FC Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine ( (also ''Фенікс-Іллічiвець''); ) was a Ukrainian

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

based in Kalinine which is located south-west of

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(in the

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region).

History

The team was winner of the Crimea championship in 2005, its bronze medallist in 2004 and 2006 and silver medallist of the Ukrainian amateur championship in 2005. In 2006/07 season they played in the

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(group B), became runners-up and were promoted to the First League. They participated in the

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until the club folded and withdrew from the competition during the winter break of the

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season. The club attempted to reform at the end of 2010 as FC Zhemchuzhyna (''Perlyna'' – in Ukrainian), in

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, Ukraine but the

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did not allow for the transfer to occur. The club's president was Andrey Ryumshin.

League and cup history (Ukraine)

Head coaches

Honours

* Crimea championship (Ukrainian Lower League Tier) :: Gold medal icon

2005

References

Association football clubs established in 2000 Association football clubs disestablished in 2010 Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine 2000 establishments in Ukraine 2010 disestablishments in Ukraine {{Ukraine-footyclub-stub

History

League and cup history (Ukraine)

Head coaches

Honours

See also

References