In 2001, it was renovated by Illich Steel and Iron Works and changed its name to Illichivets Stadium.

It was until 2022 used mostly for football matches, and is the home of FC Mariupol.

Since the start of the Russian occupation of Mariupol during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the stadium buildings have been damaged by shelling and looted, and the grass pitch has withered due to a lack of maintenance.

[2] "As the conflict resumed in February 2022 Mariupol was one of the first cities targeted by severe Russian shelling," according to a 2024 report about the casualties of the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, "and Volodymyr Boyko Stadium suffered irreparable damage.

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