02 Mar 2025 16:00:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}Veres Rivne won 2–1 over FC Kolos Kovalivka on Sun Predicted lineups are available for the match a few days in advance while the actual lineup will be available about an hour ahead of the match The current head to head record for the teams are Veres Rivne 1 win(s) Have scored 4 goals in their last 5 matches 02 Mar 2025 16:00:00 GMT?Veres Rivne won 2–1 over FC Kolos Kovalivka on Sun 02 Mar 2025 16:00:00 GMT.InsightsHave scored 6 goals in their last 5 matches Veres Rivne is playing home against FC Kolos Kovalivka at Stadion Avanhard an incident occurred at a nuclear power plant near the little-known city of Pripyat in Ukraine that would result in global ramifications in the approach towards nuclear energy the entire city of Pripyat had to be evacuated it is claimed that the eventual death toll from the disaster surpassed 4,000 It has attracted widespread media attention over the past few weeks thanks to HBO and Sky’s TV hit there are still many elements of the catastrophe that people don’t know about Pripyat is a hotspot for adventure tourists these days people flocking to the abandoned city each year to witness nature claim back its former territory Pripyat was only founded in February 1970 and was The Soviet term for projects like the Chernobyl plant was “peaceful atom” with nuclear energy considered to be even safer than traditional sources like coal It led to the construction of plants in and around young cities like Pripyat that were considered to be at the forefront of innovation Figures from the start of 1986 state that Pripyat’s average age was just 26 with over a fifth of the 49,400 population under the age of 18 sport played a big part in the day-to-day lives of its citizens a mirror of Ukrainian and Soviet culture-at-large with plenty to explore – including the Avanhard Stadium a 5,000-capacity arena located next to the iconic amusement park and Ferris wheel that dominate the images when you type Pripyat into Google It was named the Avanhard after the trade union sports society of the same name Avanhard was comprised of construction and industrial workers from 14 other Ukranian sports societies ring familiar bells for football fans because of their associated clubs that still remain relevant today The society lent its name to a number of grounds around the country Read  |  Oleh Blokhin: the greatest footballer to emerge from behind the Iron Curtain when FC Stroitel Pripyat was formed during the mid-70s The club anticipated the opening of their 5,000-capacity Avanhard Stadium during the mid-80s – but they were destined never to play there Stroitel translates to builder and the club was mainly formed of players from the nearby village of Chistogalovka as well as workers involved with the construction of the Chernobyl plant Chistogalovka had one of the best teams in the region at the time and their captain switched to join Stroitel Pripyat upon the club’s foundation Vasili Kizima Trofimovich was a respected figure within Soviet circles and was partly responsible for the formation of Stroitel Pripyat who was awarded the prestigious Order of Lenin for his services to the Soviet state decided that Pripyat needed a football team on the basis that the many young workers who were involved with the five-year construction of the nearby nuclear power plant would need entertainment between their shifts the concept of Stroitel Pripyat was conceived and the club began their search for players They immediately turned their attention to Chistogalovka as they began to build their squad largely due to the village’s reputation in the Kyiv region for its football team they began to participate in regional tournaments primarily the amateur championship and cups within the Kyiv region Stroitel were led by former Dynamo Kyiv and Chernomorets player Anatoly Shepel and they were crowned champions of the Kyiv region’s amateur division They would win the next two regional championships over the following years cementing their domination within the amateur football scene in Kyiv Aside from their participation in the amateur competitions Stroitel Pripyat participated in their first KFK Championship in 1981 They would endure a mixed run of form in the division; victory of which could’ve led to them challenging for professional status Read  |  A Stalinist utopia and the Ghosts of Avanhard Their worst finish in the league was eighth – rock bottom – in the 1982 edition Stroitel finishing as runners-up in the KFK Championship just four points behind the champions from Akhtyrka the Pripyat side set a divisional record for the most goals scored in a single match it was decided that the club deserved a new stadium to play in Their current ground was modest and doubled as an all-purpose arena for a number of different sports it was proposed to construct a new venue: the Avanhard Stadium The Avanhard was due to host its first game in 1986 This date chosen was the Soviet annual Workers’ Day; deemed the ideal moment by the authorities to hand over something new to the people of Pripyat a fifth nuclear reactor was announced as under construction with Vasili Trofimovich quoted as saying: “The new stadium is as important to the people as the new reactor.” It highlighted the cultural significance of