FC Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi () is a professional Ukrainian football club from the city of

Kamianets-Podilskyi Kamianets-Podilskyi (, ; ) is a city on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, western Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi. Formerly the administrative center of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, the city is now the administrative center of Kamianets ...

. The club's name "Epitsentr" is after the Ukrainian brand of home improvement wholesale stores Epitsentr K. Beside association football, the Dunaivtsi club also fields its professional

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team ''Verest''. The team set to playing in

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after being promoted in 2024–25. The same year the Epitsentr officially moved from

Dunaivtsi Dunaivtsi (, ; ; ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city in Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the river Ternavka, 22 km away from the railway station Dunaivtsi and 68 km from the Khmelnytskyi, Ukr ...

. The club was formed back in 1960 as Kolhospnyk Dunaivtsi, part of the Kolos sports society.

History

The team was founded in 1960 as a football team of the local Kolhospnyk sports society that represented republican level agrarian trade unions. Right before

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, the team was adopted the local textile factory, hence the name Tekstylnyk. In 2019 the club gained a new sponsor of the Ukrainian national brand Epitsentr that owns a network of home improvement retail stores. Epitsentr retail stores started out by a family who is a

Khmelnytskyi Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast (), also known as Khmelnychchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in western Ukraine covering portions of the historical regions of western Podolia and southern Volhynia. The Capital (political) ...

native. The coaching staff was headed by Badlo brothers who replaced another coaching team of Ihnatyev brothers which managed the club ever since the club competed under the INAPiK brand. The club's name INAPiK has derived from a local construction company INAP. Epitsentr received professional status and debuted in the Ukrainian Second League in the 2020–21 season. Following the first season at professional level, the club finished among the leaders of its regional group placing 4th.

Former names

* 1960–1991 Kolhospnyk Dunaivtsi * 1991–1992 Tekstylnyk Dunaivtsi * 1992–1993 Ternava Dunaivtsi * 1993–2006 Nyva-Tekstylnyk (Kolos-Tekstylnyk) * 2007–2008 INAPiK Dunaivtsi * 2009–2013 Verest-INAPiK Dunaivtsi * 2014–2018 Dunaivtsi * 2019–2022 Epitsentr Dunaivtsi * 2022– Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi

Honours

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** Champions (1): 2024–25

Current squad

As of 18 May 2025

League and cup history

: ''Notes:'' * During its term in the First League (2nd tier) when the club was admitted to Promotion Group, its result with clubs of its first stage group were grandfathered and added.

Coaches

* 1993—2006 Volodymyr Monastyrskyi * 2007—2009 Mykola Kulyk * 2009—2015 Serhiy Ihnatyev * 2015–2019 Volodymyr Ihnatyev * 2019–2021 Ihor Badlo * 2021–2022 Oleh Naduda * 2022–present Serhiy Nahornyak

Current staff

* Head coach – Serhiy Nahornyak * Assistant coach – Oleh Naduda * Goalkeeping coach – Vadym Bozhenko

References

External links

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