Chernihiv Arena

{{Infobox venue

| stadium_name = Chernihiv-Arena

| nickname =

| image =

| location = Kiltseva street 2а Chernihiv, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine 14039

| coordinates = {{coord|51|32|33|N|31|15|55|E|display=it|type:landmark}}

| broke_ground =

| opened = 2016

| renovated =

| expanded = 22 May 2017

| closed =

| demolished =

| owner = COLLAR Company

| operator = FC Chernihiv

| surface = Artificial grass

| construction_cost =

| architect =

| former_names = Yuriy Synytsya

| tenants = WFC Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv
Yunist Chernihiv
Spartak Chernihiv
Desna Chernihiv U14
Desna Chernihiv U19
Desna Chernihiv U21

| seating_capacity = 500{{cite web |title=Chernigiv-Arena |url=https://upl.ua/ua/stadiums/view/2743 |website=upl.ua |accessdate=11 September 2020}}{{cite news |title=На Чернігівщині може стати на одну професійну футбольну команду більше |url=https://suspilne.media/17758-na-cernigivsini-moze-stati-na-odnu-profesijnu-futbolnu-komandu-bilse/ |newspaper=Суспільне | Новини |date=4 March 2020 |accessdate=11 September 2020|last1=Тіток |first1=Андрій }}

| dimensions = 105x68

}}

The Chernihiv-Arena ({{langx|uk|Чернігів-Арена}}){{cite web |title=Chernigiv-Arena |url=http://chernigiv.ua/klub/stadion |website=www.chernigiv.ua |accessdate=21 June 2020}}{{cite web |title=CHERNIHIV ARENA |url=https://int.soccerway.com/venues/ukraine/chernihiv-arena/v30054/ |website=www.soccerway.com |accessdate=16 April 2021}} is a sports stadium mainly used by the club FC Chernihiv and sometimes by FC Desna 2. It is located in Chernihiv, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.{{cite web |title=ЗАЧЕМ В ЧЕРНИГОВЕ СТРОИТСЯ НОВЫЙ СТАДИОН? |url=http://football.cn.ua/%d0%b7%d0%b0%d1%87%d0%b5%d0%bc-%d0%b2-%d1%87%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b3%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b5-%d1%81%d1%82%d1%80%d0%be%d0%b8%d1%82%d1%81%d1%8f-%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%b2%d1%8b%d0%b9-%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%b4/ |website=www.football.cn.ua |accessdate=22 November 2020}}{{cite web |title="Чернигов-Арена" Чернигов |url=https://footballfacts.ru/stadium/2743-chernigovarena |website=www.footballfacts.ru |accessdate=26 December 2020}}{{cite web |title=CHERNIHIV ARENA |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2020/09/12/ukraine/druha-liga/chernihiv/epitsentr-dunayivtsi/3358412/venue/ |website=www.soccerway.com |accessdate=14 April 2021}}{{cite web |title=Чернигов Арена |url=https://soccer365.ru/stadiums/3165/ |website=soccer365.ru |accessdate=4 December 2021}}

Description

The stadium consists of a football field with artificial turf, an office building with locker rooms and showers, a room for coaches, a club office, and parking. Infrastructure includes a rainwater collection system, solar panels and a heating system. There is a children's gym, a sports shop and a club museum.{{cite web |title=Стадіон "Чернігів-Арена" оновили (Фото) |url=https://cheline.com.ua/news/sport/stadion-chernigiv-arena-onovili-foto-235216 |website=www.cheline.com.ua |date=6 November 2020 |accessdate=10 November 2020}} There are also two mini-football pitches and one multi-sport field.

History

=Origin=

In 2012, the club's management made the first attempts to find land for the construction of the stadium. Businessman and owner of FC Chernihiv Yuri Sinitsa undertook to build a football field.{{cite web |title=Стадион "Чернигов-Арена", построенный COLLAR Company |url=https://collarglobal.com/ru/stadion-chernigov-arena-postroennyj-collar-company/ |website=www.collarglobal.com |date=February 2021 |accessdate=31 October 2021}} After the established of FC Chernihiv in 2003, the club played at the stadium of Desna Chernihiv football field, but due to the ground's high rent and limited availability, Sinitsa sought to build a new stadium.{{cite web |title=Футбольное поле на ЗАЗе начал строить "Кіт і Пес" |url=https://www.gorod.cn.ua/news/gorod-i-region/109533-futbolnoe-pole-na-zaze-nachal-stroit-kit-i-pes.html |website=www.gorod.cn.ua |accessdate=2 January 2021}}

