Sports Club Tavriya ( uk, Спортивний клуб "Таврія") 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 making them one of three teams that have ever held this title. After the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014, the club was forced to cease its existence after 56 years, while in occupied Crimean peninsula a new club composed of some of its staff and players joined the

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under the new name FC TSK Simferopol. In June 2015, the Football Federation of Ukraine and the Tavriya's president announced it would re-establish the club and its new home would be

Kherson Kherson (, ) is a port city of Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located on the Black Sea and on the Dnieper River, Kherson is the home of a major ship-building industry and is a regional economic centre. ...

.Ukraine trying to revive Crimean champion football club
USA Today (19 June 2015) On 29 August 2016, club was added to Group 2 of the

2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League The 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League season was the 21st since it replaced the competition of physical culture clubs. The competition started on 13 August 2016. There were two groups with 12 teams in Group A and 12 teams in Group B. Th ...

. The revamped club is based in Beryslav,

Kherson oblast Kherson Oblast ( uk, Херсо́нська о́бласть, translit=Khersónsʹka óblastʹ, ), also known as Khersonshchyna ( uk, Херсо́нщина, ), is an oblast (province) in southern Ukraine, currently claimed and partly occupie ...

.Tavriya added to Ukraininan Amateur League
/ref> Prior to the start of the 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League the club merged with FC Tavriya Novotroitske, this fusion continued to play under the original name of SC Tavriya Simferopol (in the 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League season).Tavria united with amateur team from Novotroitske (Таврия объединилась с аматорской командой из Новотроицкого)
Sport Arena. 22 August 2020 On 28 March 2022 Tavriya ceased club activities after 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent occupation of

Kherson Oblast Kherson Oblast ( uk, Херсо́нська о́бласть, translit=Khersónsʹka óblastʹ, ), also known as Khersonshchyna ( uk, Херсо́нщина, ), is an oblast (province) in southern Ukraine, currently claimed and partly occupie ...

History

The original club was founded in 1958, under the name Avanhard Simferopol and was based on the former Crimean champion 'Burevestnik Simferopol'. Sometime in 1963, Avanhard changed its name to Tavriya. Tavriya played their first game in the USSR Championship against the

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based club Khimik. Overall, Tavriya played 132 clubs from 113 cities. They played their last match of the Soviet competition against FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg. After the fall of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

, the Ukrainian Premier League was formed. Tavria was one of its founders and eventually became the very first Ukrainian champion in 1992, under the Simferopol born manager Anatoliy Zayaev, defeating

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, Ukraine's most successful club in the final, held in

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Yuriy Hudymenko Yuriy Arkadiyovych Hudymenko ( uk, Юрій Аркадійович Гудименко; born 10 March 1966) is a former Kyrgyz-born Ukrainian professional footballer. Career Hudymenko is a product of the main Bishkek sports school and later was ...

became the league's top scorer. More players from that era were

Oleksandr Holovko Oleksandr Borysovych Holovko ( uk, Олександр Борисович Головко; born 6 January 1972) is a Ukrainian former footballer who played as a centre-back and current manager of Dinaz Vyshhorod. Holovko also used to be a regula ...

, a defender who also played many years for Ukraine national team, and captain

Serhiy Yakovych Shevchenko Sergei Shevchenko is a former Soviet and Ukrainian striker, the champion of Ukraine with SC Tavriya Simferopol, and a Kazakh coach. Playing career Born in Kara-Balta, Shevchenko played in the Soviet football leagues before joining Tavriya Si ...

, who scored the championship goal against Dynamo Kyiv. Having earned the right to participate in

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, Tavryia were knocked out in the first round by Swiss club FC Sion. The Russian Sport-Express posted an article (No.3 (43), 25 January 2000, page 9) stating that the Ukrainian champions Tavria were threatened by the Football Federation of Ukraine to compete at the

CIS Cup The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (russian: Кубок чемпионов Содружества, Кубок Содружества, Кубок чемпионов содружества стран СНГ и Балтии) is a defunct ann ...

in 1993. Tavria was one of the five clubs to have until 2014 participated in every season of the Ukrainian Premier League. Their best performance in the Ukrainian Cup came in 2010, where they defeated

FC Metalurh Donetsk Football Club Metalurh Donetsk ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Доне́цьк, ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk that went bankrupt in July 2015. History Club predecessor Football ...

in the final to win the competition. They had previously reached the final in 1994, where they lost to

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in a penalty shootout.

