SC Tavriya Simferopol
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SC Tavriya Simferopol is a football club from Simferopol
Simferopol
-Russian Empire and Civil War:The city was renamed Simferopol in 1784 after the annexation of the Crimean Khanate to the Russian Empire by Catherine II of Russia. The name Simferopol is derived from the Greek, Συμφερόπολις , translated as "the city of usefulness." In 1802, Simferopol became the...

, Crimea
Crimea
Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name...

, which plays 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...

. Tavriya is Crimea's most successful football club and is the winner of the very first Ukrainian Premier League
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...

, making them one out of 3 teams that have ever held this title.

History

The club was founded in 1958, under the name 'Avanhard'. Tavriya played their first game in the USSR Championship
USSR Championship
USSR Championship* Soviet Top League - football competition.* Soviet Hockey League - Top league of Soviet hockey* Soviet Championship - rugby union competition.* USSR Chess Championship - chess competition....

 against the Yaroslav
Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities...

 based club Khimik. Overall, Tavriya played 132 clubs from 113 cities. They played their last match of the Soviet competition against FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg.

Post-Soviet

After the fall of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

, 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...

 was formed. Tavria was one of its founders and eventually became the very first Ukrainian champion, defeating in the final, held in Lviv
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...

, Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine's most successful club. Having earned the right to participate in UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

, Tavryia were knocked out in the first round by Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 club FC Sion
FC Sion
FC Sion is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909, and play their home games at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and the Swiss Cup in each of their twelve appearances in the final, the most recent being in 2011.The first team also...

. The Russian Sport-Express
Sport-Express
Sport-Express is a Russian daily sports newspaper founded by Vladimir Kuchmiy. Printed in 31 cities of Russia, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the United States, it is the biggest-selling sports newspaper in Russia, with the daily audience of over 700,000 people.Sport-Express was founded...

 posted an article (№3 (43), January 25, 2000, page 9) stating that the Ukrainian champions Tavria were threatened by the Football Federation of Ukraine
Football Federation of Ukraine
The Football Federation of Ukraine is the governing body of football in Ukraine. It governs the football competitions for the Ukrainian Professional League, including the Ukrainian Cup, the Amatory, the competitions among the youth , and also the Ukraine national football team. It also sets the...

 to compete at the CIS Cup in 1993.

Tavria is one of the 5 clubs to have so far participated in every season of the Ukrainian premier league. Their best performance in the Ukrainian 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...

 was reaching the final in 1994, when they have beaten by Chornomorets Odessa. They have reached the semi-final stages on two other occasions.

On December 29, 2005 club owner Serhiy Kunitsyn fired the team's coach, Oleh Fedorchuk
Oleh Fedorchuk
Oleh Fedorchuk , is a retired Soviet footballer and currently coach in PFC Nyva Vinnytsia. He signed a two year contract on July 1, 2009.- External links :*...

. On January 5, 2006 Tavriya signed Mykhailo Fomenko
Mykhailo Fomenko
Mykhaylo Fomenko is a former Ukrainian footballer who capped 24 times for the USSR. He then became one of the most popular coaches in Ukraine. He is famous for his coaching in FC Metalist Kharkiv, returning the team to the European qualifications.-References:***...

 for a half-year contract.

Sponsors

Clearing House (bank), Lider, Crimea Titan

European record

Europa League:
Season Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2010–11
UEFA Europa League 2010–11
The 2010–11 UEFA Europa League was the second season under a new name for the competition previously known as the UEFA Cup. The final was held at Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland....

Play-off   Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most well-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports.-Origins and early years:On 27 November...

1-3 0-3

Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

:
Season Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1992–93 Qualifying   Shelbourne
Shelbourne F.C.
Shelbourne Football Club is an Irish professional football club based in the Drumcondra area of Dublin, currently playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division....

2-1 0-0 2-1
1st   Sion
FC Sion
FC Sion is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909, and play their home games at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and the Swiss Cup in each of their twelve appearances in the final, the most recent being in 2011.The first team also...

1-3 1-4 2-7

Honours

  • 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...

    :
    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...


  • Ukrainian 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...

    :
    2010
    2010 Ukrainian Cup Final
    The 2010 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that was played place at the Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv on May 16, 2010. The match was the 19th Ukrainian Cup Final and was contested by FC Metalurh Donetsk and FC Tavriya Simferopol. The 2010 Ukrainian Cup Final was the second time a Ukrainian Cup...

  • Runner-Up: 1994
    1994 Ukrainian Cup Final
    The 1994 Ukrainian Cup Final is a football match that took place at the Republican Stadium on May 29, 1994. The match was the 3rd Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by FC Chornomorets Odesa and SC Tavriya Simferopol. The 1994 Ukrainian Cup Final was the third to be held in the Ukrainian...


Current squad

Squad is compiled according to the club's official website, as of November 22, 2011.

