FC Kramatorsk

Football Club Kramatorsk (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб Краматорськ; Russian: Футбольный клуб Краматорск) is a professional Ukrainian football club from the city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast.

Kramatorsk

Full name	Football Club Kramatorsk
Founded	1955; 70 years ago (1955)
Dissolved	2022
Ground	Prapor Stadium, Kramatorsk
Capacity	6,000[1]
2020–21	First League, 12th
Home colours Away colours

Former crest

The club takes its history from a factory team of the Old Kramatorsk Machine-building Plant (SKMZ).

History

The club Avangard was reformed in 1955. Prior to World War II there existed a club that was associated with the machine industry in the city. In 1937, the club participated in the national championship as the champion of Ukraine. In 1939, the team won the Cup of Soviet Ukraine.

The team in 1936 won 1st place in Ukraine among working teams and in 1937, 1938 and 1961 reached the 1/16 finals of the Soviet Cup, and 1/8 finals of the Soviet Cup in 1939.

The club regularly participated in the Soviet championship (1946, 1948, 1949, 1960–1970) and the USSR Cup (1937–1939, 1949, 1961-1966/1967).^[2]

In the 1998–1999 season, the city of Kramatorsk was presented by a team of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, VPS Kramatorsk (Air Force), in the Ukrainian Second League. That team was penalized 6 points for failure to pay the licence fees to the PFL and was removed from the competition after the first round. During that period the actual factory team was called Bliuminh Kramatorsk and played in championship of Donetsk Oblast.

The team's revival brought back success as they became Donetsk oblast champions in 2010.^[3] In 2011, the club appointed head coach Serhiy Shevchenko in preparation for returning to the Second League.^[4]

The club submitted a license to the Professional Football League of Ukraine and was accepted into the Ukrainian Second League for the 2011–12 season.

During the 2014–15 season, the club was suspended from the Professional Football League of Ukraine as it ended up in the "ATO zone".^[5] Earlier that year in spring due Russian aggression against Ukraine, the Russian Federation occupied the Ukrainian Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

On 7 October 2014, a former press-attache claimed that supporters of the Donetsk People's Republic killed 16-year-old goalkeeper Stepan Chubenko.^[6] Chubenko was killed on 25 July 2014 in Horbachevo-Mykhailivka, two days after he was kidnapped at the Donetsk Railway Station.^[6][7]

Near the end of the 2020–21 season the team name was changed from Avanhard Kramatorsk to FC Kramatorsk.

Honors

• Championship of the Ukrainian SSR

1936 (as Ordzhonikidze Factory)

• Cup of the Ukrainian SSR

1939

• Donetsk Oblast Champions

1947, 1996, 2010

• Fair Play award

Winners (1) Fair Play award of Ukrainian First League: 2019–20^[8]

Sponsorships

Lotto Sport Italia

Leadership

Presidents

• 2005 – 2008 Serhiy Karakuts
• 2010 – 2017 Oleksandr Bolshakov
• 2010 - Maksim Yefimov (honorary president)
• 2021 – Karen Zargarian (head)^[9]

Directors

• 2011 Vladyslav Dolhopolov (sports)
•  ???? – 2017 Roman Bolshakov (general)^[10][11]
• 2017 – 2021 Andriy Bezsonnyi^[12]
• 2021 – Yevhen Shvets

