FC Vorskla Poltava

Vorskla
Full name Football Club Vorskla Poltava
Nickname(s) Zeleno-Bili (Green-Whites)
Founded 1955
Ground Butovsky Vorskla Stadium
Ground Capacity 24,795[1]
Chairman Post vacant since former chairman Oleh Babayev was shot dead on 26 July 2014.[2]
Manager Vasyl Sachko
League Ukrainian Premier League
2014–15 5th
Website Club home page

FC Vorskla Poltava (Ukrainian: ФК "Во́рскла" Полта́ва ['vɔrsklɐ pol'tɑvɐ]) is a professional football team which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League and represents the city of Poltava.

History

Kolos Poltava

The club draws its history from 1955 when in the city of Poltava was established a football club Kolhospnyk within the republican trade union sports society Kolos. In 1957 the club obtained its professional status and was included in the competitions of the Soviet third division (then "Class B"). However, in 1982 the club went into bankruptcy and was dissolved. For a short period of time from 1968–72 Kolos was also carrying names Silbud and Budivelnyk.

Vorskla Poltava

In 1984 the club was reanimated as Vorskla after the river Vorskla, which flows through Poltava. In 1986 Vorskla entered the Soviet professional ranks of the third division where it participated to the collapse of the Soviet system.

Upon establishing of the Ukrainian football competitions in 1992 the club was admitted to the Ukrainian First League which it won in 1996. The team debuted in the Ukrainian Premier League in the 1996–97 season, taking that season the 3rd place, the highest achievement in team's history. Vorskla have remained in the Premier League since, and participated twice in UEFA Cup. In 2009 Vorskla met Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2009 Ukrainian Cup Final. Mykola Pavlov's men won the match 1–0 after Vasyl Sachko's goal in the 49th minute.

As a Domestic Cup winner Vorskla participated in the annual opening game of the season Ukrainian Super Cup meeting the champions Dynamo Kyiv. After a 0–0 draw at full-time Vorskla lost the cup to Dynamo on penalties.

Its home games the main team plays at Butovsky Memorial Vorskla Stadium which is named after one of the founders of the modern Olympic games and the International Olympic Committee in 1894. Oleksiy Dmytrovych also was a lieutenant-general of the Russian Army and a teacher. He wrote several books on the physical training in various conditions.

The biggest success of Vorskla in the European competitions was their qualification to the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League group phase.

In 2014, the club's president Oleh Babayev was shot dead, while police has opened a criminal cases under Article premeditated murder".[3]

Stadium

Vorskla plays its games at Oleksiy Butovskyi Vorskla Stadium (Ukrainian: Стадіон «Ворскла» імені Олексія Бутовського). Vorskla has been playing there since 1955. The stadium underwent significant reconstruction between 1968 and 1975 and 1995 and 2000.

Supporters & Rivalries

Development of fan movement in Poltava started in 1985. Then on the stadium began to appear first green-white scarves and fan chants. In the 1990s fans began to actively go abroad. In particular Vorskla fans were present at the legendary match between Ukraine and Russia October 9, 1999 in Moscow. European competition games with FC Daugava from Latvia and Anderlecht[4] from Bruxelles in 1997 allowed fans try their hand on the European stage.

All fans are patriots of Ukraine and their hometown. Many fans took part in the Ukrainian Revolution[5] and now also fighting in eastern Ukraine.[6] The largest group of fans is Crew of Golden Eagle.[7]

Vorskla maintains friendly relations with Shakhtar Donetsk[8] and Chornomorets Odesa fans. Strained relations with: Metalist Kharkiv,[9] Karpaty Lviv, Dynamo Kyiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovs'k, Zorya Luhansk and Obolon Kyiv. Now all fans have declared a truce because of the war in Eastern Ukraine.

Reserve team

The reserve team of Vorskla, Vorskla Poltava Reserves (Ukrainian: ФК "Ворскла" Полтава дубль) are playing in the Ukrainian Premier Reserve League.