Russian annexation of Crimea

After the

annexation of Crimea by Russia Annexation of Crimea may refer to: *Annexation of the Crimean Khanate by the Russian Empire (1783) *Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation (2014) See also * 1954 transfer of Crimea The transfer of the Crimean Oblast in the Soviet Union ...

, Tavriya asked permission from UEFA and FIFA to shift to the Russian league next season. The club applied for a Russian license and changed its name to FC TSK Simferopol. The club currently plays in the Crimean Premier League.

Re-establishment

On 18 June 2015, the Football Federation of Ukraine executive committee voted in favor of re-establishing the club now to be located in

(the largest Ukrainian city bordering Crimea).

Serhiy Kunitsyn Serhiy Volodymyrovych Kunitsyn ( uk, Сергій Володимирович Куніцин) is a Ukrainian politician from Crimea, and former veteran of the Soviet–Afghan War. Since December 2014 Kunitsyn is a member of the Ukrainian parli ...

, Tavriya's former president and also a former

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, was put in charge of the project. In August 2016, the revamped version of the club applied to play in the

.Tavria and Metalist – potential participants of amateur championship of Ukraine
UA-Football (5 August 2016) It did not enter this competition at first.Teams of the 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
Ukrainian Football Amateur Association However, Tavriya was included to group 2 of

on 29 August. Re-established club based in the city of Beryslav in

. In November 2016, the club applied for

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attestation in order to achieve professional status in the next season. After finishing the 2016–17 season in the Amateur League, Tavriya was included into

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and promoted to

Ukrainian Second League Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * ...

in June 2017. The club was included to group B of

2017–18 Ukrainian Second League The 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League was the 27th season since its establishment. The competition commenced on 14 July 2017. The league returned to the multiple group competition format after it was abandoned in 2013. Final composition of the l ...

. Prior to the start of the 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League the club merged with FC Tavriya Novotroitske, but continued to play under its original name. On 28 March 2022 Tavriya ceased club activities after 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent temporary occupation of

Team names

*''First club (1958–2014):'' **1958–1962: Avanhard Simferopol **1963–2014: SC Tavriya Simferopol *''Second club (2016–2022):'' **2016–2022: SC Tavriya Simferopol

European record

Champions League: Europa League: Intertoto Cup:

Honours

RSC Lokomotiv * Ukrainian Premier League (1st Tier) : Gold medal icon

1992 * Ukrainian Cup : Gold medal icon

2009–10 :

1993–94 * Soviet First League (2nd Tier) : Gold medal icon

1980 * Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (Soviet Lower Tier) : Gold medal icon

1973, 1985, 1987 : Silver medal icon

1986 * Cup of the Ukrainian SSR : Gold medal icon

1974 :

1975

Football kits and sponsors

Players

Current squad

Coaches

Valentin Bubukin Valentin Borisovich Bubukin (russian: Валентин Борисович Бубукин; 23 April 1933 – 30 October 2008) was a Soviet/ Russian footballer. Biography Bubukin started training in aged 12 in the club Krylia Sovetov. He then mo ...

(1970–72) * Vadim Ivanov (1979) *

Anatoli Polosin Anatoli Fyodorovich Polosin (russian: Анатолий Фёдорович Полосин; 30 August 1935 – 11 September 1997) was a Russian professional football coach. Career Polosin led three clubs through promotion to the top division of Sov ...

(1980–81) * Igor Volchok (1982) *

Anatoliy Kon'kov Anatoliy Konkov ( uk, Анатолій Дмитрович Коньков; born 19 September 1949) is a Ukrainian former football player and recognized as the Merited Master of Sports of the USSR (1982). He was elected as the President of the Foot ...

(1983–84) * Gennady Logofet (1984) *

(1985) *

(1986) * Vyacheslav Solovyov (1987–88) *

Mykola Pavlov Mykola Petrovych Pavlov ( uk, Микола Петрович Павлов) (russian: Николай Петрович Павлов; born 20 June 1954 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR) is a former Ukrainian football defender, and former head-coach of Illych ...

(1989–90) * Anatoliy Zayaev (1991 – May 93) *

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(1993–94) *

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(June 1994 – Sept 94) *

Andriy Cheremysin Andriy Andriyovych Cheremysin (born 23 April 1947 in Krasnodar Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasn ...

