FC Stal Alchevsk
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FC Stal Alchevsk is a Ukrainian professional football team of the Ukrainian First League
that is based in Alchevsk
. "Stal" is the Russian (also Ukrainian) for "steel". The name was chosen as the pride for the heavily industrialized region of the country.
Stal joined the Ukrainian Premier League
in 2000–2001
for its tenth season. They finished in the next-to-last place and were relegated back to the Persha Liha where they remained until the 2005–2006 season
, for which they and FC Kharkiv
achieved promotion back to the Ukrainian Premier League.
In 2006–2007 season
Stal were relegated back to the Persha Liha, where they currently play.
. Its Communist revolutionary spirit can be noticed on the contemporary club's logo.
The language based idiocy can be clearly traced by the other eastern Ukrainian club FC Helios Kharkiv
, the chairman of which even spelled the name of his club as Gelios
(supposedly it is Latin for a god of the Sun) to avoid any approximation with the Ukrainian language
.
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...
that is based in Alchevsk
Alchevsk
Alchevsk is a town in the Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is separate administrative unit, and is located approximately 45 km from the oblast capital, Luhansk, and right next to the district capital of Perevalsk....
. "Stal" is the Russian (also Ukrainian) for "steel". The name was chosen as the pride for the heavily industrialized region of the country.
Stal joined 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...
in 2000–2001
Ukrainian Premier League 2000-01
-Preseason changes:Managers-Final table of Ukrainian Premier League season 2000-01:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 2001 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:Notable Transfers...
for its tenth season. They finished in the next-to-last place and were relegated back to the Persha Liha where they remained until the 2005–2006 season
Ukrainian Premier League 2005-06
The 2005–06 Ukrainian Premier League season was the fifteenth since its establishment.The season started on July 12, 2005 with six games of the first round. The last day of the competition was May 10, 2006. However, because the top two teams have finished with equal amount of points, it was decided...
, for which they and FC Kharkiv
FC Kharkiv
FC Kharkiv was a professional football club based in Kharkiv, Ukraine.After 2009–10 Ukrainian First League season the club was relegated to the Ukrainian Second League...
achieved promotion back to the Ukrainian Premier League.
In 2006–2007 season
Ukrainian Premier League 2006-07
The 2006-07 Ukrainian Premier League season is the sixteenth since its establishment. The official name of the competition was Soyuz-Viktan Ukrainian football championship. Soyuz-Viktan became the first title sponsor in the League's history....
Stal were relegated back to the Persha Liha, where they currently play.
Prior names
One of the former names of the team was Kommunarets which was in synchronization with the former name of Alchevsk – Kommunarsk in the honor of the Paris CommuneParis Commune
The Paris Commune was a government that briefly ruled Paris from March 18 to May 28, 1871. It existed before the split between anarchists and Marxists had taken place, and it is hailed by both groups as the first assumption of power by the working class during the Industrial Revolution...
. Its Communist revolutionary spirit can be noticed on the contemporary club's logo.
The language based idiocy can be clearly traced by the other eastern Ukrainian club FC Helios Kharkiv
FC Helios Kharkiv
FC Helios is a Ukrainian football club located in Kharkiv, Ukraine-History:FC Helios was founded in 2002 by Oleksandr Hellstein. The team quickly progressed through competitions in the Kharkiv Oblast and in 2003 the club advanced to play in the Druha Liha C...
, the chairman of which even spelled the name of his club as Gelios
Helios
Helios was the personification of the Sun in Greek mythology. Homer often calls him simply Titan or Hyperion, while Hesiod and the Homeric Hymn separate him as a son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia or Euryphaessa and brother of the goddesses Selene, the moon, and Eos, the dawn...
(supposedly it is Latin for a god of the Sun) to avoid any approximation with the Ukrainian language
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
.
