FC TSK Simferopol () is a professional

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team based in

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, that was created in place of Ukrainian

SC Tavriya Simferopol Sports Club Tavriya () was a Ukrainian football club from Simferopol. Tavriya was a member of the Ukrainian Premier League from its founding and won the first Ukrainian Premier League 1992, Ukrainian Premier League making them one of three team ...

, following the

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. TSK in the name stands for "Таврия Симферополь Крым" (Tavria – Simferopol – Crimea).

History

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club

was liquidated and a new team was organized in its place, 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, the

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lodged a complaint with

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about Crimean clubs' participation in Russian competitions. On 22 August 2014, UEFA decided "that any football matches played by Crimean clubs organised under the auspices of the Russian Football Union will not be recognised 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 Crimean League will be set up in the future that UEFA will manage directly. The club won the first-ever

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in 2015–2016. Ahead of the 2022/2023 season, the club has announced its intention to compete in the

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2019 squad

Honours

(Tier-I) **Champions: 2015–16 **Runners-up: 2018–19 **Third place: 2017–18

Coaches

* 2014

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* 2014-2016 Serhiy Vasylyovych Shevchenko * 2016-2017 Serhiy Yakovych Shevchenko * 2017 Roman Voinarovsky * 2017 Maksym Startsev

League and cup history

Russia

Crimea

References

External links

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Official website
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