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{{Short description|Football stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine}}
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{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name = Stadion Dynamo imeni Valeria Lobanovskoho
| nickname = Стадіон «Динамо» імені Валерія Лобановського
| image = Panoramio - V&A Dudush - Стадион Динамо (2).jpg
| image_size = 260px
| caption = 
| location = 3 Hrushevskyy st., [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]]
| coordinates = {{coord|50|27|01|N|30|32|07|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| broke_ground = 
| opened = 1933
| renovated = 
| expanded = 
| closed = 
| demolished = 
| owner = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
| operator = 
| surface = Grass
| construction_cost = 
| architect = 
| former_names = Stadion Dynamo imeni Vsevoloda Balitskoho (1933–1934) <br /> Vse-Ukrayinskyi stadion Dynamo imeni Vsevoloda Balitskoho (1934–1936) <br /> Vse-Ukrayinskyi stadion Dynamo imeni [[Nikolai Yezhov|Nikolaya Yezhova]] (1937–1939) <br /> Vse-Ukrayinskyi stadion Dynamo (1940–1941) <br /> Deutsches Stadion (1941–1943) <br /> Stadion Dynamo (1943–2002) <br /> Stadion Dynamo imeni Valeria Lobanovskoho (since 2002)
| tenants = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] (1934–present) <br /> [[FC Arsenal Kyiv|Arsenal Kyiv]] (2005–2008, 2018–2019) <br /> [[FC Olimpik Donetsk|Olimpik Donetsk]] (2015–present)<br />[[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] (1992–present)<br />[[Ukraine national under 21 football team|Ukraine U-21]] (1992–present)
| nrhp = {{Infobox historic site |embed = yes |designation1 = UKRAINE LOCAL |designation1_offname = {{Lang|uk|Комплекс стадіону "Динамо" ім. Лобановського}} (''Complex of the Dynamo Stadium of Valeriy Lobanovskyi'') |designation1_number = 411-Кв}}
| seating_capacity = 16,873 ([[Association football|football]])
| dimensions = {{convert|100|x|75|m|abbr=on}}
}}

The '''Stadion Dynamo imeni [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi|Valeria Lobanovskoho]]''' is a multi-functional [[stadium]] in [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]] that is modified for football use only.

It is the home stadium of [[FC Dynamo Kyiv]] yet not the main stadium, for which Dynamo uses the bigger [[National Sports Complex Olympiyskiy|NSC Olympiyskiy]]. The Dynamo Stadium is also a major alternative stadium for the [[Ukraine national football team]] that often plays its [[exhibition game]]s. The stadium holds 16,873 people, and was built in 1934 as '''[[Vsevolod Balitsky]] Dynamo Stadium''' by the project of Vasyl Osmak as the central stadium of the Ukrainian SSR [[Dynamo (Ukraine)|Dynamo sports society]] associated with [[Joint State Political Directorate|OGPU]]/[[NKVD]]. It was built in the park area next to the NKVD building which is today known as the [[Budynok Uryadu|Government building]].

==History==
The Dynamo Stadium was built in 1934 during transferring of the Soviet capital from [[Kharkiv]] to [[Kyiv]]. It was built near the newly erected building that was initially intended as a republican NKVD headquarters in [[Kyiv]] (today building of the [[Government Building, Kiev|Government of Ukraine]]).

The stadium current name was given in honour of the former Dynamo Kyiv and [[USSR national football team]] coach [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]] in 2002, who died on 13 May that year, at age 63.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dynamo Legend Lobanovsky Dies |url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/sitemap/paid/2002/5/article/dynamo-legend-lobanovsky-dies/246566.html |work=The Moscow Times |agency=Reuters |date=15 May 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622120210/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/sitemap/paid/2002/5/article/dynamo-legend-lobanovsky-dies/246566.html |archive-date=22 June 2011}}</ref>

