FC Spartak Sumy was a Ukrainian

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club based in

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History

Yavir was established on January 12, 1982, at the village forestry Krasnopillya. In Ukrainian Yavir () means Sycamore (''

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''). The team started playing in the regional championship and after couple of years became the regional champion. The following year it won the regional cup. In the first national championship of Ukraine ''Yavir Krasnopillya'' became involved in the professional leagues, first in the

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, then in the

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. In 1995, ''Yavir Krasnopillya'' won the second league Around that time, the established local teams in

– FC Frunzenets Sumy and FC Avtomobilist Sumy suddenly folded and disappeared altogether. As a result of this, the regional leaders decided to revive football in

. With this purpose in 1998, ''Yavir'' was transferred to the regional center and renamed ''Yavir-Sumy''. As such, the club lasted half the season, then transformed into ''FC Sumy'', and once more into ''Spartak Sumy''. From 2003, the team was called ''Spartak-Horobyna Sumy''. In the 2006–07 season they played in the

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. However, the club was withdrawn from the league (and subsequently folded) after missing two

matches due to financial difficulties.

Previous names of the club

* 1982–1998 – Football Club Yavir Krasnopillya () * 1999–2000 – Football Club Yavir-Sumy () * 2000–2001 – Football Club Spartak Sumy () * 2002 – Football Club Sumy () * 2003 – Football Club Spartak Sumy () * 2004 – 2005 – Football Club Spartak-Horobyna Sumy () * 2005–2006 – Football Club Spartak Sumy ()

Stadium

;Former

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;Former Kolos Stadium (3,000)

Honors

* Ukrainian Druha Liha **Winners (2): 1994–95, 2001–02 (as FC Sumy) *Sumy Oblast Football Championship **Winners (1): 1984

League and cup history

References

External links

* Buha, B.
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