both the club and their new arena to the people of Pripyat the Pripyat side would never play in their new ground the city subsequently evacuated after the incident Although the Avanhard was never graced by the presence of Stroitel Pripyat the ruins of the ground remain to this day and are a popular place for tourists to visit when exploring the abandoned city the same day as the explosion at the plant Pripyat were due to host Mashinostroiteli in the semi-final of the Kyiv regional cup the match was cancelled after the incident at Chernobyl as Stroitel’s opponents from Borodyanka were training ahead of the match a helicopter landed at their training ground an official informing them that the match against Stroitel was cancelled and that the side no longer needed travel to Pripyat a youth tournament with teams from around the region was due to be held in Pripyat on that same day but this was also cancelled after the disaster struck the city Read  |  How the mass wave of Soviet talent changed the landscape of western European football forever Stroitel Pripyat withdrew from the 1986 KFK Championship as the team were evacuated and sent to live in neighbouring towns and communities Stroitel wouldn’t get to return to the field until 1987 Slavutych was built for the express purpose of housing the evacuated citizens of Pripyat and would serve as a replacement for the now-uninhabitable city Slavutych is still populated to this day and is the birthplace of former Ukraine under-21 international Serhiy Rozhok who currently plays for Belarusian side Smolevichi Stroitel Slavutych would return to action in 1987 but not all of the Pripyat-based players joined them before languishing in eighth the following season After the disappointment of 1988 and with players leaving the decision was made to dissolve the club Thus came to an end the story of the Stroitel side football would return to the city in 1994 when FC Slavutych was founded a team that replaced bankrupt outfit FC Transimpeks Vyshneve earned themselves a place in Ukraine’s second tier life on the pitch for FC Slavutych was even more short-lived than their predecessors Although they bared almost no connection to the original Stroitel Pripyat Slavutych were born out of the consequences of the nuclear disaster a long-serving reminder that football will likely never grace the town of Pripyat again Stroitel Pripyat and the Avanhard Stadium have sadly been lost to time nature has run its course and it remains overgrown and derelict The Chernobyl disaster was an alarming wake-up call for the fine margins that human beings play with a symbolic reminder of the fragility of life Clubs from around the neighbouring communities offered to help take in and assist those who played for Stroitel Pripyat after the explosion and the whole nation came together in a time of great need By the time Slavutych was constructed to replace Pripyat a large number of the Stroitel side had been snapped up by fellow clubs – both amateur and professional – allowing them to continue the legacy of a club whose potential we never got to witness By Sam Wilson @snhw_ FC Dynamo Kyiv will play their first game of the new Ukrainian Premier League season The White-Blues’ matchday 1 game against FC Oleksandria was postponed The match will take place at the Avanhard Stadium in Rivne Veres were getting ready for the season in Ukraine Oleh Shandruk’s men played nine pre-season friendlies – beat Zviahel (3:1) In the first game of the UPL season Veres hosted FC Karpaty Lviv 11 players joined Veres during the pre-season period including center back Georgi Kutsia Those who left the team are goalkeeper Yevhen Past Dynamo were getting ready for the season in Austria where they played five friendlies – beat Brondby (4:0) and Mamelodi Sundowns (1:0) drew against Paderborn 07 (0:0) and Schalke 04 (2:2) and lost against Union Berlin (2:3) The White-Blues have already played three Champions League qualifiers They’ve flattened Serbian side Partizan twice (6:2 3:0) and played in a draw against Rangers (1:1) This summer only two players who were close to the first team left Dynamo – center back Oleksandr Syrota The rest who left the club weren’t with Dynamo last season – winger Kaheem Parris midfielder Oleksandr Yatsyk and forward Ihor Horbach Meanwhile Dynamo signed halfbacks Oleksandr Pikhalionon and Valentyn Rubchynskyi promising Georgian midfielder Aleksandre Peikrishvili returned from loan move halfbacks Justin Lonwijk and Mykola Mykhailenko was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 The ground was the home of Soviet club FC Stroitel Pripyat - a fourth tier side formed in the 1970s They won the Kyiv Oblast Football Championship three years in a row between 1981 and 1983 But on April 26, 1986, an historic nightmare swept the entire city in the north of Ukraine - the same day FC Stroitel Pripyat were preparing for a cup semi-final against FC Borodyanka The meltdown and explosion of a reactor at a nuclear power plant occurred near the cities of Pripyat and Chernobyl and around 100 kilometres north of Ukrainian capital Kyiv The origin of the blast took place around an 11-minute drive from the Avanhard Stadium This was due to the nuclear explosion leaving behind uninhabitable levels of radiation. FC Stroitel Pripyat did not play for the