FC Oleksandriya

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 1990, the club plays in the Ukrainian Premier League. The year 1948 on the club's crest appeared after its merger with UkrAhroKom in 2014 and depicts football heritage of the club rather than the club's foundation.

Oleksandriya
Full nameФутбольний клуб Олександрія
Football Club Oleksandriya
Nickname(s)Mistiany (The Citizens), Sashka (The Alex)
Founded1948 (1948)
GroundCSC Nika
Capacity7,000
OwnerSerhiy Kuzmenko (honorary president)[1]
UkrAhroKom (98.5%)[1]
AhroVista (1.5%)[1]
General DirectorIvan Kuzmenko[1]
ManagerRuslan Rotan
LeagueUkrainian Premier League
2022–23Ukrainian Premier League, 6th of 16
WebsiteClub website

In 2014 the club changed ownership when the original owner Mykola Lavrenko sold it to Serhiy Kuzmenko, the owner of UkrAhroKom.

Debuting in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League in July 2016, the club became the first one from Kirovohrad Oblast to qualify for the European competitions and second after Kryvbas in Central Ukraine (right-bank).

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

Original emblem of Polihraftekhnika

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

Nika Stadium (former Shakhtar 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.

Year Tournament Home Away Score
01.10.1994 Ukrainian First LeagueFC Zirka-NIBAS KirovohradFC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya3:2
17.05.1995 Ukrainian First LeagueFC Polihraftekhnika OleksandriyaFC Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad0:0
05.10.2000 Ukrainian First LeagueFC Zirka KirovohradFC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya1:1
23.04.2001 Ukrainian First LeagueFC Polihraftekhnika OleksandriyaFC Zirka Kirovohrad1:0
15.08.2004 Ukrainian Second LeagueFC Zirka KirovohradPFC Oleksandriya2:1
05.06.2005 Ukrainian Second LeaguePFC OleksandriyaFC Zirka Kirovohrad3:1
22.10.2005 Ukrainian Second LeagueFC Zirka KirovohradPFC Oleksandriya0:5
29.05.2006 Ukrainian Second LeaguePFC OleksandriyaFC Zirka Kirovohrad3:1
17.10.2009 Ukrainian First LeaguePFC OleksandriyaFC Zirka Kirovohrad1:1
28.05.2010 Ukrainian First LeagueFC Zirka KirovohradPFC Oleksandriya0:2
15.10.2010 Ukrainian First LeaguePFC OleksandriyaFC Zirka Kirovohrad2:1
03.06.2011 Ukrainian First LeagueFC Zirka KirovohradPFC Oleksandriya1:1
20.10.2012 Ukrainian First LeaguePFC OleksandriyaFC Zirka Kirovohrad1:1
31.05.2013 Ukrainian First LeagueFC Zirka KirovohradPFC Oleksandriya1:4
11.10.2013 Ukrainian First LeaguePFC OleksandriyaFC Zirka Kirovohrad0:0
22.05.2014 Ukrainian First LeagueFC Zirka KirovohradPFC Oleksandriya1:1
05.10.2014 Ukrainian First LeagueFC Zirka KirovohradPFC Oleksandriya0:0
10.05.2015 Ukrainian First LeaguePFC OleksandriyaFC Zirka Kirovohrad2:1
28.08.2016 Ukrainian Premier LeagueFC OleksandriyaFC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi4:0
04.12.2016 Ukrainian Premier LeagueFC Zirka KropyvnytskyiFC Oleksandriya1:1

Team names

Emblem
PFC Oleksandria
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 10 September 2023[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 Ukraine UKR Viktor Dolhyi
3 DF Ukraine UKR Demyan Chubatyi
4 DF Ukraine UKR Anton Kravchenko
5 DF Ukraine UKR Roman Savchenko (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
6 MF Ukraine UKR Kyrylo Kovalets
7 MF Ukraine UKR Artur Mykytyshyn
8 MF Ukraine UKR Kyrylo Siheyev (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
9 MF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Kalitvintsev (captain)
10 FW Ukraine UKR Andriy Kulakov
11 MF Ukraine UKR Artem Shulyanskyi
12 DF Ecuador ECU José Hernández (on loan from Macará)
14 MF Ukraine UKR Artem Kulakovskyi (on loan from Vorskla Poltava)
15 FW Ukraine UKR Andriy Andreychuk
16 MF Ukraine UKR Bohdan Biloshevskyi
17 MF Ukraine UKR Yaroslav Bazayev
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Ukraine UKR Serhiy Lohinov
19 MF Ukraine UKR Rodion Plaksa
20 MF Ukraine UKR Daniil Vashchenko
21 MF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Byelyayev
22 DF Ukraine UKR Danil Skorko
23 FW Brazil BRA Geovani
24 DF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Martynyuk
30 MF Ukraine UKR Yuriy Kopyna
33 FW Brazil BRA Juan Alvina
44 GK Ukraine UKR Heorhiy Yermakov
55 MF Ukraine UKR Yevheniy Smyrnyi
71 MF Ukraine UKR Denys Shostak
77 GK Ukraine UKR Mykyta Shevchenko
88 FW Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Pohorilyi
91 MF Ukraine UKR Mykola Mykhaylenko (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)

