Obolon Arena

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

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.

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

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.

This page also has a version in other languages :  Оболонь-Арена (russian)