Avanhard Stadium (Luhansk)

Zorya Luhansk

• Games for Zorya Luhansk

The Awanhard Stadium (Ukrainian Авангард стадіон; Russian Авангард стадион / Avangard Stadium ) is a football stadium in the Ukrainian city of Luhansk. It has a seating capacity for 22,320 spectators and serves the club Zorya Luhansk as homestead.

History

The Awanhard Stadium was built in 1951. Since then the club Zorya Luhansk here carries out its home games. Luhansk won the 1972 Championship of the Soviet Union to the Ukraine at that time still belonged and stood twice in the cup final of the USSR. Today, the club plays in the Ukrainian Premier League and finished there in the last season ranked 12th

The capacity of the stadium is 22,320 spectators. In the first years of the existence of the stadium capacity was a lot smaller, but due to renovations in 2003, where also an early warning system, a PA system and some other things were installed, the capacity was increased to the applicable today 22,320 spectators.