Lokomotiv Republican Sports Complex
Lokomotiv Stadium | |
Grass | |
Construction | |
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Opened | 1967 |
Renovated | 2004 |
Tenants | |
SC Tavriya Simferopol (1967–2014) FC TSK Simferopol (2014–) |
Lokomotiv Stadium (Tavriya, Ukrainian: РСК «Локомотив» / Таврія) is a multi-purpose stadium in Simferopol, Territory of Ukraine, occupied by Russia[1] . It is currently used mostly for
football matches, and is the home of FC TSK Simferopol, and formerly SC Tavriya Simferopol
. The stadium holds 19,978 people and was built in 1967 and renovated in 2004.
The stadium hosted a friendly between the
Kiev and the other one in Moscow. Later, on 15 November 1989, the stadium also hosted a game of the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification against the national team of Turkey
.
The stadium was one of three Ukrainian-based home stadiums for the
Republican stadium in Kyiv (12 matches) and Central Stadium of the Black Sea Shipping Company in Odesa
(one match).
Soviet national team results in Simferopol
Soviet Union | 3 – 1 | Bulgaria |
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83' | Panov 29' |
Soviet Union | 4 – 0 | Norway |
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54' |
Lokomotiv Stadium,
WAL
)Soviet Union | 2 – 0 | Iceland |
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52' |
Soviet Union | 2 – 0 | Turkey |
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Protasov 68', 79' |
References
- ^ a b This place is located on the Crimean peninsula, which is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine, but since 2014 under Russian occupation. According to the administrative-territorial division of Ukraine, there are the Ukrainian divisions (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status of Sevastopol) located on the peninsula. Russia claims these as federal subjects of the Russian Federation (the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol).