FC Ternopil
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| Full name | Football Club Ternopil |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 (reformed 2007) |
| Ground capacity | 16,450 |
| Manager | Vasyl Ivehesh |
| League | Ukrainian First League |
| 2013-14 | 3rd (Promoted) |
FC Ternopil is a professional Ukrainian football club based in Ternopil, Ukraine. The club was originally created as a second team of FC Nyva Ternopil. After its reformation and return to professional level, the club currently competes in the Ukrainian First League.
History
In 2000 at the initiative of Ternopil Mayor Anatoliy Kucherenko the Ternopil Pedagogical Lyceum (college) established a team Nyva Ternopil-2, which became a farm club of Nyva Ternopil.[1] The club participated in the Ukrainian Second League during the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons.[2] However, after the winter beak in 2002 the club changed their name to FC Ternopil. At the end of the 2001–02 season the main club was relegated from the Ukrainian First League and FC Ternopil lost its professional license.
In 2003, the team called Burevisnyk was formed and began competing in the top league of Ternopil obslast, representing Ternopil Pedagogical University.
On May 16, 2007 the team ceased its affiliation with Nyva Ternopil and formed a single club - Ternopil-Burevisnyk. In the same year the team won their first trophy - as champions of Ternopil oblast.
The club continued to perform successfully in the Ternopil Oblast league as well as winning the Ternopil Oblast Cup and Super Cup in 2010 and 2011.[3]
The club also represented Ukraine in the European University games and were champions in 2009.[4]
In June 2012 the club applied for a professional license with the PFL and was granted entry to the Ukrainian Second League for the 2012–13 season.[2]
After two seasons the club was promoted to the Ukrainian First League after finishing 3rd in 2014.[5]
Honors
- Champions of Ternopil Oblast – 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Ternopil Oblast Cup Winners – 2001, 2009, 2010
- Ternopil Oblast Supercup winners – 2008, 2010, 2011
- Silver medalist of Ukraine among college competition – 2009, 2010
- Bronze medalist of Ukraine among college competition – 2007
- European University Champions – 2009
- Bronze medalist of European University Championship for students – 2010
League and cup history
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Domestic Cup | Europe | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–01 | 3rd "A" | 11 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 52 | 31 | ||||
| 2001–02 | 3rd "A" | 15 | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 49 | 35 | Renamed[6] | |||
| 2003–12 | Amateur competitions | ||||||||||||
| 2012–13 | 3rd "A" | 3 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 20 | 35 | 1/64 finals | |||
| 3rd "1" | 4 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 43 | 34 | 49 | Stage 2[7] | ||||
| 2013–14 | 3rd | 3 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 56 | 27 | 71 | 1/4 finals | Promoted | ||
| 2014–15 | 2nd | 1/16 finals | |||||||||||
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FC Ternopil 2012
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FC-Ternopil 2014
References
- ↑ Інтерв'ю з Василем Івегешем [Interview with Vasyl Ivehesh] (in Ukrainian). Nyva Ternopil Official website. 5 October 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Новачки другої ліги: знайомтеся! [Rookies in Second League: Introduction!] (in Ukrainian). ukrfootball.com.ua. 24 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- ↑ ЗНАЙОМСТВО З СУПЕРНИКОМ: ФК "ТЕРНОПІЛЬ" [Meet our opponent: FC Ternopil] (in Ukrainian). Zhytomyr Oblast Football Federation. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ↑ ФК "Тернопіль" - чемпіон Європи [FC Ternopil - Champions in Europe]. 20minut.ua (in Ukrainian). FC Ternopil official website. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
- ↑ ФК Тернопіль виходить у Першу лігу [FC Ternopil enters First League] (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ↑ Renamed from Nyva Ternopil-2 to FC Ternopil after the winter break
- ↑ Competition held in two stages. Points from Stage One carried over