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, Ukraine. Arsenal Kharkiv currently plays in the regional competitions of

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

city. In 2005 on the base of the club was formed another club ''

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. However, they failed attestation when they submitted falsified documen ...

''. FC Arsenal has a well established infrastructure with series of stadiums and sport schools. Arsenal Kharkiv withdrew from the

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after the 2008–09 season, while its youth teams continue to compete in national youth competitions.

Overview

The club was formed on 30 January 1998 at the

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sports court. Its initial home stadium was "Spartak" and the first head coach – Valentyn Kryachko. The club's first game at professional level took place on 2 August 1999 in

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against the local

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, which Arsenal won 1:0. The club's first goal was scored by Viktor Hryhorov. In 2005 the club was reorganized after a successful season in the

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. After obtaining promotion to the Ukrainian Top League, the club yielded the opportunity to a newly established club

which was led by the former coach of Arsenal

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. Several Arsenal's leading footballers also joined the new club. In 2005 FC Arsenal Kharkiv started out again from the

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Stadiums

The club has a possession of two stadiums Arsenal-Spartak Stadium (former ''Spartak'') and Arsenal-Bavaria Stadium (former stadium of local rope factory). Also the club has a complex of four fields with a synthetic surface called '' Arsenal-OPEN''. ''Arsenal-Spartak'' has capacity of 1500 people, but it's planned to enlarge it to 8000 by 2010; ''Arsenal-Bavaria'' has a capacity to accommodate 2300 spectators. In July 2010 ''Arsenal-Bavaria'' was given away to

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and was renamed into ''Helios Arena''.

Coaches

Original club

* 1998–2001 Valentyn Kryachko * 2001–2002 Ivan Panchyshyn * 2002–2005 Ihor Rakhayev * 2005

After reorganization

* 2005 Ihor Rakhayev * 2005–2007 Viktor Kamarzayev * 2007 Serhiy Kandaurov * 2007–2008 Adel bin Ahmed Sassiinterview of Sassi to STB
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Notable players

* Anderson Ribeiro, first foreign footballer, first Brazilian footballer in

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, Ukrainian international player * Gegham Kadymyan, Armenian international player who started out in Arsenal * Oleksandr Kucher, Ukrainian international player, participant of the

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League and cup history

Arsenal Kharkiv (1999–2005)

Arsenal Kharkiv (2005–2009)

Notes

References

External links

*
Official site

Older website

Club's history, coaches and players
at the official website
Mad Rovers – Arsenal Kharkiv Fans
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