Editing Dnipro (section)

===Sports===
[[File:Panoramio - V&A Dudush - Домашняя арена Днепра.jpg|thumb|[[Dnipro-Arena]]]]

[[FC Dnipro]] is the most successful [[association football|football]] club of the city.<ref name="kolomoyskiy492631Dnipro"/><ref name="DniproWilson2015may27"/><ref name="Dnipro2007aug28Wilson"/> It is a former second runner-up in the [[Ukrainian Premier League]] and in the [[UEFA Cup]] it reached and lost the [[2015 UEFA Europa League Final]].<ref name="DniproWilson2015may27">{{cite web|author=[[Jonathan Wilson (writer)|Jonathan Wilson]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/27/dnipro-dnipropetrovsk-sevilla-europa-league-final-match-report|title=Carlos Bacca double breaks Dnipro hearts for Sevilla to make history|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=27 May 2015|access-date=4 November 2022|language=English}}</ref><ref name="kolomoyskiy492631Dnipro"/> It also was the only Soviet team to win the [[USSR Federation Cup]] twice. The club was owned by the [[Privat Group]].<ref name="Dnipro2007aug28Wilson"/> The club has been inactive since 2019.<ref name="kolomoyskiy492631Dnipro">{{cite web |url=https://focus.ua/uk/sport/492631-ne-soskuchilsya-po-futbolu-kolomoyskiy-otricaet-otnoshenie-k-dnepru-1|title="Didn't miss football": Kolomoyskyi denies the "Dnipro-1"|publisher=[[Focus (Ukrainian magazine)|Focus]]|date=13 September 2021|access-date=4 November 2022|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://football24.ua/kolomoyskiy_anonsuvav_vidnovlennya_dnipra_n565080|title= Kolomoisky announced the restoration of Dnipro|publisher={{ill|Football 24|uk|Футбол 24}} |date=21 October 2019|access-date=4 November 2022|language=uk}}</ref> Note: A [[bandy]] team, a basketball team and others use the same name.

Other local football clubs include: FC Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk and [[FC Spartak Dnipropetrovsk]], both of which have large fan bases. [[SC Dnipro-1]] is another team emerged in 2017.<ref name="skdnipro1tid1334">{{cite web |url=https://football24.ua/sk_dnipro_1_tid1334/|title=SC Dnipro-1 profile, statistics and news|publisher={{ill|Football 24|uk|Футбол 24}} |access-date=4 November 2022|language=uk}}</ref> SC Dnipro-1 established itself as the most successful club in town; playing in the Ukrainian Premier League, the [[UEFA Europa League]] and the [[UEFA Europa Conference League]].<ref name="skdnipro1tid1334"/>

In 2008 the city built a new soccer stadium; the [[Dnipro-Arena]] has a capacity of 31,003 people and was built as a replacement for Dnipro's old stadium, [[Stadium Meteor]].<ref name="Dnipro2007aug28Wilson">{{cite web|author=[[Jonathan Wilson (writer)|Jonathan Wilson]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/aug/28/europeanfootball.dniprodnipropetrovsk|title=Three's a crowd for Dynamo and Shakhtar|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=28 August 2007|access-date=4 November 2022|language=English}}</ref> 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]] [[UEFA Euro 2012 bids|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 name="Dnipro256553euro2012">{{cite web |url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/kiev-and-donetsk-likely-for-euro-2012-others-uncertain.256553|title=Kiev and Donetsk likely for Euro 2012, others uncertain|publisher=[[Times of Malta]]|date=12 May 2009|access-date=4 November 2022|language=English}}</ref> The city is home to [[BC Dnipro]], champion of the [[2019–20 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague]]. The team plays its home games at the ''Palace of Sports Shynnik''.

The city is the centre of Ukrainian [[bandy]]. The [[Ukrainian Federation of Bandy and Rink-Bandy]] has its office in the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ukrbandy.org.ua/about_en.html |title=Ukrainian bandy and rink-bandy federation. About Federation |publisher=Ukrbandy.org.ua |access-date=12 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223045433/http://www.ukrbandy.org.ua/about_en.html |archive-date=23 February 2014}}</ref> The foremost local bandy club is [[Dnipro (bandy)|Dnipro]], which won the [[List of Ukrainian bandy champions|Ukrainian championship]] in 2014.