List of football stadiums in Ukraine

Construction and exploitation of stadiums and other football infrastructure in Ukraine as well as providing safety in conducting competitions is being supervised by the respected UAF (previously FFU) standing committee. The Ukrainian Association of Football itself adopts regulations on infrastructure of stadiums and measures of safety.

Previously all stadiums in Ukraine were awarded certain category: 1, 2, 3, and elite. All professional clubs are obligated to conduct their "home games" in place of their permanent location and state registration and on stadiums that correspond to the FFU regulations. A football game is held only on a stadium that was applied by the club during its attestation for respectful competition season. Such stadiums are listed in a stadium registry on which permitted to conduct matches of respected level. Each stadium has a certificate of state commission and passport.

In 2020, the UAF revamped its stadium categorization to synchronize with same requirements as the UEFA. It published new list of stadiums and its categorization.^[1]

List by UAF categories[]

The following is a list of football stadiums in Ukraine, ordered by capacity.

Category Four[]

Any games (domestic and international)

#	Stadium	Capacity[2]	Build/renovated	City	Home team
1	NSC Olimpiyskiy	70,050	2011	Kyiv	Ukraine, FC Dynamo Kyiv
2	Metalist Stadium	40,003	2009	Kharkiv	FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
3	Arena Lviv	34,915	2011	Lviv	FC Rukh Lviv
4	Chornomorets Stadium	34,164	2011	Odesa	FC Chornomorets Odesa
5	Dnipro-Arena	31,003	2008	Dnipro	SC Dnipro-1
6	Butovsky Vorskla Stadium	24,795	2000	Poltava	FC Vorskla Poltava
7	Slavutych Arena	11,983	2006	Zaporizhia	MFC Metalurh Zaporizhia

Category Three[]

Any domestic games (UPL, finals of Cup or Super Cup)

#	Stadium	Capacity[3]	Build/renovated	City	Home team
1	Ukraina Stadium	28,051	1999	Lviv	FC Karpaty Lviv, FC Lviv
2	Meteor Stadium	24,381	2001	Dnipro	FC VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka
3	Shukhevych City Stadium	15,150	2011	Ternopil	FC Nyva Ternopil
4	Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium	16,873		Kyiv	FC Dynamo Kyiv junior squads
5	Central City Stadium	15,600	2019	Mykolaiv	MFC Mykolaiv
7	Zirka Stadium	13,305	2014	Kropyvnytskyi	FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi
8	Volodymyr Boiko Stadium	12,680	2001	Mariupol	FC Mariupol
11	Avanhard Stadium	12,080	2015	Lutsk	FC Volyn Lutsk
9	Yuri Gagarin Stadium	12,060		Chernihiv	FC Desna Chernihiv
10	Avanhard Stadium	12,000	2005	Uzhhorod	FC Uzhhorod
11	Cherkasy Arena	10,321	2011	Cherkasy	FC Dnipro Cherkasy
12	CSC Nika Stadium	7,000	1998	Oleksandriia	FC Oleksandriya
13	Obolon Arena	5,100	2002	Kyiv	FC Obolon Kyiv
14	Kolos Stadium	5,000	2020	Kovalivka, Vasylkiv Raion	FC Kolos Kovalivka

Category Two[]

Any domestic games beside the UPL, Super Cup or Cup competitions quarter, semi or finals.

#	Stadium	Capacity[4]	Build/renovated	City	Home team
1	Yuvileiny Stadium	25,830	2001	Sumy	FC Alians Lypova Dolyna
2	Bukovyna Stadium	12,000		Chernivtsi	FSC Bukovyna Chernivtsi
3	Bliuminh Stadium	8,000	2015	Kramatorsk	FC Sapfir Kramatorsk
4	Podillia Stadium	6,800		Khmelnytskyi	FC Podillia Khmelnytskyi
5	Rukh Stadium	6,500		Ivano-Frankivsk	FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
6	Prapor Stadium	6,000	2008	Kramatorsk	FC Avanhard Kramatorsk
7	Naftovyk Stadium	5,256		Okhtyrka	FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka
8	Park Peremohy Stadium	5,000	2017	Mykolaiv	MFC Mykolaiv-2
9	Soniachny Stadium	4,924	2011	Kharkiv	—
10	Skif Stadium	3,742	2011	Lviv	FC Rukh Lviv U-21
11	Yunist Stadium	3,000	2019	Chernihiv	Yunist Chernihiv, Yunist ShVSM, Spartak ShVSM Chernihiv, Kudrivka
12	Yunist Stadium	2,700	2018	Volochysk	FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk
13	Yunist Stadium	2,500	2005	Horishni Plavni	FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
14	Inhulets Stadium	1,869	2014	Petrove	FC Inhulets Petrove
15	NTK im.Bannikova	1,678	2005	Kyiv	Ukrainian youth national teams
16	Oleh Babaiev Kremin Arena	1,566	2010	Kremenchuk	FC Kremin Kremenchuk
17	Livyi Bereh Stadium	1,500	2020	Kyiv	FC Livyi Bereh
18	Mynai Arena	1,312	2018	Mynai, Uzhhorod Raion	FC Mynai
19	Kolos Stadium	850	2018	Mlyniv	FC Veres Rivne

