FC Sevastopol is a professional

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club based in

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Team names

* 2014–2016: FC SKChF Sevastopol (Sportivny Klub Chernomorskogo Flota) * 2016: FC Sevastopol * 2016–: FC Sevastopol

History

It was founded in 2014, following the Russian annexation of Crimea.

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club

FC Sevastopol FC Sevastopol () was a Ukrainian football club based in Sevastopol. The club was a spiritual descendant of the Soviet clubs from Sevastopol such as Chaika Sevastopol. After the completion of the 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League season due to th ...

was liquidated and a new team was organized instead, registered according to the laws of Russia. It then was licensed to participate in the third-tier

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in the 2014–15 season. As Ukraine considers Crimea Ukrainian territory,

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lodged a complaint with

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about Crimean clubs' participation in Russian competitions. On 22 August 2014, it was decided "that any football matches played by Crimean clubs organized under the auspices of the Russian Football Union will not be recognized by UEFA until further notice". On 4 December 2014, UEFA banned Crimean clubs from participating in Russian professional competitions, and announced that a new local

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will be set up in the future that UEFA will manage directly. It has the same name as the historical team

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which participated in the

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football competitions. "SKChF" stands for "Sportivny Klub Chernomorskogo Flota" (; "Sport Club of the

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"). Ahead of the 2022–23 season the club has announced its intention to compete in the

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. They were not admitted at the time. Before the 2023–24 season, the club was admitted to the newly organized fourth-tier

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Division B.

Current squad

As of 9 April 2025, according to th
Second League website

Honours

*All-Crimean Championship :: Gold medal icon

2015 *

(1st tier) :: Gold medal icon

2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21 :: Silver medal icon

2015–16, 2017–18 :: Bronze medal icon

2019–20 *CFU Cup (National Cup) :: Gold medal icon

2018–19 :: Silver medal icon

2015–16, 2017–18

Coaches

* 2014-15 Sergei Diyev * 2015-16

Oleh Leshchynskyi Oleh Leschynskyi (); Oleg Leshchinsky (); born 31 December 1965) is a former Soviet professional football midfielder and Ukrainian (until 2014) and Russian (since 2014) coach. Career After a poor start to the 2012-13 Ukrainian First League sea ...

* 2016–present Stanislav Hudzikevych

League and cup history

Russia

Crimea

References

External links

*
Archived site
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