FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

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Full name

FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
(Ukrainian: ФК Днiпро Днiпропетровськ)

Nickname(s)

Dnipriany

Founded

1925

Ground

Meteor
(Capacity 24,381)

Chairman

Ihor Kolomyiskiy

Head Coach

Oleg Protasov

League

Ukrainian Premier League

2006-07

4th





Home colours





Away colours

FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukrainian: ФК "Днiпро" Днiпропетровськ) is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.

1 History
2 Stadium
3 Honors
4 Squad
- 4.1 Transfers In 2007/2008
- 4.2 Transfers Out 2007/2008
5 Famous players
6 Coaches
7 League and Cup History
8 External links

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 competition under the name of Stal (Russian for steel) in 1936 in one of the lower divisions. In 1947, Stal merged with another club from Dnipropetrovsk, Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk. From 1949 until 1961, the team was called Metalurg (from English metal worker). In 1954, Metalurg Dnipropetrovsk reached the semi-finals of the USSR Cup, where it lost to Spartak 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 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 out of 16 teams in 1972.

In 1973 and 1976 Dnepr reached the semi-finals of the USSR Cup competition once again. In 1978 the team was relegated to the lower league for two years. Their next entrance was not 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 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 Evgeny Kucherevsky in 1988. During those years, the team featured many notable players such as Oleg Protasov, Gennadiy Litovchenko, Cherednik, and Tarans.

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 federation of the native country. It stayed as one of the contenders for the gold in the newly formed Ukrainian Premier League. The team received silver medals in 1993 as well as 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 Shakhtar Donetsk.

FC Dnipro is currently controlled by the Privat Group.

Main articles: Stadium Meteor

Currently Dnipro plays home fixtures at Stadium Meteor in Dnipropetrovsk. It was opened in 1966 and has undergone several renovations since, the last one being in 2001.

Capacity: 24381 all-seater
Pitch size: 105x68 m
Lighting: 1400 lux

Main articles: Dnipro Stadium

Due to a recent successful performance in domestic league and regular appearances in major European competitions the club became in need of larger, more modern venue. In April 2005 the FC Dnipro began a construction of their new arena, Dnipro Stadium. It is being built by Germany's largest construction company Hochtief and is planned to be finished in August 2007. Its planned capacity is 31,003 people. The estimated cost of construction is €40,000,000.

USSR Federation Cup: 2 (Record)

1986, 1989

USSR Championship: 2

1983, 1988

USSR Cup: 1

1989

USSR Super Cup: 1

1988

Runner-Up

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1

2006

Ukrainian Championship: 1

1993

Ukrainian Cup: 3

1995, 1997, 2004

USSR Championship: 2

1987, 1989

USSR Federation Cup: 1

1990

USSR Super Cup: 1

1983

Other

UEFA Champions League Quarterfinalist in 1985, 1990
USSR Championship 3rd place in 1984, 1985
Ukrainian Championship 3rd place in 1992, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2004.
Best Ukrainian club in USSR Championship in 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989

Squad is given according to the club's official website www.fcdnipro.dp.ua, as of August 3, 2007

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Maksym Startsev
2	DF	Dmitry Lentsevich
3	DF	Olexandr Hrytsay
4	DF	Bohdan Shershun
5	DF	Vyacheslav Sviderskyi
6	MF	Oleh Shelayev
7	MF	Mladen Bartulović
8	FW	Sergei Kornilenko
9	FW	Kostantyn Balabanov
10	FW	Sergei Samodin
11	FW	Andriy Vorobey
13	DF	Andrey Eschenko (on loan from FC Dynamo Kyiv)
15	DF	Serhiy Matiukhin

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Andriy Rusol
17	MF	Ruslan Bidnenko
19	DF	Vitaliy Denisov
20	MF	Jaba Kankava
21	MF	Oleksandr Maksymov
22	MF	Denys Andriyenko
23	GK	Vyacheslav Kernozenko
24	MF	Konstantyn Kravchenko
27	MF	Davidson Morais
28	MF	Serhiy Nazarenko
30	MF	Evhen Shahov
32	GK	Anton Kanibolotsky
39	MF	Dmytro Lepa

No.	Position	Player
—	FW	Andriy Vorobey (from FC Shakhtar Donetsk)
—	DF	Vyacheslav Sviderskyi (from FC Shakhtar Donetsk)
—	DF	Andrey Eschenko (on loan from FC Dynamo Kyiv)
—	MF	Oleksandr Maksymov (from FC Kharkiv)
—	DF	Dmitry Lentsevich (from FC Torpedo Moscow)

No.		Position	Player
—		DF	Volodymyr Yezerskiy (to FC Shakhtar Donetsk)
—		GK	Artem Kusliy (on loan to FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka)

Valery Lobanovsky (1969-1973)
Yozhef Sabo (1978-1980)
Vladimir Yemets and Gennadiy Zhizdik (1981-1986)
Evgeny Kucherevsky(1987-1992)
Nikolay Pavlov (1992-1994)
Bernd Stange (1995-1996)
Mykola Fedorenko(1999-2001)
Evgeny Kucherevsky(2001-2005)
Oleg Protasov (2006-)

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe
1992	1st	3	18	10	3	5	26	15	23	1/4 finals
1992-93	1st	2	30	18	8	4	51	20	44	1/8 finals
1993-94	1st	4	34	16	9	9	53	35	41	1/4 finals	UC	2nd round
1994-95	1st	3	34	19	8	7	60	33	65	Runner-up
1995-96	1st	3	34	19	6	9	65	34	63	1/4 finals
1996-97	1st	4	30	14	13	3	48	19	55	Runner-up
1997-98	1st	4	30	17	4	9	47	27	55	1/4 finals	UC	2nd qual round
1998-99	1st	12	30	9	5	16	28	46	32	1/8 finals
1999-00	1st	11	30	8	9	13	26	52	33	1/8 finals
2000-01	1st	3	26	17	4	5	37	18	55	1/2 finals
2001-02	1st	6	26	11	7	8	30	20	40	1/2 finals	UC	1st round
2002-03	1st	4	30	18	5	7	48	27	59	1/2 finals
2003-04	1st	3	30	16	9	5	44	23	57	Runner-up	UC	3rd round
2004-05	1st	4	30	13	9	8	38	34	48	1/2 finals	UC	Round of 32
2005-06	1st	6	30	11	10	9	33	23	43	1/8 finals	UC	Group stage
2006-07	1st	4	30	11	14	5	32	24	47	1/4 finals