Category One[]

Any games beside the UPL, First League, or Cup competitions (main stages, 1⁄8+ finals), including certified training fields

#	Stadium	Capacity[5]	Build/renovated	City	Home team
1	Central City Stadium	14,000		Vinnytsia	FC Nyva Vinnytsia
2	Trudovi Rezervy Stadium	13,500	2019	Bila Tserkva	—
3	Dynamo Stadium	8,000	2011	Kharkiv	—
4	Central Stadium	7,552	2005	Uman	WFC Pantery
5	Elektrometalurh Stadium	7,200		Nikopol	FC Nikopol
6	Torpedo Stadium (ZAZ)	6,619		Zaporizhia	FC Zorya Luhansk junior squads
7	Sokil Stadium	6,000		Stryi	FC Skala Stryi
8	Kolos Stadium	5,654	1997	Boryspil	—
9	Illichivets Sports Complex indoor field	5,600		Mariupol	—
10	Spartak Stadium	4,800	2009	Odesa	—
11	Enerhiya Stadium	4,000		Nova Kakhovka	FC Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka
12	Olimp Stadium	4,000		Oleksandriia	FC Oleksandriya U-21
13	Kolos Stadium	3,800		Berezne	FC Sluch Berezne
14	Lokomotyv Stadium	3,700	2008	Poltava	FC Poltava
15	Krystal Stadium	3,400		Kherson	FC Krystal Kherson
16	SC Nyva (Khimik)	3,282	2010	Vinnytsia	FC Nyva Vinnytsia
17	Tsentralnyi Stadion im.Brukvenka	3,100		Makariv	SC Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka
18	Zakhidnyi Stadium	3,063	2009	Mariupol	FC Yarud Mariupol
19	Enerhetyk Stadium	3,000		Burshtyn	FC Karpaty Halych
20	Izotop Stadium	3,000		Varash
21	Central City Stadium Spartak	3,000	2019	Korosten	SC Korosten
22	Kolos Stadium	2,500		Dunaivtsi	FC Epitsentr Dunaivtsi
23	Malva Stadium	2,500		Chernivtsi	WFC Bukovynska Nadiia
24	Nova Bavaria Stadium	2,500	2004	Kharkiv	WFC Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
25	Shakhta Zhovtneva Stadium	2,500		Kryvyi Rih	FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
26	Temp Stadium	2,400	2019	Kyiv	FC Zirka Kyiv
27	Volodymyr Melnyk Stadium	2,064		Obukhiv	—
28	Avanhard Stadium	2,059		Zmiiv	WFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
29	Borys Tropanets Stadios	1,854		Zorya, Sarata Raion	FC Balkany Zorya
30	Azovets Stadium	1,660		Mariupol	FC Mariupol academy
31	Olimpiyskyi Stadium	1,540		Kakhovka	SC Kakhovka
32	Kolos Stadium	1,500		Chkalove, Nikopol Raion	FC Kolos Nikopol Raion
33	Lokomotyv Stadium	1,500		Rava-Ruska	FC Karpaty Lviv junior squads
34	Shkoliar Stadium (DYuSShOR No.4)	1,500		Lviv	Karpaty FC TOV
35	Mashynobudivnyk Stadium	1,300		Karlivka	FC Karlivka
36	Zatys Stadium	1,250		Hornostaivka, Novotroitske Raion	FC Myr Hornostayivka
