On 9 August in Ufa an official opening ceremony of Neftyanik Stadium will take place. The stadium will host the first home match of Ufa in the Premier League. On this day the team from Ufa will play against the current title holder - Zenit. The opening match expects to get a full house at the stadium.

Before the kick-off an official opening ceremony of the arena will take place, where Russian Football Premier League President Sergey Pryadkin will hand in the Certificate to the Ufa club and Arena Administration.

Information

Neftyanik Stadium, Ufa:

Neftyanik Stadium was inaugurated in 1967.

In February 2012 a reconstruction project and finances was approved for the purpose.

The total costs of the reconstruction of the complex was about RUB 1,5 billion.

For now Neftyanik Stadium is equipped with one of the best in the country artificial football pitch with automatic system of watering and heating. The capacity of the new stadium is 15200 seats.

The new multy-purpose sports center included four artificial training pitches, fitness-center, eight track and field tracks and administration building.