| Stadium Name: | Skif Stadion | ||||
| Native Name: | Стадіон «Скіф» | ||||
| Former Names: | Sokół Stadion | ||||
| Location: | vul. Cheremshyny, 17, Lviv Ukraine | ||||
| Type: | multi-purpose stadium | ||||
| Owner: | Lviv State University of Physical Culture | ||||
| Operator: | FC Rukh Lviv | ||||
| Built: | 1897 | ||||
| Renovated: | 2011 | ||||
| Surface: | Grass | ||||
| Seating Capacity: | 3742 | ||||
| Dimensions: | 105x68 m[1] | ||||
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The sports complex of the Lviv State University of Physical Culture "Skif" (Ukrainian: Комплексно-спортивна база Львівського державного університету фізичної культури «Скіф») or simply Skif Stadium is a sports base with multi-purpose stadium in Lviv, Ukraine. It is the home field for Rukh Lviv.
Built in 1897 by Ivan Levynskyi and Edgar Kovats in Zakopane Style,[2] originally the stadium and other sports facilities around it belonged to the Polish Sokół sports society.[3] The stadium was situated next to the Lychakiv Park.[3] It was of standard size with running tracks all around it, stands for about 3,000 spectators, indoor equestrian facility, halls to perform gymnastic exercises and fencing competitions.[3] On the project of Levynskyi there was built an administrative building.[3] The complex was among the best in Austria-Hungary and later Poland.[3]
Before 1946 the stadium belonged to the Soviet Spartak society (see FC Spartak Lviv).[4] In 1946 in Lviv was established the Lviv sports institute, the stadium was passed to it.[3]
In 2011 the stadium was renovated in preparation to the Euro 2012 as a possible training grounds.[5] [6] [3] During the renovations, there was built a four-storey building for general purpose which houses, medical office, conference hall for 100 people, space of athletes, coaches, referees as well as students classrooms.[3]