37	Spartak Arena	1,242	2019	Zhytomyr	FC Polissia Zhytomyr
38	Ivan Stadium	1,200		Odesa	FC Real Pharma Odesa
39	Volodymyr Kuts Stadium	1,129		Trostianets	FC Trostianets
40	Yuvileinyi Stadium	1,028	2001	Bucha	FC Obolon-2 Bucha
41	Central City Stadium (Chempion)	1,000	2016	Irpin	—
44	Enerhetyk Stadium	1,000		Dobrotvir	FC Lviv U-21
42	Kniazha/Arsenal Arena	1,000		Shchaslyve, Boryspil Raion	FC Rubikon Kyiv, FC Shakhtar Donetsk junior squads and academy
43	Medyk Stadium	1,000	2010	Morshyn	—
44	Pidshypnyk Stadium	1,000		Lutsk
45	Sokil Stadium	1,000		Lviv	—
46	Zoria Stadium	1,000	2012	Bilozirya, Cherkasy Raion	FC Cherkashchyna, FC Zorya-Akademia Bilozirya
47	Bohdan Markevych Stadium	900	2003	Vynnyky	FC Rukh Lviv U-19
48	Dynamo Training Center Pitch # 6	750		Kyiv	FC Dynamo Kyiv junior squads
49	Dynamo Training Center Pitch # 7	750		Kyiv	FC Dynamo Kyiv junior squads
50	Ltava Stadium	640		Poltava	FC Vorskla Poltava junior squads
51	HOLovkivskyi Stadium	628	2011	Holovkivka, Oleksandriia Raion	FC Oleksandriya U-19
52	Oleksandr Povorozniuk Stadium	560	2014	Volodymyrivka, Oleksandriia Raion	FC Inhulets Petrove junior squads
53	Alians-Arena	520		Bairak, Lypova Dolyna Raion	FC Alians Lypova Dolyna
54	Dnipro Training Center indoor field	506		Dnipro	—
55	Central City Stadium upper pitch	500	2019	Mykolaiv	MFC Mykolaiv
56	Chernihiv Arena	500	2020	Chernihiv	FC Chernihiv, Desna-2 Chernihiv, Desna-3 Chernihiv
57	Dinaz Stadium	500	2012	Demydiv, Vyshhorod Raion	FC Dinaz Vyshhorod
58	Dynamo Training Center indoor field	500		Kyiv	—
59	Liustdorf Stadium	500		Odesa	FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa
60	Marianivskyi Stadium	500		Marianivka, Kakhovka Raion	SC Tavriya Simferopol
61	Metalist Training Center	500		Vysokyi, Kharkiv Raion	FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv academy
62	Viktoriya Stadium	500	2015	Bairak, Lypova Dolyna Raion	FC Viktoriya Mykolaivka
63	Central Stadium	450	2016	Kalynivka, Vasylkiv Raion	FC Kolos Kovalivka junior squads
64	Khet-Tryk Arena	400	2017	Ivano-Frankivsk	—
65	Vorskla-Zmina Stadium	400		Nyzhni Mlyny, Poltava Raion	FC Vorskla Poltava academy
66	Mariupol Training Center	300		Mariupol	FC Mariupol junior squads
67	Olimpiyski Rezervy Stadium	300	2017	Dnipro	FC Peremoha Dnipro,
68	Metalurh Training Center	224		Zaporizhia	MFC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia

