Editing FC Dnipro (section)

==Infrastructure==
[[File:Dnipro Dnipro Training Base 1.jpg|thumb|Admin buildings of the FC Dnipro training grounds]]
===Reserves and the Academy===
{{also|FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk|FC Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk|FC Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk}}
Soon after being promoted to the Pervaya Liga ([[Soviet First League]]), in 1971<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180514072712/http://www.fcdnipro.ua/ru/club/base/ The FC Dnipro training grounds]. www.fcdnipro.ua.</ref><ref>[https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1113052258-baza-dnepra-v-pridneprovske-proshloe-nastoyaschee-buduschee.html База "Днепра" в Приднепровске: прошлое, настоящее, будущее] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121042438/https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1113052258-baza-dnepra-v-pridneprovske-proshloe-nastoyaschee-buduschee.html |date=21 January 2021 }}. www.ua-football.com. 9 April 2005</ref> FC Dnipro built its own training grounds in a remote neighborhood of [[Dnipro]], [[Samarskyi District|Prydniprovsk]]. Until 1971, the senior team's reserves were based at the Yuzhmash resort "Dubrava".

===Stadiums===
{{Main|Meteor Stadium|Dnipro Arena}}
[[File:Meteor Stadium.jpg|200px|thumb|Old [[Meteor Stadium]]]]

Since 1966, Dnipro's home was [[Meteor Stadium]] in Dnipropetrovsk. Prior to that, the club played at the Metalurh Stadium (formerly Stal Stadium). Meteor Stadium was built by the Soviet rocket company [[Yuzhmash]] on the original site and has undergone several renovations since, the last one being in 2001. In 2002, however, after several spells in European competitions, it became clear that the club needed a new modern venue. Thus, in 2005, Pryvat Group started construction of [[Dnipro-Arena|Dnipro Arena]] in the centre of the city. The club played its last game at Meteor on 2 September 2008, against [[Metalist Kharkiv]].

In April 2005, the club's new arena broke ground. It was constructed by Germany's largest construction company [[Hochtief]]. The construction itself took three years and four months, but a nine-month delay occurred due to a land dispute over a site where the stadium's car park was planned. The stadium's final capacity is 31,003 people and the initial estimated cost of the construction was set at €40&nbsp;million.

The stadium was opened on 15 September 2008. The opening ceremony featured a speech by [[President of Ukraine|Ukrainian president]] [[Viktor Yushchenko]], a concert performance by a number of famous Ukrainian musicians and two football matches: Veterans of [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] vs. [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] veterans, and Dnipro against Dynamo Kyiv. As a gift to the club from the city, the street that the stadium is situated on was renamed into Kucherevskyi Boulevard, in honour of Dnipro's late coach [[Yevhen Kucherevskyi]]. Dnipro played their first official game on 29 September 2008 against their local rivals [[FC Metalurh Zaporizhya|Metalurh Zaporizhya]], but Dnipro lost 1–2. They set a new attendance record for the Ukrainian Premier League [[Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09|2008–09 season]] at 31,000 spectators.

Since the beginning of the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]], Dnipro have played their European matches at the [[Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex|Olympic Stadium]] in [[Kyiv]] at the behest of [[UEFA]], although there has been comparatively less conflict in Dnipropetrovsk than other areas.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dnipro qualifier moved to Kiev|url=https://www.espnfc.com/uefa-champions-league/story/1957894/uefa-orders-dnipro-dnipropetrovsk-to-play-copenhagen-champions-league-game-in-kiev|access-date=15 May 2015|agency=[[Press Association]]|publisher=ESPN|date=23 July 2014|archive-date=23 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523054847/http://www.espnfc.com/uefa-champions-league/story/1957894/uefa-orders-dnipro-dnipropetrovsk-to-play-copenhagen-champions-league-game-in-kiev|url-status=live}}</ref>