Field size 105m by 68m Opened 1966 Operator FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Capacity 24,381 Renovated 2001 (latest) | |
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Owner State company "Yuzhmash" Record attendance 40,000 (1993, Dnipro-Dynamo) Surface Grass (drainage system, heated) Similar Slavutych‑Arena, Dnipro‑Arena, Oleksiy Butovskyi Vorskla S, Shakhtar Stadium, Avanhard Stadium Lutsk | ||
Stadium Meteor is a multi-purpose stadium in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. It is part of the Sports Complex Meteor and is a home of the Olympic and Paralympic teams of Ukraine with status national.
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Overview
It is used for various Olympic sports and football matches, and for quite some time was the home of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The stadium can hold 24,381 people. It has lighting 1,200 lux.
The main city club 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 August 30, 1966 against Shinnik Yaroslavl which Dnipro won 3:1.
On October 15, 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.