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Karpaty (

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). In the Soviet times all sport teams were "tied" to certain industrial unions or sport societies, therefore Karpaty joined the republican sport society of trade unions "Avanhard", while the Lviv Television Production Plant "Elektron" became its sponsor. Out of "Silmash" only two joined Karpaty: Ihor Kulchytskyi and Josef Fales. Karpaty also adopted the same jersey colors of Silmash. Also the club was reinforced with several players from

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and transfers. The club played its first game on 14 April 1964 against Zenit Izhevsk at the Dynamo Stadium (today – the location of the building of the Regional Tax Administration) winning it 1–0. The goal was scored by the club's captain Oleksandr Filiayev. The first official game was against Lokomotiv Gomel on 23 April 1963, which Karpaty won 1–0 (goal scored by Anatoliy Kroshchenko). Karpaty debuted in

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in 1963 and remained there for four seasons, until in 1968 they were promoted to

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.

Winning the USSR Cup

On 17 August 1969, Karpaty became the first (and the only) club in the

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football history to win the

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while playing in the

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. The road to the cup was no less exciting as the final itself. On the way there the Lions were challenged by such Soviet heavy-weights as

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and

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's Shipbuilders. The game was perceived by the Lvivians as the chance to avenge the previous year's loss to the Mykolaivans, which cost them a ticket to the Soviet Premiership. A score of 2–0 was enough to secure a trip to

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. In the final, Karpaty faced the Red Army team from

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at the Lenin Stadium. The Rostov army-men were one of the best Soviet clubs in the mid-1960s and for that game they were considered as the favorites being the representatives of the

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. Before the start of the game Karpaty's captain Ihor Kulchytskyi shook hands in the traditional manner with every match official, except the

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, Eugen Härms. The reason was that Härms, the

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referee in charge of their game a year earlier against Uralmash Sverdlovsk, allowed a goal from what was regarded as an obvious offside position that eventually contributed to Karpaty's denial of a promotion. Karpaty were trailing 0–1 already after the first 20 minutes and to the end of the half were not able to equalize, but numerous Karpaty's fans drove their team forward.

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In the second half the Ukrainians broke the course of the game flow and two goals from Lykhachov and Bulhakov put the Lions ahead. Near the end of the game the Rostov team scored another goal, but it was given offside. The match referee, without consulting his assistants, initially allowed the goal and the Russians ran joyfully towards the center of the field. However, a moment later, he noticed the raised flag from Härms who had identified an offside and reversed his decision, awarding the victory to Lviv. In the following season, Karpaty's first opponent in the

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was

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n Steaua București that, led by István Kovács, advanced on a 4–3 aggregate.

Soviet Top League (1970–1977)

In 1970–77 and 1980, Karpaty played in the

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. Karpaty's best achievement was 4th place in 1976. Karpaty placed 4th twice that year since the season was split into 2 separate championships (spring and fall). Karpaty were primed to win silver that season, but an unexpected loss in their last home game to

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pushed Karpaty back into 4th place. While playing in the Soviet First League in 1979, Karpaty were close to repeating their 1969 achievement, when they met

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in the USSR Cup semi-final. The match, which was played in Moscow, went into overtime with a 1–1 score with Dynamo prevailing in the end, scoring a penalty kick in extra time.

Merger and period of SKA Karpaty (1981–1989)

In 1981, Karpaty were merged with another city team,

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belonging to the

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and part of the Soviet Union Sports Society of the Armed Forces. In 1980 Karpaty were relegated from the

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(Vysshaya Liga) and in the 1981 Soviet First League placed only 11th. Already before the season's finish there appeared rumors about possible merger. The logic of authors of that decision was in following, the city is receiving one, but strong and competitive team. In January 1982 the leaders of regional football ultimately decided to unite to clubs. It was motivated by the fact that it is difficult to finance two teams. As a result, Karpaty were liquidated and their place in the Soviet First League was taken by army team SKA Karpaty that was established in place of

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. The new team was gathered from players of SKA, Karpaty, and several other who have recently arrived. The head coach became Russian Nikolay Samarin. It is believed that Ukrainian and Soviet coach

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commented on liquidation of Karpaty, that it is a disaster of football in all western region of the republic. That it would take not single decade before they realize the whole tragedy of this merger. The newly created SKA Karpaty were playing in red and white colors, and traditional green and white colors were banned.

