FC Zorya Luhansk

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Zorya Luhansk

Full name

FC Zorya Luhansk

Founded

1923

Ground

Avanhard Stadium
(Capacity 22,320)

Chairman

Valery Bukalov

Head Coach

Anatoliy Volobuev

League

Ukrainian Premier League

2006–07

11th





Home colours





Away colours

Club Crest, Soviet time

FC Zorya Luhansk (Ukrainian: ФК «Зоря» Луганськ), formerly known as Zorya Voroshilovgrad and Zorya-MALS, is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk (formerly known as Voroshilovgrad), Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.

In the season 2005-06 the team won the first place in the Persha Liha, and has been promoted to the Vyscha Liha. Zorya was one of the original twenty teams to debut for the first season of the Ukrainian Premier League. The team played for five seasons until the 1995-96 season in which they finished eighteenth and where sent down to the Persha Liha. Zorya relegated to Druha Liha in 1996-97 season but she returned to Persha Liha in 2003-2004 season.

As Zorya Voroshilovgrad, the club had won the USSR Championship in 1972.

1 Honors
2 Squad
3 Famous players
4 Former coaches
5 League and Cup History
6 References

[edit] Honors

USSR Championship: 1

1972

Ukrainian First League: 1

2005-06

Ukrainian Second League: 1

2002-2003

Runner-Up

USSR Cup: 2

1974, 1975

Ukrainian First League: 3

2004-05

Ukrainian Second League: 2

1998-99

Ukrainian Second League: 3

1999-2000

[edit] Squad

Squad is given according to the club's official site [1], as of April 28, 2008.

No.	Position	Player
2	MF	Sheptim Babay
3	DF	Jurica Puliz
4	FW	Vladyslav Holopyorov
5	DF	Ihor Korotetskyy
6	DF	Olexandr Polovkov
7	FW	Yevhen Lutsenko
8	MF	Darko Dunjić
9	FW	Dmytro Vorobey
10	DF	Mirko Bunjevćević
11	FW	Onyekachi Nwoha
13	MF	Toafik Salhi
14	DF	Artem Savin
15	DF	Andriy Havrushiv
17	MF	Yevheniy Bredun

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Serhiy Shevchuk
18	DF	Georgi Tsimakuridze
19	FW	Yuriy Tselikh
20	GK	Andriy Tlumak
21	MF	Yevhen Shmakov
22	DF	Andriy Koniushenko
23	FW	Dmytriy Brovkin
24	MF	Ivan Matyazh
25	MF	Maksym Trusevych
26	FW	Oleksiy Antonov
33	GK	Andriy Komarytskyi
38	DF	Oleksiy Khramtsov (captain)
55	MF	Igor Petković
88	MF	Vladimir Burduli

[edit] Famous players

Timerlan Huseinov

[edit] Former coaches

Oleh Bazilevich (1984)
Samir Gasanov (-2006)
Yuri Koval (2006-)
Oleksandr Kosevych (-2008)

[edit] League and Cup History

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Notes
1992	1st	12	18	6	5	7	23	23	17	1/16 finals
1992-93	1st	15	30	10	4	16	26	46	24	1/8 finals
1993-94	1st	14	34	10	5	18	24	46	26	1/8 finals
1994-95	1st	16	34	10	5	19	35	70	35	1/16 finals
1995-96	1st	18	34	4	4	26	16	80	16	1/16 finals	Relegated
1996-97	Appeared in lower levels
1997-98	Appeared in lower levels									1/32 finals
1998-99	Appeared in lower levels									1/32 finals
1999-00	Appeared in lower levels
2000-01	Appeared in lower levels
2001-02	Appeared in lower levels
2002-03	Appeared in lower levels									1/32 finals
2003-04	Appeared in lower levels									1/16 finals
2004-05	Appeared in lower levels									1/16 finals
2005-06	Appeared in lower levels										Promoted
2006-07	1st	11	30	9	7	14	23	43	34	1/16 finals