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Halychyna Drohobych is a Ukrainian
Ukraine
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 football
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 team. The team is located in Drohobych
Drohobych
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, Ukraine
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. It participates in the regional championships in Lviv Oblast
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Brief history

The club was founded in 1949. It began its legacy in the Soviet football competitions and was named ODO, which meant Regional Officers' Club in Russian. There were many similar Army clubs around USSR, with the most prestigious one being in Moscow
Moscow
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. Since 1957 all of them changed names to SKVO (Sport Club of Military Region). In 1960 it became SKA (Sport Club of Army) for all Army clubs except the Moscow's one, which became CSKA (the Central Sport Club of the Army). In 1982 the SKA Lviv from the Soviet Second League was united with the other club from Lviv
Lviv
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, FC Karpaty Lviv
FC 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 :...

, which participated in the Soviet First League. The new team has taken place of FC Karpaty Lviv
FC 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 :...

 and was renamed into SKA Karpaty Lviv. In 1990 the team was liquidated and in its place was formed SFC Drohobych in the Soviet Second League. Soon, after few months, the club was renamed again in FC Halychyna Drohobych. Later, there was another club that entered the Ukrainian Second League called as the SKA-Orbita Lviv, and in 2008 Halychyna Lviv that won the national amateur cup entered the Ukrainian Cup
Ukrainian Cup
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FC Karpaty Lviv
FC 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 :...

 split from SKA Karpaty in 1989 and entered the Soviet Second League. In 1990 both teams competed in the Buffer League, West Zone.

See also

  • FC Karpaty Lviv
    FC 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 :...

  • SKA-Orbita Lviv
  • FC Halychyna Lviv
  • FC Halychyna Drohobych
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