Honours

1995–96 Champions

Football kits and sponsors

Years[10] Football kit Shirt sponsor
2000–01 lotto/adidas  –
2001–03 adidas
2002–04 puma НАФТОГАЗ
України
2004–05 puma/lotto
2005–06 adidas/puma FERROEXPO
Poltava Mining
2006–07 adidas
FERROEXPO
2007–14 FERROEXPO

European record

Season Competition Round Opponents Home Away Aggregate
1997–98 UEFA Cup 1Q Latvia Daugava Riga 2–1 3–1 5–2
2Q Belgium Anderlecht 0–2 0–2 0–4
2000–01 UEFA Cup 1Q Republic of Macedonia FK Rabotnički 2–0 2–0 4–0
1R Portugal Boavista 1–2 1–2 2–4
2009–10 UEFA Europa League PO Portugal Benfica 2–1 0–4 2–5
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 2Q Northern Ireland Glentoran 3–0 2–0 5–0
3Q Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers 0–0 2–0 2–0
PO Romania Dinamo București 2–1 3–2 5–3
Group B Germany Hannover 96 1–2 1–3 4th
Belgium Standard Liège 1–3 0–0
Denmark Copenhagen 1–1 0–1
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 3Q Slovakia Žilina 3–1 (a.e.t) 0–2 3–3 (a)

Current squad

As of 2 February 2016[11] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
3 Ukraine DF Serhiy Siminin
4 Albania DF Armend Dallku (captain)
5 Ukraine MF Oleksiy Dovhyi
6 Ukraine MF Oleksandr Sklyar
7 Ukraine MF Artem Hromov
8 Ukraine MF Andriy Tkachuk
9 Ukraine FW Oleksandr Kovpak
11 Ukraine FW Anton Shynder (on loan from Shakhtar)
12 Ukraine GK Dmytro Nepohodov
17 Ukraine MF Volodymyr Chesnakov
19 Ukraine FW Volodymyr Odaryuk
20 Ukraine DF Mykola Kvasnyi
No. Position Player
21 Ukraine GK Oleksandr Tkachenko
23 Ukraine DF Vadym Sapay
24 Ukraine FW Oleh Barannik
26 Ukraine FW Yuriy Kolomoyets
30 Croatia MF Mladen Bartulović
31 Ukraine GK Stanislav Bohush
39 Ukraine MF Bohdan Melnyk
40 Ukraine DF Ihor Perduta
50 Ukraine GK Yan Vichnyi
54 Ukraine DF Oleksiy Dytyatev
77 Ukraine FW Dmytro Khlyobas (on loan from Dynamo)
82 Ukraine MF Pavlo Rebenok

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
Ukraine DF Serhiy Vovkodav (on loan to Kremin Kremenchuk)
Ukraine FW Yevhen Budnik (on loan to Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk)
Ukraine FW Roman Kunyev (on loan to Kremin Kremenchuk)

Coaching

Head coaches

  • Soviet Union Kostyantyn Skrypchenko (1955 – April 55)
  • Soviet Union Anatoliy Zubrytskyi (April 1955 – Dec 56)
  • Soviet Union Andriy Zhyhan (Jan 1957 – April 57)
  • Soviet Union Yosyp Lifshyts (April 1957 – Dec 58)
  • Soviet Union Oleksandr Zahretskyi (Jan 1959 – June 59)
  • Soviet Union Hennadiy Duhanov (July 1959 – July 60)
  • Soviet Union Viktor Zhyltsov (Aug 1960 – July 1964)
  • Soviet Union Kostyantyn Skrypchenko (interim) (July 1964 – Aug 64)
  • Soviet Union Hryhoriy Balaba (Aug 1964 – July 65)
  • Soviet Union Kostyantyn Skrypchenko (July 1965 – Oct 65)
  • Soviet Union Viktor Zhyltsov (Jan 1966 – Dec 66)
  • Soviet Union Volodymyr Aksyonov (Jan 1967 – Oct 67)
  • Soviet Union Oleksandr Alpatov (Dec 1968 – Aug 70)
  • Soviet Union Yuriy Voynov (Sept 1970 – July 72)
  • Soviet Union Oleksandr Alpatov (July 1972 – July 73)
  • Soviet Union Viktor Nosov (July 1973 – Nov 74)
  • Soviet Union Anatoliy Vitkov (Dec 1974 – May 76)
  
