History
According to the local newspaper Match the first game took place on July 4, 1909 when the local sport club Rewera played against the Czarni-2 Lwow, losing 1:3. The match took place in the Jordan Park of the youth games and festivities in the city of Stanislau, the owner of which was Miejska Kasa Oszczednosci. The first stand was built in 1927 out of wood, which was in service until long after the establishment of FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk (1950s). Around the time the stadium was given the name Spartak (previous name is not known - presumably City Stadium of Potocki Park). In 1956-57 the first known reconstruction took place when the other 4,000-seat stand was erected totaling the stadium's capacity at 10,400. In 1969 there were built the floodlights towers and the wooden scoreboard was replaced with the electronic containing a clock as well.
In 1981 the stadium was renamed as Krystal (Ukrainian: Кристал). At the end of 1986 a new reconstruction of the stadium has started which was halted in 1989 due to lack of the funds. Some works were renewed in 1996 that eventually were once again brought to the halt. Until the 2006 season, the stadium was the home ground of FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk, the main soccer club/team in the oblast. Since 2007, the stadium is home to FSC Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk, which used to play its games on the local university field (University of Nafty and Gazu). Rukh is located in the Shevchenko Memorial Municipal Park in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk. Not far from Rukh Stadium is a reserve stadium, Electron, which is also located in Shevchenko Park. That stadium was a temporary home for Ivano-Frankivsk clubs while major renovations occurred at Rukh Stadium.
Recently the reconstruction was renewed by a new design which was represented by the architect company Atelye Arkhitektury Plus (author Ya.Doroshenko). After the reconstruction as it was planned before the stadium's capacity should increase over 20,000 mark. The pictures of the proposed design were posted at the forum on the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast football website on May 23, 2010 (the link provided below).
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