FC Oleksandriya

Oleksandriya

Full name	Football Club Oleksandriya
Nickname(s)	Mistiany (The Citizens), Sashka (The Alex)
Founded	1948; 73 years ago (1948)[1][2]
Ground	CSC Nika
Capacity	7,000
Chairman	Serhiy Kuzmenko
Manager	Yuriy Hura
League	Ukrainian Premier League
2020–21	Ukrainian Premier League, 9th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Football Club Oleksandriya (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб Олександрія), commonly known as Oleksandriya, is a Ukrainian professional football club based in the city of Oleksandriya, Kirovohrad Oblast. Founded in 1948, the club plays in the Ukrainian Premier League. The year 1948 on the club's crest depicts football heritage of the club rather than the club's foundation.

History[]

Names[]

• 1990–2003 Polihraftekhnika
• 2004–2014 PFC Oleksandriya
• 2014–present FC Oleksandriya (merger with UkrAhroKom)

Pre-existing club (Shakhtar Oleksandriya)[]

FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya was established in 1948 at the production association "Oleksandriyavuhillya". At first the club played at the amateur competitions of the Ukrainian SSR until 1962 when it was accepted to the Class B which was a professional competitions. It played in Class B until the tournament was disbanded in 1971. After that the club returned to the amateurs where it played from 1971 to 1985 and 1988 to 1990. After 1990 season the club folded.

The club played its games at its own Shakhtar Stadium.

Polihraftekhnika / PFC Oleksandriya[]

The club was formed on 6 March 1990^[2] as Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya (Ukrainian: Поліграфтехніка Олександрія)^[3] at the local printing equipment plant.^[4][5] The same year the club won the regional football competitions of the Kirovohrad Oblast. At same time in 1990 another Oleksandriya club Shakhtar represented the Kirovohrad region at the republican amateur level. FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya was a club of the Oleksandriyavuhillya coal mine company. At first Polihraftekhinka was leasing the Shakhtar Stadium, while building its own stadium Olimp.^[3]

From 2001 to 2003, PFC Oleksandriya played in the Ukrainian Premier League under the name of Polihraftechnika Oleksandriya, which it had since 1991. After the 2003 season the club's administration citing fiscal problems left the Professional Football League and was idle for one season.

In 2004 the president of Polihraftekhnika reestablished the club as PFC Oleksandriya, rejoined the Professional Football League and entered the Druha Liha.^[6] At the same time the Oleksandriya city administration created own football club MFC Oleksandriya which also entered the Druha Liha, however, soon thereafter the city's club withdrew from professional competitions.

Prior to the start of 2014–15 Ukrainian First League season PFC Oleksandriya going through some financial difficulties merged with UkrAhroKom Holovkivka who were also competing in the Ukrainian First League into one club and renaming themselves to FC Oleksandriya.^[7] The merger saved the Oleksandriya's club from another bankruptcy. Since the 2014 merger under the new manager Serhiy Kuzmenko (former chairman of FC UkrAhroKom), the club now claims its heritage of the Soviet miner's team of Shakhtar Oleksandriya by adding year of Shakhtar's establishment onto its club shield.

In the 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League season, FC Oleksandriya finished 6th place, earning their best achievement in the Ukrainian top flight yet and qualifying for the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League, where they will mark their debut in a European competition.

Stadium[]

The club plays its games at the Sports Complex "Nika" that was built in place of the old Shakhtar Stadium. At the new stadium Oleksandriya plays since summer of 1998.

Since 1992 Oleksandriya, at that time Polihraftekhnika, was forced to play at another city stadium "Olimp" which is located on western outskirts of the city.^[8] FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya denied its city rival to play at its home stadium "Shakhtar" which was located in the center of the city. After Shakhtar Oleksandriya became defunct, its stadium was demolished and on its place was built sports complex "Nika" which was hand over to Polihraftekhnika in 1998.

Kirovohrad Oblast rivalry[]

A regional rivalry exists with FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi.

Team names[]

Year	Name
1991–2003	Polihraftechnika
2004–2014	PFC Oleksandria
2014–present	FC Oleksandria[7]

Football kits and sponsors[]

Years[9]	Football kit	Shirt sponsor
2001–2002	Puma	–
2002–2003	Puma/Lotto
2011–2012	Nike	?

