National Sports Complex “Olympiyskiy” (Kiev)

National Sports Complex “Olympiyskiy” is a multifunctional facility suitable for various sports, concerts and other cultural events. The football field of the stadium is home to the Dynamo Kiev football club.

General information

Official website: www.nsc-olimpiyskiy.com.ua

Capacity: 70,050 people (during concerts 100,000 people)

Address: Ukraine, Kiev, st. Bolshaya Vasilkovskaya, d. 55

Coordinates for the navigator: 50.4334° N, 30.5219° E

Year Built: 1923

Scheme and sectors

Bowl stadium NSC Olympiyskiy is a two-level concrete structure, divided into 80 sectors. The total height of the stands is 24.2 m. The lower tier, 9.5 m high, counts in different sectors from 38 to 46 rows (37,319 seats). The height of the upper level is 15.2 m. On it, the seats of the fans are placed in 30 rows (32,731 seats).

The stands have a business zone for 3,546 seats, several VIP-boxes for 738 spectators, zones for media representatives for 430 seats and separate seats for people with disabilities — 150 seats.

Several sectors of the arena NSC Olympiyskiy earmarked for particularly zealous fans. Sectors 41-43 are designed to accommodate FC Dynamo Kyiv fans (3,000 seats), and sectors 1-3 on the opposite stand are for fans of rival teams of the Kiev club (1,570 seats).

How to get there

NSC Olympiyskiy is located in the Pecherskyi district of the Ukrainian capital, near the central city streets. Nonresident fans, and residents of Kiev, are easiest to get to it using the services of the subway. The metro station closest to the Olympiyskiy is called Olympiyskaya. From it to the entrance to the sports arena is only about 200 m. A little further — 300 m, is the metro station Sports Palace.

From the Central Railway Station

From the Tsentralny train station to the entrance to the arena of the Olympic stadium a little more than 3.6 km. Walking between these objects takes 35-45 minutes. Passing directly from the station square, you need to walk to the Zhilyanskaya street , turn right and follow it without turning anywhere until the Olympiyskiy.

Near the station, you can take bus number 137 or trolley bus number 14 and drive 5 stops to the NSC Olympiyskiy. The trip takes 20-25 minutes.

From the Central Bus Station

From the Central Bus Station you have to go 500 meters further — 4.1 km. Upon exiting the station building, you should get out onto the Druzhby Narodov boulevard through a traffic intersection, walk along it to St. Bolshaya Vasilkovskaya, turn left and go to the stadium.

A little bit easier to sit on the trolley bus №12 and go on it 10 stops before stopping point NSC Olympiyskiy. From it to the stadium there are only 450 m.

From airports

From Zhuliany airport to the sports arena you can reach by public transport — trolleybus number 9. The distance is about 7 km. But from the airport of Boryspil you have to go by electric train, SkyBus bus or taxi. Here you will have to overcome about 30 km.

Tickets and ticket offices

The easiest way to purchase tickets to the NSC Olympiyskiy is to go to the official website of the sports complex in the Events section and click the K button to drop down near the desired event. For those who prefer to buy tickets in the old fashioned way, it is better to call the numbers indicated on the website and find out the addresses of ticket sales points.

As for tickets for Dynamo Kyiv FC matches, in this case tickets and subscriptions can be purchased on the club’s official website (http://www. Fcdynamo. Kiev.Ua/) in the Ticket section (Tickets).

Other information

National Sports Complex Olympiyskiy in Kiev is a multifunctional arena for a wide variety of sports and other cultural events. Dynamo Kiev football club, as well as the country’s national football team, conducts training and home meetings on the football field of the complex.

The construction of the stadium, which is now called the Olympic, was planned back in 1914. However, work was not started due to the outbreak of World War I. After the Bolsheviks came to power, the question of the need to build new sports facility was raised again in Kiev. It opened on August 12, 1923 on the site of the Alexander Park. At that time, the stadium was named after Leon Trotsky.

The first reconstruction of the stadium began in 1936, after Kiev became the capital of the Ukrainian SSR. The number of seats was increased to 50,000. However, the opening of the updated stadium, scheduled for June 22, 1941, did not take place due to the outbreak of World War II. Interesting, the occupation did not prevent the holding of sports events in the arena. The first match took place on July 12, 1942.

After the war, the stadium was reconstructed more than once. The most significant of them were:

• from 1966 to 1967;
• from 1977 to 1980 (in preparation for the 1980 Olympic Games, which took place in Moscow);
• from 1992 to 1999;
• from 2008 to 2011

After the last mentioned reconstruction, the stadium received the highest UEFA status. The grand opening of the arena took place on October 8, 2011, and the first football match almost a month later — on November 11, 2011. The national teams of Ukraine and Germany met on the field in a friendly game, and 70,000 fans gathered in the stands. The match ended in a draw — 3:3.

The stadium field has standard dimensions — 105*68 m. The lawn of the NSC Olympiyskiy football field is natural. The field is surrounded by stands, all places of which are covered by a membrane roof. The arena has two displays measuring 13.6*7.6 m, which display both graphic and video information about what is happening on the field. Field illumination is carried out using 608 floodlights operating in 7 modes. As a result, the illumination of the arena can vary from 1000 to 2400 lux.

Euro 2012 matches were held at the NSC Olympiyskiy football arena. At the group stage, the teams of group D played here:

• June 11, 2012 Ukraine — Sweden, 2:1;
• June 15, 2012 Sweden — England, 2:3;
• June 19, 2012 Sweden — France, 2:0.

One of the quarter-final matches took place here: June 24, 2012, England — Italy, 0-0 (2:4 in the penalty shootout), as well as the final match between Spain and Italy. The score was 4:0 in favor of the Spanish team.

On May 26, 2018, the final of the UEFA Champions League was held on the NSC Olympiyskiy field. Football players from Real Madrid (Spain) and Liverpool (England) entered the field of the Kiev stadium. In this match, Real won 3:1.

In addition to the football matches in the arena of NSC Olympiyskiy other important cultural events were and are held.

During its existence, the Olympiyskiy stadium has overgrown with many legends. One of them is the legend of the Bessarabian gate. It is believed that if in the first half the local team defends the goal located on the side of Bessarabska Square, then it will be lucky.