FC Poltava
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| Full name | FC Poltava |
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| Founded | June 5, 2007[1] |
| Ground | Lokomotiv Stadium |
| Capacity | 2,500 |
| Chairman | Leonid Sobolev |
| Head coach | Yuriy Yaroshenko |
| League | Persha Liha |
| 2015–16 | 10th |
FC Poltava (Ukrainian: ФК Полтава, FC Poltava; Russian: ФК Полтава, FC Poltava) is a Ukrainian football club based in Poltava.
History
The club was created by the newly elected mayor of the Poltava city Andriy Matkovsky (2006-2010) who is the club's Honorary President and the main sponsor. FC Poltava entered the professional leagues for the 2007–08 season in the Druha Liha B. The team started the season trepidly but in the second half they improved a great deal.
The teams goal is to train players for the teams of the Premier League and First League.[2] The club also has intentions to reestablish the forgotten Poltava derby that in the Soviet times took place between teams of Kolkhospnyk (today's Vorskla) and Lokomotyv. FC Poltava has an agreement of cooperation with the local Horpynka sports school. In summer of 2010 the club announced of its withdrawal from the professional football due to a biased attitude from the PFL of Ukraine, particularly its refereeing.[3] After some talks with several state officials and from Ministry of sport a consensus was found. It was decided that the club would continue its participation in the Second League.
Home uniforms are dark green.
Honours
- Champions 2011–12 Group B
- Runners-up 2008–09, 2010–11 Group B
Players
- As of 21 September 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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List of head coaches
- 2007–2009: Oleksandr Omelchuk
- 2009–2010: Ivan Shariy (caretaker)
- 2010–2010: Yuriy Malyhin
- 2010–2013: Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi
- 2013–2015: Ilya Blyznyuk
- 2015: Oleh Fedorchuk[4]
- 2015–2016 Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi[5]
- 2016: Andriy Zavyalov (caretaker)
- 2016–present: Yuriy Yaroshenko
League and cup history
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 2007–08 3rd "B" 11 34 11 10 13 36 51 43 Did not enter 2008–09 3rd "B" 2 34 21 9 4 52 23 72 1/32 finals 2009–10 3rd "B" 3 26 16 6 4 34 16 54 1/16 finals 2010–11 3rd "B" 2 22 15 3 4 41 24 48 1/8 finals 2011–12 3rd "B" 1 26 18 5 3 50 18 59 1/16 finals Promoted[6] 2012–13 2nd 13 34 11 12 11 35 35 45 1/32 finals 2013–14 2nd 4 30 14 4 12 36 34 46 1/16 finals 2014–15 2nd 10 30 11 9 10 29 27 42 1/8 finals 2015–16 2nd 10 30 10 8 12 29 32 38 1/32 finals 2016–17 2nd 1/4 finals
Notes and references
- ↑ UA-Футбол: З днем народження, ФК "Полтава"!
- ↑ History of the club from the official website
- ↑ Official announcement: "FC Poltava withdraws from the competition (Russian)
- ↑ ФК "Полтава" уволил главного тренера (FC Poltava fired its head coach). UA-Football. 1 September 2015
- ↑ Bezsmertny profile on FC Poltava website
- ↑ Lost to FC Sumy in Championship game 2–1