FSC Bukovyna Chernivtsi

Football Sports Club Bukovyna Chernivtsi is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Chernivtsi.

FSC Bukovyna Chernivtsi

Full name	Football Sports Club Bukovyna Chernivtsi
Nickname(s)	"Zhovto-Chorni" (Yellow-Blacks)
Founded	1958
Ground	Bukovyna
Capacity	12,076
Owner	FSC Bukovyna public organization Andriy Safronyak (president)
Director	Ihor Nabolotnyi
Head coach	Serhiy Shyshchenko
League	Ukrainian First League
2024–25	Ukrainian First League, 7th
Website	bukfc.com
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was established in 1958 as Avanhard Chernivtsi (Avangard Chernovtsy) for republican competitions and became the first club from Chernivtsi Oblast to be added to the Soviet Class B competition in 1960. Before 1958 Chernivtsi were presented several times by various teams in republican competitions like Burevisnyk (1956), Dynamo (1948, 1950–1955), Spartak (1946, 1947, 1949), Lokomotyv (1949).

From 1992 to 1994, Bukovyna played in the Ukrainian Premier League, after being initially chosen to participate for being one of the Ukrainian teams taking part in the Soviet First League in 1991.

Bukovyna Chernivtsi's best achievement in the Ukrainian Premier League was 10th place in its first season. The club was founded in 1958 under the name Avanguard.

Colours are yellow shirts, black shorts. Alternate colors are white and or red and black.

Team names

• 
  Pre 2009 emblem (Coat of arms of Chernivtsi)
• 
  2009 emblem (Coat of arms of Chernivtsi Oblast)

Year	Name
1952–1958	Burevisnyk
1958–1964	Avanhard
1965–current	Bukovyna

Current squad

As of 6 April 2025^[1][2]

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 DF  UKR Dmytro Pohorilyi 3 DF  UKR Mykyta Bezuhlyi 4 DF  UKR Ihor Soldat 5 DF  UKR Mykhaylo Rudavskyi 7 MF  UKR Oleh Kozhushko 8 MF  UKR Vladyslav Khamelyuk 9 FW  UKR Danylo Honcharuk 10 FW  UKR Bohdan Boychuk 11 FW  UKR Danylo Holub 14 DF  UKR Dmytro Shynkarenko 17 FW  UKR Andriy Andreychuk 19 MF  UKR Arseniy Kilyevyi 20 MF  UKR Vitaliy Koltsov

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  UKR Maksym Hirnyi 22 MF  UKR Roman Bodnya 24 DF  UKR Andriy Busko 27 MF  UKR Ivan Tyshchenko 30 GK  UKR Danylo Kanevtsev 37 DF  UKR Kyrylo Prokopchuk 55 GK  UKR Ivan Ponomarenko 71 DF  UKR Maksym Lopyryonok 73 MF  UKR Oleksandr Vasylyev 74 DF  UKR Yan Morhovskyi 77 MF  UKR Yuriy Hlushchuk 99 MF  UKR Rodion Plaksa

Out on loan

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

Honors

• Soviet Vtoraya Liga (Group West)
  • Winners (1): 1990
• Ukrainian Persha Liha
  • Runners-up (1): 1995–96
• Ukrainian Druha Liha (Group A)
  • Winners (2): 1999–00, 2009–10
• Chernivtsi Oblast championship
  • Winners (6): 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1976

Bukovyna also holds an all-time record of the most points earned in the Soviet Second League.

League and cup history

Soviet Union

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Others		Notes
Burevisnyk Chernivtsi
1956	3rd "Group 7"	6	14	5	2	7	18	22	12
1957
Avangard Chernovtsy / Avanhard Chernivtsi
1958	3rd "Group 5"	2	14	9	4	1	37	9	22		UC	1⁄4 finals
1959	3rd "Group 9"	3	14	9	1	4	27	20	19				Promoted
1960	2nd "Group 1"	8	32	14	9	9	47	41	37
1961	2nd "Group 1"	9	34	11	10	13	50	53	32				lost the 17th place game
1962	2nd "Group 2"	10	24	6	6	12	27	45	18
	Finals	29 (1)	10	6	2	2	15	6	14				the 29th place tournament
1963	3rd "Group 1"	15	38	11	8	19	40	66	30				won the 29th place game
1964	3rd "Group 2"	11	30	9	8	13	32	46	26
	Finals	28 (4)	10	4	2	4	14	15	10				the 25th place tournament
Bukovina Chernovtsy / Bukovyna Chernivtsi
1965	3rd "Group 2"	7	30	11	8	11	33	42	30
	Finals	20 (2)	10	5	1	4	15	8	11				the 19th place tournament
1966	3rd "Group 2"	10	38	12	14	12	45	48	38				won the 19th place game
1967	3rd "Group 1"	14	40	11	12	17	44	53	34
1968	3rd "Group 1"	2	42	25	10	7	66	26	60				qualified for finals
	Finals	2	7	4	3	0	11	4	11				Promoted
1969	2nd "Group 3"	9	42	16	12	14	32	33	44				Relegated
1970	3rd "Zone 1"	8	42	17	12	13	45	39	46
1971	3rd "Zone 1"	16	50	17	14	19	35	38	48
1972	3rd "Zone 1"	21	46	10	16	20	32	62	36		UC	1⁄8 finals
1973	3rd "Zone 1"	14	44	14	7/5	18	44	52	35		UC	1⁄16 finals
1974	3rd "Zone 6"	12	38	14	10	14	51	45	38		UC	1⁄16 finals
1975	3rd "Zone 6"	10	32	10	12	10	34	38	32		UC	1⁄4 finals
1976	3rd "Zone 6"	14	38	11	12	15	29	34	34		UC	1⁄4 finals
1977	3rd "Zone 2"	9	44	19	11	14	46	29	49
1978	3rd "Zone 2"	5	44	23	11	10	55	25	57
1979	3rd "Zone 2"	5	46	24	10	12	55	32	58
1980	3rd "Zone 5"	2	44	26	9	9	70	35	61
1981	3rd "Zone 5"	4	44	23	9	12	58	28	55
1982	3rd "Zone 6"	1	46	29	8	9	71	34	66				Champion of Ukraine
	Final "Group B"	3	4	1	0	3	5	10	2				promotion tournament
1983	3rd "Zone 6"	6	50	23	14	13	79	52	60
1984	3rd "Zone 6"	14	38	15	10	13	45	36	40				two stages
1985	3rd "Zone 6"	9	40	17	7	16	49	47	41				two stages
1986	3rd "Zone 6"	15	40	14	13	13	40	38	41				two stages
1987	3rd "Zone 6"	4	52	27	13	12	81	46	67
1988	3rd "Zone 6"	1	50	27	16	7	85	31	70				Champion of Ukraine
	Final "Group 3"	2	4	3	0	1	6	4	6				promotion tournament
1989	3rd "Zone 6"	2	52	29	18	5	71	26	76	1⁄32 finals
1990	3rd "West"	1	50	29	17	4	87	34	75	1⁄64 finals			Promoted
1991	2nd	5	42	20	8	14	56	49	48	1⁄32 finals
1992	No competition									1⁄64 finals

