Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium
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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches, and is the home of

FC Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava ( uk, ФК «Во́рскла» Полта́ва ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Poltava that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top flight of Ukrainian football. History Kolos Poltava The clu ...

. The stadium holds 24,795 people.

History

It was built in 1974 and has undergone several reconstructions after, most notably in 2000, when the facade of the stadium was renovated. In 2008, the most notable feature of the restoration was the installation of a coloured screen. The renovation was done for the

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, which was played at the stadium. The cup has traveled outside of

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for the first time due to renovation works at

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, the annual venue for the title game. In 2006, the stadium was renamed in honor of

Oleksiy Butovsky Aleksei Dmitrievich Butovsky (russian: Алексей Дмитриевич Бутовский; ; June 9, 1938 — February 25, 1917) was a Russian empire, Russian general and one of the founders of the International Olympic Committee. He hel ...

Gallery

File:Panoramio - V&A Dudush - Стадион Ворскла.jpg, View from the central stand File:Poltava Butovsky Vorskla Stadium.JPG, Stadium in 2007 File:Butovsky Vorskla Stadium3.jpg, File:Центрррр (84 из 167).jpg, Aerial view at the stadium and nearby buildings

References

External links

* Pylypchuk, B.
How comfortable is to attend the UPL games: Butovskyi Vorskla Stadium (Наскільки комфортно ходити на матчі УПЛ: стадіон Ворскла ім. Олексія Бутовського)
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