FC Ocean Kerch

FC Ocean Kerch (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Океан» (Керчь)) is a Crimean football team based in Kerch. After the Russian annexation of Crimea was admitted to the Crimean Premier League as a Russian team.

FC Ocean Kerch

Full name	Futbol'nyy klub Okean Kerch
Founded	1955 as Metalurh 1976 as Okean 2010 (refounded)
Ground	50th Anniversary of October Stadium
Chairman	Oleg Krištáľ
Head coach	Serhiy Yesin
League	Crimean Premier League
2020–21	6th

Team names

• First club (1955–69):
  • 1955–1964: FC Metalurh Kerch
  • 1964–1969: FC Avanhard Kerch
• Second club (1976–97):
  • 1976–1997: FC Okean Kerch
• Third club (2010–present):
  • 2010–present: FC Okean Kerch

History

Metallurg

The city association football team in Kerch existed as early as 1938 under a name of Stal. It is not known what happened with the original team.

The current club was established in 1955 as Metallurg (Metalurh) soon after the Crimean peninsula was transferred to Ukraine within the Soviet Union, but it was not until 1962 when it represented the city at professional level, competing in the Ukrainian championship of the Soviet Second League. In 1970, the club dissolved again.

Okean

In 1976 it was revived competing all the way pass the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In 1993 it carried a name of Voikovets, in 1994 – Metalurh. In 1995–96 Ukrainian Cup both Metalurh and Okean participated in the tournament. In 1997, the club lost its professional license and disappeared for quite some time.

In 2010, it was reestablished anew.^{[1][unreliable source?][2]} Following the Russian annexation of Crimea, the Football Federation of Ukraine lodged a complaint with UEFA about Crimean clubs' participation in Russian competitions. On 22 August 2014, UEFA decided "that any football matches played by Crimean clubs organised under the auspices of the Russian Football Union will not be recognised by UEFA until further notice".^[3]

On 4 December 2014, UEFA banned Crimean clubs from participating in Russian professional competitions,^[4] and announced that a new local Crimean Premier League would be set up in the future that UEFA will manage directly.^[5] Ocean Kerch was one of the 8 original clubs that formed the Crimean Premier League for the 2015–16 season.

Ahead of the 2022/2023 season the club has announced its intention to compete in the Russian Football National League 2.

Honours

• Ukrainian Football Amateur Association (tier-IV)
  • Champions (1): 1995–96 (Gr. 6; as Portovyk)
  • Third place (1): 1978
• Crimea championship
  • Champions (7): 1949, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1995–96

Notable people

• Anatoliy Kroshchenko, a manager in 1979

Current squad

As of 6 March 2019, according to the official site Archived 6 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  RUS Pavel Panyov 5 DF  RUS Ildar Vagapov 8 MF  RUS Mikhail Svetozarov 9 FW  RUS Boris Gogichaishvili 11 FW  RUS Yakov Ehrlich 14 DF  UKR Illya Hlushytskyi 15 DF  RUS Eduard Sturki 17 MF  UKR Pavlo Hryshchenko 18 MF  RUS Vladimir Larionov

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  UKR Mykyta Filatov 28 MF  UKR Oleksandr Morev 30 GK  RUS Leonid Dudinov 42 MF  RUS Ruslan Zinchenko 47 DF  RUS Maksim Mineyev 77 MF  RUS Anton Vinnikov 99 MF  UKR Artur Zhyhulin — DF  RUS Kirill Khvostik — FW  RUS Marlen Abduveliyev

Coaches (since annexation)

• 2014–2016: Artur Olenin
• 2015–2017: Serhiy Yesin
• 2017–present: Oleh Leshchynskyi

League and cup history

Soviet Union

Sources: ^[6]

