FC Zirka Kirovohrad

FC Zirka Kirovohrad
Full name FC Zirka Kirovohrad
Nickname(s) "Zvezda" – Star
Founded 1922
Ground "Zirka" Stadium, Kirovograd
(Capacity: 13,667)
Chairman Mykola Onul
Manager Anatoliy Buznyk
League Ukrainian First League
2010–11 12th
Home colours

FC Zirka Kirovohrad (Ukrainian: ФК "Зірка") is a Ukrainian professional football team. The team is situated in Kirovohrad, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine and was founded in 1922. Zirka debuted in the Ukrainian Premier League 1994-95 season, where they finished 6th. In the Ukrainian Premier League 1999-00 season they finished in last place and were relegated to the Persha Liha. They were promoted immediately as champions once again for the 2003–04 season, but finished in last place and were demoted again.

The club ceased to exist in 2006 because of financial difficulties, having finished the 2005–06 season in 9th place (out of 15) of Druha Liha B. In 2007 Zirka played in Ukrainian Amateur Championship. On July 16, 2008 FC Olimpik Kirovohrad was renamed to Zirka.

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Team Names

Year Name
1922–27 Chervona Zirka
1928–35 Metalist
1935–43 Sil'mash
1949–51 Traktor
1951–57 Torpedo
1958–61, 1963–93, 1998– Zirka
1962 Dynamo
1993–97 Zirka-NIBAS

Current squad

Squad is given according to the official PFL website, as of May 16, 2011. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Artem Koleda
3 DF Taras Pinchuk (on loan from Dynamo)
4 DF Denys Stoyan
5 MF Andriy Smalko
6 MF Oleksandr Sklyar
7 MF Maksym Syrota
8 DF Volodymyr Ostroushko
9 MF Ivan Rudnytskyi
10 MF Maksym Skorokhodov
11 FW Oleksandr Batalskyi
13 FW Vyacheslav Samoylenko
No. Position Player
14 MF Ruslan Bidnenko
18 FW Oleksandr Sytnyk
19 FW Yaroslav Halenko
20 MF Dmytro Titov
22 GK Anton Sytnykov
23 DF Roman Bochkur
24 FW Andriy Proshyn
27 MF Oleksandr Kochura (captain)
33 GK Andriy Tovt
DF Vyacheslav Kuyanov

Honors

Champions 1994/95
Champions 2002/03
Champions 2008/09 Group B

League and cup history

FC Zirka (1992–2007)

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
1992 3rd "B" 4 16 8 3 5 35 24 19 Did not qualify
1992–93 3rd 4 34 16 9 9 50 33 41 1/32 finals
1993–94 3rd 3 42 25 7 10 60 41 57 1/32 finals Promoted
1994–95 2nd 1 42 27 10 5 68 26 91 1/32 finals Promoted
1995–96 1st 6 34 14 8 12 37 33 50 1/16 finals
1996–97 1st 10 30 11 3 16 31 55 36 1/8 finals
1997–98 1st 11 30 9 6 15 27 48 33 1/16 finals
1998–99 1st 11 30 9 7 14 31 40 34 Semi finals
1999-00 1st 16 30 0 9 21 16 66 9 Semi finals Relegated
2000–01 2nd 15 34 10 10 14 27 34 40 1/16 finals
2001–02 2nd 9 34 11 13 10 29 28 46 4th round
2002–03 2nd 1 34 22 5 7 45 22 71 1/16 finals Promoted
2003–04 1st 16 30 3 8 19 16 43 14[1] 1/32 finals Relegated
2004–05 3rd "B"[2] 12 26 7 6 13 29 38 27 1/32 finals
2005–06 3rd "B" 9 28 11 4 13 23 37 37 1/32 finals [3]
2006–07 club is idle
2007–08 club reforms[4]

FC Zirka (2008– )

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
2007–08 3rd "B" 17 34 6 7 21 33 66 25 1/64 finals as FC Olimpik Kirovohrad
2008–09 3rd "B" 1 34 23 3 8 56 26 72 1/16 finals Promoted[5]
2009–10 2nd 12 34 11 13 10 38 40 43 1/32 finals –3[6]
2010–11 2nd 12 34 12 7 15 43 44 43 1/32 finals
2011–12 2nd 1/16 finals

Notes

  1. ^ PFL deducted 3 points for violations
  2. ^ The club sought administration and became solvent. Club requested to be relegated to the Ukrainian Second League
  3. ^ Club is bankrupt and is dissolved July 11, 2006
  4. ^ participates in Ukrainian Amateur competition for 2007
  5. ^ Club name changed to FC Zirka, the name of the team that has represented Kirovohrad historically
  6. ^ (Ukrainian) "PFL Disciplinary committee decision № 24". PFL. January 28, 2010. http://pfl.ua/docs/disciplinary_committee/Protokol_24_280110.pdf (Ukrainian). Retrieved March 11, 2010. "Deducted 3 points for failure of payment to contracted players. (January 28, 2010)" 

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