Navchanlno-trenuvalnyi kompleks imeni Viktora Bannikova (Viktor Bannikov training complex) is a small football stadium located close to the House of Football and the

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. The stadium is named after a goalkeeper of

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and the first president of

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(formerly Football Federation of Ukraine). The stadium is intended for junior squads of the

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, but is also used as a temporary stadium for professional clubs.

History

The ground was regarded as a training ground for the Republican Stadium (Respublikansky Stadion) and until 2004 was referred to simply as a verkhnie pole Respublikanskoho stadiona (upper field of the Republican Stadium). In 2004, the Ukrainian Football Federation invested in rebuilding the ground as a training complex with facilities and couple of small grandstands to accommodate those who would watch games there. The first matches were played in 2005. The stadium holds seating for 1,678. However, the record attendance was 2,000 for a Ukraine under-21 international game against

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on 5 September 2005. The ground has been used in

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matches for the first time by Obolon (2005), later utilized by

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(2009), and then was leased to

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for the 2008-09 season. In 2009, the field was a lifeline for ''Arsenal'' which due to the renovation of the Olimpisky NSC (Respublikansky Stadium) was under threat of being suspended by the League. Arsenal returned once again to Bannikov in 2010. The stadium was once again renewed as a

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venue for the 2014–15 season by Olimpik Donetsk due to the insurgency in Donbass. Bannikov is a regular home field of the Ukraine U-21, U-19, and U-17 teams. The stadium is named after the goalkeeper of Dynamo and Soviet national team and later the first president of

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Viktor Bannikov Viktor Maksymovych Bannikov (russian: Ви́ктор Макси́мович Ба́нников, uk, Віктор Максимович Банніков; 28 April 1938 – 25 April 2001) was a Ukrainian football official and a Soviet player. He w ...

. On 9 August 2014, a former

and

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player

Andriy Bal Andriy Mykhaylovych Bal ( uk, Андрій Михайлович Баль; 16 February 1958 – 9 August 2014) was a Soviet and Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a midfielder and football manager. Club career Born in Rozdil, U ...

died at the Bannikov Stadium, when he collapsed because of a

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during a veterans match.

References

{{National Football Centres 2005 establishments in Ukraine Football venues in Kyiv FC Obolon Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv FC Olimpik Donetsk Sports venues in Kyiv Pecherskyi District Association football training grounds in Ukraine National football academies Sports venues completed in 2005