Current squad[]

Updated 1 September 2021.^[10][11]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  UKR Valentyn Horokh 2 DF  UKR Oleksandr Melnyk 4 DF  UKR Vladyslav Babohlo 5 DF  UKR Tymur Stetskov 6 MF  UKR Kyrylo Kovalets 8 MF  UKR Ivan Kalyuzhnyi 9 FW  ARG Claudio Spinelli (on loan from Genoa) 10 MF  UKR Maksym Tretyakov 11 DF  UKR Denys Miroshnichenko 14 DF  UKR Hlib Bukhal 16 MF  UKR Kyrylo Dryshlyuk 17 MF  UKR Oleh Kozhushko 19 MF  UKR Serhiy Hryn

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  UKR Ihor Kyryukhantsev (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) 22 MF  UKR Emil Mustafayev 23 FW  UKR Volodymyr Odaryuk 27 MF  UKR Oleksandr Demchenko 29 DF  UKR Andriy Tsurikov (on loan from Metalist Kharkiv) 30 MF  UKR Yuriy Kopyna 31 GK  UKR Oleh Bilyk 37 MF  UKR Serhiy Rybalka 70 FW  UKR Andriy Novikov 77 DF  MLI Bourama Fomba 79 GK  UKR (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) 90 DF  LVA Kaspars Dubra (Captain) 99 FW  UKR Denys Ustymenko

Out on loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  UKR (on loan at Dnipro Cherkasy until 30 June 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  UKR Denys Pidruchnyi (on loan at Kramatorsk until 30 June 2022)

Former players[]

• Oleksandr Zabara

Coaches and administration[]

Administration[12]	Coaching (senior team) [13]	Coaching (U-21 team) [14]
President – Serhiy Kuzmenko Director –	Head coach – Yuriy Hura Coach – Serhiy Kovalyov Coach – Coach – Goalie coach – Andriy Kovtun	Head coach – Senior coach – Andriy Havryushov Goalie coach –

Chairmen[]

• 1989–2014: Mykola Lavrenko^[15]
• 2014–present: Serhiy Kuzmenko

Honors[]

• Ukrainian First League
  • Winners (2): 2010–11, 2014–15
• Ukrainian Second League
  • Winners (1): 2005–06
• Kirovohrad Oblast
  • Winner (1): 1990^[16]

League and cup history[]

Soviet Union[]

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Soviet Cup		Notes
1991	4th (KFK (Ukraine))	1	28	23	1	4	55	15	47				Qualified for finals
		3	5	2	2	1	5	3	6				Promoted

Ukraine[]

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1992	2nd (Persha Liha)	3	26	11	8	7	25	27	30	1/16 finals
1992–93		6	42	19	10	13	69	39	48	1/16 finals
1993–94		3	38	22	11	5	62	22	55	1/16 finals
1994–95		8	42	18	8	16	59	37	62	1/64 finals
1995–96		4	42	23	7	12	69	37	76	1/32 finals
1996–97		10	46	17	14	15	55	50	65	1/8 finals
1997–98		16	42	15	8	18	51	49	54	1/32 finals
1998–99		5	38	15	13	10	47	51	58	1/64 finals
1999–00		8	34	13	10	11	34	34	49	1/16 finals
2000–01		3	34	18	9	7	50	22	63	1/16 finals			Promoted
2001–02	1st (Vyshcha Liha)	13	26	5	8	13	21	39	23	1/16 finals			[17]
2002–03		13	30	7	9	14	26	43	30	1/16 finals			club folded
2003–04	Under financial duress club is idle
2004–05	3rd (Druha Liha)	3	26	13	6	7	30	19	45	1/32 finals			as PFC Oleksandriya
2005–06		2	28	20	5	3	52	14	65	1/32 finals			Promoted
2006–07	2nd (Persha Liha)	12	36	19	4	13	37	27	61	1/32 finals
2007–08		8	38	14	15	9	41	32	57	1/16 finals
2008–09		3	32	15	9	8	43	31	54	1/4 finals
2009–10		5	34	19	6	9	58	34	63	1/16 finals
2010–11		1	34	21	6	7	55	25	69	1/8 finals			Promoted
2011–12	1st (Vyshcha Liha)	16	30	4	8	18	24	58	20	1/16 finals			Relegated
2012–13	2nd (Persha Liha)	3	34	17	9	8	48	35	60	1/32 finals			Refused promotion
2013–14		2	30	14	10	6	47	28	52	1/16 finals			Refused promotion[18]
2014–15		1	30	22	6	2	53	15	72	1/8 finals			Promoted
2015–16	1st (Premier Liha)	6	26	10	8	8	30	29	38	1/2 finals
2016–17[19]		5	32	10	10	12	41	43	40	1/8 finals	EL	3rd qual. round
2017–18		7	32	10	15	7	32	27	45	1/8 finals	EL	Play-off round
2018–19		3	32	14	7	11	39	34	49	1/16 finals
2019–20		5	32	14	7	11	49	47	49	1/4 finals	EL	Group stage	EL play-offs – 1/2 finals
2020–21

European record[]

FC Oleksandriya played its first game of continental competition on 28 July 2016 in a home loss (0:3) to Hajduk Split. It qualified for the group stage of the competition for the first time in the 2019–20 season.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Hajduk Split	0–3	1–3	1–6
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Astra Giurgiu	1–0	0–0	1–0
		PO	BATE Borisov	1–2	1–1	2–3
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	Group I	Wolfsburg	0–1	1–3	4th
			Gent	1–1	1–2
			Saint-Étienne	2–2	1–1

Managers[]

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website