Metalist Stadium

multi-use stadium in Kharkiv, Ukraine

Key facts

Former names: Tractor Stadium (1926–1940), Dzerzhinets Stadium (1940–1967)
Location: Heorhiia Tarasenka str. 65, Kharkiv , Ukraine
Owner: Kharkiv City Council
Operator: Metalist Kharkiv
Capacity: 41,307
Surface: Grass
Record attendance: 42,000 ( Metalist Kharkiv - Tavriya Simferopol , 23 September 1980)
Field size: 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Public transit: Kharkiv Metro station:, Sportyvna , Metrobudivnykiv
Opened: 12 September 1926 ; 99 years ago ( 1926-09-12 )
Renovated: 5 December 2009
Construction cost: ₴ 206,7 million

Article

"Metalist" Oblast Sports Complex (Ukrainian: Обласний спортивний комплекс "Металіст", romanized: Oblasnyi sportyvnyi kompleks "Metalist"), which includes the Metalist Stadium (Ukrainian: Стадіон "Металіст"), is a multi-use stadium in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It is used chiefly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv. The stadium, which was a venue for Euro 2012, currently seats 40,003 spectators.

After FC Metalist Kharkiv financially collapsed in May 2016 professional football temporary disappeared from the stadium. In August 2016, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv made the stadium its home stadium. Shakhtar Donetsk followed suit in February 2017.