FC Dnipro

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Football Club Dnipro (Ukrainian: Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», romanized: [fʊdˈbɔlʲnɪj ˈklub d⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾iˈprɔ] ) was a Ukrainian and Soviet football club based in Dnipro. The club played its last season in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur League. The club was owned by Ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoyskyi. In 2018, FC Dnipro was forced into bankruptcy by FIFA due to multiple legal claims for failing to pay the promised monetary compensation to players and managers. SC Dnipro-1 formerly existed as an unofficial successor. The club was founded in 1918. During the Soviet era, the club was a member of the Soviet Volunteer Sports Society "Metallurg" (therefore it carried names Metallurg/Metalurh and Stal) and until 1961 was under sponsorship of the Petrovsky Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Plant. After that, the club was sponsored by the Southern Machine-building Plant Yuzhmash and carried both names, Russian Dnepr and Ukrainian Dnipro, while Dnepr was also used for international competitions. During...

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