Meteor Stadium

Meteor Stadium (Template:Langx) is a multi-purpose stadium in Dnipro, Ukraine. 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 Spartak Moscow, after which 11 people died during a mass exit from the stadium.

Games of the Ukraine national football team

Date	Type	Host	Score	Guest	Goals	Attendance
8 October 2005	FIFA World Cup Qual UEFA Group 2	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Ukraine	flag alias = Flag of Ukraine.svg	flag alias-1918 = Flag of Ukrainian People's Republic 1917.svg	flag alias-1991 = Flag of Ukraine (1991–1992).svg	flag alias-1991b = Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949–1991).svg	flag alias-army = Ensign of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.svg	flag alias-military = Ensign of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.svg	link alias-military = Armed Forces of Ukraine	flag alias-marines = Flag of the Ukrainian Naval Infantry.svg	link alias-marines = Ukrainian Marine Corps	link alias-army = Ukrainian Ground Forces	flag alias-coast guard = Sea Guard Ensign of Ukraine (dress).svg	link alias-coast guard = Ukrainian Sea Guard	flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Ukraine.svg	flag alias-naval-1918 = Naval Ensign of Ukraine 1918 July.svg	link alias-naval = Ukrainian Navy	flag alias-air force = Ensign of the Ukrainian Air Force.svg	link alias-air force = Ukrainian Air Force	flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Ukraine.svg	link alias-navy = Ukrainian Navy	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	2 – 2	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Albania	flag alias = Flag of Albania.svg	flag alias-1914 = Flag of Albania (1914–1920).svg	flag alias-1914a= Regentaschapalbanievlag.gif	flag alias-1920 = Flag of Albania (1920–1926).svg	flag alias-1926 = Flag of Albania (1926–1928).svg	flag alias-1928 = Flag of Albania (1934–1939).svg	flag alias-1939 = Flag of Albania (1939–1943).svg	flag alias-1943 = Flag of Albania (1943–1944).svg	flag alias-1944 = Flag of Albania 1944.svg	flag alias-1946 = Flag of Albania (1946–1992).svg	flag alias-1992 = Flag of Albania (1992–2002).svg	flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Albania.svg	flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Albania.svg	link alias-naval = Albanian Naval Force	link alias-army = Albanian Land Force	flag alias-army=Albanian Land Forces insignia.svg	border-army=	flag alias-air force=Albanian Air Forces insignia.svg	link alias-air force=Albanian Air Force	border-air force=	flag alias-navy=Albanian Naval Forces insignia.svg	link alias-navy=Albanian Naval Force	border-navy=	link alias-military = Albanian Armed Forces	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	Andriy Shevchenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Erjon Bogdani File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Erjon Bogdani File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' Ruslan Rotan File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	24,000

External links

• http://gorod.dp.ua/photo/usergorod/2008/10/20/20962.JPG
• Official website
• Main stadiums of Dnipro. Forum of Dnipro preservation.