,000

# Stadium Capacity[2] City Home team Opened
1 NSC Olimpiyskiy 70,050 Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv
2 Donbas Arena 52,518 Donetsk
3 OSC Metalist 41,307 Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv
4 Arena Lviv 34,915 Lviv
5 Chornomorets Stadium 34,164 Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa
6 Shakhtar Stadium 31,718 Donetsk 2000
7 Dnipro Arena 31,003 Dnipro Dnipro 1
8 Ukraina Stadium 27,925 Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv 2000
9 RSC Olimpiyskiy 26,100 Donetsk 2003
10 Yuvileiny Stadium 25,830 Sumy FC Viktoriya Sumy
11 Butovsky Vorskla Stadium 24,795 Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava 2000
12 Meteor Stadium 24,381 Dnipro FC VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka 2001
13 Avanhard Stadium 22,320 Luhansk 2003
14 RSC Lokomotiv 19,978 Simferopol 2004
15 Shukhevych City Stadium 15,150 Ternopil FC Nyva Ternopil 2011
16 Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium 16,873 Kyiv
17 Tsentralnyi City Stadium 15,600 Mykolaiv MFC Mykolaiv 2019
18 Berezkin Zirka Stadium 13,305 Kropyvnytskyi FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 2014
19 Boiko Stadium 12,680 Mariupol FC Mariupol 2001
20 Avanhard Stadium 12,080 Lutsk FC Volyn Lutsk 2015
21 Chernihiv Training Center 12,060 Chernihiv FC Desna Chernihiv
22 Avanhard Stadium 12,000 Uzhhorod FC Uzhhorod 2005
23 Bukovyna Stadium 12,000 Chernivtsi FSC Bukovyna Chernivtsi
24 Slavutych Arena 11,983 Zaporizhzhia FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 2006
25 Cherkasy Arena 10,321 Cherkasy LNZ Cherkasy 2011

Football stadiums with a capacity of at least 15,000 (under Russian occupation)

# Stadium Capacity[3] City Home team Built/renovated
1 Donbas Arena 52,518 Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk 2009
2 Shakhtar Stadium 31,718 Donetsk 2000
3 RSK Olimpiyskyi 26,100 Donetsk 2003
4 Avanhard Stadium 22,320 Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk 2003
5 Lokomotiv Stadium 19,978 Simferopol SC Tavriya Simferopol 2004

List by UAF categories

The following is a list of football stadiums in Ukraine, ordered by capacity.

Category Four

Any games (domestic and international)

# Image Stadium Capacity[3] City Home team Opened
1
Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex 70,050
Kyiv
Ukraine
Dynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
1923
2
Metalist Sports Complex 41,307
Kharkiv
Metalist Kharkiv
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
1926
3
Arena Lviv 34,915
Lviv
Rukh Lviv 2011
4
Chornomorets Stadium 34,164
Odesa
Chornomorets Odesa 2011
5
Dnipro-Arena 31,003
Dnipro
Dnipro-1 2008
6
Butovsky Vorskla Stadium 24,795
Poltava
Vorskla Poltava 1951
7
Slavutych-Arena 11,983
Zaporizhzhia
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
Zorya Luhansk
2006

Category Three

Any domestic games (UPL, finals of Cup or Super Cup)

# Image Stadium Capacity[3] City Home team Opened
1
Ukraina Stadium 28,051
Lviv
Karpaty Lviv 1963
2
Meteor Stadium 24,381
Dnipro
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka 1966
3
Shukhevych Ternopil City Stadium 15,150
Ternopil
Nyva Ternopil 2011
4
Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium 16,873
Kyiv
Ukraine Under-21 1933
5
Tsentralnyi City Stadium 15,600
Mykolaiv
Mykolaiv 1965
7
Berezkin Zirka Stadium 13,305
Kropyvnytskyi
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 1934
8
Volodymyr Boiko Stadium 12,680
Mariupol
Mariupol 1956
11
Avanhard Stadium 12,080
Lutsk
Volyn Lutsk 1960
9
Chernihiv Training Center 12,060
Chernihiv
Ukraine
Desna Chernihiv
1936
10
Avanhard Stadium 12,000
Uzhhorod
Uzhhorod 1953
11
Cherkasy Arena 10,321
Cherkasy
Dnipro Cherkasy 1957
12
Nika Sports Complex 7,000
Oleksandriia
Oleksandriya 1998
13
Obolon Arena 5,100
Kyiv
Obolon Kyiv 2002
14
Kolos Stadium 5,000
Kovalivka
Kolos Kovalivka 2014

