Football Sports Club Bukovyna Chernivtsi is a Ukrainian professional

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club based in

Chernivtsi Chernivtsi (, ; , ;, , see also #Names, other names) is a city in southwestern Ukraine on the upper course of the Prut River. Formerly the capital of the historic region of Bukovina, which is now divided between Romania and Ukraine, Chernivt ...

History

The club was established in 1958 as Avanhard Chernivtsi (Avangard Chernovtsy) for republican competitions and became the first club from

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to be added to the Soviet Class B competition in 1960. Before 1958 Chernivtsi were presented several times by various teams in republican competitions like Burevisnyk (1956), Dynamo (1948, 1950–1955), Spartak (1946, 1947, 1949), Lokomotyv (1949). From 1992 to 1994, Bukovyna played in the

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, after being initially chosen to participate for being one of the Ukrainian teams taking part in the

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in 1991. Bukovyna Chernivtsi's best achievement in the

was 10th place in its

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season. The club was founded in 1958 under the name Avanguard. Colours are yellow shirts, black shorts. Alternate colors are white and or red and black.

Team names

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Current squad

As of 16 October 2024

Out on loan

Honors

* Soviet Vtoraya Liga (Group West) **Winners (1):

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* Ukrainian Persha Liha **''Runners-up (1):'' 1995–96 * Ukrainian Druha Liha (Group A) **Winners (2): 1999–00, 2009–10 * Chernivtsi Oblast championship **Winners (6): 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1976 Bukovyna also holds an all-time record of the most points earned in the

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League and cup history

Soviet Union

Ukraine

Presidents

* 1993 – 1998 Vasyl FedoriukThe first coronavirus loss in Ukrainian football: there died ex-president of Bukovyna (Первая коронавирусная потеря в украинском футболе: умер экс-президент Буковины)
UA-Football. 7 April 2020 * 2007 – 2010 Vasyl Fedoriuk * 2019 – 2022 Vadym ZayatsBukovyna received a new president (Буковина получила нового президента)
UA-Football. 7 February 2019 * 2022 – ''present'' Andriy Safronyak

Coaches

* Head coach – Andriy Melnychuk * Assistant coach – Pavlo Taran * Assistant coach – Hryhoriy Churilov * Goalkeeping coach – Bohdan Stepanenko * Nachalnik komandy – Ivan Pavlyuk

FC Bukovyna-2 Chernivtsi

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bukovyna Chernivtsi Ukrainian First League clubs Sport in Chernivtsi Association football clubs established in 1958 1958 establishments in Ukraine Football clubs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Football clubs in Chernivtsi Oblast