FC Volyn Lutsk
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FC Volyn Lutsk is a professional Ukrainian
football team in the Ukrainian Premier League
.
club was formed in 1960 initially as Avanhard, after the Soviet sports society
, but before the start of competitions the name was changed to Volyn. Right from its establishment the club entered the Soviet professional competitions at the third division. In 1968 the club was changed its sponsor to the Lutsk Machinebuilding Factory and its name to Torpedo. However in 1971 the club became insolvent. In 1977 the club was reanimated once again as Torpedo and entered the competitions of the Soviet third division where it continued to participate to the fall of the Soviet regime. On January 30, 1989 in place of Torpedo there was established a professional football club Volyn. The club took part in the Ukrainian Premier League
from its first championship in 1992
. They were later sent down to Persha Liha after the 1995–96
season. They later resurfaced into the Ukrainian Premier League in the 2002–03
season, but they were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League after taking 15th place in the 2005–06
season. The team was promoted back to the Ukrainian Premier League
for the
2010–11
season.
Their home stadium is Avanhard Stadium
.
Colours are (Home) light red shirt, deep red shorts;
(Away) white shirt with light red collar and upper sleeve, white shorts.
. The match between is called the Halytsko-Volynske derby. The stadiums in Lutsk and Lviv are nearly full for matches between the two teams. This derbys are the main football events in western 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...
football team in 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...
.
History
The LutskLutsk
Lutsk is a city located by the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of the surrounding Lutskyi Raion within the oblast...
club was formed in 1960 initially as Avanhard, after the Soviet sports society
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
, but before the start of competitions the name was changed to Volyn. Right from its establishment the club entered the Soviet professional competitions at the third division. In 1968 the club was changed its sponsor to the Lutsk Machinebuilding Factory and its name to Torpedo. However in 1971 the club became insolvent. In 1977 the club was reanimated once again as Torpedo and entered the competitions of the Soviet third division where it continued to participate to the fall of the Soviet regime. On January 30, 1989 in place of Torpedo there was established a professional football club Volyn. The club took part in 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...
from its first championship in 1992
Ukrainian Premier League 1992
Ukrainian Premier League 1992 was the very first football championship organized in Ukraine after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and disbandment of the Soviet Football Union...
. They were later sent down to Persha Liha after the 1995–96
Ukrainian Premier League 1995-96
-Preseason changes:Managers-Final standings:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 1996 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:Notable Transfers*Oleksandr Palyanytsia, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk to FC Karpaty Lviv...
season. They later resurfaced into the Ukrainian Premier League in the 2002–03
Ukrainian Premier League 2002-03
-Final standings:-Top goal scorers:-European competitions:Champion's Cup Champion's Cup UEFA Cup UEFA Cup -External links:*...
season, but they were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League after taking 15th place in the 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...
season. The team was promoted back 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...
for the
2010–11
2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League
The 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 20th since its establishment and third since its reorganization. Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions, having won their 5th league title...
season.
Their home stadium is Avanhard Stadium
Avanhard Stadium (Lutsk)
Avanhard Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Lutsk, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of FC Volyn Lutsk. The stadium holds 12,080 people and opened in 1960....
.
Colours are (Home) light red shirt, deep red shorts;
(Away) white shirt with light red collar and upper sleeve, white shorts.
Team names
| Year | Name |
| 1960–67 | Volyn |
| 1968–71 | Torpedo |
| 1972–76 | SC Lutsk |
| 1977–88 | Torpedo |
| 1989-01 | Volyn |
| 2001–02 | SC Volyn-1 |
| 2002– | Volyn |
Rivalry
Volyn's biggest rival today is Karpaty LvivFC Karpaty Lviv
FC Karpaty Lviv is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. Named after the Carpathian Mountains, they are one of perennial mid-table clubs in Ukraine.-Early years :...
. The match between is called the Halytsko-Volynske derby. The stadiums in Lutsk and Lviv are nearly full for matches between the two teams. This derbys are the main football events in western Ukraine.
