FC Fakel Varva is an amateur

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football team based in Varva,

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. The club competes in the Chernihiv oblast competition as ''Druzhba-Nova Varva''. The club was sponsored by the Hnidytsi Gas Refining Factory located in a village of Hnidytsi,

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. The factory is part of the

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History

The club was formed in 1963 as Fakel Varva. The team spent a short stint in the

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. After several successful seasons, the team's administration decided to withdraw from the professional league and return to the Chernihiv oblast competitions. The club is also well known as a competitive amateur club. The club has won the Amateur Cup and the Championship the next season. The club plays its home games in the Yunist Stadium in Varva.

Name

*1963–1969 – Fakel Varva *1970–1993 – Naftovyk Varva *1994–1996 – Fakel Varva *1997–2000 – Fakel-NFZ Varva *2001–2004 – Fakel Varva *2005 onwards – Druzhba-Nova Varva

Honours

Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship ( uk, Чемпіонат України з футболу серед аматорів) is an annual association football competition in Ukraine among amateur teams. The competition is administered by the Ukr ...

* Winners (2): 1995–96,

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Ukrainian Amateur Cup The Ukrainian Amateur Cup ( uk, Кубок України з футболу серед аматорських команд) or AAFU Cup ( uk, Кубок ААФУ) is a national cup competition in Ukraine for amateur clubs. The nationwide competitio ...

* Winners (1): 1998–99

Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...

* Winners (5): 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002

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* Winners (1): 1995

League and cup history

Notable players

* Oleh Volotyok * Yuriy Hetman

References