FC Stal Alchevsk
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FC Stal Alchevsk was a Ukrainian professional football team of the Ukrainian First League that is based in Alchevsk. In the 2012–13 season the club won promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League,[1] but the club refused this promotion "for the sake of the fans".[2] In 2015, Stal withdrew from all Ukrainian competitions due to the escalating conflict in Eastern Ukraine.[3]
Full name | FC Stal Alchevsk | ||
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Founded | 1983 | ||
Dissolved | 2015 | ||
Ground | Stal Alchevsk Stadium | ||
Capacity | 9,200 | ||
Chairman | Volodymyr Polubatko | ||
League | Ukrainian First League | ||
2013–14 | 3rd | ||
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After adopting its name Stal, the club became a phoenix club of previously existed Stal (Voroshylovsk and Komunarsk, both names of Alchevsk during the Soviet period). It is commonly being confused with another football club from Alchevsk – Kommunarets which was dissolved in 1989, six years after establishing of Stroitel Kommunarsk.