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FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk (Ukrainian: Сталь Дніпродзержинськ) is a Ukrainian football club located in Dniprodzerzhynsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine
[edit] History
The club was founded in 1926 under the name of Metalist. Later the name was changed to Dzerzhiynka. The team entered Soviet competitions under the name of Dzerzhynsky Memorial Factory, but soon changed to Stal and competed until 1948. In 1978, under the name of Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk, the team was reorganized and 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 again 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.
Stal finish in 20th place (bottom) in the 2007/08 season and were relegated.
[edit] Colors and badge
Club's colors are silver, blue and white.
[edit] Honors
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- 2003/04 Champions Group C
[edit] League and Cup History
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| Season |
Div. |
Pos. |
Pl. |
W |
D |
L |
GS |
GA |
P |
Domestic Cup |
Europe |
Notes |
| 2001-02 |
3rd "C" |
12 |
34 |
11 |
7 |
16 |
29 |
47 |
40 |
Did not enter |
|
|
|
| 2002-03 |
3rd "C" |
5 |
28 |
16 |
4 |
8 |
35 |
22 |
52 |
1/32 finals |
|
|
|
| 2003-04 |
3rd "C" |
1 |
30 |
23 |
6 |
1 |
53 |
16 |
75 |
1/32 finals |
|
|
|
| 2004-05 |
2nd |
9 |
34 |
14 |
7 |
13 |
42 |
47 |
49 |
1/16 finals |
|
|
|
| 2005-06 |
2nd |
8 |
34 |
13 |
9 |
12 |
34 |
29 |
48 |
1/8 finals |
|
|
|
| 2006-07 |
2nd |
9 |
36 |
15 |
8 |
13 |
42 |
37 |
53 |
1/4 finals |
|
|
|
| 2007-08 |
2nd |
20 |
38 |
3 |
11 |
24 |
23 |
58 |
20 |
1/32 finals |
|
|
Relegated |
| 2008-09 |
3rd "B" |
3 |
34 |
21 |
7 |
6 |
62 |
29 |
70 |
1/32 finals |
|
|
|
[edit] Current Squad
Squad is given according to the club's Official website [1], as of August 15, 2008.
[edit] Outgoing Transfers 2008-09
[edit] Incoming Transfers 2008-09
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
Maxim Zavgorodny
