FC Spartak Sumy

FC Spartak Sumy was a Ukrainian football club based in Sumy.

FC Spartak Sumy
Club Crest
Full nameFC Spartak Sumy
Founded1999 (1982 as Yavir)
Dissolved2007
GroundYuvileiny Stadium, Sumy
Capacity25,830

History
See also: PFC Sumy

Yavir was established on January 12, 1982 at the village forestry Krasnopillya. In Ukrainian Yavir (Ukrainian: Явір) means Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus). The team started playing in the regional championship and after couple of years became the regional champion. The following year it won the regional cup.

In the first national championship of Ukraine Yavir Krasnopillya became involved in the professional leagues, first in the Ukrainian Second League, then in the 1992. In 1995, Yavir Krasnopillya won the second league

Around that time, the established local teams in Sumy – FC Frunzenets Sumy and FC Avtomobilist Sumy suddenly folded and disappeared altogether. As a result of this, the regional leaders decided to revive football in Sumy. With this purpose in 1998, Yavir was transferred to the regional center and renamed Yavir-Sumy. As such, the club lasted half the season, then transformed into FC Sumy, and once more into Spartak Sumy. From 2003, the team was called Spartak-Horobyna Sumy.

In the 2006–07 season they played in the Ukrainian First League. However, the club was withdrawn from the league (and subsequently folded) after missing two Ukrainian First League matches due to financial difficulties.

Previous names of the club
  • 1982–1998 – Football Club Yavir Krasnopillya (Ukrainian: Футбольний Клуб «Явір» Краснопілля)
  • 1999–2000 – Football Club Yavir-Sumy (Ukrainian: Футбольний Клуб «Явір-Суми»)
  • 2000–2001 – Football Club Spartak Sumy (Ukrainian: Футбольний Клуб «Спартак» Суми)
  • 2002 – Football Club Sumy (Ukrainian: Футбольний Клуб «Суми»)
  • 2003 – Football Club Spartak Sumy (Ukrainian: Футбольний Клуб «Спартак» Суми)
  • 2004 – 2005 – Football Club Spartak-Horobyna Sumy (Ukrainian: Футбольний Клуб «Спартак-Горобина» Суми)
  • 2005–2006 – Football Club Spartak Sumy (Ukrainian: Футбольний Клуб «Спартак» Суми)

Stadium
Former

Yuvileiny Stadium

Former

Kolos Stadium (3,000)

Honors
  • Ukrainian Druha Liha
    • Winners (2): 1994–95, 2001–02 (as FC Sumy)
  • Sumy Oblast Football Championship
    • Winners (1): 1984

League and cup history
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
Yavir Krasnopillia
1985 4th 4 14 6 1 7 9 15 13
1986 4th 2 16 9 3 4 23 23 21
1987 4th 9 16 3 3 10 17 32 9
1988 regional competitions
1989 4th 7 24 9 9 6 35 20 27
1990 4th 7 30 14 9 7 48 34 37
1991 4th 2 28 19 5 4 54 21 43 Promoted
1992 3rd "A" 3 16 8 4 4 21 19 20 Domestic Cup
Did not enter
1992–93 3rd 3 34 17 7 10 42 27 41 1/16 finals
1993–94 3rd 5 42 22 10 10 63 35 54 1/32 finals
1994–95 3rd 1 42 29 6 7 71 30 93 1/16 finals Promoted
1995–96 2nd 13 42 17 9 16 53 43 60 1/8 finals
1996–97 2nd 13 46 18 7 21 61 61 61 1/16 finals
1997–98 2nd 10 42 19 5 18 52 48 62 1/16 finals
Yavir-Sumy[1]
1998–99 2nd 13 38 15 7 16 36 42 52 1/32 finals
1999–2000 2nd 9 34 14 6 14 42 45 48 1/16 finals
FC Sumy
2000–2001 2nd 17 34 8 7 19 20 46 31 1/4 finals Relegated
2001–2002 3rd "C" 1 34 24 5 5 68 34 77 2nd round Promoted[2][3]
Spartak Sumy
2002–03 2nd 10 34 13 6 15 34 40 45 1/16 finals
Spartak-Horobyna
2003–04 2nd 9 34 11 13 10 40 41 46 1/16 finals
2004–05 2nd 15 34 9 12 13 34 41 39 1/16 finals
Spartak Sumy
2005–06 2nd 17 34 5 5 23 28 68 20 1/16 finals Avoided Relegation[4]
2006–07 2nd 20 19 1 0 18 4 49 0 1/32 finals Withdrawn[5]

See also

References
  1. During the winter break the team moved to Sumy and was renamed to Yavir-Sumy. The main team was relocated to the regional center (Sumy), while in Krasnopillya was reestablished a new team competing at regional level
  2. The team united with FC Frunzenets-Liha 99 Sumy at the end of the season.
  3. Competed as FC Sumy.
  4. FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk withdrew for the next season saving FC Spartak Sumy of relegation.
  5. FC Spartak Sumy was dissolved after going into the bankruptcy in the winter break. All results were annulled.


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