FC Poltava
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FC Poltava is a Ukrainian
football club based in Poltava
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The club was created by the newly elected mayor of the Poltava city Andriy Matkovsky (2006) who is the club's Honorary President and the main sponsor. FC Poltava entered the professional leagues for the 2007–08 season in the Druha Liha B. The team started the season trepidly but in the second half they improved a great deal.
The teams goal is to train players for the teams of the Premier League
and First League
. The club also has intentions to reestablish the forgotten Poltava derby that in the Soviet times took place between teams of Kolkhospnyk (today's Vorskla) and Lokomotyv. FC Poltava has an agreement of cooperation with the local Horpynka sports school
. In summer of 2010 the club announced of its withdrawal from the professional football due to a biased attitude from the PFL of Ukraine, particularly its refereeing. After some talks with several state officials and from Ministry of sport a consensus was found. It was decided that the club would continue its participation in the Second League.
Home uniforms are dark green.
Ukraine
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football club based in Poltava
Poltava
Poltava is a city in located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Poltava Oblast , as well as the surrounding Poltava Raion of the oblast. Poltava's estimated population is 298,652 ....
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The club was created by the newly elected mayor of the Poltava city Andriy Matkovsky (2006) who is the club's Honorary President and the main sponsor. FC Poltava entered the professional leagues for the 2007–08 season in the Druha Liha B. The team started the season trepidly but in the second half they improved a great deal.
The teams goal is to train players for the teams of the 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...
and First League
Ukrainian First League
The Persha Liha or Ukrainian First League is a football league in Ukraine and the second tier of national football competitions. Members of the league also participate in the Ukrainian Cup...
. The club also has intentions to reestablish the forgotten Poltava derby that in the Soviet times took place between teams of Kolkhospnyk (today's Vorskla) and Lokomotyv. FC Poltava has an agreement of cooperation with the local Horpynka sports school
Sports School
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. In summer of 2010 the club announced of its withdrawal from the professional football due to a biased attitude from the PFL of Ukraine, particularly its refereeing. After some talks with several state officials and from Ministry of sport a consensus was found. It was decided that the club would continue its participation in the Second League.
Home uniforms are dark green.
2009 squad
League and cup history
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Domestic Cup Ukrainian Cup The Ukrainian Cup is a national knockout cup competition in Ukrainian football, run by the Football Federation of Ukraine. The winner of the competition is awarded a qualification to the UEFA Cup , under special circumstances the finalist also may enter... |
Europe | Notes | |
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| 2007–08 Ukrainian Second League 2007-08 The 2007–2008 Ukrainian Second League is the sixteenth season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competitions are divided into two groups – A and B.- Final standings:Note: Each group may hold from 14 to 20 participants... |
3rd "B" | 11 | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 51 | 43 | Did not enter | |||
| 2008–09 Ukrainian Second League 2008-09 The 2008–2009 Ukrainian Second League is the seventeenth season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competitions are divided into two groups – A and B.-Competition information:... |
3rd "B" | 2 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 23 | 72 | 1/32 finals | |||
| 2009–10 | 3rd "B" | 3 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 54 | 1/16 finals | |||
| 2010–11 2010–11 Ukrainian Second League The 2010–11 Ukrainian Second League was the nineteenth season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competitions were divided into two groups according to geographical location in the country – A is western and northern Ukraine and B is eastern and southern Ukraine.The first game of... |
3rd "B" | 2 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 24 | 48 | 1/8 finals | |||
| 2011–12 2011–12 Ukrainian Second League The 2011–12 Ukrainian Second League is the twentieth season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. There are two groups of competition divided by region. Both Group competitions began on July 23, 2011... |
3rd "B" | 1/16 finals | |||||||||||