At the end of 2014, local authorities gave permission to develop a project for the area.{{cite web |title=Стадион на улице Кольцевой в Чернигове утвержден |url=https://www.0462.ua/news/549888/stadion-na-ulice-kolcevoj-v-cernigove-utverzden |website=www.0462.ua |accessdate=26 December 2020}} In the summer of 2016, the first construction work started and after 11 months, in May 2017, the football field, the building with changing rooms and showers, all communications, roads, and parking lots were ready to receive visitors.{{cite web |title=На ЗАЗе готовятся к расчистке площадки для строительства стадиона |url=https://www.0462.ua/news/549888/stadion-na-ulice-kolcevoj-v-cernigove-utverzden |website=www.0462.ua |accessdate=26 December 2020}}{{cite web |title=так стало 2 |url=http://chernigiv.ua/zachem-my-stroim-stadion/tak-stalo-2 |website=www.chernigiv.ua |accessdate=1 February 2021}}

=Accreditation by Ukrainian UAF=

In the summer of 2020, Chernihiv Arena received accreditation from the UAF to host Ukrainian Second League matches.{{cite web |title="ЧЕРНИГОВ-АРЕНА" СМОЖЕТ ПРИНИМАТЬ МАТЧИ ВТОРОЙ ЛИГИ ПО ФУТБОЛУ |url=https://val.ua/ru/site/118803 |website=www.val.ua |accessdate=26 December 2020}} In the same year the main club of the city, Desna Chernihiv, rented the arena for their own U-21 and U-19 teams.

= Damage =

On 31 August 2021, the Chernihiv Arena hosted the first match of the 2021–22 Ukrainian Cup between FC Chernihiv and Alians Lypova Dolyna.{{cite web |title=ФК Чернігів – Альянс (Липова Долина) – 1:5 (0:2) |url=https://sportarena.com/uk/footboll/upl/kubok-ukrayini-alyans-prikarpattya-vpk-agro-i-volin/ |website=www.sportarena.com |date=31 August 2021 |accessdate=31 August 2021}}

File:Chernihiv Arena after Russian shelling (02).jpg

The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022. On 9 March, during the Siege of Chernihiv, the stadium was damaged, as well as part of the administrative building and locker rooms, the box office and the fan shop.{{cite web |title=Слідом за стадіоном Гагаріна рашисти обстріляли Чернігів-Арену |url=https://www.chesport.cn.ua/2022/03/10/slidom-za-stadionom-gagarina-rashysty-obstrilyaly-chernigiv-arenu/ |website=www.chesport.cn.ua |access-date=11 March 2022 |archive-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311210630/https://www.chesport.cn.ua/2022/03/10/slidom-za-stadionom-gagarina-rashysty-obstrilyaly-chernigiv-arenu/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=СТАДІОН У ЧЕРНІГОВІ ПОШКОДЖЕНО ВНАСЛІДОК ОБСТРІЛУ ОКУПАНТАМИ |url=https://uaf.ua/article/44558 |website=www.uaf.ua |access-date=18 March 2022}}{{cite web |title=Російські окупанти обстріляли стадіон у Чернігові: два снаряди потрапили в газон |url=https://tsn.ua/ato/rosiyski-okupanti-obstrilyali-stadion-u-chernigovi-dva-snaryadi-potrapili-v-gazon-foto-2003992.html |website=www.tsn.ua |date=9 March 2022 |access-date=18 March 2022}} In April 2022, the club's press office stated that specialists had carried out a deconstruction of the arena and cleaned up all the non-violent items that they had found.{{cite web |title=Прибрали всі вибухонебезпечні предмети: фахівці розмінували територію стадіона у Чернігові |url=https://cheline.com.ua/news/society/pribrali-vsi-vibuhonebezpechni-predmeti-fahivtsi-rozminuvali-teritoriyu-stadiona-u-chernigovi-295382 |website=www.cheline.com.ua | date=13 April 2022 |access-date=13 April 2022}}{{cite web |title=Фахівці провели розмінування території Чернігів-Арени. |url=https://www.chesport.cn.ua/2022/04/11/fahivczi-provely-rozminuvannya-terytoriyi-chernigiv-areny-foto/ |website=www.chesport.cn.ua |access-date=13 April 2022}} On 20 April 2022, the employees of FC Chernihiv began cleaning the grounds.{{cite web |title=На стадіоні ФК "Чернігів" почали наводити лад. |url=https://www.chesport.cn.ua/2022/04/20/na-stadioni-fk-chernigiv-pochaly-navodyty-lad-foto/ |website=www.chesport.cn.ua |access-date=20 April 2022}} On 24 April 2022, the first friendly football match since the beginning of hostilities was held.{{cite web |title=На Чернігів-Арені відбувся перший футбольний матч з початку бойових дій |url=https://www.chesport.cn.ua/2022/04/25/na-chernigiv-areni-vidbuvsya-pershyj-futbolnyj-match-z-pochatku-bojovyh-dij/ |website=www.chesport.cn.ua |access-date=25 April 2022}} On 26 April 2022, the players of FC Chernihiv held their first training session at the home stadium since the beginning of the war. Before the lesson, the team and staff cleared debris from the pitch. The players who were in the city were joined in the two-sided game by head coach Valeriy Chornyi, goalkeeping coach Artem Padun, team administrator Dmytro Avramenko and Chernihiv Arena director Anatoliy Dudchyk.{{cite web |title=ФК "Чернігів" провів перше з початку війни тренування |url=https://www.chesport.cn.ua/2022/04/27/fk-chernigiv-proviv-pershe-z-pochatku-vijny-trenuvannya/ |website=www.chesport.cn.ua |access-date=27 April 2022}} At the end of July 2022, the arena was repaired after further damage from shelling with rockets.{{cite web |title=Чернігів-Арену приводять до ладу після обстрілів рашистами |url=https://www.chesport.cn.ua/2022/08/01/chernigiv-arenu-pryvodyat-do-ladu-pislya-obstriliv-rashystamy/ |website=www.chesport.cn.ua |access-date=2 August 2022}} In August 2022, FC Chernihiv made an appeal for donations to help repair the stadium fully.{{cite web |title=FC Chernigiv Donate |url=http://chernigiv.ua/donate/ |website=www.chernigiv.ua |access-date=30 August 2022}}

