House of Football

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.

House of Football
Будинок футболу
General information
AddressLaboratornyi provulok, 7a
Town or cityKyiv
CountryUkraine
Coordinates50°25′48″N 30°31′30″E
Groundbreaking15 April 2004
Inaugurated30 November 2006
OwnerFootball Federation of Ukraine
Technical details
Floor count5

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 officia

als 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]

References
  1. "Webpage at the Ministry of Defense website". Archived from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
  2. "Official website of Kiev Factory RADAR". Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
  3. Official website of the National University of Physical Education and Sports
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