FC Lviv

FC Lviv
Full name Football Club Lviv
Founded 2006
Dissolved 2012
Ground Lofort Arena, Dobromyl, Lviv Oblast
Ground Capacity 3,220
Chairman Ukraine Jaroslav Hrys'o
Head Coach Ukraine Volodymyr Zhuravchak
League Ukrainian First League
2010–11 5th

FC Lviv (Ukrainian: ФК «Львів») is a name of two Ukrainian football teams that used to play in the Ukrainian football competitions. One existed from 1992 through 2001 and later merged with Karpaty Lviv, another that existed from 2006 withdrew from competitions in 2012.

History

FC Lviv (1992–2001)

Club emblem

From 1992 until 2001 there existed a club in Lviv with the same name. As amateurs this team won the Lviv Amateur Cup and were Lvivska Oblast Champions. The club entered the professional ranks in 1993 and progressed from the Ukrainian Third League to the Ukrainian First League until it was taken over by FC Karpaty Lviv in 2001 and renamed and converted to their 2nd squad or Reserve team, FC Karpaty-2 Lviv. This club still holds the record for being the only team from outside the Ukrainian Premier League that has progressed twice to the quarterfinals of the Ukrainian Cup competition.

FC Lviv (2006–2012)

The current FC Lviv is unrelated to the club that played in Lviv from 1992–2001. The current club was founded in May 2006. Tha club entered the Persha Liha as a replacement for the bankrupt club FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi, which also represented Lviv Oblast.

In its debut season FC Lviv reached 11th place and scored 45 goals. At the start of the next season, in the beginning of September 2007, the club moved to the newly built stadium Kniazha Arena in Dobromyl, west of Sambir. This arena was constructed by and named after Ukrainian insurance company Knyazha, who is the club's main sponsor. The previous home ground of the club was SKA Stadium in Lviv which fell out of favor with the FFU, PFL.

In 2007–08 season FC Lviv finished 2nd in the Persha Liha and were promoted to the Premier Liha for the first time in their history, making the club one of the founders of the newly formed Premier League. In 2008–09 FC Lviv, despite a sensational opening 2–0 win against Shakhtar, were relegated to the Persha Liha. The decisive match for them happened in the last round against another Lviv team Karpaty in the Lviv derby when they lost 2–1. The club's first, and only, season in the Premier League was spent at The Ukraina Stadium together with Karpaty under a lease contract.

In 2009, the city of Lviv lent the former land property of LORTA Plant for rent to FC Lviv. Out of 3.0542 ha FC Lviv receives 2.9 ha in rent until the spring of 2019 and the rest for only five years.[1]

Sponsors

The main sponsor is Knyazha, other sponsors are Dobromyl, Persha (brewery) and the technical sponsor is Lotto.

Football kits and sponsors

Years[2] Football kit Shirt sponsor
2008–2009 lotto КНЯЖА
VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP

Honours

Runners Up 2007/08

League and Cup history

FC Lviv (1993–2001)

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
1993–94 4th 4 34 20 8 6 57 33 48 1/16 finals Promoted
1994–95 3rd 2 42 30 3 9 73 39 93 1/64 finals Promoted
1995–96 2nd 11 42 18 8 16 55 42 62 1/32 finals
1996–97 2nd 8 46 20 9 17 56 43 22 1/16 finals
1997–98 2nd 15 42 16 6 20 65 54 54 1/32 finals
1998–99 2nd 7 38 15 12 11 58 43 57 1/16 finals[3]
1999-00 2nd 7 34 13 12 9 34 31 51 1/4 finals
2000–01 2nd 5 34 17 7 10 40 31 58 1/4 finals [4]
2001– refer to FC Karpaty-2 Lviv

FC Lviv (2006–2012)

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
Previous Refer to FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi
2005–06 2nd 6 34 14 10 10 35 33 52 1/8 finals as Hazovyk Skala-Stryi
2006–07 2nd 11 36 13 8 15 45 45 47 1/8 finals [5]
2007–08 2nd 2 38 23 5 10 58 29 74 1/8 finals Promoted
2008–09 1st 15 30 6 8 16 24 39 26 1/8 finals Relegated
2009–10 2nd 4 34 19 6 9 49 22 63 1/32 finals
2010–11 2nd 5 34 17 8 9 52 28 59 1/32 finals
2011–12 2nd 17 34 6 3 25 21 79 21 1/32 finals Withdrew

Coaches

See also

References

  1. ↑ PFL web-site
  2. ↑ Jerseys of Ukrainian clubs
  3. ↑ Technical defeat in 2nd leg after winning first leg 2–1 against FC Metalist Kharkiv
  4. ↑ Club taken over and renamed FC Karpaty-2 Lviv
  5. ↑ The club took over operations of FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi, which was under financial duress and moved to Lviv
  6. ↑ as the coach of Hazovyk Skala Stryi
  7. ↑ FC Lviv Unveils New Coaching Team 15 October 2008
  8. ↑ PFL website
  9. ↑ Роман Марич: "Фінансування "Львова" буде покращуватися й команда прогресуватиме" [Roman Marych: Financing FC Lviv will improve and the team will progress] (in Ukrainian). ua.football.com. 26 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)

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