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{{Short description|Ukrainian football club}}
{{Football club infobox
| clubname = FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
{{redirect|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk||Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (disambiguation)}}
{{distinguish|SC Dnipro-1}}
| image = [[Image:Dnipro-Dnipropetrovsk.png|180px]]
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
| fullname = FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk<br> ({{lang-ua|ФК Днiпро Днiпропетровськ}})
{{Infobox football club
| nickname = DD
| founded = 1918
| clubname = Dnipro
| ground = [[Dnipro Stadium]]
| image = FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.svg
| capacity = 31,003
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| fullname = Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́»<br>Football Club Dnipro
| chairman = [[Image:Flag_of_Ukraine.svg|20px|Ukraine]] [[Ihor Kolomoysky]]
| nickname = кораблі (The ships)
| mgrtitle = Head Coach
| founded = {{Start date and age|1918|df=yes}}
| manager = [[Image:Flag_of_Ukraine.svg|20px|Ukraine]] [[Volodymyr Bessonov]](interim)
| dissolved = 2019<ref>[https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/17784 The Historic Rise of Polissya Zhytomyr]. 4 June 2023</ref>
| league = [[Ukrainian Premier League]]
| ground = [[Dnipro-Arena]], [[Dnipro]]
| season = [[Ukrainian Premier League 2007-08|2007-08]]
| position = 4th
| capacity = 33,993
| owntitle = Owner
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| owner = [[Ihor Kolomoyskyi]]
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'''Football Club Dnipro''' ({{lang-uk|Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́»}}, {{IPA-uk|d<sup>(j)</sup>n<sup>(j)</sup>iˈprɔ|IPA|uk-Дніпро.ogg}}) was a Ukrainian [[association football|football]] club based in [[Dnipro]]. The club played its last season in the [[2018–19 Ukrainian Football Amateur League#Group 3|2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur League]]. The club was owned by ukrainian businessman [[Ihor Kolomoyskyi]].


In 2018, FC Dnipro was forced into bankruptcy by [[FIFA]] due to multiple legal claims for failing to pay the promised monetary compensation to players and managers. [[SC Dnipro-1]] currently exists as an unofficial successor.<ref name="sportarena.com">Oles Khorunzhyi. ''[https://sportarena.com/football/upl/dnepr-1-podtverdil-chto-fifa-otklonila-isk-kankavy-i/ SC Dnipro-1 confirmed that FIFA dismissed the claim of Jaba Kankava and did not recognize the club a successor of Dnipro (Днепр-1 подтвердил, что ФИФА отклонила иск Канкавы и не признала клуб правопреемником Днепра)]''. Sport Arena. 23 February 2021.</ref>
'''FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk''' ({{lang-ua|ФК "Днiпро" Днiпропетровськ}}, {{lang-ru|ФК "Днепр" Днепропетровск}} '''Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk''') is a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] professional [[football (soccer)|football]] club from the city of [[Dnipropetrovsk]].


The club was founded in 1918. During the Soviet era, the club was a member of the Soviet Volunteer Sports Society "Metallurg" (therefore it carried names Metallurg/Metalurh and Stal) and until 1961 was under sponsorship of the Petrovsky Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Plant. After that, the club was sponsored by the Southern Machine-building Plant [[Yuzhmash]] and carried both names Russian '''Dnepr''' and Ukrainian '''Dnipro''', while Dnepr was also used for international competitions. During the Soviet era, the club was the second most successful club, based in Ukraine, that participated in the [[Soviet Top League]], winning in [[1983 Soviet Top League|1983]] and [[1988 Soviet Top League|1988]]. After the [[fall of the Soviet Union]], the club was privatized.
== History ==


==History==
The first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory was named BRIT (Brianskyi Robitnychyi Industrialnyi Tekhnikum). The team participated in the regional competition ([[Dnipropetrovsk|Katerynoslav]] championship). With the four other teams BRIT played its games on small stadium "Sokil" which was located on the corner of the Pushkin street and Yuriy Savchenko street.


===BRIT===
Due to the World War I the team was disbanded and reestablished only on May 9th, 1925 (coincidently later it became to be known as the Victory Day). The team participated as the generic FC of Petrovsky factory. The official name it received in 1926 when it became to be known as "Petrovets". The team entered the first [[Soviet]] competition under the name of ''Stal'' (Russian for ''steel'') in 1936 in one of the lower divisions. The team participated in the three championship before the World War II. After the war, in 1947, the team reentered the Soviet competition and was merged with another club from [[Dnipropetrovsk]], ''Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk''. From 1949 until 1961, the team was called ''Metalurg'' (from English ''metal worker''). During this time the team participated for three seasons, 1950-1952, among the amateurs due to poor results. In 1954, ''Metalurg Dnipropetrovsk'' reached the semi-finals of the [[USSR Cup]], where it lost to [[FC Ararat Yerevan|Spartak Yerevan]].
The club was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called BRIT (Brianskyi Robitnychyi Industrialnyi Tekhnikum). The team participated in the regional competition, the [[Dnipro|Katerynoslav]] championship. BRIT played its games in the "Sokil" stadium, a small venue located at the corner of Pushkin and Yuriy Savchenko streets, which it shared with four other clubs.


===Petrovets&nbsp;– Stal&nbsp;– Metalurh===
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 entire [[Soviet Union]]. The new sponsor changed the team's name to ''Dnepr'', but the team's performance did not change much until after 1968, when ''Dnepr'' obtained [[Andriy Biba]] and the new coach - [[Valery Lobanovsky]]. After that it took the team three years to get promoted to the [[Soviet Top League]] and eventually took sixth place in 1972.
With the outbreak of World War I, BRIT was disbanded until 9 May 1925, when a new team was formed in Dnipropetrovsk. The team participated during the first season under the name ''Petrovsky factory,'' which was changed in 1926 to "Petrovets." The team entered the first [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] competition under the name of ''Stal'' (steel) in 1936, participating in three championships before World War II. In 1947, the team re-entered the Soviet competition after merging with another club from Dnipropetrovsk, [[FC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk|Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk]]. From 1949 until 1961, the team was called ''Metalurh'' ("metal worker"). From 1950 to 1952, it was relegated to amateur status due to poor results. In 1954, ''Metalurh Dnipropetrovsk'' reached the semi-finals of the [[USSR Cup]], where it lost to [[FC Ararat Yerevan|Spartak Yerevan]].


===Dnepr / Dnipro===
In 1973 and 1976 ''Dnepr'' reached the semi-finals of the [[USSR Cup]] competition. In 1978 the team was relegated to the lower league for two years. Their next return to the top flight was not as inviting as their first one and the team languished at the bottom of the table for several years. In the following years, the governing body of the team hired new promising coaches - Vladimir Yemets and Gennadiy Zhizdik. After those changes, ''Dnepr'' became a strong contender for the [[Soviet Top League|Soviet championship]] winning it twice: once with Yemets and Zhizdik in 1983, and another one with [[Evgeny Kucherevsky]] in 1988. During those years, the team featured many notable players such as [[Oleg Protasov]], [[Gennadiy Litovchenko]], [[Oleksiy Cherednyk]], and [[Oleh Taran]].
In 1961, the team was handed over to its new sponsor, the ''[[Yuzhmash|Yugmash]]'' (the Southern machine-producing factory), which at that time was one of the most powerful factories in the entire Soviet Union and was funded by the [[Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union|Ministry of Defense]]. It was part of the [[Zenit (sports society)|Zenit volunteer sports society]]. The new sponsor changed the team's name to ''Dnepr/Dnipro'' after the [[Dnieper]] River. For the All-Union competitions such as [[Soviet Cup]] and the [[Soviet Top League]] as well as the international competitions there was used Russian version of the name as the Russian was the accepted language of the Soviet Union and the Soviet government, while at republican level (within the [[Ukrainian SSR]]) Ukrainian version of the name was used. The team's performance did not change much until after 1968, when ''Dnepr'' obtained [[Andriy Biba]] and the new coach&nbsp;– [[Valery Lobanovsky]]. After that, it took the team three years to get promoted to the [[Soviet Top League]] and eventually finished in sixth place in 1972.


===Golden generation===
Following the collapse of the [[Soviet Union]], ''Dnepr'' (the Russian version) took on the Ukrainian translation, ''Dnipro'', the name of the biggest river in [[Ukraine]], which is one of the major symbols of [[Ukraine]], and joined the [[football (soccer)|football]] federation of the native country. It remained one of the top contenders in the newly formed [[Ukrainian Premier League]]. The team received silver medals in 1993 as well as the bronze in 1992, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2004. The team also reached the [[Ukrainian Cup]] finals in 1995, 1997 and 2004, but lost all three to [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]].
In 1973 and 1976, Dnepr reached the semi-finals of the USSR Cup. In 1978, the team was relegated to the lower league for two years. Their next return to the top flight was not as inviting as their first one and the team languished at the bottom of the table for several years. In the following years, the governing body of the team hired new promising coaches&nbsp;– ''Volodymyr Yemets'' and ''Hennadiy Zhizdik''. After those changes, ''Dnepr'' became a strong contender for the [[Soviet Top League|Soviet championship]] winning it twice: once with Yemets and Zhizdik in 1983, and another one with [[Evgeny Kucherevsky|Yevhen Kucherevsky]] in 1988. Also, in 1989 ''Dnepr'' became the first professional football club in the Soviet Union. During those years, the team featured many notable players such as [[Oleg Protasov]], [[Hennadiy Lytovchenko]], [[Oleksiy Cherednyk]] and [[Oleh Taran]].


