Meteor Stadium () is a
multi-purpose stadium
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in
Dnipro,
Ukraine
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. It is part of the
Sports Complex Meteor and is a home of the Olympic and Paralympic teams of Ukraine with status ''national''.
Overview
It is used for various Olympic sports and
football matches, and for quite some time was the home of
FC Dnipro. The stadium can hold 24,381 people. It has lighting 1,200
lux.
The main city club
FC 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 30 August 1966 against
Shinnik Yaroslavl which Dnipro won 3:1.
On 15 October 1981, a major tragedy took place after a game of the
1981 Soviet Top League between Dnipro and
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* FC Spartak Moscow, an association football club
* HC Spartak Moscow, a professional ice hockey team
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, after which 11 people died during a mass exit from the stadium.
[Moskalenko, Dmytro. ]
Mystery of Meteor
'. football.ua. October 25, 2011.
Games of the
Ukraine national football team
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References
External links
* http://gorod.dp.ua/photo/usergorod/2008/10/20/20962.JPG
Official website Forum of Dnipro preservation.
{{FC Dnipro
1966 establishments in Ukraine
Sport in Dnipro
Football venues in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Multi-purpose stadiums in Ukraine
Buildings and structures in Dnipro
Athletics (track and field) venues in the Soviet Union
Football venues in the Soviet Union
Athletics (track and field) venues in Ukraine
FC Dnipro
Sports venues in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast