The sports complex of the

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"Skif" ( uk, Комплексно-спортивна база Львівського державного університету фізичної культури «Скіф») or simply Skif Stadium is a sports base with multi-purpose stadium in

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. It is the home field for Rukh Lviv.

History

Sokół

Built in 1897 by Ivan Levynskyi and Edgar Kovats in

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,Sports Complex at vulytsia Marka Cheremshyny, 17 (Вул. Марка Черемшини, 17 – спортивний комплекс)
Lviv center. originally the stadium and other sports facilities around it belonged to the Polish

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sports society.Skif (Скіф)
Vgorode portal. The stadium was situated next to the Lychakiv Park. It was of standard size with running tracks all around it, stands for about 3,000 spectators, indoor

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, halls to perform gymnastic exercises and fencing competitions. On the project of Levynskyi there was built an administrative building. The complex was among the best in

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and later

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Skif

Before 1946 the stadium belonged to the Soviet Spartak society (see FC Spartak Lviv). In 1946 in Lviv was established the Lviv sports institute, the stadium was passed to it. In 2011 the stadium was renovated in preparation to the

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as a possible training grounds.Kysilevska, N.
Lviv stadium "Skif" is almost ready for the Euro-2012 (Львівський стадіон "Скіф" майже готовий до Євро-2012)

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. 6 October 2011 During the renovations, there was built a four-storey building for general purpose which houses, medical office, conference hall for 100 people, space of athletes, coaches, referees as well as students classrooms.

References

External links

Football venues in Lviv Lviv State University of Physical Culture FC Lviv Sokół Polish diaspora in Ukraine {{Ukraine-sport-stub