Lokomotiv Republican Sports Complex

Respublikanskiy Sports Complex (RSC) Lokomotiv
Lokomotiv Stadium
Location Simferopol, Russia/Ukraine[1]
Coordinates 44°56′37″N 34°05′23″E / 44.94361°N 34.08972°E
Owner FC TSK Simferopol
Capacity 19,978 (football)
Surface Grass
Construction
Opened 1967
Renovated 2004
Tenants
SC Tavriya Simferopol (1967–2014)
FC TSK Simferopol

Lokomotiv Stadium (Tavriya) is a multi-purpose stadium in Simferopol, Russia/Ukraine[1]. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of FC TSK Simferopol, and formerly SC Tavriya Simferopol. The stadium holds 19,978 people and was built in 1967 and renovated in 2004.

The stadium hosted a friendly between the USSR and Bulgaria in 1979. Remarkably, the stadium was the base stadium during UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying for the USSR. The stadium hosted two of the four home games of the qualifying campaign with matches against the national teams of Norway and Iceland. Both games gathered crowd of more than 30,000 people. One other game was played in Kiev and the other one in Moscow. Later, on November 15, 1989, the stadium also hosted a game of the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification against the national team of Turkey.

The stadium was one of three Ukrainian-based home stadiums for the USSR. The other stadiums used were Republican stadium in Kiev (12 matches) and Central Stadium of the Black Sea Shipping Company in Odessa (one match).

Soviet national team results in Simferopol

March 28, 1979
Soviet Union  3 – 1  Bulgaria
Blokhin  5'
Shengalia  7'
Gavrilov  83' 		Panov  29'
Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Andrzej Suchanek (POL)

October 29, 1986
Soviet Union  4 – 0  Norway
Lytovchenko  26'
Belanov  28' (p)
Blokhin  33'
Khidiyatullin  54'
Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Howard King (WAL)

October 28, 1987
Soviet Union  2 – 0  Iceland
Belanov  15'
Protasov  52'
Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Michał Listkiewicz (POL)

November 15, 1989
Soviet Union  2 – 0  Turkey
Protasov  68',  79'
Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 This place is located on the Crimean Peninsula, most of which is the subject of a territorial dispute between Russia and Ukraine. According to the political division of Russia, located on the peninsula are the federal subjects of the Russian Federation (the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol). According to the administrative-territorial division of Ukraine, located on the peninsula are the Ukrainian divisions (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status of Sevastopol).