FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk

FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk was a Ukrainian football team based in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, the unofficial capital of the Prykarpattia region.

Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
Full nameFC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
Founded1940
Dissolved2007
GroundCentral Stadium Rukh
Elektron Stadium (alternative)
Capacity16,000
Chairman Taras Klym
LeagueDruha Liha defunct
2006–0717th
Old crest

History

The club was founded in 1940 after the Soviet occupation of the Eastern Poland during the World War II. All previous local sports clubs were liquidated and replaced with "proletarian".

In 1956 the club gained promotion to the Soviet Class B (second tier) by winning a play-off match-up against SKCF Sevastopol in 1955. Since that time, Ivano-Frankivsk had at least one club in football competitions among teams of masters until dissolution of the Soviet Union.

In 1981 until 2003 the club competed under the name FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk and in 1989 (the Perestroika epoch) was converted from team of masters to professional club by "western standards".

In 1992 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk was admitted to the first Ukrainian Premier League, after being initially chosen to participate for being a runner-up from 1st Zone of the Soviet Second League B in 1991. After being demoted following their first season, the club returned to the Ukrainian Premier League in 1994 and remained there for six seasons.

In 2003 the club managed to preserve its place in the Ukrainian First League only with the help of LUKOR Kalush (FC Kalush) that was financed by the Russian Lukoil and coincidentally merged with Ivano-Frankivsk club after winning the Second League and obtaining promotion to the First League. Upon merging of two clubs, the Ivano-Frankivsk team was renamed to Spartak as a "People Football Club", while Kalush team became Prykarpattia-2. Calling a club as "people's" is very effective in Ukrainian football and later was implemented with NK Veres Rivne.

After the 2007 season Spartak was finally relegated to the Second League, with no money. The club folded right before the start of the next season. Following liquidation of its senior, the club continues to field its junior squads in competitions of Ukrainian Youth League.

Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk's best achievement in the Ukrainian Premier League was eleventh place (twice, in 1994–95 and 1995–96).

The team's colours were red shirts and white shorts.

Top scorers

Former coaches

Club's Presidents
  • Anatoliy Popadiuk

Honours
  • Soviet First League
    • Runner-up (1): 1957
  • Ukrainian Cup
    • Runner up (1): 1973
  • Championship of the Ukrainian SSR
    • Winners (3): 1955, 1969, 1972
    • Runner-up (2): 1984, 1991
  • Ukrainian First League
    • Winner (1): 1994

Derbies

The fiercest rivalry of the club was with FC Nyva Ternopil. The regional neighbors' games sometimes ended with disorders at the respective stadiums. The rivalry was part of the West Ukrainian football derby that after a while transferred from the Ukrainian Premier League to the Ukrainian First League.

The other rivalry worth mentioning was with FC Karpaty Lviv.

Prykarpattia (1992–2003)
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Coach Top scorer Notes
1992 1st "B" 9 18 3 6 9 9 18 12 1/32 finals Krasnetsky
Shuliatytsky		 Shuliatytsky Relegated
1992–93 2nd 5 42 18 14 10 53 35 50 1/8 finals
1993–94 2nd 1 38 26 7 5 81 33 59 1/16 finals Promoted
1994–95 1st 11 34 11 8 15 40 52 41 1/32 finals Yurchenko Yurchenko
1995–96 1st 11 34 12 8 14 49 49 44 1/16 finals Yurchenko Rusak
Iriychuk
1996–97 1st 13 30 8 7 15 33 49 31 1/16 finals Streltsov
Kolotov		 Zavyalov
1997–98 1st 10 30 8 9 13 33 41 33 1/16 finals Yurchenko
Blavatsky		 Rusak
1998–99 1st 15 30 6 6 18 24 59 24 1/8 finals 4 coaches Shumsky
1999-00 1st 14 30 7 8 15 27 47 29 1/16 finals 3 coaches Spivak Relegated
2000–01 2nd 14 34 12 6 16 36 46 42 1/16 finals
2001–02 2nd 5 34 17 10 7 43 33 58 1/16 finals
2002–03 2nd 17 34 7 8 19 25 54 29 1/32 finals Club was reorganized

Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk (2003–2007)
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
2003–04 2nd 4 34 15 10 9 42 38 59 1/8 finals Renamed[1]
2004–05 2nd 4 34 15 5 14 34 33 50 1/16 finals
2005–06 2nd 10 34 10 15 9 33 31 45 1/16 finals
2006–07 2nd 17 36 10 3 23 24 51 33 1/32 finals Relegated[2]

See also

References
  1. Renamed to Spartak Ivano-Frankivs'k before the start of the season and assumed FC LUKOR Kalush's place in the Persha Liha competition who were promoted as Druha Liha Group A champions.
  2. Club is dissolved at the end of the season
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