FC Nikopol was a Ukrainian football club from the city of Nikopol,

Dnipropetrovsk oblast Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in simultaneously southern, eastern and central Ukraine, the most important industrial region of the country. It was created on February 27, 1932. Dnipropetro ...

and

Makiivka Makiivka (, ), formerly Dmytriivsk () until 1931, is an industrial city in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, located east from Donetsk. The two cities are practically a conurbation. It has a population of It hosts the administration of Makiivka ...

Donetsk Oblast Donetsk Oblast, also referred to as Donechchyna (, ), is an Oblasts of Ukraine, oblast in eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 million residents. Its capital city, administrative centre is Donetsk, though d ...

before 2015. Another FC Nikopol has existed in Nikopol prior to relocation of FC Makiivvuhillya. On 21 June 2023 the 31st PFL Conference excluded several clubs that did not compete in the 2022–23 season and did not renew their membership.

History

Makiyivvuhillya (Makeyevugol)

It should be mentioned that previously Makiivvuhillya was represented by a team of the

Bazhanov coal mine The Bazhanov coal mine () is a large coal mine located in southeastern Ukraine in Donetsk Oblast, in the industrial city of Makiivka. Bazhanov mine represents one of the largest coal reserve in Ukraine having estimated reserves of 58.7 million ton ...

known as

FC Shakhtar Makiivka FC Shakhtar Makiivka was a Ukrainian football club from Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast Donetsk Oblast, also referred to as Donechchyna (, ), is an Oblasts of Ukraine, oblast in eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around ...

. The current club was formed in

in 2009 and became professional in 2011 entering the

Professional Football League of Ukraine The Professional Football League of Ukraine (; also known as PFL) is a non-for-profit sports association of professional football (sports) clubs also known as the Football Clubs Association "Professional Football League of Ukraine". It is a co ...

and was based in

under the name FC Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka. The name of the club is associated Makiyivka's coal industry, since the city of Makiyivka is close proximity to the city of

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; ; ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capita ...

. The football team was created out of the state mining enterprise ''Makiyivvuhillya'' in the summer of 2009 to participate in the Coal Industry Cup. In the finals of the Coal Industry Cup, a tournament which Makiyivka defeated SE "Dzerzhynskvuhillya." After the event the company decided to continue supporting the football team, with general director Stanislav Tolchin becoming the honorary president of football club. The President of the club became Anatoly Akimochkin and head coach was Spartak Zhyhulin. In the winter of 2009, Makiyivvuhillya won the city championship in Makiyivka and finished 3rd in the Donetsk oblast championship. In 2010 the team became a finalist of the Coal Industry Cup (losing to

FC Shakhtar Sverdlovsk Shakhtar Sverdlovsk () was a professional Ukrainian football club based in Luhansk oblast's Sverdlovsk city (Dovzhansk). The club competed in the Ukrainian Second League but was suspended after the 2013–14 amid the Russian aggression against ...

) and 3rd place again in the Donetsk oblast championship. In 2011, the team participated in the Ukrainian Amateur championship. In the Second League the club played its home games at the Bazhanovets Stadium, which was also used by the former Soviet/Ukrainian club Shakhtar Makiyivka (also known as Bazhanovets) but the stadium was found lacking in facilities. Later the club played at Metalurh Stadium in

Yenakiieve Yenakiieve (, ; ) is a city and the nominal administrative center of Yenakiieve urban hromada in the Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. The city stands on the Krynka River about from the oblast's administrative center, Donetsk. Its po ...

Nikopol-NPHU

In 2014, the club was forced to relocate to

Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Nikopol (, ) is a city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality (hromada) in Nikopol Raion in the south of Ukraine, on the right bank of the Dnieper, Dnieper River, about 63 km south-east of Kryvyi Rih and 48 km south-west of Za ...

, due to the 2014 Russian aggression against Ukraine. It also lost its main sponsor Makiyivvuhillya, but in Nikopol the club was taken under its wing the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine (NPHU) which added own abbreviation to the club's name as ''Makeyevugol-NPHU''. After the 2014–15 season the club formally withdrew from the PFL and reentered under the name of FC Nikopol-NPHU. The club plays at the stadium of

FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol (also referred as ''FC Elektrometalurg-NZF Nikopol '') is an amateur Ukrainian football club. The club is based in Nikopol, Ukraine and sponsored by the Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NZF). Brief history Metalurh→Trub ...

, while trains at the stadium of FC Kolos Chkalove from Chkalove.

FC Nikopol

During the winter break of the

2016–17 Ukrainian Second League The 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League was the 26th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 23 July 2016 with one match from Round 1. The spring session started on 18 March 2017 with the competition ending ...

season, the club renamed themselves to FC Nikopol.

Other clubs in Nikopol

In Nikopol is another FC Nikopol that participated in the 2007 Ukrainian Amateur Cup and place third in football championships of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in 2009 and 2013. Both FC Nikopol and FC Kolos Chkalove were withdrawn from the

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in simultaneously southern, eastern and central Ukraine, the most important industrial region of the country. It was created on February 27, 1932. Dnipropetro ...

championship in 2015.

Stadiums

File:Chkalove Kolos Stadium.jpg, Kolos Stadium in Chkalove File:Nikopol Elektrometalurh Stadium 1.jpg, Elektrometalurh Stadium

League and cup history

Coaches

;Makiivvuhillya * 2009-2009 Ihor Yefremenko * 2009-2015 Spartak Zhyhulin ;Nikopol-NHPU * 2015-2016 Serhiy Zhytskyi * 2016 Serhiy Valyayev * 2016-2017 Hryhoriy Varzhelenko ;Nikopol * 2017-2020 Hryhoriy Varzhelenko * 2021

Evgeny Yarovenko Evgeny Yarovenko (born 17 August 1963) is a Soviet, Kazakhstani, and Ukrainian retired professional footballer and current manager of Sumy. Personal life He is the father of Ukrainian footballer Oleksandr Yarovenko Oleksandr Yevheniyovyc ...

* 2021 Serhiy Vorobey * 2021 Oleksandr Poklonskyi

External links

Official website
(FC Nikopol)
Official website
(Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine)

(Makiivka Coal Mining)

www.ua-football.com. 13 January 2015 * [https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/2a/1433349020-zhickiy-npgu-makiyivvugillya-transformuyetsya-u-fk-nikopol.html Жицький: НПГУ-Макіїввугілля трансформується у ФК Нікополь]. www.ua-football.com. 3 June 2015

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nikopol FC Nikopol, 2009 establishments in Ukraine Football clubs in Nikopol, Ukraine Association football clubs established in 2009