FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

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{{Football club infobox | clubname = FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovs'k | image = Image:Dnipro logo.gif | fullname = FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovs'k
(Template:Lang-ua) | nickname = | founded = 1925 | ground = Meteor | capacity = 24381 | chairman = Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Andriy Stetsenko | mgrtitle = Head Coach | manager = Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleg Protasov | league = Ukrainian Premier League | season = 2005-06 | position = UPL, 9th | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | leftarm1 = 40D0FF | body1 = 40D0FF | rightarm1 = 40D0FF | shorts1 = 1e277F | socks1 = 1e277F | pattern_la2 = _blueshoulders | pattern_b2 = _blueshoulders | pattern_ra2 = _blueshoulders | leftarm2 = | body2 = | rightarm2 = | shorts2 = | socks2 = }} FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovs'k (Template:Lang-ua) is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovs'k.

1 History
2 Achievements
3 Stadium
4 Squad
5 External links

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History

Main article: History of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

The club was established in 1925 as a team of the Petrovsky factory. It was renamed "Petrovets" the next year. The team entered the first Soviet Championship by the name of "Stal" (Russian for steel) in 1936 in one of the lower divisions. In 1947 "Stal" was united with another club from Dnipropetrovsk, "Dinamo". From 1949 until 1961 the team carried the name of "Metalurg" (from English metal worker) for the most of the time. In 1954 "Metalurg" achieved the semi-final of the USSR Cup competition, where it lost to "Spartak" from Yerevan.

In 1961 the team was handed over to its new sponsor, the "Yugmash" (the Southern machine-producing factory), which at that time was one of the most powerful factories in the whole Soviet Union. The new sponsor changed the team's name to "Dnipro". But the team's performance didn't change until after 1968, when "Dnipro" obtained Andriy Biba and the new coach - Valeriy Lobanovskiy. After that it took the team three years to get promoted to the Elite league and take the sixth place out of 16 teams in 1972.

In 1973 and 1976 "Dnipro" reached the semi-finals of the USSR Cup competition again. In 1978 the team was relegated to the lower league for two years. Their next entrance wasn't as inviting as their first one and the team enjoyed the company of other weak teams in the league. Therefore the governing body of the team hired new promising coaches - Vladimir Yemets and Gennadiy Zhizdik. After that "Dnipro" became a strong contender of the Soviet championship and won a couple of them. One - with Yemets and Zhizdik in 1983, and another one with Yevgeniy Kucherevskiy in 1988. During this time for the team played such players as Protasov, Litovchenko, Cherednik, Taran, and many others.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union "Dnipro" stayed to be one of the contenders for the gold in the newly formed Ukrainian championship. The team received silver medals in 1993, bronze - 1992, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2004. They also reached the Ukrainian Cup finals in 1995, 1997 and 2004, but lost all three to Shakhtar Donetsk.

FC Dnipro is currently controlled by the Privat Group.

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Achievements

Champions Cup 1/4 in 1985, 1990.

USSR Top League Champion in 1983, 1988.
USSR Top League runner-up in 1987, 1989.
USSR Top League 3rd placed in 1984, 1985.
Best Ukrainian club of Soviet Top League in 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989.

USSR Cup winner in 1989.

Ukrainian Premier League runner-up in 1993.
Ukrainian Premier League 3rd placed in 1992, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2004.

Ukrainian Cup runner-up in 1995, 1997, 2004.

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Stadium

Main articles: Stadium Meteor, Stadium Metalurh

Currently Dnipro plays home fixtures at Stadium Meteor in Dnipropetrovsk.
It was built in 1966 and has udergone substantial renovation in 2001.
Capacity: 24381 all-seater
Pitch size: 105x68 m
Lighting: 1400 lux

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