FC Dnipro

"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)
2025 (refounded)
GroundDnipro-Arena, Dnipro
Capacity33,993
OwnerIhor Kolomoyskyi
PresidentIhor Kolomoyskyi
Latest managerOleksandr Poklonskyi[1]
LeagueUkrainian Amateur League
2018–198th, Group 3
WebsiteClub website
FC Dnipro departments
Men Football Men second team Men third team
Women Football Junior squads Football Academy

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 formerly existed as an unofficial successor.[2]

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.

  1. ^ Oleksandr Poklonskyi is heading FC Dnipro (Александр Поклонский возглавил ФК "Днепр")[usurped]. Ukrinform. 21 June 2017
  2. ^ 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.