Football Federation of Sumshchyna is a football governing body in the region of

Sumy Oblast Sumy Oblast (), also known as Sumshchyna (), is an oblast (province) in northeast Ukraine. The oblast was created in its modern-day form, from the merging of raions from Kharkiv Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, and Poltava Oblast in 1939 by the Presid ...

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. The federation is a member of the

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. The regional championships and cup competitions are officially conducted since 1952.1981, creation of the team (1981 рік СТАНОВЛЕННЯ КОМАНДИ)

FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka Football Club Naftovyk Okhtyrka is a Ukrainian amateur football club based in Okhtyrka, Sumy Oblast, where it was founded in 1980. The name of the club means "oiler" in Ukrainian. Ukrnafta company owned the club between 2004 and 2018. The club ...

. The first mentioning of football game on territory of

is traced to 1916 when the local daily newspaper "Sumskyi Visnyk" (Sumy Herald) on 25 May 1916 published an article about a tournament or collection of exhibition games where local team of Slavia played against some weaker local teams. On 1 June 1916 the same newspaper published an article about another game of Slavia against visiting Feniks from Kharkiv where the local team was victorious 4:3. The article also mentioned that Slavia played against another Kharkiv team in 1915. At that time Sumy Oblast did not exist and its territory was part of

Chernigov Governorate Chernigov Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire. It was officially created in 1802 from the disbanded Little Russia Governorate (1796-1802), Little Russia Governorate and had its capital in Cher ...

and

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. There is information that football regional championships were conducted as soon as there was created

in 1939.Buha, B.
Sumy want the big football (Суми хочуть великого футболу)
'.

. 3 August 2010Buha, B.
Football spells of Konotop (Футбольні чари Конотопа)
'.

. 31 August 2010 However, there is not enough information available about earlier championships.

Previous Champions

*1952 Mashynobudivnyk Sumy (1) *1953 Torpedo Sumy (1) *1954 Torpedo Sumy (2) *1955 Khimik Shostka (1) *1956 Nasosnyk Sumy (1) *1957 Burevisnyk Shostka (1) *1958 Nasosnyk Sumy (2) *1959 Avanhard Shostka (1) *1960 Avanhard Konotop (1) *1961 Ekran Shostka (1) *1962 SVADKU Sumy (1) *1963 Torpedo Sumy (3) *1964 Elektron Romny (1) *1965 Ekran Shostka (2) *1966 Kharchovyk Sumy (1) *1967 Kharchovyk Sumy (2) *1968 Shakhtar Konotop (1) *1969 Kharchovyk Sumy (3) *1970 SVADKU Sumy (2) *1971 Frunzenets Sumy (1) *1972 Frunzenets Sumy (2) *1973 Frunzenets Sumy (3) *1974 Svema Shostka (1) *1975 Frunzenets Sumy (4) *1976 Elektron Romny (2) *1977 Frunzenets Sumy (5) *1978 Frunzenets Sumy (6) *1979 Frunzenets Sumy (7) *1980 Frunzenets Sumy (8) *1981 Frunzenets Sumy (9) *1982 Lyvarnyk Sumy (1) *1983 Spartak Okhtyrka (1) *1984 Yavir Krasnopillya (1) *1985 Frunzenets Sumy (10) *1986 Avtomobilist Sumy (1) *1987 Frunzenets Sumy (11) *1988 FC Mayak Sumy (1) *1989 Frunzenets Sumy (12) *1990 Avtomobilist Sumy (2) *1991 Viktoriya Lebedyn (1) *=''independence of Ukraine''= *1992 Syrzavod Hlukhiv (1) *1993 Spartak Okhtyrka (2) *1994 Svema Shostka (2) *1995 FC Shostka (3) *1995-96 Elektron Romny (3) *1996-97 Kharchovyk Popivka (1) *1997-98 Naftovyk-2 Okhtyrka (1) *1998-99 Frunzenets Sumy (13) *2000 Elektron-2 Romny (1) *2001 Shakhtar Konotop (2) *2002 Naftovyk-2 Okhtyrka (2) *2003 Naftovyk-2 Okhtyrka (3) *2004 Shakhtar Konotop (3) *2005 Naftovyk-2 Okhtyrka (4) *2006 Shakhtar Konotop (4) *2007 Shakhtar Konotop (5) *2008 Naftovyk-2 Okhtyrka (5) *2009 Shakhtar Konotop (6) *2010 ONPR–Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (6) *2011 FC Druzhba(1) *2012 Shakhtar Konotop (7) *2013 ONPR–Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (7) *=''Russo-Ukrainian War''= *2014 Ahrobiznes TSK Romny (1) *

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

Ahrobiznes TSK Romny (2) *2016 Ahrobiznes TSK Romny (3) *2017 Ahrobiznes TSK Romny (4) *2018 Alians Lypova Dolyna (1) *

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

LS Group Verkhnya Syrovatka (1) *

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

Trostianets Trostianets or Trostyanets (, ; ) is a city in Okhtyrka Raion of Sumy Oblast of northeastern Ukraine. It was the administrative center of Trostianets Raion, Sumy Oblast, Trostianets Raion until it was abolished on 18 July 2020. The city lies ...

