House of Football (Kiev)

House of Football
Будинок футболу
General information
Address Laboratornyi provulok, 7a
Town or city Kiev
Country Ukraine
Coordinates 50°25′48″N 30°31′30″E / 50.43000°N 30.52500°E / 50.43000; 30.52500Coordinates: 50°25′48″N 30°31′30″E / 50.43000°N 30.52500°E / 50.43000; 30.52500
Groundbreaking April 15, 2004
Inaugurated November 30, 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 Kiev, Ukraine, right next to the Olympiyskiy National Sports Complex.

The construction of the building started back on April 15, 2004. The construction was sponsored by the UEFA program "HatTrick". The opening ceremony of the House of Football on November 30, 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 close proximity there are the Light-Athletics Training Complex "Atlet", the Central Military Clinical Hospital of Ministry of Defense,[1] Kiev Fortress, the big factory "RADAR",[2] the Kiev city clinic hospital #17, the National University of Physical Education and Sports.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Webpage at the Ministry of Defense website
  2. ↑ Official website of Kiev Factory RADAR
  3. ↑ Official website of the National University of Physical Education and Sports
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