football
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club based in
Poltava
Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava is administratively ...
in 2007–2018.
History
The club was created by the newly elected mayor of the Poltava city Andriy Matkovsky (2006-2010) who is 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 Vorskla-2 Poltava was a Ukrainian football team based in Poltava, Ukraine in 1997 through 2005.Premier League and First League. The club also has intentions to reestablish the forgotten Poltava derby that in the Soviet times took place between teams of Kolkhospnyk (today's Vorskla) and Lokomotyv. FC Poltava has an agreement of cooperation with the local Horpynka sports school. In summer of 2010 the club announced of its withdrawal from the professional football due to a biased attitude from the
PFL of Ukraine
Professional Football League of Ukraine ( uk, Професіональна футбольна ліга України, translit=Profesionalna futbolna liha Ukrayiny; also known as PFL) is a sport organization and collective member of the Footb ...
, 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 is dissolved.
Oleksandr Omelchuk
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* 2009–2010:
Ivan Shariy
Ivan Shariy ( uk, Іван Григорович Шарій; born 24 November 1957) is a former Soviet and Ukrainian footballer and Ukrainian football manager.
Biography
Native of Poltava, Shariy played football for almost a quarter of century. H ...
(caretaker)
* 2010–2010:
Yuriy Malyhin
Yuriy Malyhin ( uk, Юрій Володимирович Малигін; born 29 April 1971 in Voroshylovhrad) is a former Soviet and Ukrainian footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different typ ...
Oleh Fedorchuk
Oleh Fedorchuk ( ua, Олег Вікторович Федорчук; born February 10, 1961), is a retired Soviet footballer and Ukrainian football manager.
Career
In 2009–2011, he was a coach in PFC Nyva Vinnytsia
FC Nyva Vinnytsia is a ...
Andriy Zavyalov
Andrei Aleksandrovich Zavyalov ( uk, Андрій Олександрович Зав'ялов, translit=Andrii Oleksandrovych Zavialov; russian: Андрей Александрович Завьялов; born 2 January 1971 in Bila Tserkva) is a Ukr ...
(caretaker)
* 2016–2017:
Yuriy Yaroshenko
Yuriy Yaroshenko ( uk, Юрій Миколайович Ярошенко; born 5 January 1961, in Frunze (today Bishkek), Kyrgyz SSR) is a former Soviet and Ukrainian footballer and Ukrainian football coach.
He has a son Kostyantyn Yaroshenko who ...