Squad
Squad is given according to the club's Official website Official website, updated of October 13, 2011.Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Volyn Lutsk.| Tarlan Akhmedov Tarlan Akhmedov Tarlan Ahmadov is an Azerbaijani international football defender who has the second most caps, 73, for Azerbaijan of any player. Akhmedov is the Azerbaijani national team captain. His current club side is FK Olimpik Baku, and he has played for Olimpik's rivals Neftchi Baku, FK Karabakh and also... Samir Aliyev Kamal Quliyev Branislav Krunić Branislav Krunic Branislav Krunić is a Bosnian football player currently playing for FK Borac Banja Luka. He is a midfielder or a playmaker.-International career:... Taavi Rähn Taavi Rähn Taavi Rähn is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in China League One, for Tianjin Songjiang. He plays the position of defender or midfielder.-Club career:... Raimonds Laizāns Raimonds Laizans Raimonds Laizāns is a former Latvian football goalkeeper who played for Latvia national football team in the 1990s.-Club playing career:... Armands Zeiberliņš Armands Zeiberliņš Armands Zeiberliņš is a retired Latvian international football midfielder. He obtained a total number of 23 caps for the Latvia national football team, scoring four goals. His last club was FC Volyn Lutsk in Ukraine. He also played in Sweden, Russia, Poland and Israel during his career.-Honours:*... Miodrag Džudović Miodrag Džudovic Miodrag Džudović is a Montenegrin footballer playing for PFC Spartak Nalchik.-International Career:... Chidi Alozi Michael Chidi Alozi Michael Chidi Alozie is a professional Nigerian footballer, who currently plays for PFK Sevastopol.-Career:... Harrison Omoko Harrison Omoko Harrison Omokoh is a Nigerian footballer currently playing for FC Volyn Lutsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.-External links:... |
Seweryn Gancarczyk Seweryn Gancarczyk Seweryn Daniel Gancarczyk is a professional Polish football player for Lech Poznań who plays as a left sided defender.- Career :Gancarczyk started to play football in his early teens, in junior teams of Podkarpacie Pustynia... Sorin Paraschiv Sorin Paraschiv Sorin Paraschiv is a Romanian football player.-Steaua Bucureşti :After being a member of the Steaua Youth Academy, where Paraschiv started to play football in 1992, aged 11, in 1999, aged 18, he signed his first professional contract with Steaua.He made his first appearance in Divizia A in 2000,... Papa Gueye Papa Gueye Papa Gueye is a professional Senegalese football player. He is a central defender or defensive midfielder for FC Metalist Kharkiv...  Marko DevićMarko Devic Marko Dević is a Serbian-Ukrainian footballer playing for Metalist Kharkiv initially as an attacking midfielder and later as a forward.-Serbia:... Aleksandar Trišović Aleksandar Trišovic Aleksandar Trišović , is a Serbian football player currently is free agent as a left midfielder.-Playing career:... Semen Altman Semen Altman Semen Yosypovych Altman is a Ukrainian football coach and former goalkeeper. He is the current manager of SC Tavriya Simferopol.Semen’s son, Hennadiy Altman is also a goalkeeper and has followed his father to many of the teams Semen has coached over the years.- Career :Altman played for Kolhospnyk... Yuriy Dudnyk Yuriy Dudnyk Yuriy Volodymyrovych Dudnyk is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he is an assistant coach for FC Zorya Luhansk. He made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Shakhtar Horlivka... Yevhen Khacheridi Yevhen Khacheridi Yevhen Khacheridi is a Ukrainian footballer of Greek descent. He plays as centre back for Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Personal life :... Serhiy Kovalets Serhiy Kovalets Serhiy Kovalets is a former Ukrainian football midfielder, and currently head-coach of Obolon Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League.-Playing career:... Valeriy Kriventsov Valeriy Kriventsov Valeriy Serhiyovych Kriventsov is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Ukrainian Premier League in 1991 for FC Shakhtar Donetsk.-Honours:* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001.... |
Oleh Luzhny Oleh Luzhny Oleh Romanovych Luzhny is a retired Ukrainian footballer and former interim manager of FC Dynamo Kyiv. His name is alternatively Romanised as Oleg Luzhny.-Dynamo Kyiv:... Roman Maksymyuk Roman Maksymyuk Roman Vasylyovych Maksymyuk is a Ukrainian professional footballer. As of 2010, he plays for Volyn Lutsk. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League B in 1991 for FC Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk.-Honours:* Russian Cup winner: 1999.... Myron Markevych Myron Markevych Myron Bohdanovych Markevych is a former football midfielder and current head coach of Metalist Kharkiv in the Ukrainian Premier League and former head coach of the Ukrainian national football team... Serhiy Nahornyak Serhiy Nahornyak Serhiy Mykolayovych Nahornyak is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Ukrainian First League in 1992 for FC Vorskla Poltava... Oleksandr Pyschur Oleksandr Pyschur Oleksandr Pyschur is a Ukrainian football striker who played for Tavriya Simferopol in the Ukrainian Premier League.... Vasyl Sachko Vasyl Sachko Vasyl Sachko is a professional Ukrainian football striker, currently playing for Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League. While playing in FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Sachko carried the captain's badge 22 times... Dmytro Topchiyev Dmytro Topchiyev Dmytro Mykolayovych Topchiyev is a retired Russian born Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil.-References:... Anatoliy Tymoshchuk Vladyslav Vashchuk |
Former head coaches
| Borys Nyemets (1960) Mykola Havrylyuk (1960) Yevhen Horbunov (1961) Volodymyr Yeremeyev (1962–64) Dmytro Alimov (1965) Yuriy Holovey (1965–68) Borys Voloschuk (1968–69) | Yuriy Avanesov (1970–71) Mykhaylo Rybak (1972–73) Ernest Kesler (1973–76) Volodymyr Baysarovych (1977–78) Yevhen Pyestov (1979) Vyacheslav Pershyn (1980–83) Myron Markevych Myron Markevych Myron Bohdanovych Markevych is a former football midfielder and current head coach of Metalist Kharkiv in the Ukrainian Premier League and former head coach of the Ukrainian national football team... (1984–87, 1991–92) |
Roman Pokora Roman Pokora Roman Mykhaylovych Pokora is a retired ex-USSR football player. Pokora played most of his career as a midfielder.Pokora is married. Has two sons.... (1992–94) Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi is currently a sport-director of FC Karpaty Lviv. He was born on January 26, 1947 in Lviv, Ukrainian RSR. He coached following teams FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi, FC Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk, FC Volyn Lutsk, FC Hazovyk Komarne , FC Anzhi Makhachkala, and FC Metalurh... (1996) Anatoliy Radenko Anatoliy Radenko Anatoli Hryhorovych Radenko is a former Ukrainian professional football coach and player. In the 2000s, he retired from football and became a priest.-External links:*... (1996–97) Yuriy Shulyatytskyi (1998–99) Oleksiy Yeschenko (1997, 1999–00) Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Kvartsyanyi is a retired Soviet football player and Ukrainian coach.- External links :*... (1988–90, 1994–96, 2001–) |
Honors
- Ukrainian First LeagueUkrainian 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...