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 Ukraine UKR Ivan Kalyuzhnyi (at LNZ Cherkasy until 30 June 2024)
MF Ukraine UKR Ivan Matyushenko (at Dinaz Vyshhorod until 30 June 2024)
FW Ukraine UKR Artur Avahimyan (at Chornomorets Odesa until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Ukraine UKR Yehor Hunichev (at Mynai until 30 June 2024)
FW Ukraine UKR Bohdan Kobzar (at Dinaz Vyshhorod until 30 June 2024)

Former players

Coaches and administration

Administration[12] Coaching (senior team) [13] Coaching (U-21 team) [14]

Chairmen

Honors

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 9 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 9 26 8 5 13 33 37 29 1/2 finals
2021–22 6 18 7 5 6 19 16 26 1/8 finals
(Canceled)
2022–23 6 30 10 14 6 42 39 44 None

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 Croatia Hajduk Split 0–3 1–3 1–6
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 3Q Romania Astra Giurgiu 1–0 0–0 1–0
PO Belarus BATE Borisov 1–2 1–1 2–3
2019–20 UEFA Europa League Group I Germany Wolfsburg 0–1 1–3 4th
Belgium Gent 1–1 1–2
France Saint-Étienne 2–2 1–1

Managers

Reserves and academy

The club fielded its reserve team for the first time in 1992-93 season as Polihraftekhnika-2 playing at amateur competitions.

Notes

    References

    1. Кому официально принадлежат украинские клубы. ukrrudprom.com. 12 November 2021
    2. FC Polihraftekhnika. First steps in a big football. Supporters Alexandria.
    3. Yuriy Koval: I also was among the founders of Polihraftekhnika. Sport Review (Supporters Alexandria). 6 January 2001
    4. "Oleksandriya" is getting ready to surprise Ukraine («Александрия» готовится удивить Украину). Mykolaiv City Football Federation. 8 July 2011
    5. Presenting the opponent: PFC "Oleksandriya" (Представляем соперника: ПФК «Александрия») Archived 16 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine. MFC Mykolaiv. August 2012
    6. 2004-05 Second League
    7. PFC Oleksandriya merged with UkrAhroKom Holovkivka (25 June 2014)
      Буковина отримала атестат на право участі в Першій лізі, рішення по Ниві приймуть 4 липня [Bukovina received a attestation for participation in the First League, the decision to accept the Nyva is on July 4]. Football Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 25 June 2014. Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
    8. Olimp Stadium in Oleksandriya. footballfacts.
    9. Jerseys of Ukrainian clubs Archived 25 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
    10. "Гравці". Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
    11. "Olexandria". Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
    12. "ФК «Олександрія» | Офіційний сайт — Керівництво". fco.com.ua. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014.
    13. "Тренери". Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
    14. "Тренери". Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
    15. Dossier on Mykola Lavrenko at Politrada
    16. Buha, B. On the wings of Ikar. Football Federation of Ukraine website. 30 September 2011
    17. Won playoff game 1–0 against Polissya Zhytomyr to remain in the Premier League
    18. PFC Oleksandriya were to be promoted after finishing second but the president of the club refused promotion citing instability in the country and business reasons with the cost of keeping a team in the Premier League.
      Александрия откажется от выхода в УПЛ и объединится с УкрАгроКомом [Oleksandriya refuse entrance into UPL and will amalgamate with UkrAhrKom]. ua-football.com (in Russian). 31 May 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
    19. Competition was played in two phases. Official final league standings are cumulative from both phases. Oleksandiya competed in the Championship Group in Phase II.
      "Ліга Парі-Матч Сезон 2016/17" [League Pari-Match 201617 Season]. Ukrainian Premier League. 31 May 2017. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
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