Out on loan

Famous players

Junior Godoi
Junior Godoi
Junior Godoi – full name : Luiz Antônio de Godoy Alves Júnior – is a Brazilian footballer playing currently for FC Metallurg Zaporozhye . He joined Legia from SC Tavriya Simferopol. His Brazilian clubs were São Paulo FC and União Agrícola Barbarense Futebol Clube...

 Vidmantas Vishniauskas Harrison Omokoh Ionel Pârvu
Ionel Pârvu
Ionel Pârvu is a former Romanian football player.-External links:*...

 Saša Todić
Saša Todic
Saša Todić is a retired Serbian football goalkeeper. Currently he is Goalkeeping Coach in FK Novi Sad.-Club career:...

 Andriy Dikan
Andriy Dikan
Andriy Oleksandrovich Dikan is a Ukrainian international football goalkeeper currently playing for Russian side FC Spartak Moscow.He also held Russian citizenship which he obtained in 2000 in Khabarovsk...

 Yuri Dmytrulin Edmar
Edmar Aparecida
Edmar Halovskyi de Lacerda often known as simply Edmar is a Ukrainian football midfielder of Brazilian descent for FC Metalist Kharkiv in Ukrainian Premier League.- Career :...

 Oleksandr Holovko
Oleksandr Holovko
Oleksandr Holovko is a footballer from Ukraine who played for SC Tavriya Simferopol and Dynamo Kyiv.- Career :Holovko has played for three clubs, SC Tavriya Simferopol, Dynamo Kyiv, Qingdao Beilaite,and...

 Maksym Levytskyi Oleksandr Kovpak
Oleksandr Kovpak
Oleksandr Kovpak is an Ukrainian footballer who plays as a forward for Arsenal Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Career :He moved to Tavriya in the winter of 2005 from Dnipro Cherkassy....

   

Coaches

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...

 (1983–84) Volodymyr Muntyan Pavlo Kostin (1994) Andriy Cheremysin (1994) Vitaliy Shalychev (1995) Ruvyn Aronov (caretaker) (1995) Valeriy Shvedyuk (caretaker) (1995) Anatoliy Zayaev
Anatoliy Zayaev
Anatoliy Zayaev was a Soviet football player and is a Ukrainian coach. Until 1990's worked in SC Tavriya Simferopol as the team director. In 1992 he became famous by obaining the national title when SC Tavriya Simferopol beat FC Dynamo Kyiv in Lviv.-External links:...

 (1995) Ivan Balan
Ivan Balan
Ivan Dmytrovych Balan ) is a retired Soviet football player and current Ukrainian coach.-Coaching Record:-External links:...

 (1996)
  Serhiy Shevchenko
Serhiy Shevchenko
Sergei Shevchenko is a former Soviet and Ukrainian striker, the champion of Ukraine with SC Tavriya Simferopol, and a Kazakh coach.-See also:For the Ukrainian born player who retired before the Ukrainian independent national championship see Serhiy Vasylovych Shevchenko .-References:*...

 (1996) 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:...

 (1997) Valeriy Shvedyuk (caretaker) (1997) and Ivan Balan
Ivan Balan
Ivan Dmytrovych Balan ) is a retired Soviet football player and current Ukrainian coach.-Coaching Record:-External links:...

 (caretaker) (1997) Ivan Balan
Ivan Balan
Ivan Dmytrovych Balan ) is a retired Soviet football player and current Ukrainian coach.-Coaching Record:-External links:...

 (1998) Viktor Hrachov (1998) Valeriy Petrov
Valeriy Petrov
Valeriy Petrov is a former Soviet professional football striker who played for SC Tavriya Simferopol and Ukrainian coach.-External links:* *...

 (1999) Anatoly Korobochka
Anatoly Korobochka
Anatoliy Vasylyovych Korobochka is a former Midfielder, and was most recently Director of Football at Heart of Midlothian football club in Scotland....

 (1999–00) Volodymyr Muntyan (2000)
  Oleksandr Ischenko
Oleksandr Ischenko
Oleksandr Ishchenko is a former football player and manager who is currenly the head coach of the FC Dynamo Kyiv Reserves and Youth Team. He played for SKA Odessa and FC Zvezda Kirovohrad, and he coached the Ukraine national under-21 football team, FC Karpaty Lviv and FC Illychivets...

 (2000–01) Anatoliy Zayaev
Anatoliy Zayaev
Anatoliy Zayaev was a Soviet football player and is a Ukrainian coach. Until 1990's worked in SC Tavriya Simferopol as the team director. In 1992 he became famous by obaining the national title when SC Tavriya Simferopol beat FC Dynamo Kyiv in Lviv.-External links:...

 (2001) Valeriy Petrov
Valeriy Petrov
Valeriy Petrov is a former Soviet professional football striker who played for SC Tavriya Simferopol and Ukrainian coach.-External links:* *...

