FC Volyn Lutsk

FC Volyn Lutsk

Full name	FC Volyn Lutsk
Nickname(s)	The Crusaders
Founded	1960 (1960)
Ground	"Avanhard" Stadium, Lutsk
Capacity	12,080[1]
Chairman	Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi
Manager	Albert Shakhov
League	Ukrainian First League
2020–21	First League, 7th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

FC Volyn Lutsk (Ukrainian: ФК «Волинь» Луцьк [woˈlɪnʲ ˈlutsʲk]) is a professional Ukrainian football team of the Ukrainian First League playing in the city of Lutsk.

Since its establishment in 1960, the club became the only major (professional) football club within Volyn Oblast and uncontested leader of football in the region.

History[]

Football in Volyn Oblast takes its roots from the Polish regional league of Wolyn Voivodeship that was liquidated during the World War II in 1939. The best city's team Policejski Klub Sportowy (PKS) Lutsk competed along with other clubs of the region with many clubs of the today's neighboring Rivne Oblast. Before establishing of FC Volyn, the best clubs of the region were Dynamo Lutsk (1940-1956) and army club GDO (Garrison Officers' Club, 1957-1959). Both clubs competed at Republican competitions that until 1959 were considered to be amateur.

The Lutsk professional club was formed in 1960 initially as Avanhard, after the Soviet Avanhard (Avangard) sports society, but before the start of competition the name was changed to Volyn. The club initially entered the third division of Soviet professional football. In 1968 the Lutsk Machinebuilding Factory became the club's new sponsor (today – LuAZ) and changed its name to Torpedo. However, in 1971 the club declared insolvency. The city was represented by SKA Lvov of Carpathian Military District that relocated to Lutsk. In 1977 the club was revived as Torpedo and re-entered the Soviet third division where it continued to participate until the fall of the Soviet regime. On January 30, 1989 Torpedo was succeeded by new club Volyn. The club took part in the Ukrainian Premier League from its first championship in 1992. They were later sent down to Persha Liha after the 1995–96 season. They later returned to the Ukrainian Premier League in the 2002–03 season, but they were relegated again after finishing 15th place in the 2005–06 season. The team once more gained promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League for the 2010–11 season.

Their home stadium is Avanhard Stadium.

Colours are (Home) light red shirt, deep red shorts; (Away) white shirt with light red collar and upper sleeve, white shorts.

Team names[]

Over the course of its history, the club carried two names Volyn which is a Ukrainian spelling of historical region of Volhynia and Torpedo which in the Soviet Union was a generic name of those clubs that represented some automobile makers.

Year	Name
1960–67	Volyn
1968–71	Torpedo
1972–76	SC Lutsk
1977–88	Torpedo
1989-01	Volyn
2001–02	SC Volyn-1
2002–	Volyn

Football kits and sponsors[]

Years[2]	Football kit	Shirt sponsor
2002–2004	lotto	-
2004–2005	korn[3]
2005–2006	adidas
2010–2012	puma	-
2012–2014	adidas
2014–present	kappa	vodafone

Rivalry[]

Volyn's biggest rival today is Karpaty Lviv. The match between is called the Galician-Volhynian rivalry. The stadiums in Lutsk and Lviv are nearly full for matches between the two teams. This derbys are the main football events in western Ukraine.

All time rival of Volyn Lutsk is FC Veres Rivne. The rivalry exists since the creation of club in 1960 and is known as Volhynian rivalry.

Galician-Volhynian rivalry[]

Volhynian rivalry[]

The regional rivalry includes games between Avanhard Rovno and SC Lutsk (last one being represented by the Carpathian Military District).

