FC Kremin Kremenchuk

Football Club Kremin Kremenchuk (Ukrainian: ФК Кремінь Кременчук; Russian: Кремень Кременчуг, romanized: Kremen Kremenchug) is a professional football club based in Kremenchuk, Ukraine. The current club is administered by the city of Kremenchuk and was established in 2003, but it traces its heritage to the previously existing clubs of 1959–1970 and 1985–2001.

Kremin

Full name	Football Club Kremin Kremenchuk
Founded	1959; 66 years ago (1959), as Dnipro October 23, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-10-23), as Kremin
Ground	Kremin-Arena, Kremenchuk
Capacity	1,500
President	Serhiy Kovnir
Head coach	Ihor Klymovskyi
League	Ukrainian Second League
2024–25	Ukrainian First League, 17th of 17 (relegated)
Website	https://fckremen.com.ua/
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

After the World War II and until 1960, the main football team in Kremenchuk was Vahonobudivnyk Kremenchuk which represented the local railcar factory. In 1963, another Kremenchuk team which represented road equipment manufacturer became the first club from Kremenchuk that obtained the professional status (team of masters). The team played under the name of Dnipro. The club only played for six seasons in the Soviet lower leagues before it was dissolved. During that time the team was coached by Borys Usenko. In 1970, the club has folded.

In 1985, the club was reestablished when Naftovyk Kremenchuk was merged with SC KrAZ Kremenchuk. Naftovyk Kremenchuk was sponsored by the Kremenchuk Oil Refinery, while SC KrAZ Kremenchuk was a sports club of the Ukrainian truck builder AutoKrAZ. The new club under the name Kremin has won the Soviet amateur football competition in 1988 which was taking place in Kryvyi Rih and the next year entered the Soviet Second League competitions. After Kremin was admitted to the All-Union level, at republican level Kremenchuk was represented by Naftovyk Kremenchuk.

After fall of the Soviet Union, from 1992 to 1997, Kremin has played in the Ukrainian Premier League. The club was granted with opportunity to participate in the top tier for being one of the top 9 (of 11) Ukrainian teams from the West Zone of the Soviet Second League in 1991. After being relegated in 1997, Kremin spent the next two seasons after that in Ukrainian First League and was demoted further to Ukrainian Second League in 1999. Soon after that the club folded and ceased to exist.

Soon after liquidation of the club, in 2003 the city council adopted a decision to revive similar club financed from a local budget. Since the 2005–06 season, the city's club has taken part in the Ukrainian Second League replacing another team Vorskla-2 Poltava.

Before the start of the 2020–21 season,^[1] MFC Kremin Kremenchuk changed its name to FC Kremin Kremenchuk.

Kremin Kremenchuk's best achievement in the Ukrainian Premier League was 9th place (twice, in 1992–93 and 1995–96), while reaching the semi-finals in the Ukrainian National Cup in 1996.

Crest and colours

Coat of arms of Kremenchuk

Home colors are blue shirts, blue shorts, and blue socks. Away uniforms are white shirts, white shorts, and white socks.

The team kits are produced by Puma AG and the shirt sponsor is Kremenchukmyaso.^[2]

Since the club's foundation, Kremin has had five main crests.

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  Club logo (1980s)
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  Club logo (1992–2001)
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  Club logo (2003–2020)
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  Club logo (2020–2021)
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  Club logo (2021–present)

Stadium

Main article: FC Kremin Stadium

From its inception the team played at the Polytechnic Stadium, however, that stadium has fallen into disrepair, and after one season of play at Yunist Stadium in Komsomolsk, the team have moved into their brand new stadium. City officials built FC Kremin Stadium which has covered stands for 1500 spectators and artificial pitch surface.

Players

As of 2 May 2025^[update][3] 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 7 MF  UKR Bohdan Melnyk 10 MF  UKR Andrii Savitskyi 11 MF  UKR Valentyn Maksymenko 13 DF  UKR Danylo Sydorenko 14 MF  UKR Andrii Koloskov 15 MF  UKR Maksym Bondar 18 MF  UKR Nazarii Pasternak 19 MF  UKR Heorhii Kovalskyi 22 GK  UKR Pavlo Lazarenko 23 MF  UKR Dmytro Prokopchuk

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 MF  UKR Mykhailo Klepko 26 MF  UKR Dmytro Pokas 27 MF  UKR Vladyslav Molko 40 GK  UKR Vadym Dmytrochenko 47 FW  UKR Anatolii Stetsiuk 51 FW  UKR Zlat Zlatiev 72 DF  UKR Roman Tylokha 71 GK  UKR Artem Matus 79 DF  UKR Andrii Borovskyi 91 DF  UKR Danylo Arkusha

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

Management and staff

See also: List of FC Kremin Kremenchuk managers

Current staff

Management and staff as of 25 September 2023^[4]

Position	Name
Manager	Ihor Klymovskyi[5]
Assistant coaches	Dmytro Nazarenko[5]
	Ruslan Umanets[5]
Goalkeeping coach	Serhii Karpov[5]

League and cup history

Dnipro (1959–1970)

The club was named Torpedo for the 1959 season. Dnipro was sponsored by the Kremenchuk Factory of Road Equipment "Kredmash". Since 1963, it participated at the professional level.

