Stadium "Oilman" - home of the football club "Ufa"

Football in Bashkortostan has long remained in the shadow of hockey, but in the beginning of the XXI century the situation began to change. One proof of this was the reconstruction of the Ufa Arena "Oilman".

Ufa football: First Steps

Football in Bashkiria began to develop even before the revolution. Historians claim that the first team came here in 1912 - though it does not represent Ufa and Sterlitamak. However, the capital of the region is also not lagged behind the trend - we know that already in 1913 the team won the championship in Ufa Ural and Volga took the medal of the Olympics brave Ufimtsev ten years. As you can see, with the power of the Bashkir team could do nothing no war right or the related economic disruption.

Despite the successes of local players, an impressive sports infrastructure Ufa could not boast. This has seriously hindered the development of football and led to a rapid fall in the Bashkir command level. Since 1936, he began to play out the championship of the Soviet Union, but the Bashkirs in the first draw was not invited - their level at that time are no longer allowed to fight with Moscow and Leningrad clubs. What to say, if your local championship in Soviet Bashkiria started to play only in 1939?

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Stadium "Oilman" Ufa: creating

After the war, there was a question about the construction of a full stadium in Ufa. The project was brought to life in 1967, when the doors opened to the guests a brand new stadium, "Oilman". The construction of the arena was officially timed to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the October Revolution. Arena from the beginning positioned as a multisport. The presence of cross-country tracks can host not only football matches but also athletics competitions.

After the reconstruction of the

By the early nineties, the stadium "Oilman" significantly outdated. However, in my eyes it does not throw - a serious football was in Ufa. In the city there were only two teams, and both played in the amateur championships.

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The situation changed in 2009, when the team came together in "Bashinformsvyaz-Dynamo" (2010 - FC "Ufa"). The new club set a much more ambitious goals, so was immediately raised the question of the reconstruction of the stadium. It began in 2012 and lasted three years. Capacity of "oil" has increased to 15 thousand spectators, was bed artificial turf, will be a modern electronic scoreboard.

During the reconstruction of the status of the Bashkir football has undergone dramatic changes. "Ufa" made a miracle and some 5 seasons managed to win a ticket to the Premier League. Therefore, in the opening match of the reconstructed arena "Ufa" stood not just anybody, and St. Petersburg "Zenith". Despite all the efforts of the players, "Ufa", the first victory in the history of the updated stadium "Oilman" won it the St. Petersburg group - 1: 0.

Despite the defeat, the "Ufa" is in the top echelon of Russian football and continues regularly to please his game regulars "oil".