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were watching that fans would not bring to stands any green markings. The club's attendance fell immediately. Back in 1980 the Karpaty's home games were visited on average by 20-25 thousands spectators. In the first season after merging of the Lviv teams at stadium were gathering about 5-6 thousands spectators. The newly arrived footballers also did not stay long with the army club and were leaving as soon as their military service was terminated. ''SKA Karpaty'' continued playing in the Soviet First League until 1989, getting close to promotion in 1986, when

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was promoted ahead of Karpaty on goal difference. As their highest achievement, SKA Karpaty placed third place twice while being coached by Volodymyr Bulhakov. After that their performance worsened. If in 1987 the club managed to place the fifth place, after two more years it literally hit the hard bottom placing dead last. It lost 18 of its 21 away games and its losing streak reached 15 games. To one of home games came to watch only 54 spectators, which was the absolute anti-record of the season.

Revival

The Karpaty's revival started with publication in a newspaper. In 1983 journalist and writer Ivan Salo wrote a critical article "Football... outside of play" (, in Ukrainian "outside of play" phrase is actually used for football term of offside). Now due to

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, it dared to be printed only in four years in newspaper "Leninska molod" (The Lenin's Youth). The author was demanding to separate SKA Karpaty into two teams as it was earlier. The subject was expanded by " Sportyvna Hazeta" (The Sports Gazette). In November–December 1988 the publisher held a rally "Ya, mama, tato – za komandu Karpaty" (Mother, father and I – for the Karpaty team). The newspaper succeeded to gather 70,000 signatures from the whole Ukraine. After that the case actually moved from standstill. The Lviv delegation departed to Kyiv for negotiations with republican football federation (Ukrainian SSR, precursor of UAF). Negotiations also were held with Moscow. Finally on 5 January 1989 at 15:00 in office No.290 of the State Committee on Sports of the Soviet Union at Luzhniki Embankment in

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was signed the certificate about revival of the Karpaty football team. His signature placed the future president of the

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Vyacheslav Koloskov. And on 10 January in " Sportyvna Hazeta" was printed a text titled "The birthday of the club". It has been seven years from the moment of the Karpaty's liquidation. The Lions began to play from the Second League (Zone 5, not Zone 6 with the rest "Ukrainian" teams), and SKA continued to play in the First. The revival of the club was taken over by leadership of the Elektron Factory (television manufacturer), at facilities of which in 1963 Karpaty were actually created. In 2019 already the late Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi was telling, "At that time I worked as a head coach of Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk. To Lviv I was invited along with Rostyslav Zaremba (at that time he headed a club of the Karpaty football fans). We were told: The club must be moved ahead ith establishment, said Dyachuk-Stavytskyi. "For office we were given a space at vulytsia Dudaieva. On the third story there were two rooms. We found couple of chairs and a coffee table for magazines. I brought my personal typewriter as many people remember it. My friends laughed at me telling "Why do you need all this?" The same thing they said to Rostyslav as both of us came to an empty lot de facto". "However", continued Dyachuk-Stavytskyi, "in renewed Karpaty was gathered a battle-ready team since to Lviv returned a good number of local "fosterlings" (former recruits) such as Stepan Yurchyshyn,

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, Viktor Rafalchuk, Hryhoriy Batych, Vasyl Leskiv, Bohdan Bandura and others. A squad chief ( nachalnik komandy) became Ihor Kulchytskyi, as a head coach was appointed Borys Rossykhin, while his assistant became Rostyslav Potochniak. Companies were transferring us their funds, and people were simply bringing in their caps their money that they gathered at the city's streets. So, I ask you not to be confused, the football team was created in 1963, and the club – in 1989", said Dyachuk-Stavytskyi. (Many football teams were forced to adopt the Soviet policy of khozraschyot during that period, some earlier than others.) "Those are two important historical dates".