remainder of 1986, before they changed their name to FC Stroitel Slavutych the following year and eventually dissolved in 1988. Yet despite the apocalyptic environment left in the wake of the disaster, parts of the club's original stadium remain standing to this day. the structure has been largely swallowed up by trees and forest it is difficult to even locate the ground given the greenery that has engulfed the area But several images show there are segments of the stands very much in tact Steps leading to the pitch - which is now covered in trees - are still there with lots of benches bolted to the structure The entrance to the stadium also remains relatively untouched But it is still a world away from being a usable football venue the area is unlivable for around 150 years so there will not be any repairs taking place in the near-future Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/ The Avanhard Stadium was set to open on 1 May 1986 as the centrepiece of Stalinist utopia and regeneration in northern Ukraine Soviet authorities saw the building of the new football ground as a key aspect in the development of the newly-founded town of Prypyat – named after the local river – aimed to be a focal point within the small industrialist community and home of FK Stroitel Prypyat Yet the stadium was largely destroyed and irrevocably damaged merely a week before the opening ceremony the meltdown of reactor number four in the V.I Lenin (Chernobyl) Nuclear Power Plant caused an unparalleled nuclear disaster with the fallout of radiation dwarfing the combination of both blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki 40 years earlier The Avanhard Stadium has since stood abandoned the symbolic ghost of football in Chernobyl The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 was destined to cause the fragmentation of football across the nation Yet one Ukrainian Fourth Division team disbanded and ceased to exist in 1988 long before the political turmoil took its toll on sport throughout the USSR ‘Stroitel’ (Builders in Russian) were formed in the early 1970s by a group of local industrialists moved to the area by the Soviet leadership The initial contract for these workers was to build the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station but they stayed long after the completion of the project under the leadership of Premier Leonid Brezhnev embarked upon a rapid expansion of their nuclear facilities including the one built in the Chernobyl Raion less than 50 miles north of Kyiv Brezhnev announced the creation of the ‘Ninth Atomgrad’ – a nuclear city the whole operation was part of Joseph Stalin’s attempt to promulgate a Socialist utopia across both the Soviet Union and beyond One of the central facets of Marxism-Leninism – to Stalin at least – was this aim to promulgate Stalinism as a form of civilisation The first Atomgrad was the home of nuclear physics in the country; Ozersk neighbouring Chelyabinsk in the Southern Urals Plans for the city were conceived almost overnight as Stalin awoke to the news of the aforementioned release of the first American A-bomb in Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 a member of the Russian Atomic Energy Corporation and resident of Ozersk claimed the city was a “totalitarian state within a totalitarian state” including all citizens of the Soviet Union that were not Ozersk natives the people of the area did not live under as tight a totalitarian rule with the local football team an oxymoronic symbol of the freedom of those within the barbed wire Stroitel were formed upon the basis of a local amateur team based in the nearby village of Chistogaovka adding money and support from the newly relocated builders as the population of the city reached 50,000 who was later joined by signings from sides across Ukraine as future Viktor Leonenko Hall of Fame inductee (the Ukrainian Football Hall of Fame named after the Tyumen-born but Ukrainian-national striker) Stanislav Honcharenko joined the club in 1979 Stroitel dominated local competitions and reached the Championship of Collectives of Physical Culture (KFK Championship – two levels below the Soviet Top League) in 1981 and sixth (on two occasions) as they became an established amateur team losing out to FC Neftyanik by merely four points Stroitel were to move into the newly completed but the team never stepped foot onto the pitch During a systems test at Chernobyl on 26 April 1986 the formation of steam voids in the reactor core caused both water flow to reduce and an exponentially large spike in voltage at Reactor Number Four Thus instigated a rupture to the reactor vessel from the increased pressure and numerous steam implosions exposed the graphite moderator of the reactor to oxygen and ignited the whole system This internal meltdown caused two major explosions, destroying the majority of the plant with a nuclear excursion of over 40 billion joules of energy Thirty-one people died during the meltdown itself Massive ecological collapse was also caused by the resulting radiation propelled into the upper atmosphere levels of which reached 30,000 roentgens per hour in the vicinity of the core – for context a fatal dose to humans is 100 roentgens per hour The disaster has been recorded as the worst nuclear disaster of all-time