FC Olimpik Donetsk

FC Olimpik Donetsk

Full name	FC Olimpik Donetsk
Founded	2001
Ground	Sports Complex Olimpik, Donetsk
Capacity	3,000[1]
Chairman	Vladyslav Helzin
Manager	Roman Sanzhar
League	Ukrainian Premier League
2014–15	10th

FC Olimpik Donetsk (Ukrainian: «Олімпік» Донецьк [o'limpik doˈnɛt͡sʲk]) is a professional football team based in Donetsk, Ukraine. The club currently competes in the Ukrainian Premier League.

History

The football club Olimpik Donetsk was formed in 2001 along with a charity regional fund of football development.

The club was meant to rely on players from its academy.^[2] Olimpik Donetsk entered the professional competition in 2004. After six seasons Druha Liha Olympik became champions in the 2010–11 season and were promoted to the Persha Liha. Olympik became the champions of the 2013–14 Ukrainian First League and earned promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League.^[3] They play at their stadium "Olimpik".

The clubs has several youth teams that play in youth competitions under the name "Olimpik-UOR" (Olimpik – Uchylyshche of Olympiyskoho Rezervu).

Honours

• Ukrainian First League
  • Winners: 2013–14
• Ukrainian Second League – Group B
  • Winners: 2010–11

League and cup history

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
2004	4th (1st round)	4	6	1	2	3	9	14	5				obtained professional status during season
2004–05	3rd "C"	11	28	8	3	17	33	54	27
2005–06	3rd "C"	5	24	13	2	9	42	28	41	1/32 finals
2006–07	3rd "B"	10	28	8	8	12	35	41	32	1/16 finals
2007–08	3rd "B"	6	34	19	6	9	66	41	63	1/16 finals
2008–09	3rd "B"	6	34	16	9	9	55	32	57	1/32 finals
2009–10	3rd "B"	5	26	15	4	7	45	28	49	1/64 finals[4][5]
2010–11	3rd "B"	1	22	17	2	3	45	15	53	1/32 finals			Promoted
2011–12	2nd	12	34	11	7	16	38	44	40	1/32 finals
2012–13	2nd	11	34	15	4	15	34	37	49	1/32 finals
2013–14	2nd	1	30[6]	16	7	7	45	33	55	1/32 finals			Promoted
2014–15	1st	8	26	7	5	14	24	64	26	1/2 finals
2015–16	1st									1/8 finals

Players

Current squad

As of 25 February 2016^[7][8]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Zauri Makharadze 3 DF Temur Partsvaniya 4 DF Dmytro Hryshko (captain) 5 MF Vladyslav Ohirya 7 MF Maksym Drachenko 8 MF Volodymyr Doronin 9 DF Vitaliy Hoshkoderya 10 FW Vladyslav Helzin 11 MF Moha 14 MF Anton Postupalenko 15 MF Valeriy Lebed 16 GK Serhiy Litovchenko 17 MF Serhiy Shestakov 20 FW Ivan Matyazh

No. Position Player 21 FW Volodymyr Lysenko 23 DF Dmytro Nyemchaninov 24 DF Vitaliy Fedoriv 25 MF Ruslan Stepanyuk 26 MF Kyrylo Petrov 27 FW Denys Halenkov 30 MF Dmytro Bashlay 31 GK Yaroslav Kotlyarov 32 DF Vladis-Emmerson Illoy-Ayyet 33 DF Serhiy Borzenko 34 MF Volodymyr Tanchyk 44 DF Yevhen Tsymbalyuk 50 DF Sékou Condé 89 FW Oleksandr Volkov

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

• Head coach -- Roman Sanzhar
• Goalie coach -- Stanislav Tishchenko
• Fitness coach -- Oleksiy Zmiyevsky

Managers

• Ihor Petrov (2005–12)
• Roman Pylypchuk (2012–13)
• Roman Sanzhar (2013–)

Notes and references

1. Стадион донецкого Олимпика после реконструкции (Фото) [Stadium Olimpik Donetsk after reconstruction (Photo)]. stadiums.at.ua (in Ukrainian). 20 April 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
2. http://olimpik.com.ua/club/history
3. http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/5364de30.html
4. Olimpik Donetsk refused to arrive, explaining that its staff had to arrange Euro U-19 2009.
5. "Перший попередній етап Кубка України: тріумф господарів і трагедія хмельничан (First Preliminary Round Ukrainian Cup: hosts triumph and tragedy for Khmelnytskans)" (in Ukrainian). PFL. 2009-07-20. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
6. Olimpik Donetsk club's history. Official website.
7. http://olimpik.com.ua/club/membership
8. http://www.fpl.ua/eng/clubs/242/

External links

• (Russian) Official website of club