House of Football | |
Native Name: | Будинок футболу |
Owner: | Football Federation of Ukraine |
Address: | Laboratornyi provulok, 7a |
Location Town: | Kyiv |
Location Country: | Ukraine |
Coordinates: | 50.43°N 30.525°W |
Groundbreaking Date: | 15 April 2004 |
Inauguration Date: | 30 November 2006 |
Floor Count: | 5 |
House of Football (Ukrainian: Будинок футболу, Budynok futbolu) is a headquarters of the Football Federation of Ukraine located in Kyiv, Ukraine, right next to the Olympiyskiy National Sports Complex.
The construction of the building started back on 15 April 2004. The construction was sponsored by the UEFA program "HatTrick". The opening ceremony of the House of Football on 30 November 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 proximity there are the Light-Athletics Training Complex "Atlet", the Central Military Clinical Hospital of Ministry of Defense,[1] Kyiv Fortress, the big factory "RADAR",[2] the Kyiv city clinic hospital #17, the National University of Physical Education and Sports.[3]