classified as a level 7 event on the International Nuclear Event Scale According to Mikhail Gorbachev in 1996 the struggle to contain the contamination cost the Soviet government 18 billion roubles and involved over 500,000 workers Although the meltdown and fallout has been mentioned in passing the focus here is not the over-discussed causes and effects of the disaster itself but the immediate struggle of the city and how the dying embers of football has been overlooked since the disaster the Avanhard was to be officially opened by hosting a youth tournament for young Stroitel fans and the team itself were to set to play in the semi-final of the regional Kyiv Cup but the semi-final match was planned to go ahead until before kick-off when a helicopter packed with soldiers in protective clothing landed on the pitch and declared the match postponed the team that Stroitel were set to play were allowed a bye into the next round and won the regional competition the inhabitants of Prypyat and surviving Chernobyl workers were evacuated Some of the Stroitel players – such as Ponomarev and Alexandr Vishnevsky – were members of the 500,000 strong clean-up operation but the majority of the team moved to the city of Slavutych due to the status of Prypyat as a closed city the evacuees could not simply go and see their old team play in its new form Both Vishnevsky and Ponomarev joined the newly founded team who finished third in the 1987 championship just a year later they finished a disappointing eighth and under increasing economic difficulty and problems with healthcare in the region they disbanded towards the end of the year Soviet lower league teams such as Stroitel follow a long precedent of struggle and financial failure just as current clubs across the former Soviet Bloc experience now but Chernobyl was an unprecedented disaster The formation of Prypyat was an attempt by the party to lead the country through industrialisation by not modernising current cities Although the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the 1970s was the most ambitious of the Atomgrad the earlier formation of Magnitogorsk (Magnetic Mountain) in the Urals is equally as impressive Magnitogorsk was the first city “created by Socialism” under Stalin in the 1930s expanding a small village into a one-industry city designed to supply the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel works with physical labour and the accompanying city is even today the second largest in Russia Several hundred foreign specialists arrived to administrate the work including a group of western architects headed by the German Ernst May the city was to have followed the rectilinear city design with rows of ‘superbloc’ neighbourhoods running parallel to the factory Planners would align living and production spheres so as to minimise necessary travel time: workers would generally live in a sector of the residential band closest to the sector of the industrial band in which they worked This city represents one colossal industrial success but embodies the pyrrhic paradoxes of Stalinist culture; the city was a massive achievement and instrumental in supplying the Red Army during World War Two but was a closed state with suppressed inhabitants built on the rotten memory of labour camps and totalitarian utopia Prypyat was built upon the same parameters but the small beacon of light for many of the citizens was the pride at the Stroitel of Chernobyl Their lasting legacy has been the builders building the Avanhard The explosion of the plant set off a chain reaction of implosions from the local football club but the stadium sits today as a token of Stalinist utopia in northern Ukraine and also a stoic reminder of the ghosts of football in Prypyat outlasting its own team without them ever playing inside the stadium The drama of Chernobyl is not just a tragedy of the individual If not for the explosion of Reactor Number Four Stroitel could have gone on to win the Kyiv Cup and secure coveted professional status but through no fault of their own have now been submerged into Soviet footballing history Football in Prypyat has been long gone along with its great city Although much of the city resembles a setting for a horror movie the dilapidated stands and overran pitch serve as a lone figure of beauty amidst acres of decadence traditional images of football taken for granted by those same fans lie as a steadfast warning to the visceral potency of nature stood dormant until visions of Stalinist utopia churned the countryside and developed football in the region has outlasted all these images of this ‘utopia’ Chernobyl is now a tourist heartland as students daredevils and explorers come from all over the world to visit the abandoned superblocs and perhaps have a kickabout in the Avanhard even joked that “the final match of [Euro] 2012 was played here” the official figure of human losses sits at 31 from the direct explosion but hundreds more have been affected by the radiation and fallout in the area it is paramount to pay tribute to the victims above all else Our thoughts are with all those who suffered and continue to suffer as a result By James Nickels @JamesNickels the final match of the Vbet Ukrainian Cup 2023/2024 Final between Vorskla (Poltava) and Shakhtar (Donetsk) will take place at