FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk

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Stal

Full name

Founded

1926, reorganised in 1998

Ground

Metalurh Stadium
(Capacity 2,900)

Chairman

Maxim Zavgorodny

Head Coach

Yuriy Pogrebnyak

League

Persha Liha

2006–07

9th





Home colours





Away colours

FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk is a Ukrainian football club located in Dniprodzerzhynsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1926 under the name of Metalist. In 1978, under the name of Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk, the team won the Ukrainian championship for sports clubs and was promoted to the Soviet Second League. The club's best achievement was 12th place in the 1982-83 season, and it was soon relegated in 1985.

In 1994, the club became almost defunct. In 1998, the team was reorganized under the current name, Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk. The team became one of the strongest in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and in 2001, it was promoted to the Ukrainian amateur championship. In the same year, Stal won the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Cup and was promoted to the Druha Liha B. In the 2003-04 season, Stal became the champions of the division and were promoted to the Persha Liha.