Editing FC Dnipro (section)

===Dnepr / Dnipro===
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.