League and cup history

Soviet period

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Other		Notes
1936	4th (Republican championship)	1	4	4	0	0	10	2	12
1937		4	6	2	2	2	9	6	12	1⁄4 finals	SC	1⁄16 finals
1938		6	11	5	1	5	18	20	22	1⁄8 finals	SC	1⁄16 finals
1939		5	9	4	1	4	16	15	18	Winner	SC	1⁄8 finals
1940		2	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Round 3
1941–1945	World War II, club was dissolved
1945	unknown									1⁄16 finals
1946	4th (Republican championship)	5	Group stage (Group East)							Round 3
1947		1	Group stage (Group 6)							1⁄2 finals
		2	5	3	1	1	14	7	7
1948		9	Group stage (Group 5)							Round 2
1949		6	Group stage (Group 5)
1950		5	Group stage (Group 3)
1951		5	Group stage (Group 3)
1952		7	22	7	8	7	36	29	22				Group 2
1948	2nd (Second Group)	6	14	3	4	7	23	40	10				Group Ukraine, A
1949		11	34	12	6	16	51	70	30				Group Ukraine
1953–1955	Unknown status
1956	4th (Republican championship)	7	14	4	1	9	26	28	9	1⁄16 finals			Group 4
1957		5	10	3	1	6	9	24	7	1⁄4 finals			Group 5
1958		2	14	8	2	4	24	15	18				Group 8
		4	5	1	3	1	3	5	5				Group 2
1959		8	14	2	3	9	16	31	7				Group 3 Admitted to masters
1960	2nd (Class B, Ukraine)	7	36	13	12	11	41	35	38				Group 2
1961		17	36	10	8	18	30	47	28		R.P/O	winner	Group 2
1962		13	24	5	5	14	28	47	15				Group 3
		30	10	6	2	2	20	12	14				Places 29–39 Relegated
1963	3rd (Class B, Ukraine)	16	38	11	11	16	34	44	33		R.P/O	loser	Group 2
1964		10	30	8	11	11	27	32	27				Group 3
		26	10	5	2	3	17	12	12				Places 25–30
1965		17	32	7	6	19	23	52	20				Group 3
		44	4	2	1	1	3	2	5				Places 43–45
1966		9	38	16	8	14	49	49	40		P/O	winner	Group 1
1967		16	40	10	14	16	46	52	34				Group 2
1968		10	40	13	13	14	43	43	39				Group 2
1969		11	40	12	16	12	31	30	40				Group 2 Relegated
1970	4th (Class B, Ukraine)	5	26	10	7	9	32	34	27				Group 2
		12	40	13	11	16	43	54	37				Places 1–14 Tier liquidated
1971–1973	Unknown status
1974	4th (KFK championship)	1	14	8	5	1	28	12	21				Group 5
		6	5	0	1	4	3	12	1				Final Group
1975		3	14	7	4	3	24	19	18				Group 6
1976		10	18	2	3	13	9	34	7	1⁄8 finals			Group 5

Ukraine

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1992–93	4th (KFK championship)	12	26	7	3	16	23	57	17
1993–94		8	26	10	4	12	45	42	24
1994–95		14	30	7	3	20	16	30	24
1995–96		1	4	2	2	0	8	2	8
1996–2010	Club idle
2011	4th (Championship among amateurs)	1	8	6	1	1	15	4	19				Promoted
2011–12	3rd "B" (Second League)	2	26	19	1	6	41	15	58	1⁄64 finals			Promoted
2012–13	2nd (First League)	7	34	15	8	11	37	26	53	1⁄8 finals
2013–14		15	30	7	10	13	23	27	31	1⁄8 finals
2014–15	Club suspended operation due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine[5]
2015–16	2nd (First League)	13	30	8	8	14	28	42	32	1⁄16 finals
2016–17		7	34	14	10	10	32	28	52	1⁄32 finals
2017–18		6	34	15	7	12	44	42	52	1⁄16 finals
2018–19		5	28	14	6	8	44	26	48	1⁄32 finals
2019–20		8	30	13	6	11	37	40	45	1⁄32 finals
2020–21		12	30	9	5	16	32	51	32	1⁄64 finals

Managers

• 2011–2013: Sergei Shevchenko
• 2013–2016: Yakiv Kripak
• 2016–2020: Oleksandr Kosevych
• 2020–2022: Oleksiy Horodov

External links

• (in Russian) Official website
• All goals of Avanhard - SC Kramatorsk (YouTube)
• Нардеп Ефимов задекларировал миллионы в банках и дома, шахту и ветряной парк. hi.dn.ua. 6 June 2020
• ФК "Краматорск" представил новичков команды. Задача-максимум - 5-е место в Первой лиге. www.kramatorskpost.com. 22 July 2021