Squad[]

As of 10 September 2021.^[4][5]

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 Volodymyr Krynskyi 4 DF  UKR 5 MF  UKR 6 DF  UKR Maksym Voytikhovskyi 7 FW  UKR 8 MF  UKR Oleksandr Chepelyuk 9 FW  UKR 10 MF  UKR Valeriy Sad 11 MF  UKR 16 MF  UKR 17 FW  UKR Bohdan Kobzar 18 MF  UKR 19 FW  UKR Denys Teslyuk 22 MF  UKR 23 DF  MDA Oleksandr Kucherenko

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  UKR Dmytro Yanchuk 25 MF  UKR 26 DF  UKR 31 GK  UKR 32 DF  UKR 34 DF  UKR 42 GK  UKR Vitaliy Nedilko 44 MF  UKR 45 MF  UKR 61 FW  UKR 71 GK  UKR 77 FW  UKR Yaroslav Kvasov 88 MF  IRN Siavash Hagh Nazari 93 DF  UKR Ivan Tsyupa 98 MF  UKR Andriy Lyashenko

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

Coaches and administration[]

Administration	Coaching[6] (senior team)
President – Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi	Head coach – Vacant Assistant coach – Yaroslav Komzyuk Coach – Volodymyr Hapon Goalkeeping coach – Oleh Ostapenko Fitness coach –

Officials[]

• 1992 Anatoliy Banasevych (president)
• 2006 – 2000 Anatoliy Banasevych (president)
• 2002 – 2013 Vasyl Stolyar (president)
• 2013 – 2017 Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi (president)
  • 2017 – Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi (honorary president)

Head coaches[]

(1960) (1960) (1961) (1962–64) (1965) (1965–68) (1968–69) Yuriy Avanesov (1970–71) (1972–73) Ernest Kesler (1974–76) (1977–78) Yevhen Pyestov (1979) (1980–83)

Myron Markevych (1984–87) Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi (1988–91) Myron Markevych (Jan 1992 – June 92) Roman Pokora (Aug 1992 – Sept 94) (interim) (Sept 1994) Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi (Sept 1994 – April 1996) (interim) (April 1996) Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi (April 1996 – June 1996) Anatoliy Radenko (July 1996 – June 1997) (July 1997 – Nov 1997) Yuriy Shulyatytskyi (Jan 1998 – May 1999) (May 1999 – Nov 2000) Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi (Jan 2001 – June 2003)

Stepan Pavlov (interim) (June 2003) Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi (July 2003 – Dec 27, 2011) Anatoliy Demyanenko (Jan 5, 2012 – April 25, 2013) Anatoliy Piskovets (interim) (April 25, 2013 – May 6, 2013) Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi (interim) (May 7, 2013 – June 2013) Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi (June 2013 – July 2017) Yaroslav Komziuk (July 2017 – August 2017) Albert Shakhov (interim) (August 2017 – November 2017) Viktor Bohatyr (December 2017 – May 2018) Andriy Tlumak (1 June 2018 – 14 August 2020) Vasyl Sachko (19 August 2020 – 26 June 2021) Albert Shakhov (27 June 2021 – present)

Club's top scorers and appearance leaders[]

All-time club's appearance leaders

Rank	Player	Games
1	/ Oleh Fedyukov	563
2	/ Andriy Fedetskyi	545
3	/ Volodymyr Mozolyuk	502
4	/ Mykhailo Burch	456
5	/ Ivan Polnyi	341
6	Volodymyr Berdovskyi	324
7	/ Pavlo Filonyuk	323
8	/ Volodymyr Antonyuk	321
9	/ Volodymyr Dykyi	300
10	Ihor Polnyi	284
[7]

All-time club's scorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Games
1	/ Andriy Fedetskyi	91	545
	/ Volodymyr Dykyi	91	300
3	/ Volodymyr Mozolyuk	89	502
4	Vasyl Sachko	63	171
5	/ Pavlo Filonyuk	60	323
6	Volodymyr Berdovskyi	54	324
7	Oleksandr Pyschur	52	110
8	/ Volodymyr Hashchyn	42	248
9	Maicon	39	57
	Serhiy Dranytskyi	39	154
[7]

Honors[]

