Metalist Stadium

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The Metalist Sports Complex (Ukrainian: Спортивний комплекс «Металіст», romanized: Sportyvnyi kompleks "Metalist"), which includes the Metalist Stadium (Ukrainian: Стадіон "Металіст"), is a multi-use stadium in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was the home stadium of the city's namesake professional football club and its local rival Metalist. The stadium, which was a venue for Euro 2012, currently seats about forty thousand spectators.

After FC Metalist Kharkiv financially collapsed in May 2016, the presence of professional football temporarily disappeared from the stadium. In August 2016 Metalist 1925, now FC Kharkiv, made the stadium its home turf. Shakhtar Donetsk followed suit in February 2017 as a result of the Russian invasion.

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