FC Lviv
Full name | Football Club Lviv | ||
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Founded | 1992 | ||
Ground | Lofort Arena, Dobromyl, Lviv Oblast | ||
Capacity | 3,220 | ||
Chairman | Roman Mykhayliv | ||
Head Coach | Andriy Chikh | ||
League | Ukrainian First League | ||
2010–11 | 5th | ||
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FC Lviv (Ukrainian: ФК «Львів») is a Ukrainian football club from the city of Lviv. It was initially founded in 1992 (with latter refoundation in 2006 and 2016).
History
FC Lviv (1992–2001)
From 1992 until 2001 there existed a club in Lviv with the same name. As amateurs this team won the Lviv Amateur Cup and were Lvivska Oblast Champions. The club entered the professional ranks in 1993 and progressed from the Ukrainian Third League to the Ukrainian First League until it was taken over by FC Karpaty Lviv in 2001 and renamed and converted to their 2nd squad or Reserve team, FC Karpaty-2 Lviv. This club still holds the record for being the only team from outside the Ukrainian Premier League that has progressed twice to the quarterfinals of the Ukrainian Cup competition.
FC Lviv (2006–2012)
The current FC Lviv is unrelated to the club that played in Lviv from 1992–2001. The current club was founded in May 2006. Tha club entered the Persha Liha as a replacement for the bankrupt club FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi, which also represented Lviv Oblast.
In its debut season FC Lviv reached 11th place and scored 45 goals. At the start of the next season, in the beginning of September 2007, the club moved to the newly built stadium Kniazha Arena in Dobromyl, west of Sambir. This arena was constructed by and named after Ukrainian insurance company Knyazha, who is the club's main sponsor. The previous home ground of the club was SKA Stadium in Lviv which fell out of favor with the FFU, PFL.
In 2007–08 season FC Lviv finished 2nd in the Persha Liha and were promoted to the Premier Liha for the first time in their history, making the club one of the founders of the newly formed Premier League. In 2008–09 FC Lviv, despite a sensational opening 2–0 win against Shakhtar, were relegated to the Persha Liha. The decisive match for them happened in the last round against another Lviv team Karpaty in the Lviv derby when they lost 2–1. The club's first, and only, season in the Premier League was spent at The Ukraina Stadium together with Karpaty under a lease contract.
In 2009, the city of Lviv lent the former land property of LORTA Plant for rent to FC Lviv. Out of 3.0542 ha FC Lviv receives 2.9 ha in rent until the spring of 2019 and the rest for only five years.[1]
FC Lviv (since 2016)
In 2016 the professional team of FC Lviv was renewed and its future participation in Druha Liha was announced.[2]
Sponsors
The main sponsor is Knyazha, other sponsors are Dobromyl, Persha (brewery) and the technical sponsor is Lotto.
Football kits and sponsors
Years[3] | Football kit | Shirt sponsor |
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2008–2009 | lotto | КНЯЖА VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP |
Honours
- Runners Up 2007/08
League and Cup history
FC Lviv (1993–2001)
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 1993–94 4th 4 34 20 8 6 57 33 48 1/16 finals Promoted 1994–95 3rd 2 42 30 3 9 73 39 93 1/64 finals Promoted 1995–96 2nd 11 42 18 8 16 55 42 62 1/32 finals 1996–97 2nd 8 46 20 9 17 56 43 22 1/16 finals 1997–98 2nd 15 42 16 6 20 65 54 54 1/32 finals 1998–99 2nd 7 38 15 12 11 58 43 57 1/16 finals[4] 1999-00 2nd 7 34 13 12 9 34 31 51 1/4 finals 2000–01 2nd 5 34 17 7 10 40 31 58 1/4 finals [5] 2001– refer to FC Karpaty-2 Lviv
FC Lviv (2006–2012)
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes Previous Refer to FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi 2005–06 2nd 6 34 14 10 10 35 33 52 1/8 finals as Hazovyk Skala-Stryi 2006–07 2nd 11 36 13 8 15 45 45 47 1/8 finals [6] 2007–08 2nd 2 38 23 5 10 58 29 74 1/8 finals Promoted 2008–09 1st 15 30 6 8 16 24 39 26 1/8 finals Relegated 2009–10 2nd 4 34 19 6 9 49 22 63 1/32 finals 2010–11 2nd 5 34 17 8 9 52 28 59 1/32 finals 2011–12 2nd 17 34 6 3 25 21 79 21 1/32 finals Withdrew
Coaches
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See also
- FC Karpaty Lviv
- FC Karpaty-2 Lviv
- FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi
- FC Skala Stryi
- SC Skala Stryi
References
- ↑ PFL web-site
- ↑ Олег Лужний може очолити ФК Львів
- ↑ Jerseys of Ukrainian clubs
- ↑ Technical defeat in 2nd leg after winning first leg 2–1 against FC Metalist Kharkiv
- ↑ Club taken over and renamed FC Karpaty-2 Lviv
- ↑ The club took over operations of FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi, which was under financial duress and moved to Lviv
- ↑ as the coach of Hazovyk Skala Stryi
- ↑ FC Lviv Unveils New Coaching Team 15 October 2008
- ↑ PFL website
- ↑ Роман Марич: "Фінансування "Львова" буде покращуватися й команда прогресуватиме" [Roman Marych: Financing FC Lviv will improve and the team will progress] (in Ukrainian). ua.football.com. 26 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
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External links
- (Ukrainian) The official Web Site