FC Oleksandriya

Football Club Oleksandriya (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб Олександрія), commonly known as Oleksandriya, is a Ukrainian professional football club based in the city of Oleksandriya, Kirovohrad Oblast. Founded in 1990, the club plays in the Ukrainian Premier League. The year 1948 on the club's crest appeared after its merger with UkrAhroKom in 2014 and depicts football heritage of the club rather than the club's foundation.

Oleksandriya

Full name	Футбольний клуб Олександрія Football Club Oleksandriya
Nickname(s)	Mistiany (The Citizens), Sashka (The Alex)
Founded	1990; 35 years ago (1990)[1]
Ground	CSC Nika
Capacity	7,000
Owner	Serhiy Kuzmenko (honorary president)[2] UkrAhroKom (98.5%)[2] AhroVista (1.5%)[2]
General Director	Ivan Kuzmenko[2]
Manager	Kyrylo Nesterenko
League	Ukrainian Premier League
2024–25	Ukrainian Premier League, 2nd of 16
Website	fco.com.ua
Home colours Away colours
Current season

In 2014 the club changed ownership when the original owner Mykola Lavrenko sold it to Serhiy Kuzmenko, the owner of UkrAhroKom.

Debuting in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League in July 2016, the club became the first one from Kirovohrad Oblast to qualify for the European competitions and second after Kryvbas in Central Ukraine (Right-bank).

History

See also: FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya

Names

• 1990–2003 Polihraftekhnika
• 2004–2014 PFC Oleksandriya
• 2014–present FC Oleksandriya (merger with UkrAhroKom)

Pre-existing club (Shakhtar Oleksandriya)

FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya was established in 1948 at the production association "Oleksandriyavuhillya". At first the club played at the amateur competitions of the Ukrainian SSR until 1962 when it was accepted to the Class B which was a professional competitions. It played in Class B until the tournament was disbanded in 1971. After that the club returned to the amateurs where it played from 1971 to 1985 and 1988 to 1990. After 1990 season the club folded.

The club played its games at its own Shakhtar Stadium.

Polihraftekhnika / PFC Oleksandriya

Original emblem of Polihraftekhnika

The club was formed on 6 March 1990^[1] as Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya (Ukrainian: Поліграфтехніка Олександрія)^[3] at the local printing equipment plant.^[4][5] The same year the club won the regional football competitions of the Kirovohrad Oblast. At same time in 1990 another Oleksandriya club Shakhtar represented the Kirovohrad region at the republican amateur level. FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya was a club of the Oleksandriyavuhillya coal mine company. At first Polihraftekhinka was leasing the Shakhtar Stadium, while building its own stadium Olimp.^[3]

From 2001 to 2003, PFC Oleksandriya played in the Ukrainian Premier League under the name of Polihraftechnika Oleksandriya, which it had since 1991. After the 2003 season the club's administration citing fiscal problems left the Professional Football League and was idle for one season.

In 2004 the president of Polihraftekhnika reestablished the club as PFC Oleksandriya, rejoined the Professional Football League and entered the Druha Liha.^[6] At the same time the Oleksandriya city administration created own football club MFC Oleksandriya which also entered the Druha Liha, however, soon thereafter the city's club withdrew from professional competitions.

Prior to the start of 2014–15 Ukrainian First League season PFC Oleksandriya going through some financial difficulties merged with UkrAhroKom Holovkivka who were also competing in the Ukrainian First League into one club and renaming themselves to FC Oleksandriya.^[7] The merger saved the Oleksandriya's club from another bankruptcy. Since the 2014 merger under the new manager Serhiy Kuzmenko (former chairman of FC UkrAhroKom), the club now claims its heritage of the Soviet miner's team of Shakhtar Oleksandriya by adding year of Shakhtar's establishment onto its club shield.

In the 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League season, FC Oleksandriya finished 6th place, qualifying for the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League, where they will mark their debut in a European competition.