===Ukrainian independence===
FC Dnipro is currently controlled by the [[Privat Group]].
Just before the collapse of the Soviet Union, in 1989 the club was transformed into a professional football club instead of the Soviet "team of masters", a process through which all Soviet teams of masters went through. The club joined the [[Football Federation of Ukraine|football federation of the native country]] and remained one of the top contenders in the newly formed [[Ukrainian Premier League]]. The team received a silver medal in 1993, as well as the bronze in 1992, 1995, 1996, 2001 and 2004. The team also reached the [[Ukrainian Cup]] finals in 1995, 1997 and 2004, losing all three to [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]. In the beginning of the 1990s the control of the club took over a native of [[Rivne]] [[Ihor Bakai]] with his "Respublika" corporation who earlier in the 1980s was governor of the [[SKA Karpaty Lviv]] training center, part of the [[Carpathian Military District]].<ref name=stange>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170714065501/http://football.ua/ownshirt/events/176015-vy-popaly-v-shtangu.html "Вы попали в штангу"]. football.ua (archived version). 9 September 2012</ref> Bakai who invited [[Bernd Stange]] to Dnipro became first who hired foreign manager to head the former Soviet club.<ref name=stange/> At that time Bakai was a member of the [[Verkhovna Rada]] (Ukrainian parliament) and a chairman of the Intergaz corporation which had exclusive rights of importing gas to Ukraine from [[Turkmenistan]] and in Ukraine was unofficially referred to as the "Gaz King".<ref name=stange/> The experience of the former manager of [[East Germany national football team]] [[Bernd Stange]] in [[Dnipro]] was described in the biographic book that was published in Germany in 2004 "Trainer zwischen den Welten. Bernd Stange" (Coach between the Worlds. Bernd Stange).<ref>[https://www.tagesspiegel.de/potsdam/potsdam-kultur/trainer-zwischen-den-welten-7730524.html Kultur: Trainer zwischen den Welten]. www.tagesspiegel.de. 17 April 2004</ref>


During the summer of 1996 Dnipro initiated "repositioning" of its best players along with Bernd Stange to CSKA-Borysfen which in the previous season placed 4th just behind Dnipro.<ref name=stange/> Among those players were [[Oleksandr Yevtushok]], [[Viktor Skrypnyk]], [[Serhiy Kovalets]], [[Serhiy Mizin]], [[Andriy Polunin]], [[Serhiy Nahornyak]], [[Volodymyr Sharan]], [[Oleksandr Palyanytsya]].<ref name=stange/> However, just few day before the start of the [[1996–97 Ukrainian Premier League|1996–97]] season in Ukrainian Vyshcha Liha (Higher League), on the joint session of the Professional Football League (PFL) and the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU), [[FC Arsenal Kyiv|CSKA-Borysfen]] was taken away from its original owners and handed over to Mikhail Grinshpon ("Kiev-Donbass")<ref name=stange/> connected with [[Semion Mogilevich]].<ref>[https://kompromat1.press/articles/104682-otkupitcja_li_grinshpon_ot_nabu Откупится ли Гриншпон от НАБУ?]. kompromat1.press</ref> With the transfer of Dnipro players falling completely through, players ended up in danger of missing a season.<ref name=stange/>
== Stadium ==


===Success and downfall===
''Main articles: [[Stadium Meteor]]''<br>
On 14 May 2015, Dnipro qualified for the [[2015 UEFA Europa League Final]] by defeating [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]] 1–0 in Ukraine after having drawn 1–1 in Italy, the first time in the club's history that it reached the final in a European competition.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/14/dnipro-napoli-europa-league-semi-final-second-leg-match-report|title=Dnipro's Yevhen Seleznyov sinks Napoli to seal Europa League final place|date=14 May 2015|work=Guardian |access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref> Despite going up 1–0 in the sixth minute against Spanish side Sevilla, Dnipro eventually lost 3–2.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32908634|title=Dnipro 2 Sevilla 3|date=28 May 2015|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref> Despite the defeat, the match crowned one of the club's greatest seasons, during which Dnipro had to play all of their home matches some 400 kilometres away in [[Kyiv]] due to the conflict in eastern Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk&nbsp;– Angels amidst War : "During the entire course of the campaign, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk had to play all of their home matches some 400 kilometres away in Kyiv due to the war. "|url=http://www.goaldentimes.org/dnipro-dnipropetrovsk-angels-amidst-war/|website=goaldentimes.org|date=23 May 2015|access-date=26 May 2015}}</ref> On 31 March 2016, the club was excluded by [[UEFA]] from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which it would otherwise qualify in the next three seasons (2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19) for violating the [[UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations|Financial Fair Play]] regulations.<ref>{{cite web|title=CFCB adjudicatory chamber orders|url=http://www.uefa.org/protecting-the-game/club-licensing-and-financial-fair-play/news/newsid=2347734.html|date=31 March 2016|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref>


In late June 2016, there were rumours that club owner [[Ihor Kolomoyskyi]] had stopped funding the club.<ref name="FC Dnipro not bankrupt">{{cite web|url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/sport/353587.html |title= Dnipro football team will not be liquidated, but revamped – Kolomoisky|publisher=[[Interfax-Ukraine]] |date=30 June 2016}}</ref> Kolomoyskyi immediately denied this but did state, "The club will not exist in the same form as before;" and that it was "not normal to spend crazy amounts of money" to keep the current squad intact.<ref name="FC Dnipro not bankrupt"/>
Since club's foundation in [[1925]] Dnipro's only home was [[Stadium Meteor]] in [[Dnipropetrovsk]]. It was opened in 1966 and has undergone several renovations since, the last one being in 2001. However in [[2002]] after severals spels in European compaetitions, it has become clear that the club is in need of a new modern venue. Thus, in [[2005]] Pryvat Group started a construction of [[Dnipro Arena]] in the centre of [[Dnipropetrovsk]]. The club played it's last game on Meteor on [[2 September]] [[2008]], against their top rival [[Metalist Kharkiv]]. <br><br>


The 2016–17 season was disastrous for Dnipro. Due to outstanding debts owed to coach [[Juande Ramos]] and his staff, the FFU prevented Dnipro from signing new players other than free agents. On 26 October 2016, Dnipro was assessed a penalty of 6 points for the same reason. In April 2017, 3 additional points were deducted. At the conclusion of the 2016–2017 season, Dnipro were relegated directly to the [[Ukrainian Second League]] (third level) for the first time in club history.
Capacity: 24381 all-seater<br>
Pitch size: 105x68 m<br>
Lighting: 1400 lux<br>


In the 2017–18 season, the club with a new squad started well in the Group B of the Second League, for 13 matches in row going on high positions (second-fourth places). But the points have been deducted once more with their number reaching up to 18 until the end of the season, which resulted in club finishing on 8th place.
''Main articles: [[Dnipro Arena]]''<br>


On 7 June 2018, FIFA decided to once more relegate the club and for the [[2018–19 Ukrainian Football Amateur League#Group 3|2018–19 season]] the club was to play
In April 2005 the new club's arena broke ground. It was constructed by [[Germany]]'s largest construction company [[Hochtief]] the construction itself took 3 years and 4 month, however a 9 month delay has occurred due to a land dispute over a site where stadiums car park was planned. Stadium's final capacity is 31,003 people and the initial estimated cost of the construction was set at €40,000,000.
in the [[Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship|Amateur League]].<ref name="dnipra_n565080">{{cite web |url=https://football24.ua/kolomoyskiy_anonsuvav_vidnovlennya_dnipra_n565080|title= Kolomoisky announced the restoration of the Dnieper|publisher=football24.ua |date=21 October 2019|access-date=8 January 2020 |language=uk}}</ref> In the [[2019–20 Ukrainian Football Amateur League|2019–20 Amateur League]] the club did not participate.<ref name="dnipra_n565080"/><ref>Yuriy Samotkan. ''[https://amateur.footboom.com/amateur/ukrainian-championship/1559827449--dnepr-veroyatno-prekratit-sushhestvovaniye.html "Dnipro" probably will be liquidated ("Днепр", вероятно, прекратит существование)]''. Footboom. 6 June 2019</ref> In 2019, some players, coaching, and managing staff joined [[SC Dnipro-1]], particularly the whole coaching staff of Dnipro in full composition was appointed to the Dnipro-1's under-21 team.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200802213722/https://www.scdnipro1.com.ua/kerivnitstvo-u-21/ Under-21 team coaching]. [[SC Dnipro-1]].</ref>