Ukrainian League (1991–present)

Since

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gained its independence, Karpaty have primarily participated in

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competitions. They reached 3rd place in 1997–98, their highest Ukrainian top division finish to date, and were

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runners-up twice, losing both times to

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in the final. The thirteenth season in

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became an unfortunate one for Karpaty and in the 2003–04 season the team was relegated to the

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. However, Karpaty remained there only for two seasons and in the 2005–06 season, the club was successful in taking second place in the

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, which promoted them to the Vyscha Liha the following year. In August 2017 the president of the club Petro Dyminskyi while driving near

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ran into another car killing a younger lady. Few days later he left Ukraine on a private jet as the police started investigation. In December 2017 the district court in Kyiv gave an order to detain him and asked Interpol for assistance. In 2018 Dyminskyi appealed to Interpol to ignore the request. Dyminskyi is still at large and hiding. It was then Oleh Smaliychuk became among main executives of the club as a vice-president. Karpaty avoided relegation in previous 2016–17 season due to administrative sanctions that were imposed against

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. In June 2017 Karpaty replaced its head coach with foreign specialist Sergio Navarro, while Argentinian Dario Drudi who recently worked in

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became the club's executive director. To the club were also brought several Spanish speaking players. The club poorly started its 2017–18 season losing at home to the newly promoted

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that temporarily moved to Lviv (1:6) which led fans requesting players to undress their uniform and stop to disgrace the club's colors. Following the loss Navarro resigned and was replaced with Serhiy Zaytsev, but that did not help a lot. The club still struggled and after the away cup game loss against the Second League FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (1:2), the club's hooligans began mass riots at the stadium, brawl with the local police and stopped the bus with the returning Karpaty near Lviv. Following another home loss to

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and remaining at the 11th place (out of 12), Zaitsev left the post and was replaced Oleh Boychyshyn. The new coach managed improve the club's table standing during the second half and the club cleared the relegation zone. Following somewhat poor start in the 2018–19 with two home losses in four games Boychyshyn was replaced with José Morais. The club's form did not improve much and after view surprising away wins against

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and

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, Karpaty still continued to struggle to clear the relegation zone. At the end of November 2018 the Portuguese head coach left for Korea and Boychyshyn took over as interim. However, before the end of the half the club following this coach swap returned to the relegation zone. During the winter break to the club was brought another Spanish specialist

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who was supposed to refresh the club, however his efforts were meager and the club remained at its 10th place. Fabri also failed to win against

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in the domestic quarterfinals that played in a tier lower. Just before the finish Fabri was replaced with Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi who managed to win against the struggling

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and relegation play-off against

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. An excellent season had a prospect player Marian Shved who just turned 22 and finished the season third on the top scorers list with 14 tallies. He also was traded away to the Scottish

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, but remained with Karpaty on loan until the season's end.

The 2020 crisis

As in the previous season, the club again struggled to get out of the relegation zone in 2019–20. Although the league was scheduled to expand the following season, which would reduce the number of relegated teams, this did not help Karpaty. After 6 games the club remained 11th out of 12 and Chyzhevskyi was replaced with Roman Sanzhar. The change of coaches was not successful as the club by the midway point of the season hit bottom of the table and also suffered elimination from the domestic cup in the first round against

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. As the club was leaving for the winter break,

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started to develop in Chinese

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. The competitions resumed before introduction of quarantine and the UPL managed to finish the competition's first stage where Karpaty finished dead last. Soon after the UPL started its second stage of competitions all sports events in Ukraine were placed on halt on 18 March following the worldwide crisis. Sometime in May it was announced that Oleh Smaliychuk bought out a control package from Petro Dyminskyi who continued to hide from the law. After two months of quarantine, the UPL competitions renewed on 30 May. However, The UPL administration decided not to conduct the game Karpaty – Mariupol on 31 May 2020 as in the Lviv's team camp were found positive test results on COVID-19. FC Mariupol that was already on the way to the game was forced to turn around. On 2 June 2020 FC Karpaty Lviv released its official statement announcing that the club goes on 2 weeks self-isolation due to mass spread of the illness among players. The upcoming games with

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and

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will not take place as previously scheduled. On 26 June 2020 were announced new rescheduled dates for the Karpaty's games against Mariupol and Dnipro-1. About a month later on 27 June they finally met in derby game against

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and promised to finish all their games they owed to other clubs before the new end of season on 19 July. But later Karpaty started to complain that the schedule is too tight and they won't be able to comply with the new schedule and refused to travel to any other games at all leaving on early vacations on 10 July. On 30 June 2020 the Ukrainian Premier League filed a document to the UAF Control and Disciplinary Committee informing that FC Karpaty Lviv were not able to show up for the game in Mariupol on 1 July 2020. The Mariupol–Karpaty game scheduled on 4 July will not take place. As it was the second failure to appear to the match for FC Karpaty Lviv, according to regulations the club was expelled from the championship by the UAF Control-Disciplinary Committee on 9 July 2020. The club was counted two technical defeats for two matches against

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as 3:0 and 0:3. For all other remaining games that were due to play the club was counted -:+. On 22 July the UAF decision became final as the club did not appeal it. On 31 July 2020 Smaliychuk announced that Karpaty would play in the Second League. In the beginning of August 2020 there surfaced information that Karpaty might even be able to play in the First League. On 14 August 2020 it was announced that the club never submitted registration for either the First or Second leagues. On 20 August 2020 it became confirmed that Karpaty will be actually playing in the Second League.

