Volodymyr Boyko Stadium is a

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Mariupol Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast (Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russian i ...

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, Ukraine. It is located in a local Petrovskyi Park which is located along the highway Mariupol–Donetsk ( H20). Built in 1956, it was originally known as Novator Stadium. In 2001, it was renovated by

Illich Steel and Iron Works Illich Iron & Steel Works (Ukrainian: Маріу́польський металургі́йний комбіна́т і́мені Ілліча́ – literally "Mariupol Metallurgical Plant named after Illich") is the second largest metallurgica ...

and changed its name to Illichivets. It is currently used mostly for

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matches, and is the home of

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. The stadium holds 12,680 people. Often the stadium is used by the national women's football team. Since the start of the Russian occupation of Mariupol during the

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, the stadium buildings have been damaged by shelling and looted, and the grass pitch has withered due to a lack of maintenance.

References

External links

Photo gallery and data at Erlebnis-Stadion.de
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How comfortable is to attend the UPL games: Volodymyr Boyko Stadium (Наскільки комфортно ходити на матчі УПЛ: стадіон імені Володимира Бойка)
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