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Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: FC Dynamo Kiev | Opening: 1942 | Capacity: 70,050 seats<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

The National Sports Complex Olimpiyskiy, also known\u00a0as Kiev Olympic Stadium, is the Ukrainian national stadium and home of FC Dynamo Kiev.<\/p>\n

The Olimpiyskiy Stadium, then still called Republic Stadium MS Krushchov, was originally planned to open on 22 June 1941. It had been built during the five preceding years at the site of the previous Red Stadium L. Trotsky.<\/p>\n

The opening match was scheduled to be between Dynamo Kiev and CBCA Moscow, however on the opening day the German army invaded Russia and the event had to get postponed.<\/p>\n

A few months later the Germans entered and occupied the city. Despite the harsh conditions, the stadium officially opened on 12 July 1942.<\/p>\n

When the Germans retreated one year later, it got heavily damaged and it took a year for the stadium to be repaired. On the 25 June 1944 it was reopened with the match that was originally planned to be played in 1941.<\/p>\n

In 1966 the stadium was enlarged with a second tier to a capacity of over 100,000. Further renovations followed before the 1980 Moscow Olympics, during which the stadium hosted a series of matches in the football tournament.<\/p>\n

In those decades the stadium went by the name Central Stadium, but this was changed in 1996 to Olympic Stadium (referring to the 1980 Olympics). Two years later the stadium underwent a refurbishment and new seats were installed, which reduced capacity to about 83,000.<\/p>\n

When the Olimpiyskiy got selected to host the Euro 2012 final, another major round of redevelopment works was required, which included the complete reconstruction of the first tier, the rebuilding of the entire West Stand, and the installation of a roof on the previously uncovered stadium.<\/p>\n

During the Euro 2012<\/a> Championships, the stadium hosted three group matches, a quarter-final, and the final between Spain and Italy (4-0).<\/p>\n

Until then, Dynamo Kiev had only used the Olimpiyskiy for European cup matches, using the smaller Lobanovskyi Stadium for their league matches. They initially were unsure\u00a0whether to completely move into the new Olimpiyskiy, but were in the end successfully lured and played their first league match at the renovated stadium on 4 March 2012 against Arsenal Kiev (1-0).<\/p>\n

NSC Olimpiyskiy has been selected to host the 2018 Champions League final<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n \t\t\n\t\t\t\t