FC Khimik Sieverodonetsk
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FC Khimik Sieverodonetsk was a professional Ukrainian
football
club. The club was based in Sieverodonetsk
, Ukraine
.
. In the Ukrainian soccer competitions as well as in the Soviet, the club was called Khimik (chemical scientist). The club for several season was showing good results and was one of the contenders to be promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League
, but in 1998 it became defunct. In recent years (2005-08), there is another club from Sieverodonetsk
called Blyskavka (Thunder-bolt) that competes on the amateur level.
Ukraine
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football
Football (soccer)
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club. The club was based in Sieverodonetsk
Sieverodonetsk
Severodonetsk is a city in the Luhansk Oblast of south-eastern Ukraine. The city is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, and is located on the Seversky Donets River, approximately to the north north west from the oblast capital, Luhansk.Severodonetsk has several factories and...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
.
Brief history
In Soviet times the club participated on the professional level from 1963 when the Ukrainian zone of the Soviet Second League was organized and until 1970 during another reorganization of the Soviet football structure. Then, in 1991 it reentered the professional competition once again right before the dissolution of Soviet UnionSoviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. In the Ukrainian soccer competitions as well as in the Soviet, the club was called Khimik (chemical scientist). The club for several season was showing good results and was one of the contenders to be promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...
, but in 1998 it became defunct. In recent years (2005-08), there is another club from Sieverodonetsk
Sieverodonetsk
Severodonetsk is a city in the Luhansk Oblast of south-eastern Ukraine. The city is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, and is located on the Seversky Donets River, approximately to the north north west from the oblast capital, Luhansk.Severodonetsk has several factories and...
called Blyskavka (Thunder-bolt) that competes on the amateur level.