Central City Stadium ( uk, Центральний міський стадіон, Tsentralnyi miskyi stadion) is a multi-use

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Vinnytsia Vinnytsia ( ; uk, Вінниця, ; yi, װיניצע) is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug. It is the administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast and the largest city in the historic region of Podillia. A ...

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches, and is the home of

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and

FC Vinnytsia FC Vinnytsia is a Ukrainian amateur football team from Vinnytsia. The club competes in the Amateur Championship since 2013. History The club was founded in 2010 as FC Derzhsluzhbovets-KFKS Vinnytsia and competed in regional competitions of Vi ...

. The stadium holds 24,000 people.

History

The stadium was built after

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in 1949 by workers of

city and

Southwestern Railways Southwestern Railways (PZZ), ( uk, Південно-Західна залізниця) headquartered in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, is a component part of the Ukrzaliznytsia company, its regional branch. It is named "Southwestern" because it i ...

and was named as Lokomotyv (Lokomotyv Stadium). Before 1972, its capacity was 12,000 spectators. During 1972-1980, the stadium was completely renovated. There was built the stadium's bowl of reinforced concrete, installed lighting towers, radio communication, information screen, and seating capacity increased to 24,000 spectators. During the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

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, the stadium was hosting the

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as part of the 1980 Summer Olympics torch relay. In 1996, the Tsentralnyi Stadion hosted two games of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

External links

Stadium informationInformation about the Communal Enterprise "Tsentralnyi miskyi stadion" (Інформація про КП «Центральний міський стадіон»)

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