FC Vorskla Poltava (Ukrainian: ФК «Во́рскла» Полта́ва ['vɔrsklɐ pol'tɑvɐ]) is a professional football team which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League and represents the city of Poltava.
History
The club draws its history from 1955 when in the city of Poltava was established a football club Kolhospnyk within the republican trade union sports society Kolos. In 1957 the club obtained its professional status and was included in the competitions of the Soviet third division (then "Class B"). However in 1982 the club went into bankruptcy and was dissolved. For a short period of time from 1968–72 Kolos was also carrying names Silbud and Budivelnyk. In 1984 the club was reanimated as Vorskla after the river Vorskla, which flows through Poltava. In 1986 Vorskla entered the Soviet professional ranks of the third division where it participated to the collapse of the Soviet system.
Upon establishing of the Ukrainian football competitions in 1992 the club was admitted to the Ukrainian First League which it won in 1996. The team debuted in the Ukrainian Premier League in the 1996–97 season, taking that season the 3rd place, the highest achievement in team's history. Vorskla have remained in the Premier League since, and participated twice in UEFA Cup. In 2009 Vorskla met Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2009 Ukrainian Cup Final. Mykola Pavlov's men won the match 1-0 after Vasyl Sachko's goal in the 49th minute.
As a Domestic Cup winner Vorskla participated in the annual opening game of the season Ukrainian Super Cup meeting the champions Dynamo Kyiv. After a 0-0 draw at full-time Vorskla lost the cup to Dynamo on penalties.
Its home games the main team plays at Butovsky Memorial Vorskla Stadium which is named after one of the founders of the modern Olympic games and the International Olympic Committee in 1894. Oleksiy Dmytrovych also was a lieutenant-general of the Russian Army and a teacher. He wrote several books on the physical training in various conditions.
The biggest success of Vorskla in the European competitions was their qualification to the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League group phase.
In 2014, the club's president Oleh Babayev was shot dead, while police has opened a criminal cases under Article premeditated murder".[3]
Reserve team
The reserve team of Vorskla, Vorskla Poltava Reserves (Ukrainian: ФК «Ворскла» Полтава дубль) are playing in the Ukrainian Premier Reserve League.
Honours
- 1956 winners
- 1995–96 Champions
- 1996–97 third place
- 2008–09 winners
Football kits and sponsors
European record
- UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
- Q = Qualifying
- PO = Play-Off
Current squad
Squad is given according to the club's official website[5] and UPL website,[6] as of 1 August 2014.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Head coaches
 Kostyantyn Skrypchenko (1955–April 55)- Anatoliy Zubrytskyi (April 1955–Dec 56)
- Andriy Zhyhan (Jan 1957–April 57)
- Yosyp Lifshyts (April 1957–Dec 58)
- Oleksandr Zahretskyi (Jan 1959–June 59)
- Hennadiy Duhanov (July 1959–July 60)
- Viktor Zhyltsov (Aug 1960–July 1964)
- Kostyantyn Skrypchenko (interim) (July 1964–Aug 64)
- Hryhoriy Balaba (Aug 1964–July 65)
- Kostyantyn Skrypchenko (July 1965–Oct 65)
- Viktor Zhyltsov (Jan 1966–Dec 66)
- Volodymyr Aksyonov (Jan 1967–Oct 67)
- Oleksandr Alpatov (Dec 1968–Aug 70)
- Yuriy Voynov (Sept 1970–July 72)
- Oleksandr Alpatov (July 1972–July 73)
- Viktor Nosov (July 1973–Nov 74)
- Anatoliy Vitkov (Dec 1974–May 76)
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- Vasyl Salkov (May 1976–Dec 76)
- Stanislav Basyuk (Jan 1977–May 80)
- Volodymyr Aksyonov (May 1980–May 82)
- Hennadiy Putivskyi (May 1982–Nov 82)
- Viktor Pozhechevskyi (Feb 1984–Jan 90)
- Hennadiy Lysenchuk (Jan 1990–Aug 90)
- Viktor Pozhechevskyi (Aug 1990–Nov 90)
- Vladimir Khodus (Jan 1991–Aug 91)
 Leonid Koltun (Feb 1992)- Serhiy Dotsenko (March 1992–July 92)
- Volodymyr Bryukhtiy (July 1992–July 93)
- Viktor Maslov (July 1993–Nov 93)
- Viktor Pozhechevskyi (Jan 1994–June 98)
- Oleksandr Dovbiy (June 1998–Aug 98)
- Serhiy Sobetskyi and Ivan Shariy (interim)
(Aug 1998–Oct 98)
- Anatoliy Kon'kov (Oct 1998–Aug 00)
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- Serhiy Morozov (Aug 2000–June 01)
- Andriy Bal (July 1, 2001–Aug 18, 2003)
- Oleh Morhun (interim) (Aug 2003)
 Oleg Dolmatov (Aug 2003–Oct 03)- Oleh Morhun (interim) (Oct 2003–Dec 03)
- Volodymyr Lozynskyi (Dec 2003–July 04)
- Volodymyr Muntyan (July 1, 2004–June 16, 2005)
- Viktor Nosov (June 17, 2005–June 30, 2007)
- Anatoliy Momot (interim) (July 6, 2007–Dec 27, 2007)
- Mykola Pavlov (Dec 27, 2007–May 29, 2012)
