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.
Football stadiums in Ukraine with a capacity of at least 10,000
Football stadiums with a capacity of at least 15,000 (under Russian occupation)
| # | Stadium | Capacity | Built/renovated | City | Home team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donbas Arena | 52,518 | 2009 | Donetsk | FC Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 2 | Shakhtar Stadium | 31,718 | 2000 | Donetsk | |
| 3 | RSK Olimpiyskyi | 26,100 | 2003 | Donetsk | |
| 4 | Avanhard Stadium | 22,320 | 2003 | Luhansk | FC Zorya Luhansk |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Stadium | 19,978 | 2004 | Simferopol | SC Tavriya Simferopol |
List by UAF categories
The following is a list of football stadiums in Ukraine, ordered by capacity.
Category Four
Any games (domestic and international)
| # | Stadium | Capacity | Built | City | Home team | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex | 70,050 | 1923 |  |
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk |
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| 2 | Metalist Sports Complex | 41,307 | 1926 |  |
Metalist Kharkiv Metalist 1925 Kharkiv |
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| 3 | Arena Lviv | 34,915 | 2011 |  |
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| 4 | Chornomorets Stadium | 34,164 | 2011 |  |
Chornomorets Odesa |  |
| 5 | Dnipro-Arena | 31,003 | 2008 |  |
Dnipro-1 |  |
| 6 | Butovsky Vorskla Stadium | 24,795 | 1951 |  |
Vorskla Poltava |  |
| 7 | Slavutych-Arena | 11,983 | 2006 |  |
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Zorya Luhansk |
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Category Three
Any domestic games (UPL, finals of Cup or Super Cup)
| # | Stadium | Capacity | Built | City | Home team | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraina Stadium | 28,051 | 1963 | |
Karpaty Lviv |  |
| 2 | Meteor Stadium | 24,381 | 1966 | |
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka |  |
| 3 | Shukhevych Ternopil City Stadium | 15,150 | 2011 |  |
Nyva Ternopil |  |
| 4 | Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium | 16,873 | 1933 | |
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| 5 | Tsentralnyi City Stadium | 15,600 | 1965 |  |
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| 7 | Berezkin Zirka Stadium | 13,305 | 1934 |  |
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi |  |
| 8 | Volodymyr Boiko Stadium | 12,680 | 1956 |  |
Mariupol |  |
| 11 | Avanhard Stadium | 12,080 | 1960 |  |
Volyn Lutsk |  |
| 9 | Chernihiv Training Center | 12,060 | 1936 |  |
Ukraine Desna Chernihiv |
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| 10 | Avanhard Stadium | 12,000 | 1953 |  |
Uzhhorod |  |
| 11 | Cherkasy Arena | 10,321 | 1957 |  |
Dnipro Cherkasy |  |
| 12 | Nika Sports Complex | 7,000 | 1998 |  |
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| 13 | Obolon Arena | 5,100 | 2002 | |
Obolon Kyiv |  |
| 14 | Kolos Stadium | 5,000 | 2014 |  |
Kolos Kovalivka |  |
Category Two
Any domestic games beside the UPL, Super Cup or Cup competitions quarter, semi or finals.
