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| Former names | Druzhba (1963-1990) |
|---|---|
| Location | Halych district,Lviv,Ukraine |
| Owner | City of Lviv |
| Operator | Karpaty Lviv |
| Capacity | 28,051[1] (football) |
| Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1960 |
| Opened | 1963 |
| Architect | Yaroslav Nazarkevych,Larysa Skoryk, Yaroslav Porokhnavets,Volodymyr Blyusyuk |
| Tenants | |
| 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 amulti-purpose stadium inLviv,Ukraine. It is currently used mostly forassociation football matches, and is the home ofFC Karpaty Lviv. "Ukraina" is also an alternative stadium for theUkraine 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 theSnopkiv Park which is classified as the monument of park architecture (landscape art).
During Soviet times, the stadium was calledDruzhba (Ukrainian:Дружба), which means "friendship". It was named after Druzhba park that was building along with it in historical neighborhood of Snopkiv. The stadium was erected in three years by the method of public construction (collective construction), meaning that each big company of Lviv was responsible for construction of its own part of the future stadium. The construction was headed by the third secretary of the Communist Party City Committee, Vasyl Mazur, who also took part in the construction. The architects were Yaroslav Nazarkevych, Larysa Skoryk, Yaroslav Porokhnavets, Volodymyr Blyusyuk. The official debut game took place on 18 August 1963, when the localKarpaty Lviv were playing against the visitingZalgiris 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 withPalmeiras (Brazil) on 26 May 1970 (around 50,000) and the game withDynamo Kyiv on 27 June 1971 as part of the1971 Soviet Top League season (51,000). On 13 October 1971, theSoviet Union Olympic football team was hosting its opponents fromAustria in a qualification game for the1972 Summer Olympics.
In 1990, by the initiative of the president ofKarpaty Lviv,Karlo Miklyosh (former member ofUkraina Lwow), the name of stadium was changed to "Ukraina". In 1999, the stadium was renovated in preparation to the Karpaty's participation in the1999–2000 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 fourfloodlight towers with lighting power of 1,200lux.
| 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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