In January 2014, the square adjoining the stadium's main gate from [[Hrushevsky Street (Kiev)|Hrushevskoho Street]] became scene of the month-long street battle between attacking activists of the [[Euromaidan|Euromaidan revolution]] and police. At several moments, the clashes took place immediately on top of the stadium gate, with at least one rioter filmed being thrown down at the pavement by police officers. The square, the entrance colonnade & stadium fence were completely smoked over by prolonged artificial [[Tyre (wheel)|tyres]]-fed fire, as well as surrounding street buildings. By 2015, the entrance square was completely restored. The only reminder of the revolution events is an amateur monument erected in the middle of the Hrushevskoho Street driveway opposite the stadium gate. In 2017, new seats were installed<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stadiumdb.com/news/2017/07/kyiv_major_revamp_at_dynamos_old_home|title = Kyiv: Major revamp at Dynamo's old home}}</ref> as the ground was chosen to host [[2018 UEFA Women's Champions League Final|the final]] of the [[2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League]].

==Monuments==
In 1971, near the stadium was installed a monument of the ''Dynamo'' players involved in the game known in the Soviet [[historiography]] as the [[The Death Match|Death Match]] and the players who perished in the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|World War II]]. The sculpture is composed of steel, in which figures of four players are carved using [[high relief]]. The [[architect]]s responsible for the sculpture, ''V. Bogdanovska'' and ''I. Maslenkov'', are well known for designing stations of the [[Kyiv Metro]]. The [[sculptor]] was ''I. Gorovyi.'' The monument is located by the service entrance to the stadium, so many fans are unable to see it.

On 11 May 2003, before the first anniversary of the death of [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]], a monument was opened. The famous [[Coach (sport)|coach]] is sitting on the trainer's bench and is watching a match. The [[pedestal]] is a large [[ball]]. The total weight is about 5 [[metric ton|tonnes]]. The monument was create by a group of nine people led by the architect Vasil Klimenko and the [[sculptor]] Vladimir Filatov.<ref>[http://www.otdihinfo.ru/catalog/1300.html Monument V. V. Lobanovsky. Description] ((ref-ru))</ref> The sculpture is located between the stadium and the main entrance to the stadiums.

== Gallery ==
<gallery class="center">
File:Головний вхід до стадіону «Динамо» ім. Валерія Лобановського Київ Грушевського Михайла вул., 3.JPG|The stadium entrance
File:Головний вхід до стадіону "Динамо".jpg|The entrance with a monument to [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]]
Image:Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium.jpg|Stadium panorama (day)
Image:UEFA Cup Semifinal in Kiev (DK vs SD) 192.jpg|Stadium panorama (night)
</gallery>

== See also ==
*[[Dynamo FC (disambiguation)|Dynamo FC]]
*[[Dynamo (Ukraine)]], Ukrainian fitness-sports association

== References ==
{{Commons category|Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium}}
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.fanat.com.ua/info/stadiums/ukraine/_dinamo_im_valerija__6334.html Dynamo Stadium], fanat.com.ua amateur site
* Pylypchuk, B. ''[https://football24.ua/naskilki_komfortno_hoditi_na_matchi_upl__stadion_dinamo_im_valeriya_lobanovskogo_fk_olimpik_n449354/ How comfortable is to attend the UPL games: Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium (FC Olimpik) (Наскільки комфортно ходити на матчі УПЛ: стадіон Динамо ім. Валерія Лобановського (ФК Олімпік))]''. Football 24. 30 March 2017
* Kolomoyets, A. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20180612230818/https://www.upl.ua/ua/news/view/2040 Kiev Dynamo Stadium is 85 years old! (Київському стадіону «Динамо» – 85 років!)]''. [[Ukrainian Premier League]]. 11 June 2018

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|years=[[2018 UEFA Women's Champions League Final|2018]]
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{{FC Dynamo Kyiv}}
{{Venues of Ukrainian PL}}
{{Ukraine national football team}}
{{UEFA Women's Champions League Final venues}}
{{Dynamo Sports Venues in Ukraine}}
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