FC Lehioner Dnipro
| Full name | FC Lehioner Dnipro | ||
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| Founded | November 2017 | ||
| Ground | Olimpiyski Rezervy Stadium, Dnipro | ||
| Capacity | 300 | ||
| Chairman | Yana Nyarko | ||
| Manager | Bright John Nyarko | ||
| League | Ukrainian Football Amateur League | ||
| 2021–22 | 8th of 9 in Group 3 | ||
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FC Lehioner Dnipro (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб «Легіонер») was a Ukrainian football club from the city of Dnipro. The team played in the Ukrainian Amateur championship.
History
[edit]Club was formed by a Ghanaian student Bright John Nyarko and his Ukrainian wife Yana in November 2017 in Dnipro. She became club's chairman and he became manager.[1] A month later club was playing in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast championship. In 2019 they made debut in Amateur championship, where they played for three years.[2]
In early 2022 twenty-nine out of thirty-two players at the club were foreign players. They included players from Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina-Faso, Angola, Tunis, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Japan and Ukraine.
References
[edit]- ^ Valerko, Artur (18 January 2020). ""Футболісти моляться, щоб Бог благословив їх на гру та дав мудрості суддям". Жінка-президент, "Мессі-барбер" і 21 легіонер – у команді "Легіонер"" [“Footballers pray that God blesses them for the game and gives wisdom to the referees.” A female president, “Messi the barber,” and 21 legionnaires are in the “Legioner” team]. sportarena.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ Valerko, Artur (15 February 2022). "Легіонер (Дніпро) - 8 місце Групи 3 під час зимової перерви" [Legionary (Dnipro) - 8th place in Group 3 during the winter break]. aafu.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 11 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Profile Archived 14 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine at AAFU