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Soviet Cup	Europe		Notes
1962	Poltava Oblast competitions												lost promotional playoff
1963	3rd Ukraine "1"	20	38	5	8	25	32	82	14
1964	3rd Ukraine "2"	16	30	7	5	18	24	54	19
1965	3rd Ukraine "1"	5	30	9	13	8	21	21	31	1/8 finals
		4	10	3	3	4	9	9	9				Play-off
1966	3rd Ukraine "2"	3	38	19	12	7	44	26	50	Winners (Zone 2)
		X	2	0	1	1	1	4	1				Play-off lost
1967		3	40	22	6	12	51	33	50	1/16 finals
		3	5	2	1	2	2	2	5				Play-off, Promoted
1968	2nd Group 2	18	40	7	14	19	23	46	28	1/64 finals
		4	5	2	1	2	5	4	5				Play-off, Relegated
1969	3rd Ukraine "1"	5	40	17	15	8	45	27	49

Kremin (1985–2001)

The club was created out of the team of Kremenchuk Oil Refinery Plant, FC Naftovyk Kremin and SC KrAZ, sponsored by the AutoKrAZ.

Soviet championship (1985–1991)

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1986	Ukraine KFK "4"	3	14	7	4	3	23	11	18
1987	Ukraine KFK "4"	1	16	13	2	1	47	13	28
	Ukraine KFK finals	2	5	4	0	1	12	4	8
1988	Ukraine KFK "4"	1	20	14	4	2	46	14	32
	Ukraine KFK finals	1	5	4	0	1	12	7	8
1989	3rd	6	52	21	18	13	59	50	60				VI Zone
1990		10	42	16	11	15	49	45	43				West Zone
1991		13	42	16	9	17	56	50	41				West Zone

Ukrainian championship (1992–2001)

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1992	1st	7	18	4	8	6	17	23	16	1⁄8 finals			Group A
1992–93		9	30	8	11	11	23	40	27	1⁄8 finals
1993–94		15	34	9	8	17	26	39	26	1⁄4 finals
1994–95		10	34	12	6	16	42	54	42	1⁄4 finals
1995–96		9	34	14	4	16	48	56	46	1⁄2 finals
1996–97		15	30	7	3	16	28	57	24	1⁄8 finals			Relegated
1997–98	2nd	14	42	16	7	19	55	53	45	1⁄32 finals
1998–99		17	38	11	7	20	34	63	40	1⁄16 finals			Relegated
1999–00	3rd "C"	2	26	18	1	7	44	22	55	1⁄8 finals
2000–01	3rd "C"	14	30	7	7	16	24	38	28	1⁄8 finals			Withdrawn

MFC Kremin (2003–2020)

On 23 October 2003, the Kremenchuk city council created a city football team MFC Kremin Kremenchuk.

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
2004	4th	4	6	1	2	3	7	9	5				Group 6
2005–06	3rd "C"	9	24	9	6	9	22	34	33	1⁄64 finals
2006–07	3rd "B"	14	28	6	7	15	20	35	25	1⁄32 finals
2007–08	3rd "B"	8	34	14	8	12	49	46	50	1⁄32 finals
2008–09	3rd "B"	14	34	10	7	17	43	52	34	1⁄32 finals			–3[6]
2009–10	3rd "B"	2	26	15	9	2	41	21	54	1⁄64 finals
2010–11	3rd "B"	3	22	13	4	5	37	20	43	1⁄8 finals
2011–12	3rd "B"	5	26	16	3	7	34	23	51	1⁄16 finals
2012–13	3rd "B"	5	24	12	7	5	39	21	43	1⁄16 finals
	3rd "2"	5	34	12	14	8	46	31	50				Promotion Group 2
2013–14	3rd	6/19	36	19	7	10	54	28	64	1⁄32 finals
2014–15	3rd	3/10	27	14	6	7	50	30	48	1⁄16 finals			lost promotion playoff
2015–16	3rd	8/14	26	11	7	8	43	31	40	1⁄32 finals
2016–17	3rd	3/17	32	21	5	6	67	29	68	1⁄32 finals			Promoted
2017–18	2nd	16/18	34	9	5	20	25	54	32	1⁄64 finals			Relegated
2018–19	3rd "B"	1/10	27	18	7	2	48	17	61	1⁄32 finals			Promoted won championship game
2019–20	2nd	13/16	30	7	6	17	35	57	27	1⁄16 finals
2020–21	2nd	15/16	30	6	6	18	23	50	24
2021–22	2nd	16/16	20	4	1	15	16	43	13				unfinished
2022–23	2nd	8/16	14	1	4	9	11	31	7
2023–24	2nd	18/20	28	6	7	15	20	48	25

Honours

• Ukrainian Second League
  • Winners (1): 2018–19
  • Runners-up (2): 1999–2000 (Group C), 2009–10 (Group B)
• Ukrainian Championship among teams of physical culture
  • Winners (1): 1988
• Poltava Oblast Cup
  • Winners (1): 2004^[7]
• Poltava Oblast Champions
  • Winners (3): 1962, 2004,^[7] 2005^[8]