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Category One
Any games beside the UPL, First League, or Cup competitions (main stages, 1⁄8+ finals), including certified training fields
| # | Stadium | Capacity | Built/renovated | City | Home team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central City Stadium | 14,000 |  |
FC Nyva Vinnytsia | |
| 2 | Trudovi Rezervy Stadium | 13,500 | 2019 |  |
— |
| 3 | Dynamo Stadium | 8,000 | 2011 | |
— |
| 4 | Central Stadium | 7,552 | 2005 |  |
WFC Pantery |
| 5 | Elektrometalurh Stadium | 7,200 |  |
FC Nikopol | |
| 6 | Torpedo Stadium (ZAZ) | 6,619 | |
FC Zorya Luhansk junior squads | |
| 7 | Sokil Stadium | 6,000 |  |
FC Skala Stryi | |
| 8 | Kolos Stadium | 5,654 | 1997 |  |
— |
| 9 | Illichivets Sports Complex indoor field | 5,600 | 2007 | |
FC Avanhard Kramatorsk |
| 10 | Spartak Stadium | 4,800 | 2009 | |
— |
| 11 | Enerhiya Stadium | 4,000 |  |
FC Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | |
| 12 | Olimp Stadium | 4,000 | |
FC Oleksandriya U-21 | |
| 13 | Kolos Stadium | 3,800 |  |
FC Sluch Berezne | |
| 14 | Lokomotyv Stadium | 3,700 | 2008 | |
FC Poltava |
| 15 | Krystal Stadium | 3,400 |  |
FC Krystal Kherson | |
| 16 | SC Nyva (Khimik) | 3,282 | 2010 | |
FC Nyva Vinnytsia |
| 17 | Tsentralnyi imeni Brukvenka | 3,100 |  |
SC Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka | |
| 18 | Zakhidnyi Stadium | 3,063 | 2009 | |
FC Yarud Mariupol |
| 19 | Enerhetyk Stadium | 3,000 |  |
FC Karpaty Halych | |
| 20 | Izotop Stadium | 3,000 |  |
FC Izotop Varash | |
| 21 | Central City Stadium Spartak | 3,000 | 2019 |  |
SC Korosten |
| 22 | Kolos Stadium | 2,500 |  |
FC Epitsentr Dunaivtsi | |
| 23 | Malva Stadium | 2,500 |  |
WFC Bukovynska Nadiia | |
| 24 | Nova Bavaria Stadium | 2,500 | 2004 | |
WFC Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv |
| 25 | Shakhta Zhovtneva Stadium | 2,500 |  |
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | |
| 26 | Temp Stadium | 2,400 | 2019 | |
FC Zirka Kyiv |
| 27 | Volodymyr Melnyk Stadium | 2,064 |  |
— | |
| 28 | Avanhard Stadium | 2,059 | _(1803).png) |
WFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | |
| 29 | Borys Tropanets Stadios | 1,854 |  |
FC Balkany Zorya | |
| 30 | Azovets Stadium | 1,660 | |
FC Mariupol academy | |
| 31 | Olimpiyskyi Stadium | 1,540 |  |
SC Kakhovka | |
| 32 | Kolos Stadium | 1,500 |  |
FC Kolos Nikopol Raion | |
| 33 | Lokomotyv Stadium | 1,500 |  |
FC Karpaty Lviv junior squads | |
| 34 | Shkoliar Stadium (DYuSShOR No.4) | 1,500 | |
Karpaty FC TOV | |
| 35 | Mashynobudivnyk Stadium | 1,300 |  |
FC Karlivka | |
| 36 | Zatys Stadium | 1,250 |  |
FC Myr Hornostayivka | |
| 37 | Spartak Arena | 1,242 | 2019 |  |
FC Polissia Zhytomyr |
| 38 | Ivan Stadium | 1,200 | |
FC Real Pharma Odesa | |
| 39 | Kuts Stadium | 1,129 |  |
FC Trostianets | |
| 40 | Yuvileinyi Stadium | 1,028 | 2001 |  |
FC Obolon-2 Bucha |
| 41 | Central City Stadium (Chempion) | 1,000 | 2016 |  |
— |
| 44 | Enerhetyk Stadium | 1,000 |  |
FC Lviv U-21 | |
| 42 | Kniazha/Arsenal Arena | 1,000 |  |
FC Rubikon Kyiv, FC Shakhtar Donetsk junior squads and academy | |
| 43 | Medyk Stadium | 1,000 | 2010 |  |
— |
| 44 | Pidshypnyk Stadium | 1,000 | |
FC Volyn-2 Lutsk | |
| 45 | Sokil Stadium | 1,000 | |
— | |
| 46 | Zoria Stadium | 1,000 | 2012 |  |
FC Cherkashchyna, FC Zorya-Akademia Bilozirya |
List of uncertified football stadiums
Others
Non certified sports facilities
| # | Stadium | Capacity | Built/renovated | City | Home team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SKA Stadium | 23,040 | 1967 | |
