Ukraina Stadium

Coordinates: 49°49′09″N 24°02′53″E / 49.819234°N 24.048193°E / 49.819234; 24.048193
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Ukraina Stadium
Karpaty Lviv / SKA Karpaty Lviv (1963–2011, since 2013)
Ukraine national football team (2001–2011)
Lviv FC (2008–2009)
Rukh Lviv
(2017–2019)

Ukraina Stadium (Ukrainian: стадіон Україна) is a multi-purpose stadium in Lviv, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for association football matches, and is the home of FC Karpaty Lviv. "Ukraina" is also an alternative stadium for the Ukraine national football team where it played several of its qualification games for various tournaments. The stadium is located in the central part of the city in the Snopkiv Park which is classified as the monument of park architecture (landscape art).

Brief outlook

During Soviet times, the stadium was called Druzhba (

Zalgiris Vilnius. On the 86th minute, Ivan Dykovets
failed to convert a penalty kick and the game ended in the loss by the home team, 0-1.

In its initial years the Druzhba Stadium had capacity to hold 41,700 seated spectators. The most attended games were an exhibition game with

Dynamo Kyiv on 27 June 1971 as part of the 1971 Soviet Top League season (51,000). On 13 October 1971, the Soviet Union Olympic football team was hosting its opponents from Austria in a qualification game for the 1972 Summer Olympics
.

In 1990, by the initiative of the president of

Ukraina Lwow), the name of stadium was changed to "Ukraina". In 1999, the stadium was renovated in preparation to the Karpaty's participation in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup, after which the stadium's capacity was reduced to 28,051. In 2007, a new grass pitch was installed at the stadium. Ukraina also has four floodlight towers with lighting power of 1,200 lux
.

Ukraine national team matches

Date Tournament Host Score Guest
5 September 2001 WCQ  Ukraine 3–0  Armenia
7 June 2003 EQ  Ukraine 4–3  Armenia
13 October 2004 WCQ  Ukraine 2–0  Georgia
20 August 2008 F  Ukraine 1–0  Poland
6 September 2008 WCQ  Ukraine 1–0  Belarus
29 May 2010 F  Ukraine 3–2  Romania

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49°49′09″N 24°02′53″E / 49.819234°N 24.048193°E / 49.819234; 24.048193