Cherkasy Arena
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| Former names | Kolhospnyk (1957–1958) imeni Lenin's Komsomol (1958–1992) |
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| Standort | Cherkasy, Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 49°26′10″N 32°03′17″E / 49.4361°N 32.0547°E |
| Capacity | 10,321 (football) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Opened | 1957 |
| Tenants | |
| FC Dnipro Cherkasy FC Cherkashchyna (Slavutych Cherkasy) | |
The Central Stadium (Ukrainian: Центральний стадіон) is a multi-purpose stadium in Cherkasy, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and was the home of FC Dnipro Cherkasy and now the home of FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro. The stadium holds 10,321[1] people.
Historical overview
Older Cherkasy stadiums
Before 1957 in Cherkasy were about 10 stadiums with football fields.[2] Among the biggest there were "Kharchovyk" (5,000 spectators), "Trud / Avanhard" (2,500), and "Vodnyk" (1,500).[2] The most popular among Cherkasy residents were considered "Vodnyk" and "Kharchovyk" that were built sometime between 1920s – 1930s.[2] At the place where now the Central Bazaar (Tsentralnyi bazaar) the stadium, that before the World War II carried the name of City (Miskyi), in late 1940s was renamed as "Vodnyk".[2] Built by a sugar refinery, "Kharchovyk" stadium location was not changed being located at the 700th Anniversary Square.[2] Today the stadium is called "Spartak" and belongs to infrastructure of the Cherkasy Technological University.[2]
Before the World War II, the most important games were held at "Kharchovyk", but during the turbulent times the Sugar Refinery stadium was ruined.[2] Therefore the main place of football clashes until early 1950s became "Vodnyk".[2] With time, in the epicenter of sports attention became again the rebuilt "Kharchovyk".[2]
The Central Stadium
In 1952 after the Soviet Union national team debut at the Helsinki Olympics and with start of the Khrushchev thaw, the Communist Party made emphasis at mass involvement in sports.[2] It is understood that for it necessary bigger sports facilities.[2] Those that were built mainly back in 1920s through 1930s continued only to be restored and had low capacity.[2] It is worth to note first persons of the newly created (Cherkasy Oblast was established in 1954) regional center on banks of Dnieper who quickly responded to the party's call.[2] According to archival materials on 15 September 1955 due to necessity in construction of a city stadium executive committee (so called ispolkom) of the Cherkasy city council of working people allotted a plot to the regional sports society "Kolhospnyk" (today Kolos) a total area of 6 ha (15 acres) in place of park administration area and regional naturalist station and ordered draft work.[2]
The stadium was opened in 1957 as Kolhospnyk for the main football team of Cherkasy Oblast Kolhospnyk Cherkasy (since 2014 – Cherkaskyi Dnipro). In 1958 the stadium changed its name to Stadium in the name of Lenin Komsomol.[2] Since 1992 the stadium carries its current generic name.[2]
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