The 2021 club reorganization

The club underwent a considerable transformation in the summer of 2021. Owned by Petro Dyminskyi between 2001 and 2020, the Karpaty ownership was claimed either partially or entirely by Oleh Smaliychuk. In 2020 the club announced its bankruptcy and was expelled from the

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, yet allowed to enter competitions in lower leagues and maintain professional status. In the autumn of 2020, veteran Karpaty Lviv players Stepan Yurchyshyn, Andriy Tlumak and others created another club by the same name that entered the national amateur competitions. The next season the Smaliychuk's Karpaty were relegated and finally announced to be dissolved - Yurchyshyn's Karpaty were promoted to take their place in the league. During the

2020–21 Ukrainian Second League The 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League was the 30th since its establishment. The football competitions in the Second League kicked off on 6 September 2020, about half a month after promotion/relegation playoffs. The planned 12th week of the season ...

Karpaty temporarily played with a different logo. On 14 July 2021 Smaliychuk announced that the club was dissolved and would not participate in the amateur championship after relegating from the Second League. He promised to continue the work by repaying club's old debts.

Stadiums

''Main articles:

Ukraina Stadium Ukraina Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Lviv, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for association football matches, and is the home of FC Karpaty Lviv. "Ukraina" is also an alternative stadium for the Ukraine national football team whe ...

and

Arena Lviv Arena Lviv () is a football stadium in Lviv, Ukraine. It was one of the eight UEFA Euro 2012 venues, where it hosted three of the group-stage games. According to the official plans, the stadium has a total seating capacity of 34,915. Both clubs ...

'' FC Karpaty play their home games at the

Ukraina Stadium Ukraina Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Lviv, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for association football matches, and is the home of FC Karpaty Lviv. "Ukraina" is also an alternative stadium for the Ukraine national football team whe ...

. The stadium was built in 1963 as ''Druzhba'' ('

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") ''Stadium'' and renamed into Ukraina Stadium in 1992. The stadium was renovated on several occasions since, the latest one taking place in 2001. Currently the arena has a capacity of 29,004 spectators. The stadium was also the venue hosting the final match of the first

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season in 1992, in which

Tavriya Simferopol Sports Club Tavriya () was a Ukrainian football club from Simferopol. Tavriya was a member of the Ukrainian Premier League from its founding and won the first Ukrainian Premier League 1992, Ukrainian Premier League making them one of three team ...

defeated

Dynamo Kyiv The Football Club 'Dynamo Kyiv', also known as Dynamo Kyiv, or simply Dynamo, ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society ...

. It has also been one of the venues for

Ukraine national football team The Ukraine national football team ( ) represents Ukraine in men's international Association football, football, and is governed by the Ukrainian Association of Football, the governing body for football in Ukraine. Ukraine's home ground is the ...

matches, the most recent being a 1–0 win over

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on 6 September 2008 during 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying.

Reserves and the Academy

Karpaty-2

Karpaty-3

Karpaty-3 was a second reserve team of a Ukrainian

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club Karpaty Lviv from

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,

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. Created in 1997, until 2001 it played as ''Karpaty-2 Lviv''. In 2001 due to the merger between FC Karpaty Lviv and

FC Lviv FC Lviv () is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. The history of the club is very controversial and was interrupted on numerous occasions. The first club under such name entered professional competitions back in 199 ...

