FC Vorskla Poltava (women)

Vorskla Poltava
Full name	Football Club Vorskla Poltava
Founded	2007 (team); 2010 (club)
Chairman	Dmytro Krolenko
Coach	Natalia Zinchenko
League	Ukrainian Women's League
2019/2020	1 (Champions)

Vorskla Poltava, formerly known as Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Житлобуд-2 Харків) is Ukrainian professional women's football club from Poltava, Ukraine (previously represented Kharkiv). The club plays at the Ukrainian Women's League top tier. The club has no relations to another Kharkiv club Zhytlobud-1.

The club cooperates with Kharkiv Regional College of Physical Culture and Sports.

History

It all started with a girl under-13 team that was formed in 2004 and next year won the Ukrainian championship among girls that took place in Sevastopol. Later the team participated on few occasions at futsal competitions.

In 2007 the football team became known as Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv after its main sponsor. In 2010, based on the team there was established a club which beside its female team also fields a male team in amateur competitions.

In 2010 the club also fielded its floorball team.

In 2012 the club debuted in national league competitions.

In 2017 the club took part in the first Ukrainian beach soccer competitions among women teams in Odesa.^[1] After placing second in a group stage, they were eliminated during quarterfinals.

In 2020 the club lost its founder Yuriy Krolenko who died at age of 82.^[2]

Its 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League season the club started under the name "Vorksla-Kharkiv-2".^[3] On 10 September 2022 at the start of the domestic season,^[4] it was announced that Zhytlobud-2 has officially switched to Vorskla.^[5]^[6] At its first match against Shakhtar Donetsk, players were dressed in jerseys of Vorksla yet with Zhytlobud-2 logo.^[7]

Honours

Higher Division
- champions (3): 2016, 2017, 2019–20
- runners-up (4): 2014, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
Women's Cup
- winners (2): 2019–20, 2020–21

Current squad

2021^[8]

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Daryna Bondarchuk Kateryna Samson Anna-Maria Kryshchyshyn	Anastasia Syrmai Iryna Podolska Kateryna Korsun Lyubov Mokhnach Tetiana Ryzhova Maria Koleshchuk Iryna Dzhurenko Anastasia Filenko Natia Pantsulaia Iryna Vasylyuk	Tetiana Kytayeva Anastasia Kumeda Viktoriya Holovach Roksolana Kravchuk Tetiana Polyukhovych Iya Andrushchak	Veronika Andrukhiv Yana Malakhova Yana Kalinina

European History

In European competitions the club debuted in 2017 with a game against Romanian side.

Season	Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent
2017–18	UEFA Women's Champions League	Qualifying Round (Group 2)	0–1 (away)	FCU Olimpia Cluj
			9–0 (neutral)	Swansea City L.F.C.
			1–1 (neutral)	Hibernian L.F.C.
2020–21	UEFA Women's Champions League	Qualifying Round 1	9–0 (home)	Alashkert
		Qualifying Round 2	2–0 (away)	SFK 2000
		Round of 32	2–2 (a)	BIIK Kazygurt
2022–23	UEFA Women's Champions League	Qualifying Round 1	5–0 (neutral)	Lanchkhuti
		Qualifying Round 1	2–0 (neutral)	BIIK Kazygurt
		Qualifying Round 2	x–x	Vllaznia

References

^ Солнце, море, пляж, девушки: в Одессе состоялся дебютный чемпионат Украины по пляжному футболу среди женских команд. wfpl.com.ua. 24 July 2017
^ Ушел из жизни основатель ЖФК «Житлобуд-2». Kharkiv sport city. 29 April 2020
^ Vorskla-Kharkiv-2. UEFA
^ ЧЕМПІОНАТ УКРАЇНИ. ВИЩА ЛІГА 2022/2023: ФУТБОЛЬНА МАПА. All-Ukrainian Association of Women Football
^ «ЖИТЛОБУД-2» СТАЄ «ВОРСКЛОЮ». FC Vorskla Poltava
^ ОФІЦІЙНО. «ЖИТЛОБУД-2» СТАЄ «ВОРСКЛОЮ». All-Ukrainian Association of Women Football
^ ВИЩА ЛІГА 22/23. «ШАХТАР» – «ВОРСКЛА» – 0:5. ІСТОРИЧНА ЗУСТРІЧ. All-Ukrainian Association of Women Football
^ Team's roster. Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv.

External links

(in Russian) Official Website

[1] Солнце, море, пляж, девушки: в Одессе состоялся дебютный чемпионат Украины по пляжному футболу среди женских команд. wfpl.com.ua. 24 July 2017

[2] Ушел из жизни основатель ЖФК «Житлобуд-2». Kharkiv sport city. 29 April 2020

[3] Vorskla-Kharkiv-2. UEFA

[4] ЧЕМПІОНАТ УКРАЇНИ. ВИЩА ЛІГА 2022/2023: ФУТБОЛЬНА МАПА. All-Ukrainian Association of Women Football

[5] «ЖИТЛОБУД-2» СТАЄ «ВОРСКЛОЮ». FC Vorskla Poltava

[6] ОФІЦІЙНО. «ЖИТЛОБУД-2» СТАЄ «ВОРСКЛОЮ». All-Ukrainian Association of Women Football

[7] ВИЩА ЛІГА 22/23. «ШАХТАР» – «ВОРСКЛА» – 0:5. ІСТОРИЧНА ЗУСТРІЧ. All-Ukrainian Association of Women Football

[8] Team's roster. Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv.

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Stadiums	Oleksiy Butovskyi Vorskla Stadium
Matches	In European football 1956 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR Final 2009 Ukrainian Cup Final 2009 Ukrainian Super Cup 2020 Ukrainian Cup Final
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