Category Two

Any domestic games beside the UPL, Super Cup or Cup competitions quarter, semi or finals.

# Image Stadium Capacity[3] City Home team Opened
1
Yuvileiny Stadium 25,830
Sumy
Sumy
Alians Lypova Dolyna
2001
2
Bukovyna Stadium 12,000
Chernivtsi
Bukovyna Chernivtsi 1956
3
Bliuminh Stadium 8,000
Kramatorsk
Kramatorsk 1937
4
Podillia Stadium 6,800
Khmelnytskyi
Podillia Khmelnytskyi 1950
5
Rukh Stadium 6,500
Ivano-Frankivsk
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 1909
6
Prapor Stadium 6,000
Kramatorsk
Kramatorsk 1936
7
Naftovyk Stadium 5,256
Okhtyrka
Naftovyk Okhtyrka
8
Park Peremohy Stadium 5,000
Mykolaiv
Mykolaiv-2
9
Soniachny Stadium 4,924
Kharkiv
Zhytlobud-2 2011
10
Skif Sports Complex 3,742
Lviv
Rukh Lviv Under-21 1897
11
Yunist Stadium 3,000
Chernihiv
Yunist Chernihiv
Yunist ShVSM
1975
12
Yunist Stadium 2,700
Volochysk
Ahrobiznes Volchysk 1980
13 Yunist Stadium 2,500
Horishni Plavni
Hirnyk Sport Horishni Plavni
14 Inhulets Stadium 1,869
Petrove
Inhulets Petrove 2014
15
Bannikov Training Complex 1,678
Kyiv
Arsenal Kyiv
Olimpik Donetsk
Ukraine Under-19
2005
16
Babaiev Kremin Arena 1,566
Kremenchuk
Kremin Kremenchuk 2010
17
Livyi Bereh Stadium 1,372
Kyiv
Livyi Bereh Kyiv 2020
18
Mynai Arena 1,312
Mynai
Mynai 2018

Category One

Any games beside the UPL, First League, or Cup competitions (main stages, 18+ finals), including certified training fields

# Image Stadium Capacity[3] City Home team Opened
1
Tsentralnyi City Stadium 14,000
Vinnytsia
Nyva Vinnytsia 1949
2
Trudovi Rezervy Base 13,500
Bila Tserkva
1922
3
Dynamo Stadium 8,000
Kharkiv
1931
4
Tsentralnyi Stadium 7,552
Uman
Pantery Uman 1922
5
Elektrometalurh Stadium 7,200
Nikopol
Nikopol
6
ZAZ Stadium 6,619
Zaporizhzhia
Zorya Luhansk Under-21
7
Sokil Stadium 6,000
Stryi
Skala Stryi
8
Kolos Stadium 5,654
Boryspil
1935
9
Illichivets Sports Complex 5,600
Mariupol
Avanhard Kramatorsk 2007
10
Spartak Stadium 4,800
Odesa
1928
11
Enerhiya Stadium 4,000
Nova Kakhovka
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 1954
12
Olimp Sports Complex 4,000
Oleksandriia
Oleksandriya Under-21 1991