, Karpaty preserved the place of FC Lviv in the First League and transformed the former FC Lviv into the new Karpaty-2. The other Karpaty-2 Lviv that competed in the Second League was renamed to Karpaty-3. In 2003 Karpaty-3 Lviv was renamed into Karpaty-Halychyna Lviv, coincidentally

FC Halychyna Drohobych FC Halychyna Drohobych () is an amateur football club from Drohobych, Ukraine. The club was created in place of SKA Karpaty Lviv and amateur club Avanhard Drohobych on December 2, 1989 as SFC Drohobych. Drohobych appeared in the Ukrainian Cup i ...

relegated that year from the professional ranks. In 2004 Karpaty-Halychyna Lviv was taken out of competitions due to relegation of its senior squad from the

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. Since then, the team was not revived. :

Karpaty women football

Karpaty have own women team which they field since 2018. Due to the club reorganization in 2020–21 and the 2022 Russian aggression the team ceased its participation at national level. In 2023 Karpaty provided support for another team from Busk, Nadbuzhia.

Karpaty reserves (under 21 and 19)

Karpaty team of masters has been fielding its reserve team starting from 1971 when it was promoted to the Soviet Vysshaya Liga (

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (), served as the top division (tier) of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The league's name was a conditional designation used for brevity since being completely owned and g ...

) which competed in the Soviet reserve competition for the top tier and the 2nd tier. The reserve team was liquidated after the team of masters was merged with the Lviv Army Sports Club (

SKA Lvov SKA Lviv was a Soviet multi-sports club founded in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR. The club was created as part of sport section of the Carpathian Military District in 1949 and existed until 1989. As SKA Karpaty the club dissolved the main team was reorgani ...

) following the 1981 season. Since 2006 FC Karpaty has been fielding its junior teams in Ukrainian competitions for reserves including under-21 and under-19.

Achievements

*

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reserves **Third (2): 1972, 1976 *

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reserves **Third: 1978, 1979 * Ukrainian Premier League U–21 **Winners (1): 2009–10 **Third (1): 2016–17 * Ukrainian Premier League U–19 **Third (4): 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19

Karpaty academy

In 2020 the former SDYuShOR Karpaty were reorganized into a community organization DYuFSh Karpaty owned by the city of Lviv.

Logo history

Since the club has been named after the Carpathian Mountains, the image of the forest and mountains has been present on team's logo for many years. However, the logo has since been updated, inspired by

coat of arms of Lviv The coat of arms of the city of Lviv features a golden lion beneath a city gate in a blue field. The current version of the symbol was adopted by the city council in 1990. Based on the principles of the blazoning it features a lion passant Or, be ...

with a segment of a fortress and lion shown on the new crest. The club's nickname 'The Green Lions' also originated from their new logo. The club also has a ceremonial logo, however, it is very rarely used, mostly during TV broadcasts or video packages.

Football kits and sponsors

Colours

Traditionally the club colours have been white and green. Throughout the club's history its kit has always been designed in green and white colours; other colours are almost never used and are usually highly criticized by fans. Green is considered to be the dominant of the two in club nicknames like ''"Green Lions"'' and ''"Green-Whites"''. For some time black was also used and was even displayed on one of the club's former logos.

Rivalries

Karpaty's biggest rivals today are

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and

FC Lviv FC Lviv () is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. The history of the club is very controversial and was interrupted on numerous occasions. The first club under such name entered professional competitions back in 199 ...

. The match against FC Volyn Lutsk is called the Galician-

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n rivalry (derby) which is the main football event in

western Ukraine Western Ukraine or West Ukraine (, ) refers to the western territories of Ukraine. There is no universally accepted definition of the territory's boundaries, but the contemporary Ukrainian administrative regions ( oblasts) of Chernivtsi, I ...

. Derby with FC Lviv has shorter history (six matches by the end of 2019)

Galician–Volhynian rivalry

Former rivalries

Karpaty became the longest surviving city's professional football club and over the years participated in Lviv city derbies with

SKA Lvov SKA Lviv was a Soviet multi-sports club founded in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR. The club was created as part of sport section of the Carpathian Military District in 1949 and existed until 1989. As SKA Karpaty the club dissolved the main team was reorgani ...

(in 1966–1969) before the club was dissolved. In the beginning of the 1990s a rivalry with

FC Nyva Ternopil FC Nyva Ternopil (; ) is a Ukrainian football club from the city of Ternopil, the administrative center of Ternopil Oblast. As of the 2020–21 season, it played in the Ukrainian First League, the second tier of Ukrainian football, following pro ...

became overshadowed by the rivalry with

FC Volyn Lutsk FC Volyn Lutsk ( ) was a Ukrainian association football, football club based in Lutsk. Since its establishment in 1960, the club became the only major (professional) football club within Volyn Oblast and uncontested leader of football in the reg ...

as the Ternopil club was relegated from the top division in 2001.

