FC Poltava () was a Ukrainian

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club based in

Poltava Poltava (, ; , ) is a city located on the Vorskla, Vorskla River in Central Ukraine, Central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Poltava Oblast as well as Poltava Raion within the oblast. It also hosts the administration of Po ...

in 2007–2018.

History

The club was created by the newly elected mayor of the Poltava city Andriy Matkovsky (2006–2010) who was the club's Honorary President and the main sponsor. FC Poltava entered the professional leagues for the 2007–08 season in the Druha Liha B without playing a single game at amateur level. The first coach of the main team was Oleksandr Omelchuk who previously coached FC Vorskla-2 Poltava. FC Poltava started the season trepidly but in the second half they improved a great deal. The team's goal was to train players for the teams of the

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and First League. The club also had intentions to reestablish the forgotten Poltava derby that in the Soviet times took place between teams of Kolkhospnyk (today's

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) and Lokomotyv. FC Poltava had an agreement of cooperation with the local Horpynka

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. In summer of 2010 the club announced of its withdrawal from the professional football due to a biased attitude from the PFL of Ukraine, particularly its refereeing. After some talks with several state officials and from Ministry of sport a consensus was found. It was decided that the club would continue its participation in the Second League. Home uniforms was dark green. On 21 June 2018, it was announced that FC Poltava was dissolved.

Honours

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** Runners-up (1): 2017–18 *

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** Winners (1): 2011–12 ** Runners-up (2): 2008–09, 2010–11

List of head coaches

* 2007–2009: Oleksandr Omelchuk * 2009–2010: Ivan Shariy (caretaker) * 2010–2010: Yuriy Malyhin * 2010–2013: Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi * 2013–2015: Ilya Blyznyuk * 2015:

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* 2015–2016 Anatoliy BezsmertnyiBezsmertny profile
on FC Poltava website * 2016: Andriy Zavyalov (caretaker) * 2016–2017: Yuriy Yaroshenko * 2017: Volodymyr Prokopinenko * 2017–2018: Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi

League and cup history

Notes and references

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Poltava Football clubs in Poltava Defunct football clubs in Ukraine Association football clubs established in 2007 Association football clubs disestablished in 2018 2007 establishments in Ukraine 2018 disestablishments in Ukraine