House of Football
| House of Football | |
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Будинок футболу | |
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| General information | |
| Address | Laboratornyi provulok, 7a |
| Town or city | Kyiv |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 50°25′48″N 30°31′30″E / 50.43000°N 30.52500°E |
| Groundbreaking | 15 April 2004 |
| Inaugurated | 30 November 2006 |
| Owner | Football Federation of Ukraine |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 5 |
House of Football (Ukrainian: Будинок футболу, Budynok futbolu) is a headquarters of the Football Federation of Ukraine located in Kyiv, Ukraine, right next to the Olympiyskiy National Sports Complex.
The construction of the building started back on 15 April 2004. The construction was sponsored by the UEFA program "HatTrick". The opening ceremony of the House of Football on 30 November 2006 attended the former UEFA President Lennart Johansson, President of the Football Federation of Ukraine, Hryhoriy Surkis as well as other important officials among which were Leonid Kuchma, Valeriy Pustovoitenko, Leonid Kravchuk, Michel Platini. The building has five floors, four conference halls, restaurant, its own television studio and mini publishing, as well as the museum of the Football History of Ukraine.
Right across the street is located Bannikov Stadium, while in a proximity there are the Light-Athletics Training Complex "Atlet", the Central Military Clinical Hospital of Ministry of Defense,[1] Kyiv Fortress, the big factory "RADAR",[2] the Kyiv city clinic hospital #17, the National University of Physical Education and Sports.[3]
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House of Football behind the Bannikov Stadium
References
[edit]- ^ "Webpage at the Ministry of Defense website". Archived from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
- ^ "Official website of Kiev Factory RADAR". Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
- ^ Official website of the National University of Physical Education and Sports
External links
[edit]- Григорій СУРКІС: «Ми будуємо «Будинок футболу» (Hryhoriy Surkis, "We are building the House of Football"). www.day.kyiv.ua. 08/23/2000. Accessed 09/26/2012
- ЮХАНССОН И СУРКИС ОТКРЫЛИ В КИЕВЕ ДОМ ФУТБОЛА (Johansson and Surkis opened in Kiev the House of Football). www.football.by. 11/30/2006. Accessed 09/26/2012
- У Києві відкривається Будинок футболу (In Kyiv is opening the House of Football). ua.korrespondent.net. 11/29/2006. Accessed 09/26/2012
- wikimapia.org