FC Oleksandriya

Oleksandriya
	File:FC Oleksandriya logo.svg
Full name	Футбольний клуб Олександрія; Football Club Oleksandriya
Nickname(s)	Mistiany (The Citizens), Sashka (The Alex)
Founded	1990; 34 years ago; 1948; 76 years ago (claimed)
Ground	CSC Nika
Capacity	7,000
Chairman	Serhiy Kuzmenko
Manager	Yuriy Hura
League	Ukrainian Premier League
2021–22	Ukrainian Premier League, 6th
Website	Club website
	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

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 League	FC Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad	FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya	3:2
17.05.1995	Ukrainian First League	FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya	FC Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad	0:0
05.10.2000	Ukrainian First League	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya	1:1
23.04.2001	Ukrainian First League	FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	1:0
15.08.2004	Ukrainian Second League	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	PFC Oleksandriya	2:1
05.06.2005	Ukrainian Second League	PFC Oleksandriya	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	3:1
22.10.2005	Ukrainian Second League	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	PFC Oleksandriya	0:5
29.05.2006	Ukrainian Second League	PFC Oleksandriya	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	3:1
17.10.2009	Ukrainian First League	PFC Oleksandriya	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	1:1
28.05.2010	Ukrainian First League	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	PFC Oleksandriya	0:2
15.10.2010	Ukrainian First League	PFC Oleksandriya	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	2:1
03.06.2011	Ukrainian First League	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	PFC Oleksandriya	1:1
20.10.2012	Ukrainian First League	PFC Oleksandriya	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	1:1
31.05.2013	Ukrainian First League	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	PFC Oleksandriya	1:4
11.10.2013	Ukrainian First League	PFC Oleksandriya	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	0:0
22.05.2014	Ukrainian First League	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	PFC Oleksandriya	1:1
05.10.2014	Ukrainian First League	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	PFC Oleksandriya	0:0
10.05.2015	Ukrainian First League	PFC Oleksandriya	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	2:1
28.08.2016	Ukrainian Premier League	FC Oleksandriya	FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	4:0
04.12.2016	Ukrainian Premier League	FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	FC Oleksandriya	1:1

Team names

File:PFC Oleksandria.png

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 5 October 2022.^[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
6	MF	UKR	Kyrylo Dryshlyuk
7	MF	UKR	Kyrylo Kovalets
8	MF	UKR	Artur Avahimyan
9	MF	UKR	Vladyslav Kalitvintsev
10	MF	UKR	Maksym Tretyakov
11	DF	UKR	Denys Miroshnichenko
14	DF	UKR	Maksym Dyachuk (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
15	MF	UKR	Vikentiy Voloshyn (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
17	MF	UKR	Oleh Kozhushko
18	MF	UKR	Denys Kostyshyn
19	FW	UKR	Yehor Hunichev
20	MF	UKR	Artem Shulyanskyi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	UKR	Bohdan Biloshevskyi (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
22	DF	UKR	Danil Skorko
24	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Martynyuk
27	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Demchenko
29	DF	UKR	Andriy Tsurikov
30	MF	UKR	Yuriy Kopyna
31	GK	UKR	Oleh Bilyk
37	MF	UKR	Serhiy Rybalka
55	FW	UKR	Andriy Andreychuk
66	DF	UKR	Valeriy Bondarenko (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
73	FW	UKR	Bohdan Kobzar
79	GK	UKR	Heorhiy Yermakov
95	MF	AZE	Emil Mustafayev
—	DF	UKR	Demyan Chubatyi

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
8	MF	UKR	Ivan Kalyuzhnyi (at Kerala Blasters until 30 June 2023)

Former players

Oleksandr Zabara

Sehiy Motuz

Coaches and administration

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

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
1991	4th (KFK (Ukraine))	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	1st (Vyshcha Liha)	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	3rd (Druha Liha)	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

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
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	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

Oleksandr Ishchenko (Jan 1992 – June 1992)
Yuriy Koval (Aug 1992 – Sept 1994)
Anatoliy Buznik (Sept 1994 – June 1996)
Yuriy Koval (July 1996 – Sept 1997)
Serhiy Marusin (Sept 1997 – May 1998)
Hryhoriy Ishchenko (June 1998 – June 1998)
Anatoliy Radenko (July 1998 – Sept 1999)
Hryhoriy Ishchenko (Sept 1999 – Nov 1999)
Roman Pokora (Jan 2000 – June 2003)
did not exist (July 2003 – June 2004)
Roman Pokora (July 2004 – June 2006)
Viktor Bohatyr (July 2006 – April 2008)
Yuriy Koval (June 2008 – Aug 2009)
Serhiy Kovalets (Aug 2009 – Jan 2010)
Volodymyr Sharan (Jan 2010 – Dec 2011)
Leonid Buriak (Jan 2012 – April 2012)
Andriy Kuptsov (April 2012 – May 2013)
Vitaliy Pervak (May 2013 – June 2013)
Volodymyr Sharan (June 2013 – May 2021)
Yuriy Hura (May 2021 – present)

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

^ Zirka and other stars of the Kropyvnytskyy region. Football Federation of Ukraine website. 5 September 2011
^ ^a ^b FC Polihraftekhnika. First steps in a big football. Supporters Alexandria.
^ ^a ^b Yuriy Koval: I also was among the founders of Polihraftekhnika. Sport Review (Supporters Alexandria). 6 January 2001
^ "Oleksandriya" is getting ready to surprise Ukraine («Александрия» готовится удивить Украину). Mykolaiv City Football Federation. 8 July 2011
^ Presenting the opponent: PFC "Oleksandriya" (Представляем соперника: ПФК «Александрия»). MFC Mykolaiv. August 2012
^ 2004-05 Second League
^ ^a ^b 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. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
^ Olimp Stadium in Oleksandriya. footballfacts.
^ Jerseys of Ukrainian clubs Archived 25 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Гравці".
^ "Olexandria".
^ "ФК «Олександрія» | Офіційний сайт — Керівництво". fco.com.ua. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014.
^ "Тренери".
^ "Тренери".
^ Dossier on Mykola Lavrenko at Politrada
^ Buha, B. On the wings of Ikar. Football Federation of Ukraine website. 30 September 2011
^ Won playoff game 1–0 against Polissya Zhytomyr to remain in the Premier League
^ 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. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
^ 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 2016–17 Season]. Ukrainian Premier League. 31 May 2017. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

External links

Official website

[1] Zirka and other stars of the Kropyvnytskyy region. Football Federation of Ukraine website. 5 September 2011

[sa-2] FC Polihraftekhnika. First steps in a big football. Supporters Alexandria.

[yk-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»). MFC Mykolaiv. August 2012

[6] 2004-05 Second League

[Oleks_merge-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. 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".

[11] "Olexandria".

[12] "ФК «Олександрія» | Офіційний сайт — Керівництво". fco.com.ua. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014.

[13] "Тренери".

[14] "Тренери".

[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

[refused-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. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

[OL_PL-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 2016–17 Season]. Ukrainian Premier League. 31 May 2017. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

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