• Ukrainian First League
  • Winners (1): 2001–02
• Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR
  • Winner (1): 1989

League and cup history[]

Soviet Union[]

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Soviet Cup	Other		Notes
Torpedo
1985	3rd (Vtoraya Liga)	8	26	10	9	7	30	23	29				Ukrainian Championship
		15	14	6	6	2	21	12	18				Ukrainian Championship
1986		4	26	13	6	7	27	20	32				Ukrainian Championship
		5	14	6	3	5	23	19	15				Ukrainian Championship
1987		16	52	18	10	24	55	63	46				Ukrainian Championship
1988		8	50	21	13	16	60	64	55	1⁄16 finals			Ukrainian Championship
Volyn
1989	3rd (Vtoraya Liga)	1	52	32	14	6	84	38	78				Ukrainian Championship
		2	4	0	3	1	2	5	3
1990		17	42	14	7	21	42	61	35
1991		8	42	19	7	16	46	33	45	1⁄64 finals

Ukraine[]

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1992	1st (Vyshcha Liha)	5	18	8	2	8	24	21	18	1⁄32 finals
1992–93		11	30	10	6	14	37	54	26	1⁄4 finals
1993–94		11	34	10	12	12	27	30	32	1⁄4 finals
1994–95		15	34	11	3	20	29	58	36	1⁄16 finals
1995–96		17	34	9	7	18	34	58	34	1⁄8 finals			Relegated
1996–97	2nd (Persha Liha)	4	46	26	5	15	62	47	57	1⁄8 finals
1997–98		9	42	19	8	15	56	45	65	1⁄16 finals
1998–99		14	38	16	3	19	36	43	51	1⁄64 finals
1999-00		10	34	13	9	12	42	41	48	1⁄16 finals
2000–01		9	34	13	5	16	41	38	44	1⁄16 finals
2001–02		1	34	25	3	6	56	24	78	1⁄16 finals			Promoted
2002–03	1st (Vyshcha Liha)	6	30	12	5	13	37	44	41	1⁄2 finals
2003–04		13	30	7	8	15	25	44	29	1⁄8 finals
2004–05		8	30	11	7	12	35	37	40	1⁄4 finals
2005–06		15	30	9	6	15	31	45	33	1⁄16 finals			Relegated
2006–07	2nd (Persha Liha)	12	36	13	7	16	40	48	46	1⁄16 finals
2007–08		9	38	16	8	14	61	55	53	1⁄32 finals			–3[8]
2008–09		5	32	15	5	12	48	46	50	1⁄32 finals
2009–10		2	34	22	8	4	71	30	74	1⁄2 finals			Promoted
2010–11	1st (Vyshcha Liha)	11	30	9	7	14	27	49	34	1⁄8 finals
2011–12		12	30	7	6	17	25	43	27	1⁄2 finals
2012–13		13	30	7	8	15	26	45	29	1⁄4 finals
2013–14		13	28	7	6	15	25	51	24	1⁄16 finals			−3[9]
2014–15		9	26	9	7	10	38	44	25	1⁄8 finals			–9[10]
2015–16		12	26	10	8	8	36	36	20	1⁄4 finals			–18[11]
2016–17[12]		12	32	4	4	24	17	51	10	1⁄8 finals			Relegated; −6[13]
2017–18	2nd (Persha Liha)	13	34	11	3	20	31	44	36	1⁄32 finals
2018–19		3	28	17	7	4	55	30	52	1⁄16 finals			Promotion playoff lost; –6[a]
2019–20		5	30	17	6	7	57	36	57	1⁄16 finals
2020–21		7	30	13	7	10	39	28	46	1⁄32 finals

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to FC Volyn Lutsk.

• Official website
• (in Ukrainian) FC Volyn website
• FC Volyn Lutsk profile at UEFA.com
• Volyn Lutsk profile at Official website of the Ukrainian Premier League
• Ukrainian Soccer Team Volyn