the Avanhard Stadium in Rivne pre-match media activities involving the match participants will occur the press conference with Vorskla head coach the pre-match training session of Vorskla players will begin with the first 15 minutes open to the media the press conference with Shakhtar head coach Contacts: +38 097 962 18 08, +38 097 294 25 40, and [email protected] While we're used to seeing entertainment venues bustling with people filing in to see the latest artists or sporting events it's not uncommon to find huge stadiums around the world abandoned and crumbling Some stadiums didn't stand the test of time as technology developed and crowd levels increased while some just became forgotten after unplanned and sometimes tragic events Many large stadiums are demolished after they're no longer in use but many just lay vacant and overrun by vegetation the bobsleigh and luge track became an artillery stronghold which ultimately was abandoned after the war the Chernobyl plant in Pripyat exploded causing all the people living within an 18-mile radius of the plant to relocate The nuclear explosion made the area completely unlivable due to the high levels of radiation.  The abandoned stadium still stands today though its structure is crumbling and trees have taken over so the stadium won't be repaired any time soon so Stadion za Luzankami sat vacant for many years After years of neglect while people experiencing homelessness started living in the stadium When cities are chosen to host the Olympics they begin constructing huge stadiums to accommodate this worldwide event The 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics were no different Since then, the world-famous beach volleyball court was only used for its intended purpose once more. In 2012 the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground hosted the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Today, the mostly abandoned stadium is located in a public park where people can still enjoy the open fields. It's not uncommon to see amateur soccer teams playing on the field where the Third Lanark football club used to play Miami Marine Stadium, which was constructed in 1963 hosted everything from powerboat races to Sunday church services It went into disrepair and became covered in graffiti until notable Miami residents and the National Trust for Historic Preservation rallied to save it the city approved $42 million in funding to establish a park around the stadium and to repair it.  18+ | Commercial Content | T&Cs apply | Gambleaware.org How many Ukraine stadiums have become casualties of the ongoing war The Ukraine-Russia conflict that began way back in 2014 and escalated into an all-out war in 2022 has been a humanitarian tragedy and countless heartbreaking stories can be told about the irreparable damage done to human lives and infrastructure.  libraries and others have suffered severe damage or have been destroyed completely.  Here we focus our attention on all the damage done to Ukraine’s football stadiums during this war How many more football stadiums in Ukraine will suffer damage Many probably have forgotten that the first stage of the Ukraine-Russia conflict started way back in 2014 when the Russians invaded the Donbas region and annexed it.  home to arguably the most successful Ukrainian football team over the past 30 years Shakhtar Donetsk The ‘Pitmen’ had a beautiful modern stadium but the unthinkable happened and Donbas Arena was the first Ukrainian stadium to suffer war damages.  The other big club of the Donbas region Zorya Luhansk have also been banished from their home town for a decade due to the war Their ground Avanhard Stadium (22,000 capacity) also suffered damage from shelling in 2014 and became Ukraine’s second stadium casualty of the war.  the Ukraine-Russia conflict erupted again with even greater ferocity in February 2022 Since day one of the renewed war Ukraine’s football stadiums have been targeted by bombs All this keeps adding new names to the list of Ukraine stadiums' war casualties.  Donbas Arena in Donetsk and Avanhard Stadium in Luhansk were the first two damaged Ukraine football stadiums during this conflict.  As the conflict resumed in February 2022 Mariupol was one of the first cities targeted by severe Russian shelling and Mariupol FK’s ground Volodymyr Boyko Stadium suffered irreparable damage.  — Ukraine War SitRep ?? (@UKRWarSitRep) April 26, 2022 In the days and months that followed another one of the eight stadiums that hosted EURO 2012 Metalist Stadium in Kharkhiv also suffered serious damage from shelling.  The Sonyachny Stadium was another Ukraine stadium in Kharkhiv that was damaged by shelling during the battle for the city This ground was used often by Ukraine’s National Team as a training facility but most of it now has been turned into rubble.  