The 2024–25 season marked a historic achievement for FC Oleksandriya, as the team secured a triumphant second-place finish in the Ukrainian Premier League for the very first time, positioned behind Dynamo Kyiv but notably ahead of Shakhtar Donetsk.

Stadium

Nika Stadium (former Shakhtar Stadium)

The club plays its games at the Sports Complex "Nika" that was built in place of the old Shakhtar Stadium. At the new stadium Oleksandriya plays since summer of 1998.

Since 1992 Oleksandriya, at that time Polihraftekhnika, was forced to play at another city stadium "Olimp" which is located on western outskirts of the city.^[8] FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya denied its city rival to play at its home stadium "Shakhtar" which was located in the center of the city. After Shakhtar Oleksandriya became defunct, its stadium was demolished and on its place was built sports complex "Nika" which was hand over to Polihraftekhnika in 1998.

Kirovohrad Oblast rivalry

A regional rivalry exists with FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi.

Year	Tournament	Home	Away	Score
01.10.1994	Ukrainian First League	FC Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad	FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya	3:2
17.05.1995	Ukrainian First League	FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya	FC Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad	0:0
05.10.2000	Ukrainian First League	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya	1:1
23.04.2001	Ukrainian First League	FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	1:0
15.08.2004	Ukrainian Second League	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	PFC Oleksandriya	2:1
05.06.2005	Ukrainian Second League	PFC Oleksandriya	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	3:1
22.10.2005	Ukrainian Second League	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	PFC Oleksandriya	0:5
29.05.2006	Ukrainian Second League	PFC Oleksandriya	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	3:1
17.10.2009	Ukrainian First League	PFC Oleksandriya	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	1:1
28.05.2010	Ukrainian First League	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	PFC Oleksandriya	0:2
15.10.2010	Ukrainian First League	PFC Oleksandriya	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	2:1
03.06.2011	Ukrainian First League	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	PFC Oleksandriya	1:1
20.10.2012	Ukrainian First League	PFC Oleksandriya	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	1:1
31.05.2013	Ukrainian First League	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	PFC Oleksandriya	1:4
11.10.2013	Ukrainian First League	PFC Oleksandriya	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	0:0
22.05.2014	Ukrainian First League	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	PFC Oleksandriya	1:1
05.10.2014	Ukrainian First League	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	PFC Oleksandriya	0:0
10.05.2015	Ukrainian First League	PFC Oleksandriya	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	2:1
28.08.2016	Ukrainian Premier League	FC Oleksandriya	FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	4:0
04.12.2016	Ukrainian Premier League	FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	FC Oleksandriya	1:1

Team names

Emblem
PFC Oleksandria

Year	Name
1991–2003	Polihraftechnika
2004–2014	PFC Oleksandria
2014–present	FC Oleksandria[7]

Football kits and sponsors

Years[9]	Football kit	Shirt sponsor
2001–2002	Puma	–
2002–2003	Puma/Lotto
2011–2012	Nike	?

Current squad

As of 20 June 2025^[10][11]

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  UKR Viktor Dolhyi 5 MF  BRA Fernando Henrique 6 MF  UKR Kyrylo Kovalets (captain) 8 DF  UKR Serhiy Buletsa 10 FW  UKR Andriy Kulakov 11 FW  UKR Artem Shulyanskyi 15 MF  UKR Dmytro Myshnyov 16 DF  FRA Théo Ndicka 17 MF  UKR Yaroslav Bazayev 19 MF  POR Jota 20 MF  UKR Daniil Vashchenko 21 MF  UKR Oleksandr Byelyayev 22 DF  UKR Danil Skorko 24 MF  FRA Hussayn Touati

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 DF  POR Miguel Campos 27 FW  ALB Tedi Cara 33 FW  BRA Juan Alvina 40 MF  UKR Dmytro Chernysh 44 MF  BRA Jhonnatan Silva 49 MF  BRA Mateus Amaral 50 DF  CIV Jocelin Behiratche 55 MF  UKR Yevheniy Smyrnyi 59 MF  UKR Artem Kozak 71 MF  UKR Denys Shostak 72 GK  UKR Nazar Makarenko 77 GK  UKR Mykyta Shevchenko 86 DF  UKR Anton Bol

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Oleksandriya.