List by regions/oblasts[]

• Autonomous Republic of Crimea: none available
• Cherkasy Oblast: Cherkasy Arena (Tsentralnyi Stadion (Cherkasy), cat 3), Central Stadium, Uman (cat 1), Zoria Stadium, Biloziria (cat 1)
• Chernihiv Oblast: Yuri Gagarin Stadium (Chernihiv Stadium, cat 3), Yunist Stadium (Chernihiv) (cat 2), Chernihiv Arena (cat 1)
• Chernivtsi Oblast: Bukovyna Stadium (cat 2), Malva Stadium (cat 1)
• Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: Dnipro-Arena (cat 4), Meteor Stadium (cat 3), Dnipro Training Center, indoor field (cat 1), Olimpiyski Rezervy Stadium (cat 1), Shakhta Zhovtneva Stadium (cat 1), Elektrometalurh Stadium (cat 1), Kolos Stadium, Chkalove (cat 1)
• Donetsk Oblast: Volodymyr Boiko Stadium, Mariupol (cat 3), Bliuminh Stadium, Kramatorsk (cat 2), Prapor Stadium (Kramatorsk) (cat 2), Sportkompleks Illichivets, Mariupol (cat 1), Zakhidnyi Stadium, Mariupol (cat 1), Azovets Stadium, Mariupol (cat 1), Mariupol Training Center (cat 1)
• Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast: MCS Rukh (cat 2), Enerhetyk Stadium, Burshtyn (cat 1)
• Kharkiv Oblast: Metalist Stadium (cat 4), Sonyachny Stadium, Kharkiv (cat 2), Dynamo Stadium (Kharkiv) (cat 1), Nova Bavaria Stadium (Helios Arena (Kharkiv), cat 1), Metalist Training Center, Vysokyi (cat 1), Avanhard Stadium, Zmiiv (cat 1)
• Kherson Oblast: Olimpiyskyi Stadium, Kakhovka (cat 1), Krystal Stadium, Kherson (cat 1), Enerhiya Stadium, Nova Kakhovka (cat 1), Marianivskyi Stadium (cat 1), Zatys Stadium, Hornostaivka (cat 1)
• Khmelnytskyi Oblast: Sport Complex Podillya (cat 2), Yunist Stadium, Volochysk (cat 2), Kolos Stadium, Dunaivtsi (cat 1)
• Kyiv City and Oblast: Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex (cat 4), Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium (cat 3), Obolon Arena (cat 3), Kolos Stadium (Kovalivka) (cat 3), Bannikov Stadium (cat 2), Livyi Bereh Stadium (cat 2), Trudovi Rezervy Stadium, Bila Tserkva (cat 1), Temp Stadium, Kyiv (cat 1), Dynamo Training Center, indoor (cat 1), Dynamo Training Center, pitch #6 (cat 1), Dynamo Training Center, pitch #7 (cat 1), Kolos Stadium (Boryspil) (cat 1), Yuvileinyi Stadium, Bucha (cat 1), Central City Stadium, Irpin (cat 1), Central Stadium, Kalynivka (cat 1), Tsentralnyi Stadion im.Brukvenka, Makariv (cat 1), Volodymyr Melnyk Stadium, Obukhiv (cat 1), Arsenal Arena, Shchaslyve (cat 1), Dinaz Stadium (cat 1)
• Kirovohrad Oblast: Zirka Stadium (cat 3), CSC Nika Stadium (cat 3), Inhulets Stadium (cat 2), Oleksandr Povorozniuk Stadium (cat 1), HOLovkivskyi Stadium (cat 1), Olimp Stadium (cat 1)
• Luhansk Oblast: none available
• Lviv Oblast: Arena Lviv (cat 4), Ukraina Stadium (cat 3), Skif Stadium (cat 2), Shkoliar Stadium (cat 1), Sokil Stadium, Lviv (cat 1), Sokil Stadium, Stryi (cat 1), Lokomotyv Stadium, Rava-Ruska (cat 1), Enerhetyk Stadium, Dobrotvir (cat 1), Stadion imeni Bohdana Markevycha (cat 1), Medyk Stadium (cat 1)
• Mykolaiv Oblast: Tsentralnyi Stadion (Mykolaiv) (cat 3), Park Peremohy Stadium (cat 2), Tsentralnyi Stadion (Mykolaiv), upper pitch (cat 1)
• Odessa Oblast: Chornomorets Stadium (cat 4), Spartak Stadium (Odessa) (cat 1), Borys Tropanets Stadium (cat 1), Ivan Stadium (cat 1), Liustdorf Stadium (cat 1)
• Poltava Oblast: Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium (cat 4), Kremin Stadium (cat 2), Yunist Stadium (Horishni Plavni) (cat 2), Vorskla-Zmina Stadium (cat 1), Ltava Stadium (cat 1), Lokomotyv Stadium (Poltava) (cat 1), Mashynobudivnyk Stadium (cat 1)
• Rivne Oblast: Kolos Stadium, Mlyniv (cat 2), Kolos Stadium, Berezne (cat 1), Izotop Stadium (cat 1)
• Sumy Oblast: Naftovyk Stadium (cat 2), Yuvileiny Stadium (cat 2), Alians-Arena (cat 1), Viktoriya Stadium (cat 1), Volodymyr Kuts Stadium (cat 1)
• Ternopil Oblast: Ternopilsky Misky Stadion (cat 3)
• Vinnytsia Oblast: Tsentralnyi Stadion (Vinnytsia) (cat 1), Sports Complex Nyva (cat 1)
• Volyn Oblast: Avanhard Stadium (Lutsk) (cat 3), Pidshypnyk Stadium (cat 1)
• Zakarpattia Oblast: Avanhard Stadium (Uzhhorod) (cat 3), Mynai Arena (cat 2)
• Zaporizhzhia Oblast: Slavutych Arena (cat 4), JSC ZAZ Stadium (cat 1), Metalurh Training Center (cat 1)
• Zhytomyr Oblast: Spartak Arena (cat 1), Central City Stadium Spartak (cat 1)

List of uncertified football stadiums[]

Others[]

