FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni

Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni

Full name	FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
Founded	1989
Ground	Yunist Stadium
Capacity	2,500
Chairman	Petro Kaplun[1]
Manager	Ihor Zhabchenko
League	Ukrainian First League
2020–21	Ukrainian First League, 9th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni is a Ukrainian football club based in Horishni Plavni, Poltava Oblast. The club competes in the First League.

The club is sponsored by Ferrexpo.

History[]

Old emblem of the club "FC Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk" used until 2017

The club was founded in 1989. After some above average performances in the KFK 3rd Zone (Central Ukraine) Amateur Championship the club's administration decided to enter the professional league. However, at this level the club has continually struggled and has had only 2 winning seasons since entering this level of competition.

The club plays its football games at "Yunist" (Youth) Stadium. According to the Vorskla website the stadium has a capacity of 5,000 spectators,^[2] while the website of Hirnyk reports a mere 2,500.^[3]

The club was promoted to the Ukrainian First League for the first time in 2014.^[4]

Team names[]

Year	Name
1989–92	Lokomotiv
1993–95	Hirnyk
1995–	Hirnyk-Sport

Honors[]

• Ukrainian Druha Liha: 1

2013–14 Champions

• Finalist of the League Cup 2009–10

League and cup history[]

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Other		Notes
1992–93	4th (Amatorska Liha)
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96	3rd (Druha Liha)	16	38	10	8	20	33	71	38	Did not enter
1996–97		14	32	10	6	16	20	32	36	1st Qual. round
1997–98		4	32	12	11	9	39	35	47	3rd Qual. round
1998–99		4	26	13	6	7	36	31	41	1st Qual. round
1999-00		7	26	10	5	11	33	41	35	DNQ	2L	1⁄4 finals
2000–01		10	28	9	4	15	26	45	31	DNQ	2L	1⁄4 finals
2001–02		17	34	6	6	22	32	60	24	1st round
2002–03		15	30	7	6	17	27	48	27	1⁄32 finals
2003–04		14	30	10	5	15	40	40	35	1⁄32 finals
2004–05		9	28	10	0	18	35	49	30	1⁄32 finals			Group C
2005–06		8	24	10	4	10	30	31	34	1⁄32 finals			Group C
2006–07		15	28	5	2	21	23	48	17	1⁄32 finals
2007–08		15	34	9	7	18	38	59	34	1⁄32 finals
2008–09		13	34	9	8	17	28	45	35	1⁄64 finals
2009–10		11	26	5	7	14	21	35	22	1⁄64 finals	LC	Final
2010–11		9	22	6	4	12	17	29	22	1⁄16 finals
2011–12		9	26	6	8	12	28	39	26	1⁄64 finals
2012–13		11	24	5	3	16	25	50	18	1⁄16 finals			qualified to relegation group 4
		3	8	5	1	2	14	7	16
2013–14		1	36	25	4	7	68	31	79	1⁄32 finals			Promoted
2014–15	2nd (Persha Liha)	3	30	16	9	5	44	24	57	1⁄32 finals
2015–16		12	30	8	9	13	30	35	33	1⁄16 finals
2016–17		11	34	12	7	15	47	54	43	1⁄32 finals
2017–18		8	34	16	2	16	30	40	50	1⁄32 finals
2018–19		12	28	5	12	11	24	43	27	1⁄32 finals
2019–20		9	30	12	3	15	42	48	39	1⁄8 finals
2020–21		9	30	11	5	14	43	45	38	1⁄16 finals

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 28 August 2021^[5][6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  UKR Bohdan Chuyev (on loan from Vorskla Poltava) 4 DF  UKR Roman Nykytyuk 5 DF  UKR Yuriy Kravchuk (on loan from Metalist Kharkiv) 6 MF  UKR Artem Kulakovskyi (on loan from Vorskla Poltava) 7 MF  UKR 8 MF  UKR 9 FW  UKR Serhiy Romanov 10 MF  UKR Ruslan Palamar 11 FW  UKR Andriy Ponedelnik 14 DF  UKR Dmytro Shynkarenko 15 MF  UKR 16 MF  UKR Yaroslav Yampol

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  UKR Oleksandr Kozhevnikov (on loan from Vorskla Poltava) 18 FW  BRA 19 DF  UKR 20 DF  UKR Radion Posyevkin (on loan from Vorskla Poltava) 21 MF  BRA 22 MF  UKR 23 GK  UKR Andriy Klishchuk 24 DF  UKR Maksym Tsvirenko 25 GK  UKR Roman Zhmurko 26 GK  UKR 27 FW  UKR 77 FW  UKR Vadym Yavorskyi

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managers[]

• Ihor Zhabchenko (2013–2016)
• Serhiy Puchkov (2016 – 31 Dec 2018)
• Volodymyr Mazyar (1 Jan 2019 – 9 Sept 2019)
• Ihor Zhabchenko (15 Sept 2019 – present)

References[]

External links[]

• Official website