FC Cherkashchyna (Ukrainian: ФК Черкащина) was a professional Ukrainian football club from the city of Cherkasy. The club's home ground was Central Stadium which was refurbished in 2003 and has a capacity of 10,321.[1]

FC Cherkashchyna
Full nameFC Cherkashchyna
Founded2010
Dissolved2021
GroundCentral Stadium, Cherkasy
Capacity10,321
ChairmanHenadiy Aldakymov
ManagerOleksandr Kyrylyuk
LeagueUkrainian Second League
2019–20First League, 16th (relegated via play-offs)
WebsiteClub website
Cherkasy city coat of arms
Emblem
Slavutych Cherkasy

The club became the first that managed to reach semi-finals of the Ukrainian Cup in 2014, while playing in the Ukrainian Second League.

Established in 2010, the club was restructured in 2014. The club was dissolved in July 2018 and reformed[2] as another new project based on its academy in Bilozirya.[3][4]

Team names edit

  • 2004–2009 (first club)
    • 2004–2009: FC Khodak Cherkasy
  • 2010–2018 (second club)
    • 2010–2014: FC Slavutych Cherkasy
    • 2014: FC Slavutych–Zorya Cherkasy
    • 2014–2018: FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro
  • 2018–2021 (third club)
    • 2018–2019: FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Bilozirya
    • 2019–2021: FC Cherkashchyna

History edit

Khodak Cherkasy edit

In 2004, there was registered club FC Khodak Cherkasy at a local food factory owned by Volodymyr Khodak.[5][6] The factory team existed at least since 1998,[6] but was registered as Khodak in 2004.[6] Previously in 1983–1991, Volodymyr Khodak worked in field of sports in Cherkasy Oblast and headed the regional branch of Soviet DOSAAF.[7] The new club played at regional competitions of Cherkasy Oblast. Beside own football team, the Khodak company also sponsored the city's professional basketball team Cherkaski Mavpy.[8] In the late October 2009 Khodak lost to another amateur club Karpaty Yaremche at the Ukrainian Amateur Cup final consisted of two legs.[9] After Ukrainian League Cup (2010) the club has disappeared.[10]

Slavutych – Cherkaskyi Dnipro edit

In 2010, on initiative of the Cherkasy Oblast Governor Serhiy Tulub a new club was created under the name of Slavutych and supposedly without any relations to Dnipro. There is an idea that the new club was created based on former amateur club FC Khodak Cherkasy.[11] In interview to regional sports newspaper "Cherkaskyi Sport" on 5 December 2019, the former player of Khodak acknowledged that the newly formed Slavutych was created based on Khodak.[12] The club's vice-president became a leader of Party of Regions in Cherkasy Oblast Volodymyr Khodak.[5][13]

In 2010, the new club applied for the Second League, but their application was denied.[14] The deputy chairman of the Cherkasy Oblast said that the Football Federation has shown to much of their principle. The club started out in the 2011 Ukrainian Football Amateur League. The club submitted its license to the Professional Football League of Ukraine and was accepted into the Ukrainian Second League for the 2011–12 season. The June 20, 2011 decision of the Central Council of PFL team accepted the team's professional status.[15] The new club received a new bus for transport as a gift and expansion for its sporting facilities.[16] There were allocated funds on reconstruction of Tsentralnyi Stadion and Volodymyr Khodak confirmed that were expanded some of the stadium's facility, while others are expected to be completed in near future.[17]

Soon after the establishment of the club (in 2011), the Dnipro ultras asked the club's leadership to return the city's club its original name of Dnipro instead of Slavutych and recognize the original club as a direct predecessor of Slavutych.[18][19][20]

In 2013, the club was coached by former Ukrainian international footballer and the first captain of national team Ihor Petrov who in 2015 decided to develop football in the Russian occupied eastern Ukraine. In November 2013 on initiative of Serhiy Tulub, there was created the club's Supervisory Board headed by Valeriy Cherniak, while Volodymyr Lashkul, an owner of FC Zorya Bilozirya, became the club's general director.[21] Serhiy Tulub was elected as an honorary president of the club.[21] After Euromaidan in Kyiv, Serhiy Tulub ran (at night on 20–21 March 2014[22]) and FC Cherkashchyna was taken under supervision of Lashkul.[23]

With the ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine, in March 2014 the club leadership was changed with a banker Ihor Doroshenko (Bank Mykhailivsky) replacing former Ukrainian statesman Serhiy Tulub.[24][23]

The club known as FC Slavutych Cherkasy in July 2014 merged with neighbors FC Zorya Bilozirya and was initially renamed, Slavutych-Zorya Cherkasy.[25] However the club decided to have input from their fans and the club was renamed to Cherkaskyi Dnipro.[26] It placed the year of establishment of FC Dnipro Cherkasy 1955 on its club's shield.

