Dnipro-1

The club owners are Maksym Bereza and Andriy Rusol, with Hennadiy Polonskyi recognized as one of the founders. Former Ukrainian international footballer Andriy Rusol became the executive director in 2019, following the bankruptcy of FC Dnipro, where he had previously played and served as an executive for six years. SC Dnipro-1 adopted an emblem and name similar to the Special Tasks Patrol Police Dnipro-1, which features the Lisovskyi tryzub. The Dnipro-1 Ukrainian volunteer battalion, formed during the initial phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War (War in Donbas), was once led by Maksym Bereza's father Yuriy Bereza.

The Professional Football League of Ukraine approved the admission of the club to the professional league system on 21 June 2017.

On 6 July 2017, it was announced that SC Dnipro-1 would adopt the FC Dnipro football school. The same day, the club announced its squad for the upcoming 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League season, which included well-known Ukrainian footballers such as Yevhen Cheberyachko, Serhiy Kravchenko and many others.

SC Dnipro-1 played its first professional match on 9 July 2017, against FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup. The club's first official league match took place a week later, on July 15, 2017, against FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League. During that season, Dnipro-1 made history by becoming only the second club to reach the Ukrainian Cup semifinals while competing in the third tier. The team also secured promotion by finishing first in its group.

As champions of the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League, SC Dnipro-1 earned promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL) in 2019.

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Dnipro-1 played its 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League matches at Košická futbalová aréna in Košice, Slovakia. The club conducted training sessions in nearby Malá Ida and fulfilled its domestic league fixtures in Uzhhorod. Many first-team members temporarily relocated to Košice for the duration of the campaign.

In the 2023–24 season, Dnipro-1, as runners-up in the 2022-23 UPL, set a new record among Ukrainian clubs by being eliminated from all three European club competitions within a single month. Additionally, FIFA imposed a transfer ban on the club during the 2023–24 winter break following legal disputes with former manager Igor Jovicevic. Oleksandr Kucher also revealed he had not received compensation from the club but chose not to pursue legal arbitration with the club. Despite these challenges, the team finished fourth in the league, securing a place in the Conference League second qualifying round.

Before the start of the 2024–25 season, speculation regarding SC Dnipro-1's financial insolvency. On 9 July 2024, the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL) set the player registration dates for participating clubs, including Dnipro-1, Polissia, Kryvbas, Shakhtar, and Dynamo, with registration scheduled for 15 July 2024. However, by 16 July, Dnipro-1 failed to register its players, prompting the UPL to convene a general meeting. At the meeting, it was decided to petition the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) to revoke Dnipro-1’s professional status and propose replacing the team's spot in the UPL with one of four other clubs: Mynai, Metalist 1925, Epitsentr, or Livyi Bereh.

On 18 July 2024, the UAF responded to the UPL, stating it could not permit Dnipro-1's permission to operate professionally, as the club met all minimum requirements. Nevertheless, the UPL retained the authority to bar the club from its competitions. On 19 July 2024, a subsequent general meeting approved Dnipro-1's request to withdraw from the League. The participants submitted two replacement proposals to the UAF Executive Committee: (1) award Mynai the spot, as they received the most votes, or (2) hold a transitional tournament involving the four candidate teams..

On July 22, 2024, the UEFA Appeals Committee declared Dnipro-1's remaining matches in the Conference League second qualifying round as forfeits by the club.