On 22 February 2021, FIFA dismissed the claim of [[Jaba Kankava]] who appealed with a request to recognize [[SC Dnipro-1]] a sports successor of FC Dnipro in order to recover his unpaid salary from FC Dnipro.<ref name="sportarena.com"/>
The stadium was opened on [[15 September]] [[2008]], the opening ceremony featured a speech by [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] president [[Victor Yushchenko]], concert performance by a number of famous Ukrainian musicians and two football matches. Veterans of [[Dynamo Kyiv]] vs [[Spartak Moscow]] veterans. And [[Dnipro]] against [[Dynamo|Dynamo Kyiv]]. As a present to the club from the city the street that the stadium is situated on was renamed into Kucherevskyi Boulevard, in honour of Dnipro's late coach [[Evgeny Kucherevsky|Evhen Kucherevsky]]. Dnipro played their first official game on [[29 September]] [[2008]] against their local rivals [[FC Metalurh Zaporizhya]], however came up short in a 1-2 defeat. The came also set a new attendance record for the [[Ukrainian Premier League]] [[Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09|2008–09 season]], at 31,000 spectators. Dnipro Arena is a scheduled venue for an upcoming [[Euro 2012]] held in [[Poland]] and [[Ukraine]], and it is also the first stadium to be completed for the competition.


== Honours ==
==Stadium==
{{Main|Meteor Stadium|Dnipro Arena}}
[[File:Meteor Stadium.jpg|200px|thumb|Old [[Meteor Stadium]]]]


Since 1966, Dnipro's home was [[Meteor Stadium]] in Dnipropetrovsk. Prior to that, the club played at the Metalurh Stadium (formerly Stal Stadium). Meteor Stadium was built by the Soviet rocket company [[Yuzhmash]] on the original site and has undergone several renovations since, the last one being in 2001. In 2002, however, after several spells in European competitions, it became clear that the club needed a new modern venue. Thus, in 2005, Pryvat Group started construction of [[Dnipro-Arena|Dnipro Arena]] in the centre of the city. The club played its last game at Meteor on 2 September 2008, against [[Metalist Kharkiv]].
*'''[[USSR Federation Cup]]: 2''' (Record)
:: 1986, 1989


In April 2005, the club's new arena broke ground. It was constructed by Germany's largest construction company [[Hochtief]]. The construction itself took three years and four months, but a nine-month delay occurred due to a land dispute over a site where the stadium's car park was planned. The stadium's final capacity is 31,003 people and the initial estimated cost of the construction was set at €40&nbsp;million.
*'''[[USSR Championship]]: 2'''
:: 1983, 1988


The stadium was opened on 15 September 2008. The opening ceremony featured a speech by [[President of Ukraine|Ukrainian president]] [[Viktor Yushchenko]], a concert performance by a number of famous Ukrainian musicians and two football matches: Veterans of [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] vs. [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] veterans, and Dnipro against Dynamo Kyiv. As a gift to the club from the city, the street that the stadium is situated on was renamed into Kucherevskyi Boulevard, in honour of Dnipro's late coach [[Yevhen Kucherevskyi]]. Dnipro played their first official game on 29 September 2008 against their local rivals [[FC Metalurh Zaporizhya|Metalurh Zaporizhya]], but Dnipro lost 1–2. They set a new attendance record for the Ukrainian Premier League [[Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09|2008–09 season]] at 31,000 spectators.
*'''[[USSR Cup]]: 1'''
:: 1989


Since the beginning of the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]], Dnipro have played their European matches at the [[Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex|Olympic Stadium]] in [[Kyiv]] at the behest of [[UEFA]], although there has been comparatively less conflict in Dnipropetrovsk than other areas.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dnipro qualifier moved to Kiev|url=https://www.espnfc.com/uefa-champions-league/story/1957894/uefa-orders-dnipro-dnipropetrovsk-to-play-copenhagen-champions-league-game-in-kiev|access-date=15 May 2015|agency=[[Press Association]]|publisher=ESPN|date=23 July 2014}}</ref>
*'''[[USSR Super Cup]]: 1'''
:: 1988


==Supporters and rivalries==
'''Runner-Up'''
The first fan club in Dnipropetrovsk (today [[Dnipro]]) was officially registered by the city executive committee (ispolkom) on 25 July 1968.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170714084749/http://football.ua/ownshirt/events/160313-pervyjj-klub-bolelshhykov.html Первый клуб болельщиков]. football.ua. 23 March 2012</ref> Before registration, the initiative group brought its draft of the fan's club statute and program to the regional committee of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]], department in control of development and propaganda of physical culture and sport in the region which imposed a resolution of approval with a signature, seal and date. Later the group met with the Dnipro head coach Leonid Rodos and his assistant.


The formation of the fan movement in Dnipropetrovsk began in the early 1980s, which saw the appearance of the first representatives of Dnipro ultras at the stadium. Later was established one of the largest fans unions&nbsp;– the ''Braty po Zbroyi'' ({{lang-en| Brothers in Arms}})&nbsp;– involving Dnipro, [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] and [[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]].
*'''[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]: 1'''
:: [[UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006|2006]]


Most of the fans hold right-wing ideological views ([[Ukrainian nationalism]]). Dnipro is considered the third most popular club in Ukraine, and home and away matches are attended by large crowds. The largest Dnipro ultras groups are the ''Voice of the North Stand'' ({{lang-uk|Рупор Північної Трибуни}}) and ''Ultras'83'' ({{lang-uk|Ультрас'}}83).
*'''[[Ukrainian Championship]]: 1'''
:: 1993


The most famous derby in eastern Ukraine is the ''Skhidne Derby'' (English: Eastern Derby) between Dnipro and [[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]. The game at the stadium is very hard and almost every game ends in a fight between football fans from Dnipropetrovsk and [[Kharkiv]]. There was also a city derby in Dnipropetrovsk between Dnipro and [[FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (1959–2013)|Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih]]. In May 2016, Metalist Kharkiv was removed from Ukraine's professional football leagues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/ffu/about/ffu_news/15094/ |trans-title=The FFU Appeal Committee decline appeals of Hoverla and Metalist |publisher=[[Football Federation of Ukraine]] |date=16 May 2016 |access-date=16 May 2016 |script-title=uk:Апеляційний комітет ФФУ відхилив апеляції "Металіста" та "Говерли" |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516130830/http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/ffu/about/ffu_news/15094/ |archive-date=16 May 2016 |language=uk }}</ref> Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih is, after its 2013 bankruptcy, an amateur club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interfax.co.uk/ukraine-news/fc-kryvbas-launches-bankruptcy-procedure/ |title=FC Kryvbas launches bankruptcy procedure |publisher=[[Interfax-Ukraine]] |date=12 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{in lang|uk}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20160422200255/http://kryvbas.dp.ua/publ/7-1-0-913 Gen.Director of Kryvbas: The team has marvelous chances to start playing in the PFL already this summer]. Kryvbas fan's side. 6 April 2016</ref>
*'''[[Ukrainian Cup]]: 3'''
:: 1995, 1997, 2004


==Sponsors==
*'''[[USSR Championship]]: 2'''
:: 1987, 1989


===Football kits and sponsors===
*'''[[USSR Federation Cup]]: 1'''
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:: 1990
|-
!Years<ref>[http://xxldynamo.com.ua/pages/6uaclub-98-99.php Jerseys of Ukrainian clubs] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925012500/http://xxldynamo.com.ua/pages/6uaclub-98-99.php |date=25 September 2013 }}</ref>
!Football kit
!Shirt sponsor
|-
|1998–2001
|rowspan=2|[[Adidas]]
|| [[TM Biola]]
|-
|2001–2005
|rowspan=3|[[TM Biola]]
|-
|2005–2008
|[[Umbro]]
|-
|2008–2019
|[[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]

|-
|}

* No information is known for the 2000–01 season.