On 30 October 2017, the club was reconstituted as United Football Club of the Cherkasy Region territorial communes "Cherkaskyi Dnipro – Bilozirya Academy",[27] but renaming process was cancelled in December 2017.[28]

Cherkashchyna-Akademiya edit

The club was dissolved in July 2018 and reorganized based on its academy in Bilozirya.[3][4] FC Zorya-Akademia Bilozirya changed its name to FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya-2 Bilozirya and continues to compete at regional level.[29]

On 1 February 2019, the long-time head coach of Dnipro-Slavutych-Cherkashchyna Oleksandr Kyrylyuk expressed his expectations to get his club promoted to the First League approving the current format and composition of the Second League.[30]

In September 2019, the former president of Cherkashchyna Volodymyr Lashkul announced that he withdraws financing of the club.[31] Right away there surfaced talks about FC Cherkashchyna will dissolve. Lashkul pointed out to lack of interest to the club from local authorities and new MFC Dnipro Cherkasy that joined the Ukrainian Football Amateur League in 2019 with plans to join the Ukrainian Second League in 2020.

Soon after the Lushkul's state the club's general director Yuriy Kolesnyk stated that whoever spreads information about withdrawal of Cherkashchyna, he is the team's enemy number one.[32]

During winter break 2019–20, the senior team was abandoned by its owners and taken over by Football Federation of Cherkasy Oblast to avoid withdrawal of the club mid season.[33] The former owners reorganized based on their own club FC Zorya-Akademia Bilozirya.[33]

At the end of February 2020, it was announced that the club has means to finish the season.[34] Few days later it was announced that the club plans to appoint a new head coach, presumably Denys Marynchuk.[35]

Honours edit

Cherkaskyi Dnipro edit

Khodak Cherkasy edit

Players edit

Last squad edit

As of 10 July 2020[36][37]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 MF   SEN Souleymane Diong
7 FW   UKR Maksym Tyshchenko
9 MF   UKR Anton Dolhyi
10 MF   UKR Yevhen Morozenko
11 MF   UKR Ihor Nechay
17 FW   UKR Kostyantyn Yatsyk
20 FW   UKR Rostyslav Taranukha
22 DF   UKR Andriy Nesterenko
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF   UKR Yaroslav Zakharevych
29 MF   UKR Yuriy Malyei
33 DF   UKR Ivan Sklyarenko
44 MF   UKR Oleh Dmytrenko
70 FW   UKR Artem Tyshchenko
77 FW   UKR Maksym Skrypnyk
95 MF   UKR Tymur Pohranichnyi
90 FW   UKR Vladyslav Kabanyuk
GK   UKR Yevhen Stryzh

League and cup history edit

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Other Notes
FC Khodak Cherkasy
2006 4th 1 4 2 2 0 8 3 8
2 6 2 3 1 7 4 9
2 3 1 2 0 5 3 5 Play-off 3rd place
2007 4th 3 8 3 3 2 15 10 12 AC Semifinals
2008 4th 4 8 2 1 5 10 13 7 AC Round of 16
2009 4th 4 6 2 0 4 4 5 6 AC Final
2009–10 PFL LC Group Stage
FC Slavutych Cherkasy
2011 4th 5 10 4 0 6 8 17 12
2011–12 3rd "A" 3 26 15 8 3 35 15 53 132 finals
2012–13 3rd "A" 4 20 10 4 6 26 18 34 116 finals
3rd "1" 3 30 15 7 8 47 28 52 Stage 2[38]
2013–14 3rd 7 36 20 5 11 49 33 65 12 finals
FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro
2014–15 3rd 1 27 20 5 2 54 12 65 116 finals Promoted
2015–16 2nd 2 30 16 7 7 45 27 55 116 finals
2016–17 2nd 8 34 12 12 10 30 29 48 116 finals
2017–18 2nd 17 33 8 4 21 27 47 28 132 finals Relegated
Reformed as FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Bilozirya
2018–19 3rd 2 27 14 6 7 43 23 48 18 finals Promoted
FC Cherkashchyna
2019–20 2nd 16 30 1 4 25 23 74 7 132 finals Lost playoffs; Relegated
2020–21 3rd 10 5 4 1 14 7 19 164 finals Withdrew; Results annulled

