FC_Spartak_Ivano-Frankivsk

FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk

FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk

Football club


FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk was a Ukrainian football team based in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, the unofficial capital of the Prykarpattia region.

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History

The club was founded in 1940 after the Soviet occupation of the Eastern Poland during the World War II. All previous local sports clubs were liquidated and replaced with "proletarian".

In 1956 the club gained promotion to the Soviet Class B (second tier) by winning a play-off match-up against SKCF Sevastopol in 1955. Since that time, Ivano-Frankivsk had at least one club in football competitions among teams of masters until dissolution of the Soviet Union.

In 1981 until 2003 the club competed under the name FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk and in 1989 (the Perestroika epoch) was converted from team of masters to professional club by "western standards". In 1981 – 1989 the team of masters belonged to the local Soviet scientific and defense manufacturer Positron.

In 1992 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk was admitted to the first Ukrainian Premier League, after being initially chosen to participate for being a runner-up from 1st Zone of the Soviet Second League B in 1991. After being demoted following their first season, the club returned to the Ukrainian Premier League in 1994 and remained there for six seasons.

In 2003 the club managed to preserve its place in the Ukrainian First League only with the help of LUKOR Kalush (FC Kalush) that was financed by the Russian Lukoil and coincidentally merged with Ivano-Frankivsk club after winning the Second League and obtaining promotion to the First League. Upon merging of two clubs, the Ivano-Frankivsk team was renamed to Spartak as a "People Football Club", while Kalush team became Prykarpattia-2.

After the 2007 season Spartak was finally relegated to the Second League, with no money. The club folded right before the start of the next season. Following liquidation of its senior, the club continues to field its junior squads in competitions of Ukrainian Youth League.

Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk's best achievement in the Ukrainian Premier League was eleventh place (twice, in 1994–95 and 1995–96).

The team's colours were red shirts and white shorts.

Top scorers

Notable managers

  • Viktor Lukashenko, 1972 Ukrainian republican championship winner, 1973 Ukrainian Cup finalist
  • Viktor Kozyn, first manager of reorganized football club in 1989
  • Ivan Krasnetskyi, 1991 Ukrainian republican championship runner-up and admission to the top league, first manager in competitions of the independent Ukraine
  • Ihor Yurchenko, 1994 First League winner
  • Bohdan Blavatskyi, first manager of the revived Spartak in 2003

Club's Presidents

Honours

  • Soviet First League
    • Runner-up (1): 1957
  • Ukrainian Cup
    • Runner up (1): 1973
  • Championship of the Ukrainian SSR
    • Winners (3): 1955, 1969, 1972
    • Runner-up (2): 1991
  • Ukrainian First League
    • Winner (1): 1994

Derbies

The fiercest rivalry of the club was with FC Nyva Ternopil. The regional neighbors' games sometimes ended with disorders at the respective stadiums. The rivalry was part of the West Ukrainian football derby that after a while transferred from the Ukrainian Premier League to the Ukrainian First League.

The other rivalry worth mentioning was with FC Karpaty Lviv.

League and cup history

Ukrainian SSR (Soviet Union)

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Ukraine

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See also


References

  1. Renamed to Spartak Ivano-Frankivs'k before the start of the season and assumed FC LUKOR Kalush's place in the Persha Liha competition who were promoted as Druha Liha Group A champions.
  2. Club is dissolved at the end of the season

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