List of uncertified football stadiums

Others

Non certified sports facilities

# Stadium Capacity[3] City Home team Opened
1 SKA Stadium 23,040
Lviv
1967
2 Peremoha Stadium 15,600
Kamianske
SC Prometei 1955
3 SKA Stadium 15,000
Odesa
1966
4 CSK ZSU Stadium 12,000
Kyiv
FC Arsenal Kyiv academy 1967
5 Politechnik Stadium 11,400
Kremenchuk
6 Central Stadium 6,500
Zhytomyr
FC Polissia Zhytomyr 2021
7 Lafort Arena 3,220
Dobromyl
2007
8 Tekstylnyk Stadium 2,000
Chernihiv
WFC Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv

The UAF notable stadiums located in the Russian occupied territories

Sports facilities with unidentified status

The Donbas Arena in Donetsk
# Stadium Capacity[3] Opened City Home team
1 Donbas Arena 52,518 2009
Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
2 Shakhtar Stadium 31,718 2000
Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk junior squads and academy
3 RSK Olimpiyskyi 26,100 2003
Donetsk
4 Avanhard Stadium 22,320 2003
Luhansk
FC Zorya Luhansk
5 Lokomotiv Republican Sports Complex 19,978 2004
Simferopol
SC Tavriya Simferopol
6 Stal Stadium 9,200
Alchevsk
FC Stal Alchevsk
7 Sevastopol Sports Complex 5,826 2011
Sevastopol
FC Sevastopol
8 Metalurh Stadium 5,094 2008
Donetsk
FC Metalurh Donetsk
9 Fiolent Stadium 5,000 2005
Simferopol
FC Ihroservice Simferopol
10 Olimpik Sports Complex 4,500 2014
Donetsk
FC Olimpik Donetsk

List by regions/oblasts

The UAF stadium basic requirements

Categories to all UAF stadiums are granted with consideration of all circumstances and data about a stadium and if it corresponds to FIFA, UEFA and UAF requirements (2020 UAF Regulations on stadium infrastructure. Article 3.2).

Basic criteria for each stadium (2020 UAF Regulations on stadium infrastructure. Article 3.7):

  • must have developed and approved in the manner prescribed by law a strategy of insuring a public order and public safety, rules (instructions) of observance of public order and public safety (including rules of spectator behavior), evacuation plan
  • must have rooms (no less than two) functioning as a post of urgent or first medical aid with the necessary equipment and easy access from the building premises and the surrounding area
  • must provide a clear distribution of seats for spectators into separate parts (sectors)
  • must have a separate box (lounge) for honored guests (Luxury box) with a separate entrance
  • must be equipped with a video surveillance system over the territory of the structure and adjacent territories as well as technical measures of recording the results of video surveillance
  • must be equipped with a public announcement
  • must be equipped with a control room with the ability to control the video surveillance system, telephone signal and loud speaking systems
  • must be equipped with information screen and stands with rules of spectator behavior, evacuation plan (in state and most common foreign language)
  • must provide routes for special equipment, including vehicles of the National Police, ambulance and the State Service of Emergency Situations units, as well as places for their parking
  • must have the equipment necessary to use an electronic ticket, including a turnstile system
  • must have storage rooms or storage chambers for items prohibited for carrying into the building, in case of their seizure
  • must have rooms for FIFA, UEFA, UAF official representatives and supervisor in refereeing (officials)
  • must have a room for the National Police operations and a separate room for temporary detention of offenders during a football match
  • must have premises for the coordination headquarters
  • must be equipped with serviceable fire protection systems, fire barriers, primary fire extinguishing measures, standard number of sources of fire water supply, lightning protection and safety signs

In order to ensure public order and public safety in accordance with the law, other criteria may also be established for sports facilities.

See also

References

  1. ^ "List of stadiums that correspond to structural criteria of UAF categories" [Список стадіонів, які відповідають структурним критеріям категорій УАФ] (PDF). UAF (in Ukrainian). 15 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Attendance figures for the 17th season of Ukrainian Premier League". UA Football. August 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Attendance figures for the 17th season of Ukrainian Premier League". UA Football. August 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2007.