FC Vorskla Poltava
The FK Vorskla Poltava (Ukrainian ФК " Ворскла » Полтава ) is a Ukrainian football club from the central Ukrainian city of Poltava. The club currently plays in the Ukrainian Premjer - Liha.
History
The club was founded in 1955 under the name Kolhospnyk. After the team in the meantime several more times changed the name, the club received its present name in 1984 Vorskla. Vorskla is the river that flows through the city of Poltava. 1996 Vorskla Poltava rose for the first time in the first Ukrainian League and reached promptly in the debut season of the third place. Since then, the team has not yet alighted from the Premjer - Liha and took twice so far in the UEFA Cup in part. 2009 Vorskla won the Ukrainian Cup against Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0.
European Cup
By winning the National Cup in 2009, the Association for the UEFA Europa League qualifying 2009/10. There the team ended failing in the play -off round to Benfica 0:4 and 2:1. Also in the 2011/2012 season Vorskla Poltava able to qualify for the UEFA Europa League and defeated there in the qualifying rounds Glentoran FC and Sligo Rovers and could make the qualification for the group stage perfectly through the next round against Romania's Dinamo Bucharest for the first time. There, the team met in group B on the FC Copenhagen, Standard Liege and Hannover 96 and retired as a Table from after two draws and four defeats from the competition.
Results of the home games are in bold.
Venue
The home games are borne by the club from the Vorskla Stadium, in honor of Alexei Butowski, who was one of the founders of the Olympic Games, also Vorskla Stadium Butowskoho means.
Achievements
- Champion in the second Ukrainian League: 1996
- Ukrainian Soccer Cup Winners: 2009
Known player
- Albania Debatik Curri (2005-2010)
- Albania Armend Dallku (since 2006)
- Lithuania Andrius Jokšas (2004-2005)
- Serbia Aleksandar Stoimirovic (2006-2008)
- Slovenia Zoran Pavlovich (2003)
- Tunisia Sofiène Melliti (2004-2006)
- Soviet Union Vitaly Staruchin (1970-1972)
- Ukraine Roman Bezus (since 2009)
- Ukraine Ruslan Lewyha (2006-2008)
- Ukraine Andriy Pjatow (2002-2007)
Well-known former coach
- Ukraine Volodymyr Muntjan (2004-2005)