— |
| 2 | Peremoha Stadium | 15,600 | 1955 |  |
SC Prometei |
| 3 | SKA Stadium | 15,000 | 1966 | |
— |
| 4 | CSK ZSU Stadium | 12,000 | 1967 | |
FC Arsenal Kyiv academy |
| 5 | Politechnik Stadium | 11,400 |  |
— | |
| 6 | Central Stadium | 6,500 | 2021 | |
FC Polissia Zhytomyr |
| 7 | Lafort Arena | 3,220 | 2007 | .svg) |
— |
| 8 | Tekstylnyk Stadium | 2,000 | |
WFC Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv |
The UAF notable stadiums located in the Russian occupied territories
Sports facilities with unidentified status
| # | Stadium | Capacity | Built/renovated | City | Home team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donbas Arena | 52,518 | 2009 | .svg) |
FC Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 2 | Shakhtar Stadium | 31,718 | 2000 | |
FC Shakhtar Donetsk junior squads and academy |
| 3 | RSK Olimpiyskyi | 26,100 | 2003 | |
— |
| 4 | Avanhard Stadium | 22,320 | 2003 |  |
FC Zorya Luhansk |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Republican Sports Complex | 19,978 | 2004 |  |
SC Tavriya Simferopol |
| 6 | Stal Stadium | 9,200 |  |
FC Stal Alchevsk | |
| 7 | Sevastopol Sports Complex | 5,826 | 2011 |  |
FC Sevastopol |
| 8 | Metalurh Stadium | 5,094 | 2008 | |
FC Metalurh Donetsk |
| 9 | Fiolent Stadium | 5,000 | 2005 | |
FC Ihroservice Simferopol |
| 10 | Olimpik Sports Complex | 4,500 | 2014 | |
FC Olimpik Donetsk |
List by regions/oblasts
- Autonomous Republic of Crimea: none available
- Cherkasy Oblast: Cherkasy Arena (Tsentralnyi Stadion (Cherkasy), cat 3), Central Stadium, Uman (cat 1), Zoria Stadium, Biloziria (cat 1)
- Chernihiv Oblast: Chernihiv Stadium (cat 3), Yunist Stadium (Chernihiv) (cat 2), Chernihiv Arena (cat 1)
- Chernivtsi Oblast: Bukovyna Stadium (cat 2), Malva Stadium (cat 1)
- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: Dnipro-Arena (cat 4), Meteor Stadium (cat 3), Dnipro Training Center, indoor field (cat 1), Olimpiyski Rezervy Stadium (cat 1), Shakhta Zhovtneva Stadium (cat 1), Elektrometalurh Stadium (cat 1), Kolos Stadium, Chkalove (cat 1)
- Donetsk Oblast: Volodymyr Boiko Stadium, Mariupol (cat 3), Bliuminh Stadium, Kramatorsk (cat 2), Prapor Stadium (Kramatorsk) (cat 2), Sportkompleks Illichivets, Mariupol (cat 1), Zakhidnyi Stadium, Mariupol (cat 1), Azovets Stadium, Mariupol (cat 1), Mariupol Training Center (cat 1)
- Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast: MCS Rukh (cat 2), Enerhetyk Stadium, Burshtyn (cat 1)
- Kharkiv Oblast: Metalist Stadium (cat 4), Sonyachny Stadium, Kharkiv (cat 2), Dynamo Stadium (Kharkiv) (cat 1), Nova Bavaria Stadium, Kharkiv (cat 1), Metalist Training Center, Vysokyi (cat 1), Avanhard Stadium, Zmiiv (cat 1)
- Kherson Oblast: Olimpiyskyi Stadium, Kakhovka (cat 1), Krystal Stadium, Kherson (cat 1), Enerhiya Stadium, Nova Kakhovka (cat 1), Marianivskyi Stadium (cat 1), Zatys Stadium, Hornostaivka (cat 1)
- Khmelnytskyi Oblast: Sport Complex Podillya (cat 2), Yunist Stadium, Volochysk (cat 2), Kolos Stadium, Dunaivtsi (cat 1)
- Kyiv City and Oblast: Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex (cat 4), Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium (cat 3), Obolon Arena (cat 3), Kolos Stadium (Kovalivka) (cat 3), Bannikov Stadium (cat 2), Livyi Bereh Stadium (cat 2), Trudovi Rezervy Stadium, Bila Tserkva (cat 1), Temp Stadium, Kyiv (cat 1), Dynamo Training Center, indoor (cat 1), Dynamo Training Center, pitch #6 (cat 1), Dynamo Training Center, pitch #7 (cat 1), Kolos Stadium (Boryspil) (cat 1), Yuvileinyi Stadium, Bucha (cat 1), Central City Stadium, Irpin (cat 1), Central Stadium, Kalynivka (cat 1), Brukvenko Central Stadium, Makariv (cat 1), Volodymyr Melnyk Stadium, Obukhiv (cat 1), Arsenal Arena, Shchaslyve (cat 1), Dinaz Stadium, Demydiv (cat 1)