  • Soviet Union Vasyl Salkov (May 1976 – Dec 76)
  • Soviet Union Stanislav Basyuk (Jan 1977 – May 80)
  • Soviet Union Volodymyr Aksyonov (May 1980 – May 82)
  • Soviet Union Hennadiy Putivskyi (May 1982 – Nov 82)
  • Soviet Union Viktor Pozhechevskyi (Feb 1984 – Jan 90)
  • Soviet Union Hennadiy Lysenchuk (Jan 1990 – Aug 90)
  • Soviet Union Viktor Pozhechevskyi (Aug 1990 – Nov 90)
  • Soviet Union Vladimir Khodus (Jan 1991 – Aug 91)
  • Ukraine Leonid Koltun (Feb 1992)
  • Ukraine Serhiy Dotsenko (March 1992 – July 92)
  • Ukraine Volodymyr Bryukhtiy (July 1992 – July 93)
  • Ukraine Viktor Maslov (July 1993 – Nov 93)
  • Ukraine Viktor Pozhechevskyi (Jan 1994 – June 98)
  • Ukraine Oleksandr Dovbiy (June 1998 – Aug 98)
  • Ukraine Serhiy Sobetskyi and Ukraine Ivan Shariy (interim)
    (Aug 1998 – Oct 98)
  • Ukraine Anatoliy Kon'kov (Oct 1998 – Aug 00)
  

League and Cup history

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
1992 2nd "B" 8 26 12 5 9 33 25 29 1/16 finals
1992–93 2nd 4 42 21 9 12 57 46 51 1/32 finals
1993–94 2nd 8 38 15 7 16 30 52 37 1/16 finals
1994–95 2nd 11 42 17 8 17 49 48 59 1/8 finals
1995–96 2nd 1 42 32 7 3 92 37 103 1/32 finals Promoted
1996–97 1st 3 30 17 7 6 50 26 58 1/4 finals
1997–98 1st 5 30 15 4 11 41 46 49 1/4 finals UC 2nd qual round
1998–99 1st 10 30 10 5 15 36 43 35 1/4 finals
1999–00 1st 4 30 14 7 9 50 34 49 1/8 finals
2000–01 1st 12 26 6 5 15 16 29 23 1/16 finals UC 1st round
2001–02 1st 11 26 6 7 13 19 33 25 1/16 finals
2002–03 1st 11 30 8 8 14 26 41 32 1/4 finals
2003–04 1st 14 30 6 9 15 26 49 27 1/8 finals
2004–05 1st 14 30 8 6 16 18 35 30 1/16 finals
2005–06 1st 10 30 9 10 11 28 34 37 1/4 finals
2006–07 1st 13 30 7 10 13 23 28 31 1/16 finals
2007–08 1st 8 30 9 9 12 28 30 36 1/4 finals
2008–09 1st 5 30 14 7 9 32 26 49 Winners
2009–10 1st 10 30 6 13 11 29 32 31 1/16 finals EL Play-off Round
2010–11 1st 6 30 10 9 11 37 32 39 1/8 finals
2011–12 1st 8 30 9 10 11 38 43 37 1/8 finals EL Group Stage
2012–13 1st 12 30 8 7 15 31 36 31 1/8 finals
2013–14 1st 8 28 10 10 8 36 38 40 1/8 finals
2014–15 1st 4 26 11 9 6 35 22 42 1/8 finals
2015–16 1st 1/4 finals EL 3rd qual. round

References

  1. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/competitions/UEFACup/01/67/58/86/1675886_DOWNLOAD.pdf
  2. ↑ Mayor of central Ukrainian city shot dead, Reuters (26 July 2014)
    Former Azerbaijani Deputy of Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, mayor of Kremenchuk Oleh Babayev murdered , Azerbaijan Press Agency (26 July 2014)
    У Кременчуці застрелили мера (Ukrainian)
  3. ↑ "Mayor of central Ukrainian city shot dead". uk.reuters.com. Reuters. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  4. ↑ FC Vorskla Poltava vs Anderlecht Bruxelles 1997
  5. ↑ Ultras Vorskla supported Ukrainian Revolution
  6. ↑ Ukrainian ultras from Poltava showed their life during the war
  7. ↑ Crew of Golden Eagle official site
  8. ↑ Vorskla, Shakhtar and Dynamo supporters: Unity march 2014
  9. ↑ Vorskla hooligans against Metalist supporters
  10. ↑ Jerseys of Ukrainian clubs
  11. ↑ http://www.vorskla.com.ua/en/team/first_team/

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