- Vadym Yevtushenko (June 6, 2012–Aug 15, 2012)
- Serhiy Svystun (interim) (Aug 15, 2012–Dec 15, 2012)
- Serhiy Svystun (Dec 15, 2012–June 10, 2013)
- Vasyl Sachko (June 2013)
- Anatoliy Momot (interim) (July 4, 2013–)
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League and Cup history
| Season |
Div. |
Pos. |
Pl. |
W |
D |
L |
GS |
GA |
P |
Domestic Cup |
Europe |
Notes |
| 1992 |
2nd "B" |
8 |
26 |
12 |
5 |
9 |
33 |
25 |
29 |
1/16 finals |
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| 1992–93 |
2nd |
4 |
42 |
21 |
9 |
12 |
57 |
46 |
51 |
1/32 finals |
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| 1993–94 |
2nd |
8 |
38 |
15 |
7 |
16 |
30 |
52 |
37 |
1/16 finals |
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| 1994–95 |
2nd |
11 |
42 |
17 |
8 |
17 |
49 |
48 |
59 |
1/8 finals |
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| 1995–96 |
2nd |
1 |
42 |
32 |
7 |
3 |
92 |
37 |
103 |
1/32 finals |
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Promoted |
| 1996–97 |
1st |
3 |
30 |
17 |
7 |
6 |
50 |
26 |
58 |
1/4 finals |
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| 1997–98 |
1st |
5 |
30 |
15 |
4 |
11 |
41 |
46 |
49 |
1/4 finals |
UC |
2nd qual round |
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| 1998–99 |
1st |
10 |
30 |
10 |
5 |
15 |
36 |
43 |
35 |
1/4 finals |
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| 1999–00 |
1st |
4 |
30 |
14 |
7 |
9 |
50 |
34 |
49 |
1/8 finals |
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| 2000–01 |
1st |
12 |
26 |
6 |
5 |
15 |
16 |
29 |
23 |
1/16 finals |
UC |
1st round |
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| 2001–02 |
1st |
11 |
26 |
6 |
7 |
13 |
19 |
33 |
25 |
1/16 finals |
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| 2002–03 |
1st |
11 |
30 |
8 |
8 |
14 |
26 |
41 |
32 |
1/4 finals |
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| 2003–04 |
1st |
14 |
30 |
6 |
9 |
15 |
26 |
49 |
27 |
1/8 finals |
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| 2004–05 |
1st |
14 |
30 |
8 |
6 |
16 |
18 |
35 |
30 |
1/16 finals |
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| 2005–06 |
1st |
10 |
30 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
28 |
34 |
37 |
1/4 finals |
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| 2006–07 |
1st |
13 |
30 |
7 |
10 |
13 |
23 |
28 |
31 |
1/16 finals |
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| 2007–08 |
1st |
8 |
30 |
9 |
9 |
12 |
28 |
30 |
36 |
1/4 finals |
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| 2008–09 |
1st |
5 |
30 |
14 |
7 |
9 |
32 |
26 |
49 |
Winners |
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| 2009–10 |
1st |
10 |
30 |
6 |
13 |
11 |
29 |
32 |
31 |
1/16 finals |
EL |
Play-off Round |
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| 2010–11 |
1st |
6 |
30 |
10 |
9 |
11 |
37 |
32 |
39 |
1/8 finals |
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| 2011–12 |
1st |
8 |
30 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
38 |
43 |
37 |
1/8 finals |
EL |
Group Stage |
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| 2012–13 |
1st |
12 |
30 |
8 |
7 |
15 |
31 |
36 |
31 |
1/8 finals |
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| 2013–14 |
1st |
8 |
28 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
36 |
38 |
40 |
1/8 finals |
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| 2014–15 |
1st |
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1/8 finals |
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References
External links
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- Skrypchenko (1955)
- Zubrytskyi (1955–56)
- Zhyhan (1957)
- Lifshyts (1957–58)
- Zagretskiy (1959)
- Duhanov (1959–60)
- Zhyltsov (1964)
- Skrypchenko (1964c)
- Balaba (1964–65)
- Skrypchenko (1965)
- Zhyltsov (1966)
- Aksyonov (1967)
- Alpatov (1968–70)
- Voynov (1970–72)
- Alpatov (1972–73)
- Nosov (1973–74)
- Vitkov (1974–76)
- Salkov (1976)
- Basyuk (1977–80)
- Aksyonov (1980–82)
- Putivskyi (1982)
- Pozhechevskyi (1984–90)
- Lysenchuk (1990)
- Pozhechevskyi (1990)
- Khodus (1991)
- Pozhechevskyi & Slyusaryev & Basyuk & Dyaczenko & Kryvenko & Lukash (1991)
- Koltun (1992)
- Dotsenko (1992)
- Bryukhtiy (1992–93)
- Maslov (1993)
- Pozhechevskyi (1994–98)
- Dovbiy (1998)
- Sobetskyi & Shariy (1998c)
- Kon'kov (1998–2000)
- Morozov (2000–01)
- Bal (2001–03)
- Morhun (2003c)
- Dolmatov (2003)
- Morhun (2003c)
- Lozynskyi (2004)
- Muntyan (2004–05)
- Nosov (2005–07)
- Momot (2007c)
- Pavlov (2007–12)
- Yevtushenko (2012)
- Svystun (2012–13c)
- Momot (2013–14c)
- Sachko (2014–)
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