(Oct 1994 – Dec 94) *

Vitaliy Shalychev Vitaliy Semenovych Shalychev (30 October 1946 – 22 June 2021Ушел из жизни ...

(Jan 1995 – April 95) * Ruvyn Aronov ''(caretaker)'' (1995) *

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''(caretaker)'' (1995) * Anatoliy Zayaev (May 1995 – June 95) * Ivan Balan (July 1996 – Aug 96) * Serhiy Shevchenko (Aug 1996 – Dec 96) *

(Jan 1997 – April 97) *

(1997) * Ivan Balan ''(caretaker)'' (May 1997 – June 97) * Ivan Balan (July 1997 – June 98) * Viktor Hrachov (July 1998 – Dec 98) *

Valeriy Petrov Valeriy Pavlovych Petrov ( uk, Валерій Павлович Петров; 2 March 1955 – 8 March 2022) was a Soviet football player and Ukrainian coach. Biography He played as a striker for SC Tavriya Simferopol. Petrov died from complic ...

''(caretaker)'' (Jan 1999 – May 99) * Anatoly Korobochka (16 June 1999 – 31 December 1999) *

Volodymyr Muntyan Volodymyr Fedorovych Muntyan ( uk, Володимир Федорович Мунтян, russian: Владимир Фёдорович Мунтян, ro, Vladimir Muntean), (born 14 September 1946, Kotovsk, USSR) is a Soviet and Ukrainian midfielde ...

(1 Jan 2000 – 30 June 2000) *

Oleksandr Ischenko Oleksandr Ishchenko ( uk, Олександр Олексійович Іщенко, born 3 September 1953) is a former football player and manager who is currently the head coach of the Dynamo football school. He played for SKA Odessa and FC Zirk ...

(1 July 2000 – 10 June 2001) * Anatoliy Zayaev (June 2001) *

''(caretaker)'' (10 June 2001 – 10 June 2002) * Anatoliy Zayaev (10 June 2002 – 20 September 2004) *

(2004) *

Oleh Fedorchuk Oleh Fedorchuk ( ua, Олег Вікторович Федорчук; born February 10, 1961), is a retired Soviet footballer and Ukrainian football manager. Career In 2009–2011, he was a coach in PFC Nyva Vinnytsia FC Nyva Vinnytsia is a ...

(20 September 2004 – 31 Dec 2005) * Mykhaylo Fomenko (1 Jan 2006 – 29 September 2008) *

Serhiy Puchkov Serhiy Valentynovych Puchkov ( uk, Сергій Валентинович Пучков; born 17 April 1962) is a Ukrainian former football player and manager who played as a midfielder. Career Puchkov is a former head-coach of Metalurh Zaporizh ...

UA-Football.com says with the reference to the official club's web-site.
/ref> (29 September 2008 – 22 September 2010) *

''(caretaker)'' (22 September 2010 – 8 May 2011) * Oleksandr Shudryk ''(caretaker)'' (May 2011 – 11 June) *

Semen Altman Semen Yosypovych Altman ( ua, Семен Йосипович Альтман, born 21 April 1946 in Chuhuiv) is a Ukrainian football coach and former goalkeeper. He is of Jewish ancestry. Semen's son, Hennadiy Altman is also a goalkeeper and ...

(6 June 2011 – 1 June 2012) * Oleh Luzhnyi (6 June 2012 – 15 June 2013) *

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(17 June 2013 – 25 December 2013) *

Nikolai Kostov Nikolay Kostov ( bg, Николай Костов; born 2 July 1963) is a Bulgarian football manager and former footballer who most recently managed Shakhter Karagandy. Career Much of his coaching career has taken place in Cyprus. His first co ...

(4 Jan 2014 – 17 May 2014) * ''none'' during the Russian annexation of Crimea (2014–2016) * Serhiy Shevchenko (August 2016 – December 2020) *

(January 2021 – 21 April 2021) *

Yuriy Chumak Yuriy Oleksandrovych Chumak ( uk, Юрій Олександрович Чумак; born 8 April 1962) is a Ukrainian football former goalkeeper and a current Ukrainian Second League club Tavriya Simferopol manager. He has a son Roman Chumak ...

''(caretaker)'' (26 April 2021 – 10 June 2021) *

(10 June 2021 – 14 September 2021) *

''(caretaker)'' (14 September 2021 – 28 March 2022)

League and cup history

Soviet Union

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Ukraine

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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