==Home colours==
{| width=100% style="font-size:85%"
|-
|
{{Football kit |pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=|
pattern_la = _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes | pattern_b = _vneckwhite | pattern_ra = _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes | pattern_so = _3_stripes_white | leftarm = FF0000 | body = FF0000 | rightarm = FF0000 | shorts = FF0000 | socks = FF0000 | title = 1983}}
|
{{Football kit|pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=_vneckwhite|pattern_ra1=|pattern_la = _whiteflareatshoulder | pattern_b = _vneckwhite | pattern_ra = _whiteflareatshoulder |pattern_so = _3_stripes_white | pattern_sh = _red_stripes | leftarm = FF0000 | body = FF0000 | rightarm = FF0000 | shorts = FFFFFF | socks = FF0000 | title = 1988}}
|
{{Football kit |pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=|pattern_la = _ddr1990a | pattern_b = _3_stripes_vneck_white1 | pattern_ra = _ddr1990a| pattern_so = _3_stripes_white | leftarm = FF0000 | body = FF0000 | rightarm = FF0000 | shorts = FF0000 | socks = FF0000 | title = 1991}}
|
{{Football kit|pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=_vneckwhite|pattern_ra1=|pattern_la = _redlower | pattern_b = _uae1990_home | pattern_ra = _redlower|pattern_so = _color_3_stripes_red | pattern_sh = _red_stripes | leftarm = FFFFFF | body = FFFFFF | rightarm = FFFFFF | shorts = FFFFFF | socks = FFFFFF| title = 1992}}
|
{{Football kit|pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=_vneckwhite|pattern_ra1=|pattern_la = _whitelower | pattern_b = _uae1990_away | pattern_ra = _whitelower|pattern_so = _color_3_stripes_white | pattern_sh =_adidas_white | leftarm = FF0000 | body = FF0000 | rightarm = FF0000 | shorts = FF0000 | socks = FF0000| title = 1992}}
|
{{Football kit|pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1= | pattern_la = _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes | pattern_b = _collarwhite
| pattern_ra = _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes | pattern_so = _3_stripes_white | pattern_sh = _white_stripes | leftarm = 5D8AA8 | body = 5D8AA8 | rightarm = 5D8AA8 | shorts = 5D8AA8 | socks = 5D8AA8 | title = 1993}}
|
{{Football kit|pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| pattern_b = | pattern_ra = | leftarm = 00BFFF | body = 00BFFF | rightarm = 00BFFF | shorts = FFFFFF | socks = 001A57 | title = 2000}}
|
{{Football kit|pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| pattern_b = | pattern_ra = | leftarm = 1E90FF | body = 1E90FF | rightarm = 1E90FF | shorts = 003153 | socks = FFFFFF | pattern_sh1= _white stripes | title = 2000}}
|
{{Football kit|pattern_la1=|pattern_b= _dnipro1112h|pattern_ra1=|leftarm = 007FFF | body = 007FFF | rightarm = 007FFF | shorts = 007FFF | socks = 007FFF | title = 2011}}
|
{{Football kit| pattern_b= _whitestripeonright| pattern_ra = | leftarm = 007FFF | body = 007FFF | rightarm = 007FFF | shorts = 007FFF | socks = 007FFF |pattern_so=_whitetop |pattern_sh= _white stripes | title = 2013}}
|
{{Football kit | pattern_la=_whiteborder | pattern_b= _collarwhite | pattern_ra=_whiteborder | shorts = 0359ac | pattern_sh= | socks= 0359ac |pattern_so= | leftarm=0359ac | body=0359ac | rightarm=0359ac | title = 2014}}
|}

==Honours==

===Domestic===
* '''[[Soviet Top League]]'''
** {{gold1}} '''Winners''' (2): [[1983 Soviet Top League|1983]], [[1988 Soviet Top League|1988]]
** {{silver2}} Runners-up (2): [[1987 Soviet Top League|1987]], [[1989 Soviet Top League|1989]]
** {{bronze3}} ''Third place (2)'' [[1984 Soviet Top League|1984]], [[1985 Soviet Top League|1985]]
* '''[[Ukrainian Premier League]]'''
** {{silver2}} Runners-up (2): [[1992–93 Vyshcha Liha|1992–93]], [[2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League|2013–14]]
** {{bronze3}} ''Third place (7)'' [[1992 Vyshcha Liha|1992]], [[1994-95 Vyshcha Liha|1994–95]], [[1995-96 Vyshcha Liha|1995–96]], [[2000-01 Vyshcha Liha|2000–01]], [[2003-04 Vyshcha Liha|2003–04]], [[2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League|2014–15]], [[2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League|2015–16]]
* '''[[Soviet Cup]]'''
** '''Winners (1)''': [[1989 Soviet Cup Final|1988–89]]
* '''[[Ukrainian Cup]]'''
** Runners-up (3): [[1995 Ukrainian Cup Final|1994–95]], [[1997 Ukrainian Cup Final|1996–97]], [[2004 Ukrainian Cup Final|2003–04]]
* '''[[USSR Federation Cup|Soviet League Cup]]'''
** '''Winners (2)''': [[1986 USSR Federation Cup|1986]], [[1989 USSR Federation Cup|1989]]
** Runners-up (1): [[1990 USSR Federation Cup|1990]]
* '''[[USSR Super Cup]]'''
** '''Winners (1)''': 1989
** Runners-up (1): 1984
* '''[[Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR]]'''
** Runners-up (1): 1936

===European===
*'''[[UEFA Europa League]]'''
** Runners-up: [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League#Final|2014–15]]

===Friendly===
*[[Marbella Cup]]
**[[2011 Marbella Cup|2011]]
*[[Costa del Sol Trophy]]
**2013
*Casino Marbella Cup
**2014
*AdF Diamonds Cup
**2014
*[[Sait Nagjee Football Tournament|Sait Nagjee Trophy]]
**[[2016 Sait Nagjee Trophy|2016]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Sait Nagjee: FC Dnipro 3–0 Atletico Paranaense: The Ukrainian club dismiss the Brazilian challenge|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2016/02/22/20590332/sait-nagjee-fc-dnipro-3-0-atletico-paranaense-the-ukrainian-club-|date=22 February 2016|access-date=23 February 2016|archive-date=27 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227070439/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2016/02/22/20590332/sait-nagjee-fc-dnipro-3-0-atletico-paranaense-the-ukrainian-club-}}</ref>

===Individual player awards===
Several players have won individual awards during or for their time with Dnipro

'''[[Soviet Footballer of the Year]]'''
*{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Hennadiy Litovchenko]] (1984)
*{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Oleh Protasov]] (1987)


*'''[[USSR Super Cup]]: 1'''
'''[[Ukrainian Footballer of the Year]]'''
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleh Taran]] (1983)
:: 1983
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Hennadiy Litovchenko]] (1984)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleh Venhlynskyi]] (2003)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Yevhen Konoplyanka]] (2010, 2012)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ruslan Rotan]] (2016)


'''Ukrainian Premier League<ref>before [[fall of the Soviet Union]] the award was given to players of Ukrainian clubs</ref> Footballer of the Year'''
'''Other'''
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleh Protasov]] (1987)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Mykola Kudrytsky]] (1989)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Yevhen Konoplyanka]] (2013)


==Latest squad==
*[[European Champion Clubs' Cup|UEFA European Cup]] Quarterfinalist in [[European Cup 1984-85#Quarter finals|1985]], [[European Cup 1989-90|1990]]
{{Updated|30 October 2018}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcdnipro.ua/en/team/|title=Main Team :: Team :: FC Dnipro :: Official Site :: www.fcdnipro.ua|website=www.fcdnipro.ua|access-date=24 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pfl.ua/teams/14-dnipro|title = Професіональна футбольна ліга України}}</ref>
*[[USSR Championship]] 3rd place in 1984, 1985
*[[Ukrainian Championship]] 3rd place in 1992, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2004
*Best Ukrainian club in the [[USSR Championship]] in 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989


== Current squad ==
Squad is given according to the club's official website [http://www.fcdnipro.dp.ua/content/ua/?team], as of [[July 1]], [[2008]].
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=Ukraine|name=[[Maksym Startsev]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=UKR|pos=GK|name=[[Myroslav Znovenko]]}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=Ukraine|name=[[Olexandr Hrytsay]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=[[Taras Horilyi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=Ukraine|name=[[Bohdan Shershun]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=Oleksandr Kulinich}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=Ukraine|name=[[Vyacheslav Sviderskyi]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=[[Serhiy Palyukh]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=Ukraine|name=[[Oleh Shelayev]]|pos=MF|}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=Oleksandr Andrushko}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=Ukraine|name=[[Oleksiy Byelik]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=Dmytro Verhun}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=Romania|name=[[Ionuţ Mazilu]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=[[Ivan Budnyak]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=Russia|name=[[Sergei Samodin]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=Mykhaylo Mukhin}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=Ukraine|name=[[Andriy Vorobey]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=Oleksiy Bandurin}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=Russia|name=[[Andrey Eschenko]]|pos=DF |other=on loan from [[FC Dynamo Kyiv]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=UKR|pos=GK|name=[[Maksym Luhovskyi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=Ukraine|name=[[Andriy Rusol]]|pos=DF|other= [[captain (football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=Bohdan Hlebin}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=GEO|name=[[Aleqsandr Kobakhidze]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=[[Volodymyr Kirychuk]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=Argentina|name=[[Osmar Ferreyra]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=[[Stanislav Batsman]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=Uzbekistan|name=[[Vitaliy Denisov]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=Georgia|name=[[Jaba Kankava]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=Brazil|name=[[Alcides Araújo Alves|Eduardo Alcides]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=UKR|pos=GK|name=Hlib Makarovskyi}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=Ukraine|name=[[Denys Andriyenko]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=Mykyta Nechystenko}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=Ukraine|name=[[Vyacheslav Kernozenko]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=[[Denys Soroka]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=CIV|name=[[Igor Lolo]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=UKR|pos=FW|name=[[Vladyslav Shynkarenko]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=Czech Republic|name=[[Mario Holek]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=Artem Dzhumyga}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=Ukraine|name=[[Maksym Kalynychenko]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=[[Nazar Sydorenko]]}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=Brazil|name=[[Davidson Morais]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=Anton Rykun}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=Ukraine|name=[[Serhiy Nazarenko]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=Oleksiy Karpovskyi}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=Ukraine|name=[[Ruslan Rotan]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=[[Serhiy Zayets (footballer, born 2001)|Serhiy Zayets]]}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=Ukraine|name=[[Anton Kanibolotskiy]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=Daniil Shelayev}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=Ukraine|name=[[Maksym Pashaiv]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=[[Oleksiy Khyzhnyak]]}}
{{Fs player|no=39|nat=Ukraine|name=[[Dmytro Lepa]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=[[Serhiy Nazarenko]]}}
{{Fs player|no=44|nat=Ukraine|name=[[Vitaly Lysytsky]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=Danylo Krylov}}
{{Fs player|no=88|nat=Russia|name=[[Rolan Gusev]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs end}}
{{Fs end}}


==Notable players==
''For recent transfers, see [[List of Ukrainian football transfers summer 2008]].''
;National team players


;Croatia
== Famous players ==
{|
|valign="top"|
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Anatoly Demyanenko]]
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Gennadiy Litovchenko]]
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleg Protasov]]
*{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[Oleh Taran]]
*{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[Vadim Yevtushenko]]
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Yuri Maximov]]
|width="33"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Dmytro Parfenov]]
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleh Venglinsky]]
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ruslan Rotan]]
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Andriy Rusol]]
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Volodymyr Yezerskiy]]
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Serhiy Nazarenko]]
|}


* {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivan Strinić]]
== Coaches ==
* {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Nikola Kalinić]]
{|
|valign="top"|
*{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[Valery Lobanovsky]] (1969-1973)
*{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[Yozhef Sabo]] (1978-1980)
*{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[Vladimir Yemets]] and [[Gennadiy Zhizdik]] (1981-1986)
*{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[Evgeny Kucherevsky]](1987-1992)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Mykola Pavlov]] (1992-1994)
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Bernd Stange]] (1995-1996)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Mykola Fedorenko]](1999-2001)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Evgeny Kucherevsky]](2001-2005)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleg Protasov]] (2006-2008)
|}


;Ukraine
== League and Cup history ==


* {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Yevhen Konoplyanka]]
:{|class="wikitable"
* {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Dmytro Chyhrynskyi]]
|-bgcolor="#efefef"

! Season
;Brazil
! Div.

! Pos.
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Giuliano de Paula|Giuliano]]
! Pl.

! W
;Mexico
! D
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Nery Castillo]]
! L

! GS
==Coaches and administration (2018)==
! GA
{| class="wikitable"
! P
![[Ukrainian Cup|Domestic Cup]]
!colspan=2|Europe
!Notes
|-
|-
! Administration<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcdnipro.ua/ru/club/directors/|title=Руководство :: Клуб :: ФК "Днепр" :: Официальный сайт :: www.fcdnipro.ua|website=www.fcdnipro.ua|access-date=24 August 2017}}</ref>
|align=center|[[Ukrainian Premier League 1992|1992]]
! Coaching<ref name=coaching>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcdnipro.ua/en/team/trainers/|title=Coaches :: Team :: FC Dnipro :: Official Site :: www.fcdnipro.ua|website=www.fcdnipro.ua|access-date=24 August 2017}}</ref>
|align=center|1st
|align=center bgcolor=#A67D3D|'''3'''
|align=center|18
|align=center|10
|align=center|3
|align=center|5
|align=center|26
|align=center|15
|align=center|'''23'''
|align=center|1/4 finals
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
|-
|
|align=center|[[Ukrainian Premier League 1992-93|1992-93]]
*President – [[Ihor Kolomoysky]]
|align=center|1st
*General director – [[Andriy Stetsenko]]
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''2'''
*Executive director – ''vacant''
|align=center|30
|
|align=center|18
*Head coach – [[Oleksandr Poklonskyi]]
|align=center|8
*Assistant coach – [[Volodymyr Bahmut]]
|align=center|4
*Assistant coach – [[Volodymyr Herashchenko]]
|align=center|51
*Assistant coach – [[Serhiy Nazarenko]]
|align=center|20
*Goalies coach – [[Mykola Medin]]
|align=center|'''44'''
|}
|align=center|1/8 finals

|align=center|
==Seasons scope==
|align=center|
{{main|List of FC Dnipro seasons}}
|align=center|

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;"
|-
|-
!Tier!!Years!!Last!!Promotions!!Relegations
|align=center|[[Ukrainian Premier League 1993-94|1993-94]]
|align=center|1st
|align=center|'''4'''
|align=center|34
|align=center|16
|align=center|9
|align=center|9
|align=center|53
|align=center|35
|align=center|'''41'''
|align=center|1/4 finals
|align=center|[[UEFA Cup 1993-94|UC]]
|align=center|2nd round
|align=center|
|-
|-
|align=center|[[Ukrainian Premier League 1994-95|1994-95]]
|align=center|'''[[Soviet Top League|Top League]]''' (tier 1)
|'''19'''||[[1991 Soviet Top League|1991]]||''6 times to [[UEFA club competitions|Europe]]''||{{decrease}} 1 ([[1978 Soviet Top League|1978]])
|align=center|1st
|align=center bgcolor=#A67D3D|'''3'''
|align=center|34
|align=center|19
|align=center|8
|align=center|7
|align=center|60
|align=center|33
|align=center|'''65'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|Runner-up
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
|-
|align=center|[[Ukrainian Premier League 1995-96|1995-96]]
|align=center|'''[[Soviet First League|First League]]''' (tier 2)
|'''26'''||[[1980 Soviet First League|1980]]||{{increase}} 2 ([[1980 Soviet First League|1980]])||{{decrease}} 1 ([[1949 Soviet First League|1949]])
|align=center|1st
|align=center bgcolor=#A67D3D|'''3'''
|align=center|34
|align=center|19
|align=center|6
|align=center|9
|align=center|65
|align=center|34
|align=center|'''63'''
|align=center|1/4 finals
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
|-
|align=center|[[Ukrainian Premier League 1996-97|1996-97]]
|align=center|'''[[Soviet Second League B|Gruppa G]]''' (tier 4)
|'''1'''||[[1937 Soviet Second League B|1937]]|| — || —
|align=center|1st
|align=center|'''4'''
|align=center|30
|align=center|14
|align=center|13
|align=center|3
|align=center|48
|align=center|19
|align=center|'''55'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|Runner-up
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
|-
|align=center|[[Ukrainian Premier League 1997-98|1997-98]]
|align=center|'''[[Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR|Ukraine (republican)]]''' (tier 3)
|'''1'''||[[1950 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR|1950]]|| — || —
|align=center|1st
|align=center|'''4'''
|align=center|30
|align=center|17
|align=center|4
|align=center|9
|align=center|47
|align=center|27
|align=center|'''55'''
|align=center|1/4 finals
|align=center|[[UEFA Cup 1997-98|UC]]
|align=center|2nd qual round
|align=center|
|-
|-
!colspan=5|45 years of professional football in Soviet Union since 1936
|align=center|[[Ukrainian Premier League 1998-99|1998-99]]
|}
|align=center|1st

|align=center|'''12'''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;"
|align=center|30
|align=center|9
|align=center|5
|align=center|16
|align=center|28
|align=center|46
|align=center|'''32'''
|align=center|1/8 finals
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
|-
!Tier!!Years!!Last!!Promotions!!Relegations
|align=center|[[Ukrainian Premier League 1999-00|1999-00]]
|align=center|1st
|align=center|'''11'''
|align=center|30
|align=center|8
|align=center|9
|align=center|13
|align=center|26
|align=center|52
|align=center|'''33'''
|align=center|1/8 finals
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
|-
|align=center|[[Ukrainian Premier League 2000-01|2000-01]]
|align=center|'''[[Ukrainian Premier League|Premier League]]''' (tier 1)
|'''26'''||[[2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League|2016–17]]||''14 times to [[UEFA club competitions|Europe]]''||{{decrease}} 1 ([[2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League|2016–17]])
|align=center|1st
|align=center bgcolor=#A67D3D|'''3'''
|align=center|26
|align=center|17
|align=center|4
|align=center|5
|align=center|37
|align=center|18
|align=center|'''55'''
|align=center bgcolor=#A67D3D|1/2 finals
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
|-
|align=center|[[Ukrainian Premier League 2001-02|2001-02]]
|align=center|'''[[Ukrainian Second League|Second League]]''' (tier 3)
|'''1'''||[[2017–18 Ukrainian Second League|2017–18]]||none||{{decrease}} 1 ([[2017–18 Ukrainian Second League|2017–18]])
|align=center|1st
|align=center|'''6'''
|align=center|26
|align=center|11
|align=center|7
|align=center|8
|align=center|30
|align=center|20
|align=center|'''40'''
|align=center bgcolor=#A67D3D|1/2 finals
|align=center|[[UEFA Cup 2001-02|UC]]
|align=center|1st round
|align=center|
|-
|-
|align=center|[[Ukrainian Premier League 2002-03|2002-03]]
|align=center|'''[[Ukrainian Football Amateur League|Amateur League]]''' (tier 4)
|'''1'''||[[2018–19 Ukrainian Football Amateur League|2018–19]]|| — || —
|align=center|1st
|align=center|'''4'''
|align=center|30
|align=center|18
|align=center|5
|align=center|7
|align=center|48
|align=center|27
|align=center|'''59'''
|align=center bgcolor=#A67D3D|1/2 finals
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
|-
!colspan=5|27 years of professional national football in Ukraine since 1992
|align=center|[[Ukrainian Premier League 2003-04|2003-04]]
|}
|align=center|1st

|align=center bgcolor=#A67D3D|'''3'''
===Soviet Union===
|align=center|30
<timeline>
|align=center|16
ImageSize = width:900 height:60
|align=center|9
PlotArea = left:10 right:10 bottom:30 top:10
|align=center|5
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy
|align=center|44
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
|align=center|23
Period = from:01/07/1936 till:01/07/1962
|align=center|'''57'''
ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:1937
|align=center bgcolor=silver|Runner-up
Colors =
|align=center|[[UEFA Cup 2003-04|UC]]
id:bl1 value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.5)
|align=center|3rd round
id:bl2 value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.3)
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===Ukraine===
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==European history==
{{main|FC Dnipro in European football}}
FC Dnipro participates in European competitions since 1984 after playing its first against [[Trabzonspor]]. Since 2001, however, the club participates almost on annual basis with variable successes. This was interrupted in 2016, when, despite finishing third place, Dnipro was forbidden to play in the European competitions by UEFA.

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! Season
! Stage
! Notes
|-
|-

|align=center|[[Ukrainian Premier League 2004-05|2004-05]]
! colspan="4" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup / UEFA Champions League]]
|align=center|1st
|align=center|'''4'''
|align=center|30
|align=center|13
|align=center|9
|align=center|8
|align=center|38
|align=center|34
|align=center|'''48'''
|align=center bgcolor=#A67D3D|1/2 finals
|align=center|[[UEFA Cup 2004-05|UC]]
|align=center|Round of 32
|align=center|
|-
|-
|align=center|[[Ukrainian Premier League 2005-06|2005-06]]
| align="center" | [[1984–85 European Cup|1984–85]]
|align=center|1st
| align="center" | '''Quarter-Finalist'''
| align="left" | eliminated by {{flagicon|France}} [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]] 1–1 in Bordeaux, 1–1 in Dnipropetrovsk
|align=center|'''6'''
|align=center|30
|align=center|11
|align=center|10
|align=center|9
|align=center|33
|align=center|23
|align=center|'''43'''
|align=center|1/8 finals
|align=center|[[UEFA Cup 2005-06|UC]]
|align=center|Group stage
|align=center|
|-
|-
|align=center|[[Ukrainian Premier League 2006-07|2006-07]]
| align="center" | [[1989-90 European Cup|1989–90]]
|align=center|1st
| align="center" | '''Quarter-Finalist'''
| align="left" | eliminated by {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] 0–1 in Lisbon, 0–3 in Dnipropetrovsk
|align=center|'''4'''
|align=center|30
|align=center|11
|align=center|14
|align=center|5
|align=center|32
|align=center|24
|align=center|'''47'''
|align=center|1/4 finals
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
|-

|align=center|[[Ukrainian Premier League 2007-08|2007-08]]
! colspan="4" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League]]
|align=center|1st
|-
|align=center|'''4'''
|align=center|30
| align="center" | [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League|2014–15]]
|align=center|18
| align="center" | '''Finalist'''
| align="left" | defeated by {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] 2–3 in Warsaw
|align=center|5
|align=center|7
|align=center|40
|align=center|27
|align=center|'''59'''
|align=center|1/16 finals
|align=center|[[UEFA Cup 2007-08|UC]]
|align=center|1st round
|align=center|
|-
|-
|align=center|[[Ukrainian Premier League 2008-09|2008-09]]
|align=center|1st
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|''1/8 finals''
|align=center|[[UEFA Cup 2008-09|UC]]
|align=center|2nd qual round
|align=center|
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==Presidents and owners==
* 1992–1994 Debut-Fidav
* 1994–1997 [[Ihor Bakay]] (Intergaz)
* 1997–1998 [[Serhiy Tihipko]] ([[Privat Group]])<ref>Valerko, A. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20170714065501/http://football.ua/ownshirt/events/176015-vy-popaly-v-shtangu.html You hit a "goal post" (Вы попали в штангу)]''. Football.ua. 9 September 2012</ref>
* 1998–2019 [[Ihor Kolomoiskyi]] ([[Privat Group]])

==Managers==
{{Div col|colwidth=35em}}
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Jules Limbeck]] (1936)
*{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[Nikolai Petrovich Morozov|Nikolai Morozov]] (1956)
*{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]] (1969–73)
*{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[Viktor Kanevskyi]] (1973–77)
*{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[Yozhef Sabo]] (1978–79)
*{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[Volodymyr Yemets]] (1 July 1981&nbsp;– 31 December 1986)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Yevhen Kucherevskyi]] (1 January 1987&nbsp;– 22 March 1992)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Mykola Pavlov]] (19 March 1992&nbsp;– 31 December 1994)
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Bernd Stange]] (20 April 1995&nbsp;– 30 June 1996)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Vyacheslav Hroznyi]] (1 July 1996&nbsp;– 31 December 1997)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Vadym Tyshchenko]] (1 January 1998&nbsp;– 5 October 1998)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Mykola Fedorenko]] (13 July 1999&nbsp;– 11 October 2001)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Yevhen Kucherevskyi]] (1 January 2002&nbsp;– 18 October 2005)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Vadym Tyshchenko]] ''(interim)'' (18 October 2005&nbsp;– 19 December 2005)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleh Protasov]] (19 December 2005&nbsp;– 29 August 2008)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Volodymyr Bezsonov]] (29 August 2008&nbsp;– 18 September 2010)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Vadym Tyshchenko]] ''(interim)'' (18 September 2010&nbsp;– 1 October 2010)
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Juande Ramos]] (3 October 2010&nbsp;– 22 May 2014)<ref name=RLDD22514>{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.champion.com.ua/football/2014/05/22/573411 Official: Ramos left the Dnipro, because they do not want to stay in Ukraine], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] Champion (22 May 2014)</ref>
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Myron Markevych]] (26 May 2014 – 30 June 2016)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Dmytro Mykhaylenko]] ''(caretaker)'' (30 June 2016 – 30 June 2017)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleksandr Poklonskyi]] (30 June 2017 – End of season 2018/2019)
{{Div col end}}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}


== See also ==
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
*[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Reserves and Youth Team]]
* [[FC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk]]
* [[FC Petrovsky Memorial Factory Dnipropetrovsk]]
* [[FC Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk]]
* [[FC Spartak Dnipropetrovsk]]
* [[FC Stal Dnipropetrovsk]]


== External links ==
==External links==
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*{{languageicon|uk/ru/en|Ukrainian, English & Russian}} [http://www.fcdnipro.dp.ua/ Official website]
{{portal|Association football|Ukraine}}
*{{ru icon}} [http://www.fcdnipro.com/ Unofficial website]
*{{languageicon|ru/en|Russian, English}} [http://www.offside.dp.ua/ Fans' Forum]
*[http://www.fcdnipro.ua/ Official website]
*{{en icon}} [http://www.ukrainiansoccer.net/ Ukraine Soccer]


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Latest revision as of 18:18, 29 May 2024

"Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk" redirects here. For other uses, see Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with SC Dnipro-1.