Supporters

Karpaty Lviv is among the most popular clubs in Ukraine and according to social polls of local polling organizations such as "RATING" and KIIS that were conducted in 2013 it was claimed that 2.7% to 5.6% of all football fans in Ukraine support the club (sharing the 3rd-5th place in the country). Just before being appointed a director of the Moscow studio of

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, German journalist Markus Reher wrote an article in which he claimed that Ukraine is not ready to hold an event such as 2012 UEFA Euro, because there are too many "nationalist thugs" and

neo-Nazis Neo-Nazism comprises the post–World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazi ideology. Neo-Nazis employ their ideology to promote hatred and racial supremacy (often white supremacy), to att ...

, particularly referring to Karpaty supporters. In the article an interviewed Karpaty supporter claims that supporters of the club "don't start fights" and are "just giving their team support". The supporter went on to say that "everything'll be fine" if supporters of other clubs don't provoke him or other supporters of Karpaty Lviv, and if they had foreign players at the club, they would send them back home if they could. The article claimed that the club protects its players from its nationalist fans, and Danilo Avelar, a player from

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, stated that he "hasn't heard of nationalist fans and hopes it isn't true". The article goes on to report that authorities have had problems in the past with violent fans in

Lviv Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...

, citing a riot in Lviv's old town when ultranationalist Karpaty supporters clashed with supporters of German side

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with injuries on both sides. Detailing the pre-independence history of the team, British correspondent Manuel Veth notes that the nickname ''Banderstadt'' later adopted by football ultras was given by "Soviet anti-terrorist forces" for the city's role in the

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's nationalist guerrilla campaign. The American journalist Michael Goldfarb pointed out that demonstration of antisemitism and

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among the Karpaty Lviv fans could be politically influenced and is not uncommon in region including similar instances in neighboring

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.

FC Karpaty Lviv in European competitions

Karpaty made its debut in European tournaments at the

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, being eliminated by

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in the first round. Karpaty became the second Ukrainian club in history to qualify for the European club competitions ahead of such other Ukrainian clubs like Shakhtar and Dnipro. Just four visits to European competition have followed, the most successful being a run to the Group Stage of the

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.

UEFA club coefficient ranking

''As of 06.06.2016 (no ranking for 2017), Source

'

Honours

Domestic

Soviet Union

*

Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (),, , , (Moldovan Cyrillic: Купа УРСС), , , . was the premier football cup competition in the Soviet Union conducted by the Football Federation of the Soviet Union. The 1991–92 season of the tournam ...

**Winners (1):

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*

Soviet First League The Soviet First League in football () was the second highest division of Soviet football,Evgeni Kazakov. The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футболу)''. History of Soviet football championships. Volume 1 ...

**Winners (2):

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

,

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

*

Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League (, Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet Union, Soviet football (soccer), football, below the Soviet First League. The league was formed in 1971 in place of the Class A Se ...

**Winners (1): 1991 (Zone West)

Ukraine

*

Ukrainian Cup The Ukrainian Cup ( ) is an association football national knockout cup competition run by the Ukrainian Association of Football. The competition is conducted almost exclusively among professional clubs. Since the 2003–04 season, the Cup winner qu ...

**Runners-up (2): 1992–93, 1998–99 *

Ukrainian First League The Persha Liha ( ) or Ukrainian First League is a Ukrainian football league system, level of national football competitions (second tier) in Ukraine governed by the Professional Football League of Ukraine, Professional Football League at the disc ...

**Runners-up (2): 2004–05, 2023–24

Non-official

* Copa del Sol **Winners (1):

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Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Staff and management

Administration history

President

* 1998–1999: Yaroslav HrytsyukПомер експрезидент Карпат - при ньому команда вигравала бронзові медалі
www.ua-football.com. 5 April 2024 * 1999–2001: Leonid Tkachuk * 2001–2020: Petro Dyminskyi * 2020–2021: Oleh Smaliychuk

General director

* 1999–2001: Ivan Lypnytskyi * 2001: Oleksandr Yefremov * 2001–2004: Mykhaylo Praktyka * 2004: Petro Komar * 2004–2005: Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi * 2005–2006: Bohdan Fedoryshyn * 2006: Vasyl Ravryk * 2006–2008: Oleksandr Yefremov * 2008–2009: Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi * 2009: Yuriy Korotysh * 2009–2015: Ihor Dedyshyn * 2015–2017: Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi * 2017–2020: Yuriy Korotysh * 2020–present: Stepan Yurchyshyn

League and Cup history

Soviet Union

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Ukraine

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Divisional movements

Coaches

First team

* Sergei Korshunov (1964–65) * Nikolay Dementyev (1965–66) *

Yevhen Lemeshko Yevhen Lemeshko (; 11 December 1930 – 2 June 2016) was a Ukrainian football player and coach as well as chairman of the Council of Veteran Footballers. Club career Lemeshko started his football career as a player for FC Dynamo Kyiv, but due t ...

