FC Poltava

FC Poltava (Ukrainian: ФК Полтава) was a Ukrainian football club based in Poltava in 2007–2018.

FC Poltava
Full nameFC Poltava
FoundedJune 5, 2007[1]
DissolvedJune 21, 2018
GroundLokomotiv Stadium
Capacity2,500
ChairmanLeonid Sobolev
Leaguedefunct
2017–18First League, 2nd
(promotion via play-offs)

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 without playing a single game at amateur level. The first coach of the main team was Oleksandr Omelchuk who previously coached FC Vorskla-2 Poltava. FC Poltava started the season trepidly but in the second half they improved a great deal.

The team's 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 was dark green.

On 21 June 2018 it was announced that FC Poltava is dissolved.[4]

Honours

List of head coaches

League and cup history
Emblem before 2012
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[7]
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 12 34 13 4 17 33 43 40 1/4 finals[8] −3[9]
2017–18 2nd 2 34 23 3 8 56 26 72 1/32 finals Promoted[10]
2018–19 before the start of the season withdrew and dissolved

Notes and references
  1. UA-Футбол: З днем народження, ФК "Полтава"!
  2. History of the club from the official website
  3. Official announcement: "FC Poltava withdraws from the competition (in Russian)
  4. Керівництво ФК «Полтава» оголосило про розпуск команди (in Ukrainian). FC Poltava Official page. June 21, 2018.
  5. ФК "Полтава" уволил главного тренера (FC Poltava fired its head coach). UA-Football. 1 September 2015
  6. Bezsmertny profile on FC Poltava website
  7. Lost to FC Sumy in Championship game 2–1
  8. Match was not played. The Control-Disciplinary Committee of the FFU awarded a 3–0 technical victory to Shakhtar due to the state of the pitch at Lokomotyv Stadium
    Полтаві зарахували технічну поразку в 1/4 фіналу Кубку України [Poltava was awarded technical loss in quarterfinals of the Ukrainian Cup] (in Ukrainian). UA-Football. April 13, 2017.
  9. 3 points were deducted in accordance with the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee.
    Тернополю та Миколаєву заборонено реєструвати гравців, з Полтави зняли три очки [Ternopil and Mykolaiv were prohibited from registering players, while Poltava was deducted three points]. ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). UA-Football. January 12, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2017. (12 January 2017)
  10. Won playoff against Chornomorets Odesa 3–1 on aggregate
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