The Legionary football club was founded by a Ghanaian student in Ukraine, Nyarko Bright and his wife Nyarko Yana,
in November 2017.
The team consists of real legionaires and was assembled from students of Dnipro higher educational institutions, mainly from Ghana, as well as from Nigeria, Angola and other African countries.
The first debut tournament for "legionaries" was the "Tournament in memory of M. Bely", which traditionally takes place in the winter during the inter-seasonal period, under the auspices of the Football Federation of the Dnipropetrovsk region (FFDO). All participants of the tournament in the principle of sports were divided into 3 groups: A, B and Group C - in which FC Legionary got.
The first match in the history of the club took place on December 9, 2017, "legionaries" won this match with a scores of 4: 0.