=Back in operation=

On 19 April 2025, Chernihiv returns to play at the Arena during the match against Nyva Vinnytsia in Ukrainian Second League, where they had not played since 2021.{{cite web|title=Екс-хавбек Шахтаря та Карпат шокував вибором нового клубу – першу частину сезону він провів у Першій лізі |url=http://chernigiv.ua/vpevnena-peremoga-nad-nivoyu-v-istorichnomu-matchi/ |website=chernigiv.ua |accessdate=21 April 2025}}

Transport connections

There are many connection to the stadium from Krasna Square that stop just beside the stadium by the Myru Avenue

Use

As well as being FC Chernihiv's home ground, the stadium is leased by FC Desna for its Desna U-21 and Desna U-19 games. It also hosts matches of the DUFLU championship of the Desna and Yunost sports school teams, the Chernihiv city championship, the Chernihiv region championship, the veterans' championship, and the annual USB Cup{{cite web |title=Что нам стоит стадион построить: удачный кейс ФК Чернигов |url=https://sportarena.com/football/amatorskij-futbol/chto-nam-stoit-stadion-postroit-udachnyj-kejs-fk/ |website=www.sportarena.com |date=23 January 2020 |accessdate=31 August 2021}} and Winter Spark tournaments.

Matches of the Ukrainian Women's League and First Leagues, and friendly matches of the Ukrainian Women's National Team are also held at the ground..{{cite web |title="ЛЕГЕНДА-ШВСМ" (ЧЕРНІГІВ) – УКРАЇНА – 1:3 |url=https://womensfootball.com.ua/legenda-shvsm-chernigiv-ukrajina-1-3// |website=www.womensfootball.com.ua |accessdate=26 October 2021}}

The arena has hosted some friendly matches of Desna Chernihiv, the main team of Chernihiv.

References

External links

[http://chernigiv.ua/klub/stadion FC Chernigiv Official Website]
[https://upl.ua/ru/stadiums/view/2743 Ukrainian Premier League]
[https://mixsport.pro/en/places/stadion-cernigov-arena Chernigiv-Arena Pictures]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_95ViaetaCQ&ab_channel=FCChernigiv Chernigiv-Arena Construction Time Lapse 2016-2017 Video]
[https://wikimapia.org/37188879/uk/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%B2-%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B Chernigiv-Arena - wikimapia.org]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D50D4YHEH2Q&ab_channel=FCChernigiv Chernigiv-Arena Video]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4xE8FqHvQA&ab_channel=%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%C2%AB%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C%C2%BB Chernigiv-Arena Video]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_95ViaetaCQ&ab_channel=FCChernigiv Chernigiv-Arena Construction Time Lapse 2016-2017 Video]