The Chornomorets Stadium (Ukrainian: Стадіон «Чорноморець», romanized: Stadion «Chornomorets») is a football stadium built in 2011 in Odesa, Ukraine. The stadium has a capacity of 34,164 and is the home of FC Chornomorets Odesa. The inaugural match, between FC Chornomorets Odesa and FC Karpaty Lviv, was played on 19 November 2011, and ended with a 2–2 draw. The first goal was scored by Vitaliy Balashov in the 46th minute from a penalty.
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| Location | Shevchenko Park, Odesa, Ukraine |
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| Coordinates | 46°28′49.2″N 30°45′19.5″E / 46.480333°N 30.755417°E |
| Owner | Allrise Capital |
| Capacity | 34,164 |
| Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | September 3, 2008 |
| Built | 2008–2011 |
| Opened | 19 November 2011 |
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| FC Chornomorets Odesa (2011–present) | |
| Website | |
| Official site | |
The stadium was constructed on the site of the old Soviet multi-use Central Stadium of the Black Sea Shipping Company (ChMP), which was demolished in 2009.
The venue was considered to be one of the stadiums of UEFA Euro 2012 but failed to be nominated as such.[1]
There is an ongoing renovation of the stadium.[citation needed] The completion date is still unknown.
Former stadium
editThe former ChMP stadium was built on the same site in 1935, and it was originally named as Stanislav Kosior Stadium after the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Ukrainian SSR, Stanislav Kosior. After Stanislav Kosior was repressed in the 1930s, the name was changed to Shevchenko Park Stadium.
After World War II, the stadium was passed to the ownership of the republican Ministry of Food and received name as the Central Stadium Kharchovyk. At the end of the 1950s, it was renamed as Avanhard Stadium after the Ukrainian Sport Society of industrial workers. In 1959, the stadium was renamed to the Central Stadium of the Black Sea Shipping Company or alternatively Central Stadium Chornomorets.
ChMP could hold 34,362 people. It hosted the Ukrainian Super Cup from 2004 until 2007. At the end of 2008, it was closed and, in 2009, it was demolished.[2]
New stadium
editFinancial crisis
editThe stadium was a part of a defunct Imexbank assets. On May 26, 2020, the Deposit Guarantee Fund of Ukraine sold at auction the Chornomorets Stadium to the American company "Allrise Capital Inc.", for ₴193.8 million ($7.24 million).[3][4][5][6][7] Allrise Capital's main owner is Russian expat in America Vladimir Yevseyev.[8]
In August 2020, the Shevchenko District Court of Kyiv arrested the stadium complex and handed over to the Agency in search and management of assets (Ukrainian). The pretrial investigation began based on a statement of public organization "Olimpik" that owns the football club with the same name.[9] About ten days later it was announced that the same court decided to cancel arrest of the stadium.[10]
In February 2023, the facade of the Chornomorets stadium was de-Russified.[11]
Gallery
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See also
edit- Black Sea Shipping Company, former owner of the stadium
References
edit- ^ "Surkis says Odesa mayor promised much, did little with respect to Euro 2012", Kyiv Post (December 15, 2009)
- ^ "Looking back and future prospective in Ukraine". Consulate General of Ukraine in Chicago. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25.
- ^ "Офіційно: стадіон "Імексбанку" - "Чорноморець" продали з 21-ї спроби". Економічна правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ "Одеський стадіон "Чорноморець" з 21-ї спроби знайшов свого покупця! — ФГВФО". www.fg.gov.ua. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ "Продажа стадиона Черноморца может сорваться из-за ареста арены". sportarena.com. July 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ "Odesa's Chornomorets stadium sold to U.S. company for US$5 mln". ukrainetoday.org. 24 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ "Стадион "Черноморец" купила небольшая частная американская компания с русским менеджментом, основанная четыре года назад". Dumskaya.net. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Prosecutor's office against Americans: who will get the Chornomorets stadium, Ukrayinska Pravda (25 August 2020)
- ^ Acquired by American the Chornomorets Stadium was arrested again, new details (Приобретенный американцами стадион "Черноморец" снова арестовали: новые подробности). Footboom. 19 August 2020
- ^ Artur Malkin. The court decided to cancel arrest of the Chornomorets Stadium, return it from the ARMA administration to the American Allrise Capital Inc (Суд решил отменить арест стадиона "Черноморец", вернуть из управления АРМА американской Allrise Capital Inc). Footboom. 27 August 2020
- ^ "В Одесі дерусифікували фасад стадіону «Чорноморець»" (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2023-02-18.