FC Poltava

Not to be confused with SC Poltava.

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

FC Poltava

Full name	FC Poltava
Founded	June 5, 2007[1]
Dissolved	June 21, 2018
Ground	Lokomotiv Stadium
Capacity	2,500
Chairman	Leonid Sobolev
League	defunct
2017–18	First 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 was 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 was to train players for the teams of the Premier League and First League.^[2] The club also had 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 had 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 was dissolved.^[4]

Honours

• Ukrainian First League
  • Runners-up (1): 2017–18
• Ukrainian Second League
  • Winners (1): 2011–12
  • Runners-up (2): 2008–09, 2010–11

List of head coaches

• 2007–2009: Oleksandr Omelchuk
• 2009–2010: Ivan Shariy (caretaker)
• 2010–2010: Yuriy Malyhin
• 2010–2013: Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi
• 2013–2015: Ilya Blyznyuk
• 2015: Oleh Fedorchuk^[5]
• 2015–2016 Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi^[6]
• 2016: Andriy Zavyalov (caretaker)
• 2016–2017: Yuriy Yaroshenko
• 2017: Volodymyr Prokopinenko
• 2017–2018: Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi

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