FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk

Stal
Full name FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
Founded 1926, reorganized in 1998
Ground Metalurh Stadium
Ground Capacity 2,900
Chairman Vardan Israeltian
Head Coach Erik van der Meer
League Ukrainian Premier League
2014–15 Ukrainian First League, 2nd (promoted)

FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk (Ukrainian: Сталь Дніпродзержинськ) is a professional Ukrainian football club located in Dniprodzerzhynsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. The club currently competes in the Ukrainian Premier League.[1]

The club is sponsored by the Dnieper Metallurgical Combine of Dzerzhynsky (DMKD) which is a member of the Industrial Union of Donbas (ISD).

History

The club was founded in 1926 under the name of Metalist. Later the name was changed to Dzerzhiynka. The team entered Soviet competitions under the name of Dzerzhynsky Memorial Factory, but soon changed to Stal and competed until 1948. In 1978, under the name of Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk, the team was reorganized and won the Ukrainian championship for sports clubs and was promoted to the Soviet Second League. The club's best achievement was 12th place in the 1982–83 season, and it was soon relegated in 1985.

In 1994, the club became almost defunct. In 1998, the team was reorganized again under the current name, Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk. The team became one of the strongest in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and in 2001, it was promoted to the Ukrainian amateur championship. In the same year, Stal won the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Cup and was promoted to the Druha Liha B. In the 2003–04 season, Stal became the champions of the division and were promoted to the Persha Liha.

Stal finish in 20th place (bottom) in the 2007–08 season and were relegated Ukrainian Second League.

After a six season absence the club was promoted to Ukrainian First League in 2014.[2] In 2015 the club was set to merge with FC Metalurh Donetsk.[1] However on 11 July 2015 Metalurh declared bankruptcy, citing the economic difficulties caused by the War in Donbass.[1] FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk did take Metalurh's place in the Ukrainian Premier League.[1]

Colors and badge

Club's colors are silver, blue and white.

Players

Current squad

As of 30 March 2016[3][4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 Ukraine DF Artem Baranovskyi
4 Ukraine DF Anton Kravchenko
6 Ukraine MF Maksym Kalenchuk (captain)
7 Ukraine DF Serhiy Voronin
8 Armenia MF Gor Malakyan
10 Serbia MF Đorđe Lazić
11 Ukraine FW Yevhen Budnik (on loan from Vorskla)
12 Ukraine GK Oleksandr Bandura
17 Nigeria DF Akeem Latifu
18 Armenia MF Edgar Malakyan
19 Ukraine DF Serhiy Pshenychnykh
21 Ukraine MF Valeriy Kucherov
No. Position Player
25 Ukraine MF Oleksandr Kozak
32 Ukraine DF Mykola Ischenko
37 Brazil DF Gabriel
39 Ukraine MF Denys Vasin
51 Armenia DF Artur Danielyan
64 Ukraine GK Herman Penkov
79 Ukraine GK Yuriy Pankiv
88 Ukraine FW Maryan Mysyk
91 Ukraine MF Roman Karasyuk
93 Ukraine FW Roman Debelko
94 Ukraine MF Maksym Zaderaka
99 Curaçao FW Guyon Fernandez

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
No. Position Player

Coaching

Presidents

Honors

League and cup history

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
1992–93 4 10 26 6 11 9 30 30 23
2001 4 2 4 2 1 1 5 4 7 applied to Second League
2001–02 3rd "C" 12 34 11 7 16 29 47 40 Did not enter
2002–03 3rd "C" 5 28 16 4 8 35 22 52 1/32 finals
2003–04 3rd "C" 1 30 23 6 1 53 16 75 1/32 finals Promoted
2004–05 2nd 9 34 14 7 13 42 47 49 1/16 finals
2005–06 2nd 8 34 13 9 12 34 29 48 1/8 finals
2006–07 2nd 9 36 15 8 13 42 37 53 1/4 finals
2007–08 2nd 20 38 3 11 24 23 58 20 1/32 finals Relegated
2008–09 3rd "B" 3 34 21 7 6 62 29 70 1/32 finals
2009–10 3rd "B" 4 26 15 6 5 38 23 51 1/16 finals
2010–11 3rd "B" 4 22 10 7 5 32 18 37 1/16 finals
2011–12 3rd "B" 6 26 15 3 8 34 19 48 1/8 finals
2012–13 3rd "B" 8 24 10 3 11 47 30 33 1/16 finals
3rd "4" 2 32 15 4 13 63 40 49 Stage 2[5]
2013–14 3rd 2 36 23 8 5 81 32 77 1/16 finals Promoted
2014–15 2nd 2 30 17 9 4 45 21 60 1/8 finals Promoted
2015–16 1st 1/4 finals

See also

External links

References and notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk – A Poor State Of Affairs, Futbolgrad (16 July 2015)
  2. ↑ Вперше в історії Сталь з Дніпродзержинська вийшла до УПЛ [Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk moves to First League] (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  3. ↑ http://fcstal.com.ua/ua/players
  4. ↑ Team squad – Ukrainian Premier League website
  5. ↑ Competition held in two stages. Points from Stage One carried over
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