(1967) *

Valentin Bubukin Valentin Borisovich Bubukin (; 23 April 1933 – 30 October 2008) was a Soviet/Russian footballer. Biography Bubukin started training in aged 12 in the club Krylia Sovetov. He then moved to VVS Moscow, but the team was disbanded in 1952, and Bu ...

(1972–74) * Ishtvan Sekech (1978–80) * Stepan Yurchyshyn (1992) *

Myron Markevych Myron Bohdanovych Markevych (; born 1 February 1951) is a Ukrainian association football, football manager and former player who manages FC Karpaty Lviv, Karpaty Lviv. He has worked as a manager in the Ukrainian Premier League and for the Ukrai ...

(1 July 1992 – 30 June 1995) * Volodymyr Zhuravchak (1995–96), (2002) *

Myron Markevych Myron Bohdanovych Markevych (; born 1 February 1951) is a Ukrainian association football, football manager and former player who manages FC Karpaty Lviv, Karpaty Lviv. He has worked as a manager in the Ukrainian Premier League and for the Ukrai ...

(1 July 1996 – 1 March 1999) * Stepan Yurchyshyn (1999) * Lev Brovarskyi (1999–00) * Stepan Yurchyshyn (2001) *

Myron Markevych Myron Bohdanovych Markevych (; born 1 February 1951) is a Ukrainian association football, football manager and former player who manages FC Karpaty Lviv, Karpaty Lviv. He has worked as a manager in the Ukrainian Premier League and for the Ukrai ...

(1 July 2001 – 30 June 2002) * Valentyn Khodukin (Sept 15, 2002 – 31 Dec 2002) *

Myron Markevych Myron Bohdanovych Markevych (; born 1 February 1951) is a Ukrainian association football, football manager and former player who manages FC Karpaty Lviv, Karpaty Lviv. He has worked as a manager in the Ukrainian Premier League and for the Ukrai ...

(1 Jan 2003 – 30 June 2004) * Valentyn Khodukin (July 2004 – Sept 2004) * Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi (Sept 15, 2004 – 30 June 2006) * Oleksandr Ishchenko (1 July 2006 – 1 Jan 2008) * Valeriy Yaremchenko (1 Jan 2008 – 30 May 2008) *

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(20 May 2008 – 18 Oct 2011) * Pavel Kucherov ''(interim)'' (18 Oct 2011 – 21 Jan 2012) * Volodymyr Sharan (21 Jan 2012 – 26 March 2012) * Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi (26 March 2012 – 8 June 2012) * Pavel Kucherov ''(interim)'' (8 June 2012 – 30 July 2012) *

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(29 July 2012 – 10 May 2013) * Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi ''(interim)'' (10 May 2013 – 18 June 2013) * Oleksandr Sevidov (19 June 2013 – 17 June 2014) *

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(caretaker) (18 June 2014 – 1 September 2015) *

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(1 September 2015 – 12 January 2016) * Oleh Luzhnyi / Volodymyr Bezubyak (Jan 2016 – June 2016) * Valeriy Yaremchenko (June, 6 – 17 June 2016) * Anatoliy Chantsev (caretaker) (17 June 2016 – 5 July 2016) * Serhiy Zaytsev (5 July 2016 – 7 October 2016) * Oleg Dulub (7 October 2016 – 11 June 2017) * Sergio Navarro (16 June 2017 – 14 Sep 2017) * Serhiy Zaytsev (14 Sep 2017 – 19 Nov 2017) * Dario Drudi (caretaker) (19 Nov 2017 – 21 Nov 2017) * Oleh Boychyshyn (21 Nov 2017 – 16 Aug 2018) * José Morais (16 Aug 2018 – 28 Nov 2018) * Oleh Boychyshyn (caretaker) (28 Nov 2018 – 13 Jan 2019) *

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(13 Jan 2019 – 27 May 2019) * Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi (27 May 2019 – 3 Sep 2019) * Roman Sanzhar (3 Sep 2019 – 29 July 2020) * Lyubomyr Vovchuk (23 August 2020 – 14 July 2021) * Andriy Tlumak (October 2020 – 2023) *

Myron Markevych Myron Bohdanovych Markevych (; born 1 February 1951) is a Ukrainian association football, football manager and former player who manages FC Karpaty Lviv, Karpaty Lviv. He has worked as a manager in the Ukrainian Premier League and for the Ukrai ...

