Meteor Stadium
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Location | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine |
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Owner | State company "Yuzhmash" |
Operator | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
Capacity | 24,381 (football) 120 (for VIP) 1038 (covered) |
Record attendance | 40,000 (1993, Dnipro-Dynamo)[1] |
Field size | 105m by 68m |
Surface | Grass (drainage system, heated) |
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Opened | 1966 |
Renovated | 2001 (latest) |
Tenants | |
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (1966-2008) Ukraine (2005) FC Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk (2008-2010) FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk (2010-2012) FC Illichivets Mariupol (2014-15) FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk (2015-16) |
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Website | |
Official website |
Stadium Meteor is a multi-purpose stadium in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. It is part of the Sports Complex Meteor and is a home of the Olympic and Paralympic teams of Ukraine with status national.
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Overview
It is used for various Olympic sports and football matches, and for quite some time was the home of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The stadium can hold 24,381 people. It has lighting 1,200 lux.
The main city club Dnipro relocated to Dnipro Stadium (which was built in place of the old Metalurh Stadium) after a long spell at the Meteor in 1966-2008.
The stadium also has athletics tracks, a badminton hall with four courts, a wrestling hall, three tennis courts and two weightlifting rooms.
History
The first football match was played on August 30, 1966 against Shinnik Yaroslavl which Dnipro won 3:1.[2]
On October 15, 1981 a major tragedy took place after a game of the 1981 Soviet Top League between Dnipro and Spartak Moscow, after which 11 people died during a mass exit from the stadium.[3]
References
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External links
- http://gorod.dp.ua/photo/usergorod/2008/10/20/20962.JPG
- Official website
- Main stadiums of Dnipropetrovsk. Forum of Dnipropetrovsk preservation.
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- ↑ 1993 match report Dnipro - Dynamo. FFU website.
- ↑ History section. Dnipro official website.
- ↑ Moskalenko, Dmytro. Mystery of Meteor. football.ua. October 25, 2011.
- Pages with reference errors
- Sport in Dnipropetrovsk
- Football venues in Ukraine
- Multi-purpose stadiums in Ukraine
- Buildings and structures in Dnipropetrovsk
- Athletics (track and field) venues in the Soviet Union
- Football venues in the Soviet Union
- Athletics (track and field) venues in Ukraine
- FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
- European sports venue stubs
- Ukrainian building and structure stubs
- Ukrainian sport stubs