SC Tavriya Simferopol

History

The club was formed in 1958, under the name Avanhard Simferopol and was based on the former Crimean champion 'Burevestnik Simferopol'. In previous season Burevestnik played in the 1957 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR and placed only 5th among 6 teams in its group. Nonetheless, Simferopol was granted to present its own football team at the all-Union football competitions next season. The newly formed football team was one of 32 football teams that were admitted to the All-Union football competitions in Class B in 1958 and one out of 8 from Ukraine. Tavriya played their first game in the 1958 Soviet Class B against the Yaroslav based club Khimik. Sometime in 1963, Avanhard changed its name to Tavriya. The team was a member of the bigger Soviet Lokomotiv sports society for railway workers. In 1967 for Tavriya in Simferopol was built a new stadium. Overall, Tavriya played 132 clubs from 113 cities. They played their last match of the Soviet competition against FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Ukrainian Premier League was formed. Tavria was one of its founders and eventually became the very first Ukrainian champion in 1992, under the Simferopol born manager Anatoliy Zayaev, defeating FC Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine's most successful club in the final, held in Lviv. Yuriy Hudymenko became the league's top scorer. More players from that era were Oleksandr Holovko, a defender who also played many years for Ukraine national team, and captain Serhiy Yakovych Shevchenko, who scored the championship goal against Dynamo Kyiv. Having earned the right to participate in 1992–93 UEFA Champions League, Tavryia were knocked out in the first round by Swiss club FC Sion. The Russian Sport-Express posted an article (No.3 (43), 25 January 2000, page 9) stating that the Ukrainian champions Tavria were threatened by the Football Federation of Ukraine to compete at the CIS Cup in 1993.

Tavria was one of the five clubs to have until 2014 participated in every season of the Ukrainian Premier League. Their best performance in the Ukrainian Cup came in 2010, where they defeated FC Metalurh Donetsk in the final to win the competition. They had previously reached the final in 1994, where they lost to FC Chornomorets Odesa in a penalty shootout.

Russian annexation of Crimea

After the annexation of Crimea by Russia, Tavriya asked permission from UEFA and FIFA to shift to the Russian league next season. The club applied for a Russian license and changed its name to FC TSK Simferopol. The club currently plays in the Crimean Premier League.

Re-establishment

On 18 June 2015, the Football Federation of Ukraine executive committee voted in favor of re-establishing the club now to be located in Kherson (the largest Ukrainian city bordering Crimea). Serhiy Kunitsyn, Tavriya's former president and also a former Prime Minister of Crimea, was put in charge of the project.

In August 2016, the revamped version of the club applied to play in the 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League. Tavria and Metalist – potential participants of amateur championship of Ukraine , UA-Football (5 August 2016) It did not enter this competition at first. However, Tavriya was included to group 2 of 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League on 29 August. Re-established club based in the city of Beryslav in Kherson Oblast.

In November 2016, the club applied for FFU attestation in order to achieve professional status in the next season. After finishing the 2016–17 season in the Amateur League, Tavriya was included into PFL and promoted to Ukrainian Second League in June 2017. The club was included to group B of 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League.

Prior to the start of the 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League the club merged with FC Tavriya Novotroitske, but continued to play under its original name.

On 28 March 2022 Tavriya ceased club activities after 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent temporary occupation of Kherson Oblast.

Team names

• First club (1958–2014):
  • 1958–1962: Avanhard Simferopol
  • 1963–2014: SC Tavriya Simferopol
• Second club (2016–2022):
  • 2016–2022: SC Tavriya Simferopol

European record

Champions League:

Europa League:

Intertoto Cup:

Honours

thumb|RSC Lokomotiv

• Ukrainian Premier League (1st Tier) :[[File:Gold medal icon.svg|15px]] 1992
• Ukrainian Cup :[[File:Gold medal icon.svg|15px]] 2009–10 :[[File:Silver medal icon.svg|15px]] 1993–94
• Soviet First League (2nd Tier) :[[File:Gold medal icon.svg|15px]] 1980
• Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (Soviet Lower Tier) :[[File:Gold medal icon.svg|15px]] 1973, 1985, 1987 :[[File:Silver medal icon.svg|15px]] 1986
• Cup of the Ukrainian SSR :[[File:Gold medal icon.svg|15px]] 1974 :[[File:Silver medal icon.svg|15px]] 1975