Ukraine Kostyantyn Balabanov Andriy Bohdanov Serhiy Buletsa Denys Dedechko Oleh Dopilka Dmytro Hrechyshkin Oleksiy Ivanov Taras Kabanov Ivan Kalyuzhnyi Yuriy Kolomoyets Pavlo Ksyonz Oleksandr Martynyuk Serhiy Matyukhin Mykola Mykhaylenko Pavel Pashayev Vitaliy Reva Serhiy Rybalka Artem Shabanov Volodymyr Sharan Volodymyr Shepelyev Valentyn Slyusar Roman Yaremchuk Serhiy Zadorozhnyi

Asia Konstantin Sosenko Andrei Zavyalov Europe Tedi Cara Emil Mustafayev Pavel Pashayev Dzyanis Kowba Maksim Romaschenko Dimitar Makriev Vakhtang Chanturishvili David Targamadze Kaspars Dubra Vladislav Baboglo Petru Leucă Dawid Janczyk

Coaches and administration

Administration[12]	Coaching (senior team) [13]	Coaching (U-19 team) [14]
President – Serhiy Kuzmenko General director – Ivan Kuzmenko Executive director – Dmytro Kitayev Sporting director – Yevheniy Kocherha Press attaché – Dmytro Zahorulko	Head coach – Kyrylo Nesterenko Assistant coach – Yevheniy Kalynychenko Fitnes coach – Yevheniy Tkachuk Analysts – Oleksandr Siryk Goalkeeping coach – Roman Havrylov	Head coach – Roman Loktionov Assistant coach – Goalkeeping coach –

Chairmen

• 1989–2014: Mykola Lavrenko^[15]
• 2014–present: Serhiy Kuzmenko

Honors

• Ukrainian First League
  • Winners (2): 2010–11, 2014–15
• Ukrainian Second League
  • Winners (1): 2005–06
• Kirovohrad Oblast
  • Winner (1): 1990^[16]

League and cup history

Soviet Union

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Soviet Cup		Notes
1991	4th (KFK (Ukraine))	1	28	23	1	4	55	15	47				Qualified for finals
		3	5	2	2	1	5	3	6				Promoted

Ukraine

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya
1992	2nd (Persha Liha)	3	26	11	8	7	25	27	30	1/16 finals
1992–93		6	42	19	10	13	69	39	48	1/16 finals
1993–94		3	38	22	11	5	62	22	55	1/16 finals
1994–95		8	42	18	8	16	59	37	62	1/64 finals
1995–96		4	42	23	7	12	69	37	76	1/32 finals
1996–97		10	46	17	14	15	55	50	65	1/8 finals
1997–98		16	42	15	9	18	51	49	54	1/32 finals
1998–99		5	38	15	13	10	47	51	58	1/64 finals
1999–00		8	34	13	10	11	34	34	49	1/16 finals
2000–01		3	34	18	9	7	50	22	63	1/16 finals			Promoted
2001–02	1st (Vyshcha Liha)	13	26	5	8	13	21	39	23	1/16 finals			[17]
2002–03		13	30	7	9	14	26	43	30	1/16 finals			club folded
2003–04	Under financial duress club is idle
PFC Oleksandriya
2004–05	3rd (Druha Liha)	3	26	13	6	7	30	19	45	1/32 finals
2005–06		2	28	20	5	3	52	14	65	1/32 finals			Promoted
2006–07	2nd (Persha Liha)	12	36	19	4	13	37	27	61	1/32 finals
2007–08		8	38	14	15	9	41	32	57	1/16 finals
2008–09		3	32	15	9	8	43	31	54	1/4 finals
2009–10		5	34	19	6	9	58	34	63	1/16 finals
2010–11		1	34	21	6	7	55	25	69	1/8 finals			Promoted
2011–12	1st (Premier Liha)	16	30	4	8	18	24	58	20	1/16 finals			Relegated
2012–13	2nd (Persha Liha)	3	34	17	9	8	48	35	60	1/32 finals			Refused promotion
2013–14		2	30	14	10	6	47	28	52	1/16 finals			Refused promotion[18]
FC Oleksandriya
2014–15	2nd (Persha Liha)	1	30	22	6	2	53	15	72	1/8 finals			Promoted
2015–16	1st (Premier Liha)	6	26	10	8	8	30	29	38	1/2 finals
2016–17[19]		5	32	10	10	12	41	43	40	1/8 finals	EL	3rd qual. round
2017–18		7	32	10	15	7	32	27	45	1/8 finals	EL	Play-off round
2018–19		3	32	14	7	11	39	34	49	1/16 finals
2019–20		5	32	14	7	11	49	47	49	1/4 finals	EL	Group stage
2020–21		9	26	8	5	13	33	37	29	1/2 finals
2021–22 was terminated		6	18	7	5	6	19	16	26	1/8 finals (was terminated)			began on 24.02.2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
2022–23		6	30	10	14	6	42	39	44	None
2023–24		8	30	8	10	12	30	38	34	1/4 finals
2024–25		2	30	20	7	3	46	22	67	1/4 finals
2025–26		15	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	1/16 finals	2025–26 UEFA Conference League	Second qualifying round