Ukraine

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1992	1st "B"	6	18	7	4	7	17	16	18	1⁄8 finals
1992–93	1st	12	39	9	8	13	27	32	26	1⁄16 finals
1993–94	1st	17	34	7	6	21	25	51	20	1⁄8 finals			Relegated
1994–95	2nd	15	42	16	5	21	43	45	53	1⁄64 finals
1995–96	2nd	2	42	30	5	7	83	34	95	1⁄32 finals
1996–97	2nd	9	46	19	10	17	64	51	67	1⁄16 finals
1997–98	2nd	18	42	14	11	17	36	50	53	1⁄16 finals
1998–99	2nd	18	38	6	9	23	26	68	27	1⁄128 finals			Relegated
1999–00	3rd "A"	1	30	22	7	1	65	13	73	1⁄4 finals Second League Cup			Promoted
2000–01	2nd	18	34	6	8	20	18	41	26	1⁄16 finals			Relegated
2001–02	3rd "A"	7	36	17	8	11	40	41	59	2nd round
2002–03	3rd "A"	13	28	6	6	16	20	39	35	1⁄32 finals
2003–04	3rd "A"	12	30	8	9	13	23	36	33	1⁄32 finals
2004–05	3rd "A"	6	28	14	6	8	33	22	48	1⁄32 finals
2005–06	3rd "A"	6	28	13	5	10	38	33	44	1⁄16 finals
2006–07	3rd "A"	10	28	5	12	11	22	40	27	1⁄32 finals
2007–08	3rd "A"	4	30	17	6	7	43	23	57	did not enter
2008–09	3rd "A"	9	32	14	2	16	29	39	44	1⁄64 finals
2009–10	3rd "A"	1	20	15	3	2	35	12	48	1⁄64 finals			Promoted
2010–11	2nd	7	34	17	5	12	48	45	56	1⁄32 finals
2011–12	2nd	6	34	15	12	7	38	29	57	1⁄8 finals
2012–13	2nd	4	34	16	10	8	49	33	58	1⁄32 finals
2013–14	2nd	12	30	10	6	14	26	36	36	1⁄16 finals
2014–15	2nd	16/16	30	4	3	23	24	61	15	1⁄16 finals			Relegated
2015–16	3rd	4/14	26	13	8	5	39	22	47	1⁄32 finals			Promoted[3]
2016–17	2nd	16/18	34	8	9	17	27	40	33	1⁄32 finals			Relegated
2017–18	3rd "A"	6/10	27	9	7	11	32	40	34	1⁄64 finals
2018–19	3rd "A"	10/10	27	5	6	16	19	43	21	1⁄64 finals			Avoided relegation
2019–20	3rd "A"	8/11	20	6	2	12	25	36	20	1⁄16 finals
2020–21	3rd "A"	7/13	24	9	5	10	27	31	32
the 2021–22 season did not end due to the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation
2021–22	3rd "A"	9/15	17	6	5	6	20	17	23				Promoted
2022–23	2nd "A"	7/8	14	2	3	9	9	21	9
	2nd "REL"	3/8	14	5	6	3	18	14	21
2023–24	2nd "A"	6/10	18	6	3	9	16	23	21
	2nd "REL"

Presidents

• 1993 – 1998 Vasyl Fedoriuk^[4]
• 2007 – 2010 Vasyl Fedoriuk^[4]
• 2019 – 2022 Vadym Zayats^[5]
• 2022 – present Andriy Safronyak

Coaches

• Head coach – Serhiy Shyshchenko
• Assistant coach – Mykola Gibalyuk
• Assistant coach – Vitaliy Komarnytskyi
• Goalkeeping coach – Artem Kychak
• Fitness coach – Inna Desiuk

Bukovyna-2 Chernivtsi

The Bukovyna-2 Chernivtsi is a reserve team that the club has occasionally fielded in various competitions.

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
2013	4th (Amatory)	6	10	2	1	7	7	15	7