FC Karpaty Lviv
The FK Karpaty Lviv ( Ukr ФК " Карпати » Львів; UEFA transcription FC Karpaty Lviv ) is a Ukrainian football club based in the Galician city of Lviv (Ukrainian Lviv ). Named the club is by the Carpathian Mountains, located in the vicinity of Lviv.
History
Game operating in the Soviet Union
The FC Karpaty was founded in 1963 by football players who worked in a factory for agricultural machines and played in the local factory team. The first four years the club played in the third Soviet league. In 1968 the rise in the second division can be achieved.
On August 17, 1969, the team won the Soviet Cup football against FK SKA Rostov that counted at that time one of the best teams. Lviv became the first and only team that ever won the second division this trophy. In the following season the team was finally qualified as participants in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1970/71. After 0:1 and 3:3 against Romania's Steaua Bucharest but was already closing in the first round of the competition.
From 1970 to 1977 and 1980, Karpaty Lviv played in the Wysschaja League, the highest football league in the Soviet Union. In the 1976 season was reached with the fourth place, the best result.
1981 Karpaty has been merged with another team of Lviv. The new club, SKA Karpaty played until 1989 in the second division. In 1989, the club named FC Karpaty Lviv back into.
Game operating in Ukraine
When Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union became independent in 1992, was the FC Karpaty part of the newly formed Wyschtscha Liha, major league in Ukraine. In the 1997/98 season the team could reach the so far best result in the club's history with third place
1993/94 the club again qualified for the Europa Cup Winners' Cup. After a 1-0 first-leg win against the Irish club Shelbourne FC Lviv retired after a 1:3 return leg broke again in the first round of the tournament. Reason for participating was the way into the final of the Ukrainian Cup that the team but with 1:2 on May 30, 1993 lost to Dynamo Kiev. Since Dynamo but also masters in the same year, Lviv participated in the Cup Winners' Cup. 1999 was the club for the second time in the national cup final. Once again, had to concede defeat against Dynamo Kiev team.
After the 2003/ 04 season Karpaty rose in the Perscha Liha, the second division of the country, from. The team, however, succeeded after two years in the Wyschtscha Liha return.
In the season 2010/11, Lviv was the first time the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. In the third qualifying round of the FC Zestaponi from Georgia was hit with a total of 2-0. Previously KR Reykjavík was defeated 6-2. In the play-offs, the team met with Galatasaray. After a 2-2 first leg and a 1-1 draw in the return match Karpaty won by the away goals. Thus, the club took part in the final of the UEFA Europa League 2010/11. There, the team was dissolved along with Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint- Germain and Sevilla FC in the group J of the tournament, left there but with only one point scored early from the competition.
The season 2012/2013 the club closed down on the 14th place in the table of Premjer - Liha and could barely escape the sporting relegation to the second division. In response to the disappointing season of runny club now declared 19 of the 23 members of the squad sell and want to put together a new team in May 2013.
Nationalist orientation of the association
The supporters of the club is considered to be dominated by radical nationalists who enjoy Swoboda, great support in Lviv, a stronghold of the nationalist party. Infamous is especially the ultra - grouping Banderstadt Ultras who named themselves after the controversial nationalist politician Stepan Bandera.
2012, said the press secretary of the association, Danilo Nikulenko, though: " Karpaty applies in Ukraine as the right club, but we are not right-wing. " When FIFA 2013 but decided to terminate the stadium in Lviv for 5 years for FIFA encounters since it had come there during the World Cup qualifier against San Marino on September 6, 2013 at racist remarks and nationalist symbols were shown the association declared the black - red flag of the UPA nationalist to one of his club symbols. This is being done " in honor of the heroes of the national liberation struggle." In the future, the team will accrue at away games in red and black. The club's management justified this step with the words: " Our club will never and under no circumstances renounce that to which our grandfathers and fathers were proud. Honor the heroes. "
Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv wore its home games in Ukraine Corporation Stadium. This venue was built in 1963 and was at that time the name Druzhba, which means friendship. In 1992 it was renamed in Ukraine Corporation. With a capacity of 29 004 spectators is one of the largest stadiums in Ukraine. At the 2012 European Football Championship, the Lviv Arena was built. Around 220 million Euro venue with 34,195 seats replaced in November 2011, the Ukraine Corporation from being the home of Karpaty Lviv.
Current squad
( As of June 29, 2013)
Well-known former players
Ukraine and CIS
- Estonia Tarmo Kink
- Georgia Giorgi Lomaia
- Georgia Levan Qenia
- Moldova Serghei Covalciuc
- Moldova Alexandru Golban
- Russia WaGIS Chidijatullin
- Russia Vladimir Tatartschuk
- Ukraine Andriy Bal
- Ukraine Andriy Hussin
- Ukraine Volodymyr Jeserskyj
- Ukraine Vasyl Kobin
- Ukraine Oleh Luschnyj
- Ukraine Vasily Raz
- Ukraine Bohdan Schust
- Ukraine Dmytro Tschyhrynskyj
Europe
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Semir Štilić
- Macedonia Vlade Lazarevski
- Poland Radosław Cierzniak
- Poland Maciej Nalepa
- Romania Razvan Cociş
South America
- Brazil Danilo Avelar
Africa
- Nigeria Samson Godwin
Lviv coach
( incomplete)
Achievements
- Cup winner of the USSR ( 1x): 1969
- To reach the group stage of the Europa League 2010/ 11, where Karpaty Lviv was the group J be drawn with FC Sevilla, Paris Saint- Germain and Borussia Dortmund.