List of head coaches edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Історія [history (stadium)] (in Ukrainian). FC Slavutych fans website. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
  2. ^ Cherkaskyi Dnipro changed its name and home of record (Черкаський Дніпро змінив назву і прописку). UA-Football. 10 July 2018
  3. ^ a b "ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: Черкасский Днепр расформирован".
  4. ^ a b FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya OTH Bilozirya is a new ambitious football project (ФК «Черкащина-Академія» ОТГ Білозір’я – новий амбітний футбольний проект). Cherkaskyi Sport. 2 August 2018
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  7. ^ Volodymyr Khodak. Cherkasy Oblast council.
  8. ^ Future champions (Майбутні чемпіони). Cherkaski Mavpy. 31 January 2008
  9. ^ Mykola Volkov. "Karpaty" took the Ukrainian Cup («Карпати» взяли Кубок України). Reporter. 29 October 2009
  10. ^ Second League. New faces and faces old (Вторая лига. Лица новые, лица старые). Football.ua. 26 July 2011
  11. ^ FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya soon will be forced to change its name (ФК Черкащина-Академия вскоре вынужден сменить название). Sports Arena. 5 December 2018
  12. ^ The "Uman region football from Ihor Sobolenko" spoke with Vitaliy Pidvysitskyi («Футбол Уманщини від Ігоря Соболенка» поспілкувався з Віталієм Підвисіцьким). Cherkaskyi Sport. 5 December 2019
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  14. ^ The new football club from Cherkasy is not wanted to be allowed to the Second League (Новый футбольный клуб из Черкасс не хотят пускать во вторую лигу). Gazeta.ua (Football Federation of Ukraine). 5 July 2010
  15. ^ "Відбулося засідання Центральної Ради ПФЛ (Official minutes from PFL Administration (June 20, 2011)" (in Ukrainian). PFL. 2011-06-21. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
  16. ^ ФК "СЛАВУТИЧ" ЗДОБУВАЄ ПЕРШУ ПЕРЕМОГУ [FC Slavutych gains its first victory] (in Ukrainian). Cherkaskiy Krai (Frontier). 2011-05-01. Archived from the original on 2012-05-23. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
  17. ^ Tetiana Nikitenko. Scoreboard and toilets for fans of "Slavutych" (Табло й туалет для фанів «Славутича»). Ukrayina Moloda. 27 July 2011.
  18. ^ Dilemma of the Cherkasy region football: Slavutych or Dnipro?. UA-Football. 20 March 2013
  19. ^ Fans' truth of Slavutych Cherkasy. UA-Football. 14 November 2011
  20. ^ Cherkaskyi Dnipro Ultras expressed their resentment for the actions of the club's leadership (Ультрас Черкасского Днепра выразили возмущение действиями руководства клуба). UA-Football. 25 July 2017
  21. ^ a b Tulub has created in Cherkasy an supervisory board of FC Slavutych (Тулуб створив у Черкасах опікунську раду ФК "Славутич"). Pro-Vincia. 11 November 2013
  22. ^ Cherkasy five years ago: departure of Tulub by plane, resignation of Bilousov, dissolution of the city's council and shooting in Mankivtsi (Timeline) (Черкаси п’ять років тому: відліт Тулуба, відставка Білоусова, розпуск міськради і стрілянина в Маньківці (Хронометр)). Dzvin. 22 February 2019
  23. ^ a b Money do not smell or an interesting investor for the Cherkasy Airport (Гроші не пахнуть, або цікавий інвестор для Черкаського аеропорту). Kropyva. 12 June 2015
  24. ^ Slavutych got new president, sponsors, and right away 9 newcomers (У Славутича новый президент, спонсоры и сразу девять новичков). Football.ua. 21 March 2014
  25. ^ Свердловський Шахтар відмовився від участі в Другій лізі [Shakhtar Sverdlovsk refused from participation in the Druha Liha]. Football Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). UA-Football. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  26. ^ У Черкаси повертається Дніпро [Dnipro returns to Cherkasy]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 21 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  27. ^ Cherkaskyi Dnipro changed its name and elected new honorary president (Черкасский Днепр изменил название и избрал нового почетного президента). Sport Arena. 30 October 2017
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  29. ^ The Cherkasy Oblast Football Federation website is informing that one more team ceases its participation in the Cherkasy Oblast championship, following after LNZ-Lebedyn and FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya-2 (Сайт ФФЧО повідомляє, що ще одна команда припиняє виступи в чемпіонаті Черкаської області - слідом за "ЛНЗ-Лебедин" і ФК «Черкащина-Академія-2»). Football of the Uman region from Ihor Sobolenko. 18 August 2018
  30. ^ Artem Tsyhanenko. Kyrylyuk: The task of Cherkashchyna-Akademiya is unchanged, to get promoted in tiers. Sport Arena. 1 February 2019
  31. ^ Serhiy Levchenko. Do you know that Cherkasy is a "mistechkove" (backward) city?, a head investor of Cherkashchyna told why the team may disappear ("Вы знаете, что Черкассы - "містечкове місто"?", - главный инвестор "Черкащины" рассказал, почему может исчезнуть команда). Footboom. 24 September 2019
  32. ^ Yaroslav Krokha. Who spreads information about withdrawal of Cherkashchyna, he is the team's enemy number one («Той, хто розповсюджує інформацію про зняття Черкащини, є першим ворогом команди»). Sport Arena. 25 September 2019
  33. ^ a b FC Cherkashchyna is transferred to the domain of local football federation, with the intention to save the team (ФК Черкащина передан во владение местной Федерации футбола – из-за желания сохранить команду). UA-Football. 6 January 2020
  34. ^ Yaroslav Krokha. The long awaited news from the Cherkashchyna: the new honorary president announced big changes and ambitious task (Довгоочікувані вісті з Черкащини: новий почесний президент анонсує великі зміни та амбітні завдання). Sport Arena. 27 February 2020
  35. ^ Marynchuk is going to become a new head coach of Cherkashchyna (Маринчук станет новым главным тренером Черкащины). Sport Arena. 2 March 2020
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  38. ^ Competition held in two stages. Points from Stage One carried over
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  42. ^ Coaches at FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro website

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