{"id":305,"date":"2023-12-27T15:52:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T15:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.football-stadiums.co.uk\/ukrainian-premier-league\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T11:27:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T11:27:13","slug":"ukrainian-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"leagues","link":"https:\/\/www.football-stadiums.co.uk\/leagues\/ukrainian-premier-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The top-flight of Ukrainian football now known as the Ukrainian Premier League was started back in 1991 when the country declared independence from the Soviet Union, although it was called the Vyshcha Liha or Supreme League back then.<\/p>\n

It became a member of the Professional Football League of Ukraine in 1996 but was reformed into a self governing entity in 2008 when it was given its current name, withdrawing from the Professional Football League of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

In this section of the website we\u2019ll tell you all about the league itself, its history and the sort of football grounds you\u2019d be likely to find if you went to watch a few matches in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Stadium Stats<\/h2>\r\n
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Stadium<\/th>\r\n Year Opened<\/th>\r\n Capacity<\/th>\r\n Ave Attendance<\/th>\r\n Record Attendance<\/th>\r\n Record Attendance Match<\/th>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <\/thead>\r\n
\r\n Metalist Stadium<\/a>\r\n
FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv<\/td>\r\n 		1926<\/td>\r\n 40003<\/td>\r\n 10124<\/td>\r\n 41973<\/td>\r\n Metalist v Tavria (1980)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\t\r\n \r\n
\r\n NSC Olimpiyskiy<\/a>\r\n
Dynamo Kyiv & Shaktar Donesk<\/td>\r\n 		1923<\/td>\r\n 70050<\/td>\r\n 28931<\/td>\r\n 100062<\/td>\r\n Dynamo Kiev v Utrecht 1985<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\t\r\n \r\n <\/tbody>\r\n <\/table>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Team Stats<\/h2>\r\n
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Team<\/th>\r\n Year Founded<\/th>\r\n Nickname<\/th>\r\n Team Owner<\/th>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <\/thead>\r\n
\r\n Dynamo Kyiv<\/strong>\r\n <\/td>\r\n 1927<\/td>\r\n <\/td>\r\n Ihor Surkis<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\t \r\n \r\n
\r\n FC Shakhtar Donetsk<\/strong>\r\n <\/td>\r\n 1936<\/td>\r\n Hirnyky (The Miners), Kroty (The Moles)<\/td>\r\n Rinat Akhmetov<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\t \r\n \r\n <\/tbody>\r\n <\/table>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n\n

Ukrainian Premier League Stadiums<\/h2>\n

Football is Ukraine\u2019s most popular sport and this is reflected in the size of some of the stadiums that belong to teams in the Ukrainian Premier League. To suggest that there is a large variation in the type of grounds you\u2019ll find in Ukraine is, to be honest, to understate things by quite some margin.<\/p>\n

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Dynamo Kyiv, for example, play their home games in the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Stadium, which is the country\u2019s national stadium and can house over 70,000 people. Meanwhile, Olimpik Donetsk play their matches in the nearby Olimpik Sports Complex that can only manage just over 1,500 people. There are a number of grounds with capacities around the 34,000 mark and others that can welcome less than 10,000. In other words, the facilities in Ukraine are best described as \u2018mixed\u2019.<\/p>\n\r\n \r\n \r\n

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