Football kits and sponsors

Players

Current squad

Coaches

• Soviet Union Valentin Bubukin (1970–72)
• Soviet Union Vadim Ivanov (1979)
• Soviet Union Anatoli Polosin (1980–81)
• Soviet Union Igor Volchok (1982)
• Soviet Union Anatoliy Kon'kov (1983–84)
• Soviet Union Gennady Logofet (1984)
• Soviet Union Anatoliy Kon'kov (1985)
• Soviet Union Anatoli Polosin (1986)
• Soviet Union Vyacheslav Solovyov (1987–88)
• Ukraine Mykola Pavlov (1989–90)
• Ukraine Anatoliy Zayaev (1991 – May 93)
• UkraineFR Yugoslavia Oleksandr Radosavlyevych (1993–94)
• Ukraine Pavlo Kostin (June 1994 – Sept 94)
• Ukraine Andriy Cheremysin (Oct 1994 – Dec 94)
• Ukraine Vitaliy Shalychev (Jan 1995 – April 95)
• Ukraine Ruvyn Aronov (caretaker) (1995)
• Ukraine Valeriy Shvedyuk (caretaker) (1995)
• Ukraine Anatoliy Zayaev (May 1995 – June 95)
• Ukraine Ivan Balan (July 1996 – Aug 96)
• Ukraine Serhiy Shevchenko (Aug 1996 – Dec 96)
• Ukraine Mykola Pavlov (Jan 1997 – April 97)
• Ukraine Valeriy Shvedyuk (1997)
• Ukraine Ivan Balan (caretaker) (May 1997 – June 97)
• Ukraine Ivan Balan (July 1997 – June 98)
• Ukraine Viktor Hrachov (July 1998 – Dec 98)
• Ukraine Valeriy Petrov (caretaker) (Jan 1999 – May 99)
• Ukraine Anatoly Korobochka (16 June 1999 – 31 December 1999)
• Ukraine Volodymyr Muntyan (1 Jan 2000 – 30 June 2000)
• Ukraine Oleksandr Ischenko (1 July 2000 – 10 June 2001)
• Ukraine Anatoliy Zayaev (June 2001)
• Ukraine Valeriy Petrov (caretaker) (10 June 2001 – 10 June 2002)
• Ukraine Anatoliy Zayaev (10 June 2002 – 20 September 2004)
• Ukraine Mykola Pavlov (2004)
• Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk (20 September 2004 – 31 Dec 2005)
• Ukraine Mykhaylo Fomenko (1 Jan 2006 – 29 September 2008)
• Ukraine Serhiy Puchkov (29 September 2008 – 22 September 2010)
• Ukraine Valeriy Petrov (caretaker) (22 September 2010 – 8 May 2011)
• Ukraine Oleksandr Shudryk (caretaker) (May 2011 – 11 June)
• Ukraine Semen Altman (6 June 2011 – 1 June 2012)
• Ukraine Oleh Luzhnyi (6 June 2012 – 15 June 2013)
• Greece Giannis Christopoulos (17 June 2013 – 25 December 2013)
• Bulgaria Nikolai Kostov (4 Jan 2014 – 17 May 2014)
• none during the Russian annexation of Crimea (2014–2016)
• Ukraine Serhiy Shevchenko (August 2016 – December 2020)
• Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk (January 2021 – 21 April 2021)
• Ukraine Yuriy Chumak (caretaker) (26 April 2021 – 10 June 2021)
• Ukraine Serhiy Puchkov (10 June 2021 – 14 September 2021)
• Ukraine Yuriy Chumak (caretaker) (14 September 2021 – 28 March 2022)

League and cup history

Soviet Union

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Ukraine

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Notes

References

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