 (2001–2002) Anatoliy Zayaev
Anatoliy Zayaev
Anatoliy Zayaev was a Soviet football player and is a Ukrainian coach. Until 1990's worked in SC Tavriya Simferopol as the team director. In 1992 he became famous by obaining the national title when SC Tavriya Simferopol beat FC Dynamo Kyiv in Lviv.-External links:...

 (2002–04) 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:...

 (2004–05) Oleh Fedorchuk
Oleh Fedorchuk
Oleh Fedorchuk , is a retired Soviet footballer and currently coach in PFC Nyva Vinnytsia. He signed a two year contract on July 1, 2009.- External links :*...

 (2005–06) Mykhailo Fomenko
Mykhailo Fomenko
Mykhaylo Fomenko is a former Ukrainian footballer who capped 24 times for the USSR. He then became one of the most popular coaches in Ukraine. He is famous for his coaching in FC Metalist Kharkiv, returning the team to the European qualifications.-References:***...

 (2006–Sep. 2008) Serhiy Puchkov
Serhiy Puchkov
Serhiy Valentynovych Puchkov is a former midfielder, and currently head-coach of FC Sevastopol in the Ukrainian First League....

 (Sep. 2008–Sep. 2010) Valeriy Petrov
Valeriy Petrov
Valeriy Petrov is a former Soviet professional football striker who played for SC Tavriya Simferopol and Ukrainian coach.-External links:* *...

 (interim) (Sep. 2010-)

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 "A" 1 18 11 6 1 30 9 28 1/16 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 10 30 11 4 15 30 39 26 1/8 finals ECL
UEFA Champions League 1992-93
The 1992–93 UEFA Champions League was the 38th European Cup, the premier European club football tournament, and the first season under the current UEFA Champions League format ....

1st round
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 8 34 12 10 12 41 34 34 Runner-up
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 5 34 17 8 9 61 37 59 1/2 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 12 34 12 8 14 46 46 44 1/4 finals
1996–97
Ukrainian Premier League 1996-97
-Preseason changes:Managers-Final standings:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 1997 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:Notable Transfers*Andrei Fedkov, FC Torpedo Zaporizhia to FC Baltika Kaliningrad...

1st 6 30 13 5 12 36 46 44 1/16 finals
1997–98
Ukrainian Premier League 1997-98
-Preseason changes:Managers-Final table of Ukrainian Premier League season 1997-98:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 1998 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:-Managers:-External links:*...

1st 14 30 8 9 13 35 41 33 1/8 finals
1998–99
Ukrainian Premier League 1998-99
-Preseason changes:Managers-Final table of Ukrainian Premier League season 1998-99:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 1999 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:Notable Transfers...

1st 9 30 10 7 13 33 39 37 1/4 finals
1999–00
Ukrainian Premier League 1999-00
-Preseason changes:Managers-Final table of Ukrainian Premier League season 1999-00:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 2000 Ukrainian Cup Final.-Top goalscorers:Notable Transfers...

1st 13 30 7 8 15 32 51 29 1/8 finals
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 7 26 8 9 9 24 31 33 1/8 finals
2001–02
Ukrainian Premier League 2001-02
-Final standings:Note:* In bold are the participants of the 2002 Ukrainian Cup Final.Play-off:-Top goalscorers:-European competitions:Champion's Cup Champion's Cup...

1st 7 26 8 6 12 27 36 30 1/8 finals
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 9 30 9 7 14 36 50 34 1/16 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 12 30 7 11 12 26 40 32 1/4 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 7 30 11 9 10 34 28 42 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 7 30 11 6 13 29 31 39 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 5 30 12 6 12 32 30 42 1/2 finals
2007–08
Ukrainian Premier League 2007-08
The 2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League season is the seventeenth since its establishment. This season competition was sponsored by Biola which became the title sponsor of the League for the season. It began on July 17, 2007, and ended on May 18, 2008...

1st 5 30 13 8 9 38 40 47 1/4 finals
2008–09
Ukrainian Premier League 2008-09
The 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League season was the eighteenth since its establishment. Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions, having won their fourth league title. The season began on 16 July 2008 with a scoreless draw between Tavriya and Dnipro. The last round of matches were played on 26...

1st 8 30 10 7 13 41 45 37 1/4 finals IC
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008
The 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup was the last UEFA Intertoto Cup football tournament, the 14th to be organised by UEFA and the third since the competition's format was given a major overhaul. Three rounds were held, and eleven teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. The draw...

3rd round
2009–10 1st 6 30 12 9 9 38 38 45 Winner
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...

1st 7 30 10 9 11 44 46 39 1/16 finals EL
UEFA Europa League 2010–11
The 2010–11 UEFA Europa League was the second season under a new name for the competition previously known as the UEFA Cup. The final was held at Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland....

Play-off Round
2011–12 1/16 finals

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