Non certified sports facilities

#	Stadium	Capacity[6]	Build/renovated	City	Home team
1	SKA Stadium	23,040	1967	Lviv	—
2	Peremoha Stadium	15,600	1955	Kamianske	SC Prometei
3	SKA Stadium	15,000	1966	Odesa	—
4	CSK ZSU Stadium	12,000	1967	Kyiv	FC Arsenal Kyiv academy
5	Politechnik Stadium	11,400		Kremenchuk	—
6	Central Stadium	6,500	2021	Zhytomyr	FC Polissia Zhytomyr
7	Lafort Arena	3,220	2007	Dobromyl	—
8	Tekstylnyk Stadium	2,000		Chernihiv	WFC Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv

The UAF notable stadiums located in the Russian occupied territories[]

Sports facilities with unidentified status

#	Stadium	Capacity[7]	Build/renovated	City	Home team
1	Donbass Arena	52,518	2009	Donetsk	FC Shakhtar Donetsk
2	Shakhtar Stadium	31,718	2000	Donetsk	FC Shakhtar Donetsk junior squads and academy
3	RSK Olimpiyskyi	26,100	2003	Donetsk	—
4	Avanhard Stadium	22,320	2003	Luhansk	FC Zorya Luhansk
5	Lokomotiv Republican Sports Complex	19,978	2004	Simferopol	SC Tavriya Simferopol
6	Stal Stadium	9,200		Alchevsk	FC Stal Alchevsk
7	Sevastopol Sports Complex	5,826	2011	Sevastopol	FC Sevastopol
8	Metalurh Stadium	5,094	2008	Donetsk	FC Metalurh Donetsk
9	Fiolent Stadium	5,000	2005	Simferopol	FC Ihroservice Simferopol
10	Olimpik Sports Complex	4,500	2014	Donetsk	FC Olimpik Donetsk
11	Kirsha Training Centre	545	1999	Donetsk	FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk

Gallery[]

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  Stadion Yuri Gagarin in Chernihiv

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  Illichivets Sports Complex indoor field

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  Krystal Stadium

The UAF stadium basic requirements[]

Categories to all UAF stadiums are granted with consideration of all circumstances and data about a stadium and if it corresponds to FIFA, UEFA and UAF requirements (2020 UAF Regulations on stadium infrastructure. Article 3.2).

Basic criteria for each stadium (2020 UAF Regulations on stadium infrastructure. Article 3.7):

• must have developed and approved in the manner prescribed by law a strategy of insuring a public order and public safety, rules (instructions) of observance of public order and public safety (including rules of spectator behavior), evacuation plan
• must have rooms (no less than two) functioning as a post of urgent or first medical aid with the necessary equipment and easy access from the building premises and the surrounding area
• must provide a clear distribution of seats for spectators into separate parts (sectors)
• must have a separate box (lounge) for honored guests (Luxury box) with a separate entrance
• must be equipped with a video surveillance system over the territory of the structure and adjacent territories as well as technical measures of recording the results of video surveillance
• must be equipped with a public announcement
• must be equipped with a control room with the ability to control the video surveillance system, telephone signal and loud speaking systems
• must be equipped with information screen and stands with rules of spectator behavior, evacuation plan (in state and most common foreign language)
• must provide routes for special equipment, including vehicles of the National Police, ambulance and the State Service of Emergency Situations units, as well as places for their parking
• must have the equipment necessary to use an electronic ticket, including a turnstile system
• must have storage rooms or storage chambers for items prohibited for carrying into the building, in case of their seizure
• must have rooms for FIFA, UEFA, UAF official representatives and supervisor in refereeing (officials)
• must have a room for the National Police operations and a separate room for temporary detention of offenders during a football match
• must have premises for the coordination headquarters
• must be equipped with serviceable fire protection systems, fire barriers, primary fire extinguishing measures, standard number of sources of fire water supply, lightning protection and safety signs

In order to ensure public order and public safety in accordance with the law, other criteria may also be established for sports facilities.

See also[]

• List of European stadiums by capacity
• List of association football stadiums by capacity

References[]

External links[]

• Regulations on stadium infrastructure^{[dead link]}. Football Federation of Ukraine. 5 June 2013.
• Regulations on stadium infrastructure. Football Federation of Ukraine. 2020.
• The UAF confirmed the list of Ukrainian stadium in four categories (УАФ утвердила список стадионов Украины по четырем категориям). UA-Football. 24 July 2020.
• UEFA Guide to Quality Stadiums. UEFA. 2011
• UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations. UEFA.