Lokomotiv Republican Sports Complex

Coordinates: 44°56′37″N 34°05′23″E / 44.94361°N 34.08972°E / 44.94361; 34.08972
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Respublikanskiy Sports Complex (RSC) Lokomotiv
Lokomotiv Stadium
Grass
Construction
Opened1967
Renovated2004
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

(one match).

Soviet national team results in Simferopol


Soviet Union 4 – 0 Norway
Blokhin 33'
Khidiyatullin
54'
Lokomotiv Stadium,
WAL
)

Soviet Union 2 – 0 Iceland
Belanov 15'
Protasov
52'
Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol
Attendance: 40,000

Soviet Union 2 – 0 Turkey
Protasov 68', 79'
Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

References

  1. ^ 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).