- Winners (1): 2001–02
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 Ukrainian Premier League 1992 Ukrainian Premier League 1992 was the very first football championship organized in Ukraine after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and disbandment of the Soviet Football Union... |
1st "B" | 5 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 1/32 finals | |||
| 1992–93 Ukrainian Premier League 1992-93 The Ukrainian Premier League 1992–93 season was the second since the nation's independence in 1991.-Overview:It started on August 15, 1992 and finished on June 15, 1993 with the winter break between November 22 and March 14. The Crimean Tavria were the defending champions, but managed only to place... |
1st | 11 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 54 | 26 | 1/4 finals | |||
| 1993–94 Ukrainian Premier League 1993-94 Ukrainian Premier League 1993–94 was the third season of the Ukrainian Premier League.Last season the league champions Dynamo received a fierce competition from the Pavlov led Dnipro out of Dnipropetrovsk. The third season was promising to be even more exiting... |
1st | 11 | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 1/4 finals | |||
| 1994–95 Ukrainian Premier League 1994-95 -Preseason changes:Managers-Final standings:Legend:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 1995 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:Notable Transfers... |
1st | 15 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 29 | 58 | 36 | 1/16 finals | |||
| 1995–96 Ukrainian Premier League 1995-96 -Preseason changes:Managers-Final standings:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 1996 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:Notable Transfers*Oleksandr Palyanytsia, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk to FC Karpaty Lviv... |
1st | 17 | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 34 | 58 | 34 | 1/8 finals | Relegated | ||
| 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 | 4 | 46 | 26 | 5 | 15 | 62 | 47 | 57 | 1/8 finals | |||
| 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 | 9 | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 56 | 45 | 65 | 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 | 14 | 38 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 36 | 43 | 51 | 1/64 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 | 10 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 41 | 48 | 1/16 finals | |||
| 2000–01 Ukrainian First League 2000-01 -Teams:In 2000-01 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:-Final standings:- Top scorers :Statistics are taken from here.*Serhiy Chuychenko - 20*Serhiy Bohatyriov - 13... |
2nd | 9 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 41 | 38 | 44 | 1/16 finals | |||
| 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 | 1 | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 56 | 24 | 78 | 1/16 finals | Promoted | ||
| 2002–03 Ukrainian Premier League 2002-03 -Final standings:-Top goal scorers:-European competitions:Champion's Cup Champion's Cup UEFA Cup UEFA Cup -External links:*... |
1st | 6 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 44 | 41 | 1/2 finals | |||
| 2003–04 Ukrainian Premier League 2003-04 -Final standings:-Top goal scorers:-European competitions:Champion's Cup Champion's Cup UEFA Cup UEFA Cup -External links:*... |
1st | 13 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 44 | 29 | 1/8 finals | |||
| 2004–05 Ukrainian Premier League 2004-05 The 2004–05 Ukrainian Premier League season was the fourteenth since its establishment.The season started on July 15, 2004 with all eight games of the first round. The last day of the competition was June 16, 2005. Shakhtar Donetsk has managed to win its second champion's title place ahead of the... |
1st | 8 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 37 | 40 | 1/4 finals | |||
| 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 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 45 | 33 | 1/16 finals | Relegated | ||
| 2006–07 Ukrainian First League 2006-07 -Teams:In 2006-07 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:-Final table:* FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk withdrew from the League, which in turn saved FC Spartak Sumy from relegation.... |
2nd | 12 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 48 | 46 | 1/16 finals | |||
| 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 | 9 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 61 | 55 | 53 | 1/32 finals | –3 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 48 | 46 | 50 | 1/32 finals | |||
| 2009–10 | 2nd | 2 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 71 | 30 | 74 | 1/2 finals | Promoted | ||
| 2010–11 | 1st | 11 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 49 | 34 | 1/8 finals | |||
| 2011–12 | 1st | 1/4 finals | |||||||||||