Current squad
Squad is given according to the club's Official website, as of 24 September 2011.Head coaches
| Anatoliy Volobuyev Anatoliy Volobuyev Anatoliy Ivanovych Volobuyev is a former Ukrainian football player, and a head-coach of couple Ukrainian teams in the Premier and First leagues.-Coaching career:... (1989-00) Anatoly Konjkov Anatoly Konjkov Anatoliy Kon'kov is a former Ukrainian soccer player. He played in defense as a stopper. Kon'kov won four Soviet championships, once was a holder of the Soviet Cup, UEFA Supercup, and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1974-75... (2001) Anatoliy Volobuyev Anatoliy Volobuyev Anatoliy Ivanovych Volobuyev is a former Ukrainian football player, and a head-coach of couple Ukrainian teams in the Premier and First leagues.-Coaching career:... (2002 – May 2006) Mykola Pavlov Mykola Pavlov Mykola Petrovych Pavlov is a former Ukrainian football defender, and currently head-coach of FC Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League.-Playing career:... (May 2006 – Jun 2006) Ton Kaanen Ton Kaanen Ton Caanen is a Dutch manager, who is the manager of Malta-Personal life:Aside from a couple of games in the amateur Dutch leagues, Caanen never played professional football. He got his start as a youth manager in his hometown while also working as a salesman for the local Toyota dealership... (Jul 2006 – Jun 2007) Hennadiy Batkayev (Jun 2007 – Jan 2008) Oleh Smolianynov Oleg Smolyaninov Oleg Alekseyevich Smolyaninov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1977 for FC Torpedo Taganrog. He played 1 game in the UEFA Cup 1990–91 for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.... (Jan 2008 – Sep 2008) Vadym Plotnikov Vadym Plotnikov Vadym Vyacheslavovych Plotnikov is a former Ukrainian footballer, and recently was head-coach of FC Stal Alchevsk in the Ukrainian First League .-External links:* Biography... (Sep 2008– 5 Nov 2009) Anatoliy Volobuyev Anatoliy Volobuyev Anatoliy Ivanovych Volobuyev is a former Ukrainian football player, and a head-coach of couple Ukrainian teams in the Premier and First leagues.-Coaching career:... (5 Nov 2009–) |
Honors
- Ukrainian Persha LihaUkrainian First LeagueThe 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...
: 1
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- 2004/05 Champions
- Runners Up: 1
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- 1999/00
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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| 1992 Ukrainian First League 1992 Ukrainian First League 1992 was the first Ukrainian First League season with the record number of teams participating in the league at 28 divided into groups. The season started on March 14 and finished July 5, 1992.... |
2nd "A" | 9 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 22 | 26 | 1/16 finals | |||
| 1992–93 Ukrainian First League 1992-93 Ukrainian First League 1992–93 was the second season of the Ukrainian First League.The league was reorganized from the previous season into a single group of 22 teams of which the best one was Nyva Vinnytsia. The league was joined by six clubs relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League, while no... |
2nd | 10 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 37 | 42 | 1/64 finals | |||
| 1993–94 Ukrainian First League 1993-94 Ukrainian First League 1993–94 was the third season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk. The season started on August 15, 1993 and its final round was played on July 3, 1994... |
2nd | 4 | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 40 | 51 | 1/16 finals | |||
| 1994–95 Ukrainian First League 1994-95 Ukrainian First League 1994–95 was the fourth season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad. The season started on August 6, 1994 and finished on July 2, 1995. In the last round the Kiev club was only a point away and was visiting Oleksandriya, while the leading Zirka... |
2nd | 9 | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 57 | 50 | 62 | 1/8 finals | |||
| 1995–96 Ukrainian First League 1995-96 Ukrainian First League 1995–96 was the fifth season of the Ukrainian First League which was easily won by Vorskla Poltava. The season started on August 4, 1995 and finished on July 1, 1996.-Teams:... |
2nd | 3 | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 73 | 40 | 83 | 1/16 finals | |||
| 1996–97 Ukrainian First League 1996-97 Ukrainian First League 1996–97 was the sixth season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by Metalurh Donetsk. The season started on August 4, 1996 and finished on June 20, 1997.-Teams:... |
2nd | 6 | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 76 | 43 | 78 | 1/32 finals 2nd stage | |||
| 1997–98 Ukrainian First League 1997-98 -Teams:In 1997-98 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:-Final standings:Note:Four teams were relegated... |
2nd | 4 | 42 | 24 | 5 | 13 | 95 | 53 | 77 | 1/16 finals | |||