As the bombs kept falling over Ukraine the list of damaged football stadiums by the war kept growing too Here are all the other stadiums damaged by this ongoing conflict:  — MFA of Ukraine ?? (@MFA_Ukraine) June 28, 2022 With the conflict ongoing and with no signs of subsiding from either side right now we’re saddened but sure that the list of damaged Ukrainian football stadiums by this war will only keep growing in the months to come FootballGroundGuide » Latest Football Stadium and Fan News » Ukraine stadiums: The other casualties of war Ukrainian security services today eliminated Oleg Popov, a senior official of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic, an unrecognized Russian puppet republic in the occupied parts of eastern Ukraine. Previously, he was implicated in the murder of Ukrainians, according to RBC-Ukraine sources. Initially, Russian propagandists reported that he suffered serious injuries, then admitted that the collaborator had been killed. According to sources, he was eliminated by the Security Service of Ukraine. Popov was a legitimate target, as before his "MP" position, he led many Russian mercenaries, headed illegal armed formations, and killed Ukrainians. Moreover, in the "People's Council" of the "LPR," he was the "head of the committee on state security and defense." It was reported that a car had exploded near the Avanhard stadium in Luhansk. Oleg Popov was inside it. On November 8, an explosion rocked the temporarily occupied Luhansk. Later, it became known that the car of the former "chief of police of the LPR" Mikhail Filiponenko, who was a so-called "deputy of the Supreme Council of the LPR," exploded. The occupant died at the scene as a result of injuries sustained in the explosion. The Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine stated that Filiponenko's death was the result of a joint special operation of the military intelligence and the resistance. From the abandoned Avanhard Stadium in Pripyat near the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and proper old school shed-like non-league grounds all the way up to the enormous modern bowl-like stadiums that have become increasingly common in recent times. If I’m visiting a city or country, I’m a bit gutted if I don’t get to see their football stadium, or even better – stadiums. Today we’re looking at a whole host of locations where you’d get a bit of a two-for-one deal when going to view a stadium, since we are interested in seven stadiums that are particularly close together. Now, I want to be clear on the criteria. I’m not including stadiums built for training, reserve team or youth team football, so there’ll be no Camp Nou and the Mini Estadi or the Signul Iduna Park and the Stadion Rote Erde. Here are our 7 football stadiums that are closest together: 7. Moses Mabhida Stadium and Jonsson Kings Park Stadium 6. Teslim Balogun Stadium and the National Stadium The teams of Switzerland and Colombia are seen prior to the FIFA U17 World Cup Semi Final match between Colombia and Switzerland at the Teslim Balogun Stadium on November 12, 2009 in Lagos,… 5. Estadio Libertadores de America and Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Peron July 30th 2017, Dundee, Scotland; Scottish league Cup football, group stages, Dundee versus Dundee United; Dens Park, home of Dundee and Tannadice Park, home of Dundee United are less than… 2. Hidegkuti Nandor Stadion and Sport Utcai Stadium Ultras (Green Monsters) of Ferencvarosi TC protest with banners against head coach Thomas Doll (image not shown) during the Hungarian OTP Bank Liga match between MTK Budapest and… 1. Parque Palermo and the Parque Luis Mendez Piana Both are fairly small, the Parque Palermo having a capacity of 6,500 and the Parque Mendez Piana just 4,000. They are also both home to Uruguayan second division teams, namely Central Espanol in the Parque Palermo’s case and Miramar Misiones in the Parque Mendez Piana’s. With just 113 metres separating the two centre circles, meaning Usain Bolt could run from one centre spot to the other in a little over 10 seconds, one could ask the question why they didn’t just decide to ground share. 03 May 2025 15:00:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}Obolon Kyiv won 2–0 over Veres Rivne on Sat The current head to head record for the teams are Veres Rivne 2 win(s) 03 May 2025 15:00:00 GMT?Obolon Kyiv won 2–0 over Veres Rivne on Sat 03 May 2025 15:00:00 GMT.InsightsHave scored 4 goals in their last 5 matches Veres Rivne is playing home against Obolon Kyiv at Stadion Avanhard Вы используете блокировщик рекламы в вашем браузере В этом случае Вы не сможете пользоваться всеми функциональными возможностями нашего сайта и его отдельными страницами который мы используем для отображения видеоконтента активированный блокировщик рекламы может вызывать проблемы с загрузкой сайта и корректным его отображением чтобы получить возможность использовать наш сайт в полной мере внесите Dynamo.kiev.ua в «белый список» вашего блокировщика что любые попытки обсуждения этого и других решений редакции сайта немедленно влекут за собой ограничение по п.2.9 правил сайта This weekend will feature matches of the 27th round of the Ukrainian Championship season-2024/25 The games will take place over three days — from Friday to Sunday Стать участником фан-зоны Нажимая на кнопку, вы соглашаетесь с условиями членства в фан-зоне конвертировать карму в шурики Устанавливайте наше приложение и всегда оставайтесь в курсе футбольных новостей FC Dynamo Kyiv will face FC Veres Rivne away in the UPL matchday 20 game The team won only two games which is why they’re currently in relegation zone Before the winter break they got new head coach – Oleh Shandruk – but still suffered two consecutive defeats early in the second