European record

FC Oleksandriya played its first game of continental competition on 28 July 2016 in a home loss (0:3) to Hajduk Split. It qualified for the group stage of the competition for the first time in the 2019–20 season.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Hajduk Split	0–3	1–3	1–6
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Astra Giurgiu	1–0	0–0	1–0
		PO	BATE Borisov	1–2	1–1	2–3
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	Group I	Wolfsburg	0–1	1–3	4th
			Gent	1–1	1–2
			Saint-Étienne	2–2	1–1
2025−26	UEFA Conference League	2Q	Partizan	0–2	0–4	0–6

Further information: Ukrainian football clubs in European competitions

Managers

• Oleksandr Ishchenko (1 January 1992 – 1 August 1992)
• Yuriy Koval (1 August 1992 – 9 September 1994)
• Anatoliy Buznyk (10 September 1994 – 19 August 1996)
• Yuriy Koval (20 August 1996 – 20 September 1997)
• Serhiy Marusyn (21 September 1997 – 30 May 1998)
• Hryhoriy Ishchenko (1 June 1998 – 30 June 1998)
• Anatoliy Radenko (1 July 1998 – 12 September 1999)
• Hryhoriy Ishchenko (September 1999 – November 1999)
• Roman Pokora (13 September 1999 – 30 June 2003)
• did not exist (1 July 2003 – 30 June 2004)
• Roman Pokora (1 July 2004 – 4 July 2006)
• Viktor Bohatyr (5 July 2006 – 22 April 2008)
• Yuriy Bukel (22 April 2008 – 1 June 2008)
• Yuriy Koval (2 June 2008 – 27 August 2009)
• Serhiy Kovalets (27 August 2009 – 12 January 2010)
• Volodymyr Sharan (31 January 2010 – 22 December 2011)
• Leonid Buryak (23 December 2011 – 9 April 2012)
• Andriy Kuptsov (10 April 2012 – 13 May 2013)
• Vitaliy Pervak (caretaker) (14 May 2013 – 7 June 2013)
• Volodymyr Sharan (8 June 2013 – 13 May 2021)
• Yuriy Hura (18 May 2021 – 14 December 2022)
• Ruslan Rotan (21 December 2022 – 29 May 2025)
• Kyrylo Nesterenko (17 June 2025 – present)

Reserves and academy

See also: FC Oleksandriya-2

The club fielded its reserve team for the first time in 1992-93 season as Polihraftekhnika-2 playing at amateur competitions.

Notes