(2023 – present)

Reserve team

* Roman Tolochko (footballer, born 1968), Roman Tolochko (2007 – 2013) * Andriy Kuptsov (2013 – 2015) * Andriy Tlumak (2016) * Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi (2016 – 2019)

Notable managers

* Ernest Yust,

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, Soviet First League, Class A (pervaya gruppa) winner,

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fourth place * Ishtvan Sekech,

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winner * Stepan Yurchyshyn,

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winner *

Myron Markevych Myron Bohdanovych Markevych (; born 1 February 1951) is a Ukrainian association football, football manager and former player who manages FC Karpaty Lviv, Karpaty Lviv. He has worked as a manager in the Ukrainian Premier League and for the Ukrai ...

, Ukrainian Premier League, Ukrainian Top League third place

References

External links

*
Fan siteFC Karpaty, Lviv in international and national competitions
eu-football.info * Readmission of FC Karpaty Lviv to professional football (Oleksandr Shevchenko is a president of Lviv Oblast Association of Football whom Smaliychuk accused in lack of support for Karpaty)
Oleksandr Shevchenko, "the Smaliychuk's representatives were explaining that the only way to save Karpaty is to register the club from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in Lviv (Александр Шевченко: Представители Смалийчука объясняли, что единственный путь спасения Карпат — это зарегистрировать клуб из Ивано-Франковской области во Львове)
Sport Arena. 25 August 2020.;
Oleksandr Shevchenko, "In situation with "Karpaty" it disturbs me whether or not it is another oligarchs' game, part of which is Smaliychuk (Александр Шевченко: В ситуации с Карпатами меня смущает, не очередная ли это игра олигархов, частью которой и является Смалийчук?)
Sport Arena. 25 August 2020. * Artur Malkin.

'. Footboom. 26 August 2020. **[https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-vtoraya-liga/luzhnyj-mogu-posporit-smalijchuk-ne-yavlyaetsya/ Luzhny, "I can argue that Smaliychuk does not appear as an owner of Karpaty, because someone stands behind him" (Лужный: "Могу поспорить: Смалийчук не является совладельцем Карпат, за ним кто-то стоит")]. Sport Arena. 26 August 2020.
Myron Markevych, "Beside Mykhailiv, I know at least two-three other people who wanted to buy Karpaty" (Мирон Маркевич: "Окрім Михайліва, знаю ще двох-трьох людей, які хотіли купити "Карпати")
Footboom. 26 August 2020.
We are starting to get ready for massive renovation. "Karpaty" will live ("Починаємо готуватись до масштабного оновлення. "Карпати" будуть жити")
FC Karpaty Lviv. 22 August 2020.

Tribuna.com. 12 August 2020. {{DEFAULTSORT:Karpaty Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv, Ukrainian Premier League clubs Football clubs in Lviv Association football clubs established in 1963 1963 establishments in Ukraine Soviet Top League clubs Football clubs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

History

Early years (1963–68)

Winning the USSR Cup

Soviet Top League (1970–1977)

Merger and period of SKA Karpaty (1981–1989)

Revival

Ukrainian League (1991–present)

The 2020 crisis

The 2021 club reorganization

Stadiums

Reserves and the Academy

Karpaty-2

Karpaty-3

Karpaty women football

Karpaty reserves (under 21 and 19)

Achievements

Karpaty academy

Logo history

Football kits and sponsors

Colours

Rivalries

Galician–Volhynian rivalry

Former rivalries

Supporters

FC Karpaty Lviv in European competitions

UEFA club coefficient ranking

Honours

Domestic

Soviet Union

Ukraine

Non-official

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Staff and management

Administration history

President

General director

League and Cup history

Soviet Union

Ukraine

Divisional movements

Coaches

First team

Reserve team

Notable managers

See also

References

External links