| 1998–99 Ukrainian First League 1998-99 -Teams:In 1998-99 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:-Standings:-Promotion play-off:FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk - FC Cherkasy 3:1 FC Cherkasy remains in the First League.- Top scorers :... |
2nd | 9 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 55 | 52 | 55 | 1/16 finals | |||
| 1999-00 Ukrainian First League 1999-00 -Teams:In 1999-00 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:-Standings:- Top scorers :Statistics are taken from here.*Pavlo Parshyn - 17*Oleh Venhlinskyi - 16... |
2nd | 2 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 58 | 36 | 70 | 1/16 finals | Promoted | ||
| 2000–01 Ukrainian Premier League 2000-01 -Preseason changes:Managers-Final table of Ukrainian Premier League season 2000-01:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 2001 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:Notable Transfers... |
1st | 13 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 49 | 15 | 1/16 finals | Relegated | ||
| 2001–02 Ukrainian First League 2001-02 -Teams:In 2001-02 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:-Final table:*The result of the 25th round match Borysfen Boryspil - FC Polissya Zhytomyr was annulled and replaced with such -:-, with no points added to either team.-Promotion play-off ::Polihgraftechnika... |
2nd | 6 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 34 | 50 | 1/8 finals | |||
| 2002–03 Ukrainian First League 2002-03 -Teams:In 2002-03 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:-Final table: Nyva Vinnytsia was not relegated as has folded in the Premier League. Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk was bought out by LUKOIL, the main... |
2nd | 6 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 33 | 52 | 1/8 finals | |||
| 2003–04 Ukrainian First League 2003-04 -Teams:In 2003-04 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:-Final table:*Krasyliv-Obolon Krasyliv 13th 2003/04, farm club for Premier League club Obolon Kyiv, broke operations and merged with FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi. The club is changing its name to Podillya Khmelnytskyi... |
2nd | 5 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 27 | 58 | 1/4 finals | |||
| 2004–05 Ukrainian First League 2004-05 -Teams:In 2004-05 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:-Final table:*FC Polissya Zhytomyr became insolvent during the mid season winter break and the UFF awarded technical victories against them in the second half of the season.... |
2nd | 1 | 34 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 60 | 24 | 77 | 1/8 finals | Promoted | ||
| 2005–06 Ukrainian Premier League 2005-06 The 2005–06 Ukrainian Premier League season was the fifteenth since its establishment.The season started on July 12, 2005 with six games of the first round. The last day of the competition was May 10, 2006. However, because the top two teams have finished with equal amount of points, it was decided... |
1st | 11 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 36 | 1/8 finals | |||
| 2006–07 Ukrainian Premier League 2006-07 The 2006-07 Ukrainian Premier League season is the sixteenth since its establishment. The official name of the competition was Soyuz-Viktan Ukrainian football championship. Soyuz-Viktan became the first title sponsor in the League's history.... |
1st | 16 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 38 | 21 | 1/8 finals | Relegated | ||
| 2007–08 Ukrainian First League 2007-08 -Teams:In 2007-08 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:-Final standings:*Notes-Promoted teams:These four teams were promoted from Druha Liha at the start of the season:-Group A:... |
2nd | 7 | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 52 | 44 | 58 | 1/8 finals | |||
| 2008–09 Ukrainian First League 2008-09 The 2008–09 Ukrainian First League is the eighteenth since its establishment. The Professional Football League decreased the number of teams in the league. This season, there are 18 teams instead of 20 teams competing. Two of the teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2007-08 and... |
2nd | 10 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 39 | 43 | 1/4 finals | |||
| 2009–10 | 2nd | 3 | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 55 | 35 | 65 | 1/8 finals | |||
| 2010–11 2010–11 Ukrainian First League The 2010–11 Ukrainian First League was the 20th since its establishment. Eighteen teams competed in the competition. Two teams were promoted from the Ukrainian Second League 2009–10 and a third team replaced a team that withdrew from the competition.... |
2nd | 3 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 55 | 33 | 62 | 1/4 finals | |||
| 2011–12 2011–12 Ukrainian First League The 2011–12 Ukrainian First League is the 21st since its establishment. Eighteen teams compete in the competition. Two teams were promoted from the 2010–11 Ukrainian Second League.Two teams were relegated from the 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League... |
2nd | 1/32 finals | |||||||||||