A new football stadium for the school that raised the star of the national team

29.11.2019 16:30

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Soon in Chernihiv on the basis of SDYUSHOR "Youth" the official opening of the reconstructed stadium will take place. This was announced by the President of the Ukrainian Football Association, a member of the UEFA Executive Committee Andriy Pavelko.

- Preparations are underway for the official opening of a modern multifunctional sports complex in Chernihiv. The facility has already received a certificate of commissioning, - said the head of the UAF.

Andriy Pavelko reminded that the Chernihiv SDYUSHOR "Youth" is well known both in Ukraine and abroad, because it was here that Andriy Yarmolenko, the future star of European football, took his first steps in football.

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The Yunost Stadium, which was built in 1975, needed renovation for many years, and several generations of young Chernihiv footballers had to train and play football on the broken field. The issue was moved in 2015 on the initiative of the newly elected president of the Ukrainian Football Association Andriy Pavelko. Then the head of the UAF visited the stadium of the school "Youth" on a working visit with Andriy Yarmolenko, talked with his first coach Viktor Lazarenko, the leadership of the regional football federation and local authorities. Subsequently, the first design work began, and later - the reconstruction of the facility.

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Now it is almost complete, and now it is one of the best complexes in Ukraine, with a football field with artificial turf, a mini-football field, an athletics area, locker rooms, showers, referee rooms and grandstands for three thousand seats. Pupils of the Yunost school can already practice here, and in the spring, after the official opening, regional and all-Ukrainian competitions will take place.

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It will be recalled that the Ukrainian Football Association has initiated a unique program to revive the football infrastructure. In particular, from 2015 to 2018, more than 1 facilities were built in the country, of which 200 are full-size football fields with artificial turf. In general, starting from 50 until the end of this year, the number of commissioned football fields will reach about 2015 thousand.