On Tuesday, July 23, FC Dynamo Kyiv will host FK Partizan Belgrade in the Champions League 2nd qualifying round first leg.
At this stage Dynamo home stadium will be Arena Lublin built in 2012 that usually hosts local football club Motor games.
Let’s learn more about the stadium where the upcoming match will take place.
Arena Lublin was built in 2012 and opened in 2014 on the site of a demolished sugar factory. The cost of the project is 136 million zlotys (approximately 40 million dollars), the construction was carried out by the architectural bureau Estudio Lamela, which also prepared plans for the modernization and expansion of the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, designed the new stadium of Cracovia and won many awards. The new arena replaced the Bystrzyca Municipal Stadium, which at the beginning of the 21st century ceased to meet the requirements of the times.
The first match at this stadium was played on the opening day, October 9 2014, between the youth national teams of Poland and Italy (2:1). The first official game took place on October 25 2014, when two clubs from Lublin faced each other in the game of the III Lublin-Podkarpacia League: Motor and Lublinianka. The match ended in a draw – 1:1.
The record attendance at Arena Lublin was set at the Polish Cup game on December 1 2021, when 14,914 spectators watched the match between Motor and Legia. 14,911 spectators attended the match of the European youth Championship, when the national teams of Poland and Slovakia met here on June 16 2017.
In addition, the final matches of the 2019/2020 and 2020/21 Polish Cup were held here. In 2019, the arena hosted matches of the U20 World Cup.
According to the project, the arena has a clear football specialization, but it also hosts cultural events, including concerts. The stadium is a modern football arena with natural grass (field dimensions 105 by 68 meters), stands under the roof with a capacity of 15,500 spectators, artificial lighting, video screen, control and security system, sub-stand areas, as well as commercial areas.
The stadium has a rectangular shape with 4 completely closed stands. On the territory there are changing rooms, VIP rooms, a press room, a gym, a catering restaurant, an area for television broadcasts, etc. This stadium meets UEFA standards and has the highest rating according to the standards of the Polish Football Federation.
The arena is the main building of the Lublin Football Center, during the design of which a new street was built in the city. Next to the stadium there are two football fields with artificial fields, athletics track and a parking lot for 1,000 cars. There is a square near the arena.
As you know, Dynamo will face Partizan at 21:00 Kyiv time (20:00 local time).