part of the season Most starting lineup appearances: 15 – Kurko Most time played: Shevchenko – 1370 minutes In the match against FC Chornomorets Odesa Kyivans continued their winning streak under the charge of Olexandr Shovkovskyi which makes six games now Dynamo are currently four points behind the league leaders SC Dnipro-1 Most starting lineup appearances: 14 – Bushchan Total (UPL and Ukrainian Cup) – 16 matches When you consider the outrage that something like Mike Ashley selling the rights to St James' Park generated in Newcastle it is hard to believe that some clubs have completely abandoned stadiums Here we look at some of the most impressive derelict football grounds We kick off our look at abandoned football grounds with one that is no longer standing after its demolition in 2014 Estadio Lluis Sitjar was first opened after World War 2 in 1945 playing host to RCD Mallorca from the off It remained their home ground for over half a century before they moved out in 1999 Their B side did continue to use the four stand stadium for a further eight years but it then stood an isolated figure for seven years boasted three single tier stands and one double stand behind the two dugouts with its location amongst high rise buildings in Palma it was only a matter of time before the 18,000 capacity stadium had to be taken down Bezigrad Stadium might have opened in 1935 but it had actually been in the works for more than a decade prior to that The 10,000 capacity ground didn't see much footballing action for the first 10 years but then NK Olimpija Ljubljana moved in; they called the stadium home for 60 years bringing numerous pieces of silverware and Champions League ties to the area which had shallow concrete seats with one small grandstand located behind a goal saw a few other teams play regular games too NK Factor and NK Bazigrad each spent a couple of years there between 2004 and 2007 with the Slovenian national side even playing their games at the now overgrown stadia for nine years until 2004 it is now just another name in the list of derelict football grounds Like the other Spanish stadium on this list Estadio Insular was also constructed in the mid-forties for a team based away from the mainland The occupants were UD Las Palmas and they remained there through to 2001 where they were regularly cheered on by 21,000 fans sat amongst blocks of yellow and blue seats A new stadium was built on the island of Gran Canaria – the creatively named Estadio Gran Canaria – upping the attendance by over 11,000 That was in 2003 with Las Palmas promptly moving in Estadio Insular remained in all its glory for 11 years but come 2014 it was part demolished remains standing to this day forming part of a park the average attendances on offer as Las Palmas games leave it looking half empty The Avanhard Stadium might not be the biggest of the stadiums on this list of derelict football grounds but it does carry one very unique trait; it never actually hosted a football match The circa 22,000 capacity stadium was built entirely with football at its heart with FC Stroitel Pripyat the intended tenants The stadium was built throughout the seventies with the intention that Stroitel would move in from their much smaller The Chernobyl disaster struck just a few miles away and rendered the arena useless It remains standing today but it doesn't much resemble a football stadium with nature slowly tearing its way through the stands Next up on our list of abandoned football grounds is the only English arena to feature; the Invicta Ground. It was home to the side we now know as Arsenal in their very early days during the late 19th century Arsenal were a start-up club with a minimal following but their group of supporters grew quickly The Invicta Ground held up to 12,00 fans though so it should have been more than adequate – at least to begin with Fast forward a few years and the Gunners had decided to walk away from their Plumstead home; the reason for this was essentially a greedy landlord (who'd have thought greed had been in football so long) nobody wanted to use the stadium and Invicta Ground was torn down still remain in part with several houses in the area finding stadium features – in the form of concrete terraces – in their gardens The last of the derelict football grounds we want to look at is the Stadion Za Luzankami In its 48 years as a fit for purpose stadium only one side – FC Zbrojovka Brno – played their home matches inside the walls of the 50,000 seater stadium they were forced to relocate due to new legislation laid out by FIFA that made Stadion Za Luzankami unfit for the requirements of the game The team had intended to make changes to their home before returning but having plans and paying for plans were two things that never lined up for the club The stadium became a shadow of its former self with perhaps the biggest sign of its decline the fact homeless people sought refuge inside the shell Former Czech under 21 international Petr Svencara took it upon himself to brighten up the diminishing stadium and it now plays host to their youth team – proof that the end isn't always what it seems the most incredible abandoned football grounds in the world FootballGroundGuide » Latest Football Stadium and Fan News » Abandoned football grounds: Before and after