Meteor Stadium () 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.History section. Dnipro official website.
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.Moskalenko, Dmytro. Mystery of Meteor. football.ua. October 25, 2011.
Games of the Ukraine national football team DateTypeHostScoreGuestGoalsAttendance 8 October 2005FIFA World Cup QualUEFA Group 2 2 – 2 Andriy Shevchenko Erjon Bogdani Erjon Bogdani Ruslan Rotan 24,000
References
External links http://gorod.dp.ua/photo/usergorod/2008/10/20/20962.JPG Official website Main stadiums of Dnipro. Forum of Dnipro preservation.