Dnipro
Full nameФутбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́»
Football Club Dnipro
Nickname(s)кораблі (The ships)
Founded1918; 106 years ago (1918)
Dissolved2019[1]
GroundDnipro-Arena, Dnipro
Capacity33,993
OwnerIhor Kolomoyskyi
PresidentIhor Kolomoyskyi
Latest managerOleksandr Poklonskyi[2]
LeagueUkrainian Amateur League
2018–198th, Group 3
WebsiteClub website

Football Club Dnipro (Ukrainian: Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», IPA: [d(j)n(j)iˈprɔ] ⓘ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club played its last season in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur League. The club was owned by ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoyskyi.

In 2018, FC Dnipro was forced into bankruptcy by FIFA due to multiple legal claims for failing to pay the promised monetary compensation to players and managers. SC Dnipro-1 currently exists as an unofficial successor.[3]

The club was founded in 1918. During the Soviet era, the club was a member of the Soviet Volunteer Sports Society "Metallurg" (therefore it carried names Metallurg/Metalurh and Stal) and until 1961 was under sponsorship of the Petrovsky Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Plant. After that, the club was sponsored by the Southern Machine-building Plant Yuzhmash and carried both names Russian Dnepr and Ukrainian Dnipro, while Dnepr was also used for international competitions. During the Soviet era, the club was the second most successful club, based in Ukraine, that participated in the Soviet Top League, winning in 1983 and 1988. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the club was privatized.

History[edit]

BRIT[edit]

The club was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called BRIT (Brianskyi Robitnychyi Industrialnyi Tekhnikum). The team participated in the regional competition, the Katerynoslav championship. BRIT played its games in the "Sokil" stadium, a small venue located at the corner of Pushkin and Yuriy Savchenko streets, which it shared with four other clubs.

Petrovets – Stal – Metalurh[edit]

With the outbreak of World War I, BRIT was disbanded until 9 May 1925, when a new team was formed in Dnipropetrovsk. The team participated during the first season under the name Petrovsky factory, which was changed in 1926 to "Petrovets." The team entered the first Soviet competition under the name of Stal (steel) in 1936, participating in three championships before World War II. In 1947, the team re-entered the Soviet competition after merging with another club from Dnipropetrovsk, Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk. From 1949 until 1961, the team was called Metalurh ("metal worker"). From 1950 to 1952, it was relegated to amateur status due to poor results. In 1954, Metalurh Dnipropetrovsk reached the semi-finals of the USSR Cup, where it lost to Spartak Yerevan.

Dnepr / Dnipro[edit]

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 entire Soviet Union and was funded by the Ministry of Defense. It was part of the Zenit volunteer sports society. The new sponsor changed the team's name to Dnepr/Dnipro after the Dnieper River. For the All-Union competitions such as Soviet Cup and the Soviet Top League as well as the international competitions there was used Russian version of the name as the Russian was the accepted language of the Soviet Union and the Soviet government, while at republican level (within the Ukrainian SSR) Ukrainian version of the name was used. The team's performance did not change much until after 1968, when Dnepr obtained Andriy Biba and the new coach – Valery Lobanovsky. After that, it took the team three years to get promoted to the Soviet Top League and eventually finished in sixth place in 1972.

Golden generation[edit]

In 1973 and 1976, Dnepr reached the semi-finals of the USSR Cup. In 1978, the team was relegated to the lower league for two years. Their next return to the top flight was not as inviting as their first one and the team languished at the bottom of the table for several years. In the following years, the governing body of the team hired new promising coaches – Volodymyr Yemets and Hennadiy Zhizdik. After those changes, Dnepr became a strong contender for the Soviet championship winning it twice: once with Yemets and Zhizdik in 1983, and another one with Yevhen Kucherevsky in 1988. Also, in 1989 Dnepr became the first professional football club in the Soviet Union. During those years, the team featured many notable players such as Oleg Protasov, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Oleksiy Cherednyk and Oleh Taran.

Ukrainian independence[edit]

Just before the collapse of the Soviet Union, in 1989 the club was transformed into a professional football club instead of the Soviet "team of masters", a process through which all Soviet teams of masters went through. The club joined the football federation of the native country and remained one of the top contenders in the newly formed Ukrainian Premier League. The team received a silver medal in 1993, as well as the bronze in 1992, 1995, 1996, 2001 and 2004. The team also reached the Ukrainian Cup finals in 1995, 1997 and 2004, losing all three to Shakhtar Donetsk. In the beginning of the 1990s the control of the club took over a native of Rivne Ihor Bakai with his "Respublika" corporation who earlier in the 1980s was governor of the SKA Karpaty Lviv training center, part of the Carpathian Military District.[4] Bakai who invited Bernd Stange to Dnipro became first who hired foreign manager to head the former Soviet club.[4] At that time Bakai was a member of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) and a chairman of the Intergaz corporation which had exclusive rights of importing gas to Ukraine from Turkmenistan and in Ukraine was unofficially referred to as the "Gaz King".[4] The experience of the former manager of East Germany national football team Bernd Stange in Dnipro was described in the biographic book that was published in Germany in 2004 "Trainer zwischen den Welten. Bernd Stange" (Coach between the Worlds. Bernd Stange).[5]

During the summer of 1996 Dnipro initiated "repositioning" of its best players along with Bernd Stange to CSKA-Borysfen which in the previous season placed 4th just behind Dnipro.[4] Among those players were Oleksandr Yevtushok, Viktor Skrypnyk, Serhiy Kovalets, Serhiy Mizin, Andriy Polunin, Serhiy Nahornyak, Volodymyr Sharan, Oleksandr Palyanytsya.[4] However, just few day before the start of the 1996–97 season in Ukrainian Vyshcha Liha (Higher League), on the joint session of the Professional Football League (PFL) and the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU), CSKA-Borysfen was taken away from its original owners and handed over to Mikhail Grinshpon ("Kiev-Donbass")[4] connected with Semion Mogilevich.[6] With the transfer of Dnipro players falling completely through, players ended up in danger of missing a season.[4]

Success and downfall[edit]

On 14 May 2015, Dnipro qualified for the 2015 UEFA Europa League Final by defeating Napoli 1–0 in Ukraine after having drawn 1–1 in Italy, the first time in the club's history that it reached the final in a European competition.[7] Despite going up 1–0 in the sixth minute against Spanish side Sevilla, Dnipro eventually lost 3–2.[8] Despite the defeat, the match crowned one of the club's greatest seasons, during which Dnipro had to play all of their home matches some 400 kilometres away in Kyiv due to the conflict in eastern Ukraine.[9] On 31 March 2016, the club was excluded by UEFA from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which it would otherwise qualify in the next three seasons (2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19) for violating the Financial Fair Play regulations.[10]

In late June 2016, there were rumours that club owner Ihor Kolomoyskyi had stopped funding the club.[11] Kolomoyskyi immediately denied this but did state, "The club will not exist in the same form as before;" and that it was "not normal to spend crazy amounts of money" to keep the current squad intact.[11]

The 2016–17 season was disastrous for Dnipro. Due to outstanding debts owed to coach Juande Ramos and his staff, the FFU prevented Dnipro from signing new players other than free agents. On 26 October 2016, Dnipro was assessed a penalty of 6 points for the same reason. In April 2017, 3 additional points were deducted. At the conclusion of the 2016–2017 season, Dnipro were relegated directly to the Ukrainian Second League (third level) for the first time in club history.

In the 2017–18 season, the club with a new squad started well in the Group B of the Second League, for 13 matches in row going on high positions (second-fourth places). But the points have been deducted once more with their number reaching up to 18 until the end of the season, which resulted in club finishing on 8th place.

On 7 June 2018, FIFA decided to once more relegate the club and for the 2018–19 season the club was to play in the Amateur League.[12] In the 2019–20 Amateur League the club did not participate.[12][13] In 2019, some players, coaching, and managing staff joined SC Dnipro-1, particularly the whole coaching staff of Dnipro in full composition was appointed to the Dnipro-1's under-21 team.[14]

On 22 February 2021, FIFA dismissed the claim of Jaba Kankava who appealed with a request to recognize SC Dnipro-1 a sports successor of FC Dnipro in order to recover his unpaid salary from FC Dnipro.[3]

Stadium[edit]

Main articles: Meteor Stadium and Dnipro Arena
Old Meteor Stadium

Since 1966, Dnipro's home was Meteor Stadium in Dnipropetrovsk. Prior to that, the club played at the Metalurh Stadium (formerly Stal Stadium). Meteor Stadium was built by the Soviet rocket company Yuzhmash on the original site and has undergone several renovations since, the last one being in 2001. In 2002, however, after several spells in European competitions, it became clear that the club needed a new modern venue. Thus, in 2005, Pryvat Group started construction of Dnipro Arena in the centre of the city. The club played its last game at Meteor on 2 September 2008, against Metalist Kharkiv.

In April 2005, the club's new arena broke ground. It was constructed by Germany's largest construction company Hochtief. The construction itself took three years and four months, but a nine-month delay occurred due to a land dispute over a site where the stadium's car park was planned. The stadium's final capacity is 31,003 people and the initial estimated cost of the construction was set at €40 million.

The stadium was opened on 15 September 2008. The opening ceremony featured a speech by Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko, a concert performance by a number of famous Ukrainian musicians and two football matches: Veterans of Dynamo Kyiv vs. Spartak Moscow veterans, and Dnipro against Dynamo Kyiv. As a gift to the club from the city, the street that the stadium is situated on was renamed into Kucherevskyi Boulevard, in honour of Dnipro's late coach Yevhen Kucherevskyi. Dnipro played their first official game on 29 September 2008 against their local rivals Metalurh Zaporizhya, but Dnipro lost 1–2. They set a new attendance record for the Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09 season at 31,000 spectators.

Since the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Dnipro have played their European matches at the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv at the behest of UEFA, although there has been comparatively less conflict in Dnipropetrovsk than other areas.[15]

Supporters and rivalries[edit]

The first fan club in Dnipropetrovsk (today Dnipro) was officially registered by the city executive committee (ispolkom) on 25 July 1968.[16] Before registration, the initiative group brought its draft of the fan's club statute and program to the regional committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, department in control of development and propaganda of physical culture and sport in the region which imposed a resolution of approval with a signature, seal and date. Later the group met with the Dnipro head coach Leonid Rodos and his assistant.

The formation of the fan movement in Dnipropetrovsk began in the early 1980s, which saw the appearance of the first representatives of Dnipro ultras at the stadium. Later was established one of the largest fans unions – the Braty po Zbroyi (English: Brothers in Arms) – involving Dnipro, Dynamo Kyiv and Karpaty Lviv.

Most of the fans hold right-wing ideological views (Ukrainian nationalism). Dnipro is considered the third most popular club in Ukraine, and home and away matches are attended by large crowds. The largest Dnipro ultras groups are the Voice of the North Stand (Ukrainian: Рупор Північної Трибуни) and Ultras'83 (Ukrainian: Ультрас'83).

The most famous derby in eastern Ukraine is the Skhidne Derby (English: Eastern Derby) between Dnipro and Metalist Kharkiv. The game at the stadium is very hard and almost every game ends in a fight between football fans from Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv. There was also a city derby in Dnipropetrovsk between Dnipro and Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. In May 2016, Metalist Kharkiv was removed from Ukraine's professional football leagues.[17] Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih is, after its 2013 bankruptcy, an amateur club.[18][19]

Sponsors[edit]

Football kits and sponsors[edit]

Years[20] Football kit Shirt sponsor
1998–2001 Adidas TM Biola
2001–2005 TM Biola
2005–2008 Umbro
2008–2019 Nike
  • No information is known for the 2000–01 season.

Home colours[edit]

1983
1988
1991
1992
1992
1993
2000
2000
2011
2013
2014

Honours[edit]

Domestic[edit]

European[edit]

Friendly[edit]

Individual player awards[edit]

Several players have won individual awards during or for their time with Dnipro

Soviet Footballer of the Year

Ukrainian Footballer of the Year

Ukrainian Premier League[22] Footballer of the Year

Latest squad[edit]

As of 30 October 2018[23][24]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Ukraine UKR Myroslav Znovenko
3 DF Ukraine UKR Taras Horilyi
4 DF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Kulinich
5 DF Ukraine UKR Serhiy Palyukh (captain)
6 DF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Andrushko
7 MF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Verhun
8 MF Ukraine UKR Ivan Budnyak
10 MF Ukraine UKR Mykhaylo Mukhin
11 MF Ukraine UKR Oleksiy Bandurin
12 GK Ukraine UKR Maksym Luhovskyi
13 DF Ukraine UKR Bohdan Hlebin
14 DF Ukraine UKR Volodymyr Kirychuk
15 MF Ukraine UKR Stanislav Batsman
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK Ukraine UKR Hlib Makarovskyi
16 DF Ukraine UKR Mykyta Nechystenko
17 MF Ukraine UKR Denys Soroka
19 FW Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Shynkarenko
20 DF Ukraine UKR Artem Dzhumyga
22 DF Ukraine UKR Nazar Sydorenko
23 MF Ukraine UKR Anton Rykun
24 MF Ukraine UKR Oleksiy Karpovskyi
25 DF Ukraine UKR Serhiy Zayets
26 MF Ukraine UKR Daniil Shelayev
27 DF Ukraine UKR Oleksiy Khyzhnyak
28 MF Ukraine UKR Serhiy Nazarenko
32 MF Ukraine UKR Danylo Krylov

Notable players[edit]

National team players
Croatia
Ukraine
Brazil
Mexico

Coaches and administration (2018)[edit]

Administration[25] Coaching[26]

Seasons scope[edit]

Main article: List of FC Dnipro seasons
Tier Years Last Promotions Relegations
Top League (tier 1) 19 1991 6 times to Europe Decrease 1 (1978)
First League (tier 2) 26 1980 Increase 2 (1980) Decrease 1 (1949)
Gruppa G (tier 4) 1 1937 — —
Ukraine (republican) (tier 3) 1 1950 — —
45 years of professional football in Soviet Union since 1936
Tier Years Last Promotions Relegations
Premier League (tier 1) 26 2016–17 14 times to Europe Decrease 1 (2016–17)
Second League (tier 3) 1 2017–18 none Decrease 1 (2017–18)
Amateur League (tier 4) 1 2018–19 — —
27 years of professional national football in Ukraine since 1992

Soviet Union[edit]

World War II

Ukraine[edit]

European history[edit]

Main article: FC Dnipro in European football

FC Dnipro participates in European competitions since 1984 after playing its first against Trabzonspor. Since 2001, however, the club participates almost on annual basis with variable successes. This was interrupted in 2016, when, despite finishing third place, Dnipro was forbidden to play in the European competitions by UEFA.

Season Stage Notes
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
1984–85 Quarter-Finalist eliminated by France Bordeaux 1–1 in Bordeaux, 1–1 in Dnipropetrovsk
1989–90 Quarter-Finalist eliminated by Portugal Benfica 0–1 in Lisbon, 0–3 in Dnipropetrovsk
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
2014–15 Finalist defeated by Spain Sevilla 2–3 in Warsaw

Presidents and owners[edit]

Managers[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ Oleksandr Poklonskyi is heading FC Dnipro (Александр Поклонский возглавил ФК "Днепр"). Ukrinform. 21 June 2017
  3. ^ a b Oles Khorunzhyi. SC Dnipro-1 confirmed that FIFA dismissed the claim of Jaba Kankava and did not recognize the club a successor of Dnipro (Днепр-1 подтвердил, что ФИФА отклонила иск Канкавы и не признала клуб правопреемником Днепра). Sport Arena. 23 February 2021.
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  5. ^ Kultur: Trainer zwischen den Welten. www.tagesspiegel.de. 17 April 2004
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  8. ^ "Dnipro 2 Sevilla 3". BBC Sport. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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  10. ^ "CFCB adjudicatory chamber orders". UEFA. 31 March 2016.
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  12. ^ a b "Kolomoisky announced the restoration of the Dnieper" (in Ukrainian). football24.ua. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  13. ^ Yuriy Samotkan. "Dnipro" probably will be liquidated ("Днепр", вероятно, прекратит существование). Footboom. 6 June 2019
  14. ^ Under-21 team coaching. SC Dnipro-1.
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  16. ^ Первый клуб болельщиков. football.ua. 23 March 2012
  17. ^ Апеляційний комітет ФФУ відхилив апеляції "Металіста" та "Говерли" [The FFU Appeal Committee decline appeals of Hoverla and Metalist] (in Ukrainian). Football Federation of Ukraine. 16 May 2016. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  18. ^ "FC Kryvbas launches bankruptcy procedure". Interfax-Ukraine. 12 June 2013.
  19. ^ (in Ukrainian) Gen.Director of Kryvbas: The team has marvelous chances to start playing in the PFL already this summer. Kryvbas fan's side. 6 April 2016
  20. ^ Jerseys of Ukrainian clubs Archived 25 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^ "Sait Nagjee: FC Dnipro 3–0 Atletico Paranaense: The Ukrainian club dismiss the Brazilian challenge". 22 February 2016. Archived from the original on 27 February 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  22. ^ before fall of the Soviet Union the award was given to players of Ukrainian clubs
  23. ^ "Main Team :: Team :: FC Dnipro :: Official Site :: www.fcdnipro.ua". www.fcdnipro.ua. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  24. ^ "Професіональна футбольна ліга України".
  25. ^ "Руководство :: Клуб :: ФК "Днепр" :: Официальный сайт :: www.fcdnipro.ua". www.fcdnipro.ua. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
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  28. ^ (in Ukrainian) Official: Ramos left the Dnipro, because they do not want to stay in Ukraine, Ukrayinska Pravda Champion (22 May 2014)

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