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
Metalurh Kerch
1962	5th Crimean Championship	...											won play-off against SKCF Sevastopol
1963	3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR	19/20	38	6	9	23	28	57	21	Zone 2 Ukrainian SSR, 1⁄8 finals			Zone 2; for play-off against other 19th place
		38	2	0	1	1	0	1	1				for Places 37–38 lost to Naftovyk Drohobych
1964	3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR	12/16	30	7	13	10	14	19	27	Zone 3 Ukrainian SSR, 1⁄8 finals			Zone 3
		3/6	10	3	4	3	6	8	10				for Places 31–36
Avanhard Kerch
1965	3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR	14/16	30	8	6	16	30	47	22	Zone 1 Ukrainian SSR, 1⁄8 finals			Zone 1
		6/6	10	1	5	4	12	19	7				for Places 31–36
1966	3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR	11/20	38	13	11	14	41	42	37				Zone 2; for play-off against other 11th place
		22	refused to play against Avanhard Rivne										for Places 21–22
1967	3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR	20/21	40	5	12	23	22	52	22	Zone 2 Ukrainian SSR, 1⁄8 finals			Zone 2
1968	3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR	17/21	40	9	14	17	32	46	32	Zone Crimea, 1⁄4 finals			Zone 2
1969	3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR	21/21	40	9	10	21	22	45	28				Zone 2 Withdrew
in 1970–1976 club's history is unknown
Okean Kerch
1977	4th KFK Ukrainian SSR Gr. 5	3/12	22	13	2	7	36	20	28
1978	4th KFK Ukrainian SSR Gr. 5	1/10	18	14	2	2	32	12	30				to final stage
		3/6	5	2	0	3	4	4	4				Promoted
1979	3rd Second League Gr. 2	18/24	46	12	14	20	36	52	38
1980	3rd Second League Gr. 5	14/23	44	13	12	19	40	49	38
1981	3rd Second League Gr. 5	13/23	44	13	14	17	45	51	40
1982	3rd Second League Gr. 6	23/24	46	12	11	23	43	67	35
1983	3rd Second League Gr. 6	19/26	50	13	16	21	44	58	42
1984	3rd Second League Gr. 6	25/26	38	9	10	19	38	65	28				two stages
1985	3rd Second League Gr. 6	14/28	40	12	8	20	42	62	32				two stages
1986	3rd Second League Gr. 6	14/28	40	14	4	22	46	63	32				two stages
1988	3rd Second League Gr. 5	4/26	50	24	11	15	71	60	59
1989	3rd Second League Gr. 6	24/27	52	15	9	28	50	70	39	1⁄32 finals			Relegated to newly formed division
1990	4th Lower Second League Gr. 1	17/19	36	7	9	20	31	55	23	1⁄32 finals
1991	4th Lower Second League Gr. 1	24/26	50	15	10	25	49	72	40				Reorganization of competitions

Ukraine

Sources: ^[7]

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1992	3rd Transitional League Gr. 2	6/9	16	6	5	5	16	10	17				Reorganization of competitions
1992–93	4th Transitional League	5/18	34	17	8	9	47	32	42				Promoted
1993–94	3rd Second League	19/22	42	12	11	19	50	69	35	1⁄16 finals			name change
1994–95	3rd Second League	19/22	42	11	5	26	42	67	38	1⁄64 finals			Relegated
1995–96	4th Amateur League Gr. 6	1/4	6	5	0	1	6	3	15	1⁄64 finals			Promoted
1996–97	3rd Second League Gr. B	17/17	32	6	5	21	27	57	23	1⁄128 finals			Withdrew
idle in 2000s
2012[8]	5th Crimean Championship	10/12	22	4	4	14	17	64	16
...
2014[8]	5th Crimean Championship	10/16	14	7	3	4	26	19	24				Reorganization of competitions

Crimea

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
2015[8]	1st All-Crimean Championship Gr. A	2/10	9	6	1	2	21	9	19				Reorganization of competitions
2015–16	1st Premier League	5/8	28	9	7	12	31	37	34	Group stage
2016–17	1st Premier League	4/8	28	14	4	10	46	34	46	1⁄4 finals
2017–18	1st Premier League	6/8	28	5	8	15	32	47	23	1⁄4 finals
2018–19	1st Premier League	4/8	28	11	4	13	34	48	37	1⁄2 finals
2019–20	1st Premier League	6/8	28	7	3	18	34	58	24	1⁄4 finals
2020–21	1st Premier League	6/8	28	11	6	11	40	35	39	1⁄4 finals
2021–22	1st Premier League