Editing Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (section)

==Sport==
[[File:Dnipro Arena.JPG|thumb|[[Dnipro Arena]] in [[Dnipro]].]]
Region houses the [[Ukrainian Premier League]] [[football (soccer)|football]] club, [[FC Dnipro]]. This club, commonly seen as representing the [[Dnipro|city]] at large, holds a record for being the only Soviet team to win the USSR Federation Cup twice; since independence they have gone on to win the [[Ukrainian Premier League|Ukrainian Championship]] once and the Ukrainian League Cup three times. Kryvyi Rih was home to the [[Football (soccer)|football]] team [[FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (1959–2013)|Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih]]. [[FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih]] is a club based in Kryvyi Rih. The club currently competes in the [[Ukrainian First League]]. It is part of the Sports Club Hirnyk which combines several other sections. The club's owner is the Kryvyi Rih Iron Ore Combine (KZRK), the biggest subterranean mining public company in Ukraine.
[[SC Kryvbas]] is a professional basketball club. Achievements of the team are winning the [[Ukrainian Basketball League]] in 2009, and winning the Higher League in 2003 and 2004. Since 2010 the team is active in the [[Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague]].

Recently built [[Dnipro-Arena]] has a capacity of 31,003 people. The Dnipro-Arena hosted the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] qualification game between [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] and [[England national football team|England]] on 10 October 2009. The Dnipro Arena was initially chosen as one of the Ukrainian venues for their joint Euro 2012 bid with Poland. However, it was dropped from the list in May 2009 as the capacity fell short of the minimum 33,000 seats required by [[UEFA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/feedarticle/8499613|title=Kiev and Donetsk likely for Euro 2012, others uncertain|publisher=Guardian.co.uk|access-date=28 November 2014}}</ref>

Dnipropetrovsk has a regional federation within Ukrainian [[bandy]] and [[Rink bandy|Rink Bandy]] Federation.
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