- Kirovohrad Oblast: Zirka Stadium (cat 3), CSC Nika Stadium (cat 3), Inhulets Stadium (cat 2), Oleksandr Povorozniuk Stadium (cat 1), HOLovkivskyi Stadium (cat 1), Olimp Stadium (cat 1)
- Luhansk Oblast: none available
- Lviv Oblast: Arena Lviv (cat 4), Ukraina Stadium (cat 3), Skif Stadium (cat 2), Shkoliar Stadium (cat 1), Sokil Stadium, Lviv (cat 1), Sokil Stadium, Stryi (cat 1), Lokomotyv Stadium, Rava-Ruska (cat 1), Enerhetyk Stadium, Dobrotvir (cat 1), Stadion imeni Bohdana Markevycha (cat 1), Medyk Stadium (cat 1)
- Mykolaiv Oblast: Tsentralnyi Stadion (Mykolaiv) (cat 3), Park Peremohy Stadium (cat 2), Tsentralnyi Stadion (Mykolaiv), upper pitch (cat 1)
- Odesa Oblast: Chornomorets Stadium (cat 4), Spartak Stadium (Odesa) (cat 1), Borys Tropanets Stadium (cat 1), Ivan Stadium (cat 1), Liustdorf Stadium (cat 1)
- Poltava Oblast: Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium (cat 4), Kremin Stadium (cat 2), Yunist Stadium (Horishni Plavni) (cat 2), Vorskla-Zmina Stadium (cat 1), Ltava Stadium (cat 1), Lokomotyv Stadium (Poltava) (cat 1), Mashynobudivnyk Stadium (cat 1)
- Rivne Oblast: Kolos Stadium, Mlyniv (cat 2), Kolos Stadium, Berezne (cat 1), Izotop Stadium (cat 1)
- Sumy Oblast: Naftovyk Stadium (cat 2), Yuvileiny Stadium (cat 2), Alians-Arena (cat 1), Viktoriya Stadium (cat 1), Kuts Stadium (cat 1)
- Ternopil Oblast: Ternopilsky Misky Stadion (cat 3)
- Vinnytsia Oblast: Tsentralnyi Stadion (Vinnytsia) (cat 1), Sports Complex Nyva (cat 1)
- Volyn Oblast: Avanhard Stadium (Lutsk) (cat 3), Pidshypnyk Stadium (cat 1)
- Zakarpattia Oblast: Avanhard Stadium (Uzhhorod) (cat 3), Mynai Arena (cat 2)
- Zaporizhzhia Oblast: Slavutych Arena (cat 4), JSC ZAZ Stadium (cat 1), Metalurh Training Center (cat 1)
- Zhytomyr Oblast: Spartak Arena (cat 1), Central City Stadium Spartak (cat 1)
Gallery
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Stadion Yuri Gagarin in Chernihiv
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Illichivets Sports Complex indoor field
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Krystal Stadium
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
- List of European stadiums by capacity
- List of association football stadiums by capacity
- List of association football stadiums by country
- List of sports venues by capacity
- List of stadiums by capacity
- Lists of stadiums
References
- "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.
- "Attendance figures for the 17th season of Ukrainian Premier League". UA Football. August 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2007.
- ^ "Attendance figures for the 17th season of Ukrainian Premier League". UA Football. August 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2007.
External links
- Regulations on stadium infrastructure. Football Federation of Ukraine. 5 June 2013.
- Regulations on stadium infrastructure. Football Federation of Ukraine. 2020.
- The UAF confirmed the list of Ukrainian stadium in four categories (УАФ утвердила список стадионов Украины по четырем категориям). UA-Football. 24 July 2020.
- UEFA Guide to Quality Stadiums. UEFA. 2011
- UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations. UEFA.
- Photos at cafe.daum.net/stade
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