FC Kalush () was a Ukrainian professional football club from Kalush,

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History

The club was founded soon after

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as Khimik Kalush and in the Soviet competitions competed at regional level and KFK (amateur level). The club was reestablished in place of previously existed Polish club at the chemical plant TESP that also was overtaken by Soviets. Khimik Kalush also was associated with the Soviet chemical and metallurgical association "Khlorvinil" that was expanded in 1961. At KFK level the club competed until 1995, when as Khimik entered the

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. Its main sponsor "Khlorvinil" was reorganized as a state enterprise "Oriana". Later in 1995, Khimik renamed themselves to FC Kalush. The club struggled at this level of competition. In 2001, "Oriana" and the Russian oil conglomerate Lukoil created a joint venture "Lukor". In 2001 the club also renamed themselves to FC LUKOR Kalush and the new sponsorship immediately improved the status of the club. In 2002 Lukor already announced about its financial instability and filed for bankruptcy. In the next season the club won the Druha Liha 2002–03 Group A championship. However, at the end of the season the club was bought out by neighboring club FC Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk and they were subsequently renamed and made into a reserve club. The club renamed again to FC Spartak-2 Ivano-Frankivsk in 2004 and later in that year they were dissolved. The club reformed in 2006 and played at the Amateur level. On 17 January 2014, Lukor Kalush filed for bankruptcy and its liquidation.Lukor announced about its liquidation ("Лукор" объявил о ликвидации)
Kommersant. 20 January 2014 After a break of over 10 years the club was readmitted to the

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for the

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competition.

Emblems

File:Prykarp Kalush.png, Emblem of Prykarpattia Kalush (a farm club of

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) File:Lukor Kalush.png, Emblem of FC LUKOR Kalush, note that the name is spelled as Luk and Or

Honors

* Ukrainian Druha Liha **Winners (1): 2002/03 Group A (as LUKOR Kalush) *

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**Winners (1): 1994-95 Group 1 **Finalists (1): 1992-93 Group 1 *

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**Finalists (1): 1972 *

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championship **Winners (13): 1947, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1975, 1978, 1995 **Finalists (9): 1949 *

Cup **Winners (14):

League and cup history

Notable players

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Coaches

* 1997 Ivan Krasnetskyi * 2000 Volodymyr Holovatyi * 2001 Volodymyr Mandryk * 2001–2002 Mykola Prystay * 2002

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* 2003 Mykola Prystay * 2016–2017 Petro Lesiv * 2017

Stepan Matviyiv Stepan Matviyiv (; 10 March 1968) is a Ukrainian football manager and former player. Matviyiv was born in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for FC Dnipro Cherkasy. Honours * Ukrainian ...

* 2017–2018

Vasyl Malyk Vasyl Malyk (; born 23 November 1968) is a former Soviet and Ukrainian footballer and Ukraine, Ukrainian Association football, football coach. References External links

* 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Drohobych Sovie ...

* 2019–2020

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* 2019 Vasyl Kachur * 2019–

Notes

References

External links

Official website

FC Kalush
at AAFU {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalush, Fc Defunct football clubs in Ukraine Football clubs in Kalush, Ukraine FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk Lukoil Association football clubs established in 1947 Association football clubs disestablished in 2020 1947 establishments in Ukraine 2020 disestablishments in Ukraine