(1) *2021 Veleten Hlukhiv (1) *='' full-scale Russian invasion''= *2017 Naftovyk Okhtyrka (8) *2017 Naftovyk Okhtyrka (9) *2017 Ukrayina Tokari (1)

Top winners

*13 – Frunzenets Sumy * 9 – ONPR–Ukrnafta (Naftovyk-2) Okhtyrka * 7 – Shakhtar Konotop * 4 – Elektron Romny (including Elektron-2) * 4 – Ahrobiznes TSK Romny * 3 – 3 clubs (Torpedo, Kharchovyk S., (Svema) Shostka) * 2 – 4 clubs (Nasosnyk, Ekran, SVADKU, Avtomobilist) * 1 – 14 clubs

Professional clubs

* FC Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy (Avangard, Spartak), 1960-1983, 2000-2002 (26 seasons) *

, 1986-2018 (33 seasons) * FC Ahrotekhservis Sumy (Avtomobilist, SBTS), 1991-1996 (6 seasons) ---- * FC Elektron Romny, 1992–2004 (13 seasons) *

FC Spartak Sumy FC Spartak Sumy was a Ukrainian football club based in Sumy. History Yavir was established on January 12, 1982, at the village forestry Krasnopillya. In Ukrainian Yavir () means Sycamore (''Acer pseudoplatanus''). The team started playing in t ...

(Yavir Krasnopillia), 1992–2007 (16 seasons) * FC Slovianets Konotop, 1997–1998 (a season) *

PFC Sumy FC Sumy was a Ukrainian football team based in the city of Sumy, which used to play in the Persha Liha. In April 2019 the Ukrainian Football Federation deprived the club of its professional status.FC Barsa Sumy FC Barsa Sumy is a youth football center and a former professional football club from Sumy, Ukraine. History It was created in 2012 based on the Specialized Sports School of Olympic Reserve. After participating in the 2013 Ukrainian Football Ama ...

, 2015–2016 (a season) *

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, 2019–2022 (2 seasons) *

FC Trostianets Football Club Trostianets () is a Ukrainian football club from Trostianets. In 2018–2019 the club merged with the disbanded FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka (later reinstated). In June 2021, FC Trostianets was admitted to the Second League. History In 2 ...

, 2021–2022, 2023– (3 seasons) * FC Sumy, 2021–2022 (a season) * FC Viktoriya Sumy, 2021–2022, 2023– (3 seasons)

Other clubs at national/republican level

''Note: the list includes clubs that played at republican competitions before 1959 and the amateur or KFK competitions after 1964.'' * Sumy, 1936–1938 * Shostka, 1937 * Konotop, 1937, 1938, 1952 * Tsukrovyk Sumy, 1939, 1940 * Dynamo Sumy, 1946–1948 * Mashynobudivnyk Sumy, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952 * Khimik Shostka, 1948, 1949, 1957, 1970, 1977 * Lokomotyv Konotop, 1948, 1949 * Spartak Sumy, 1949 * Torpedo Sumy, 1953–1959 * Shakhtar Konotop, 1958, 1959, 1965, 1969 * Avanhard Shostka, 1958, 1959 * Avanhard Sumy, 1959 * Elektron Romny, 1964, 1988 – 1991, 1995/96, 1996/97 * Spartak Krolevets, 1966 * Kharchovyk Sumy, 1967 * Sumy Oblast, 1968 * Frunzenets Sumy, 1971 – 1974, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1999, 2000 * Svema Shostka, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1994/95 * Naftovyk/Naftovyk-2 Okhtyrka, 1982 – 1985, 1992/93 – 1994/95, 2002, 2003, 2021/22 – 2024/25 * Lyvarnyk Sumy, 1983, 1984 * Yavir Krasnopillia, 1985 – 1987, 1989 – 1991, 2001, 2002 * Avtomobilist Sumy, 1987, 1990 * Khimik Bezdryk, 1988, 1989 * Mayak Sumy, 1989 * Khimik Sumy, 1990, 1991 * Spartak Hlukhiv, 1990 * Viktoria Lebedyn, 1991 * Budivelnyk Sumy, 1991 – 1994/95 * Esman Hlukhiv, 1992/93 * Slovianets Konotop, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1996/97, 1998/99, 2006 * Kharchovyk Popivka, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1996/97 – 1998/99 * Barsa Sumy, 2013 * Viktoria Mykolaivka, 2016/17 – 2020/21 * Ahrobiznes Romny, 2017/18 * Alians Lypova Dolyna, 2018/19 * Trostianets, 2019/20, 2020/21 * FC Sumy, 2020/21

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