FC Vorskla Poltava (women)
Full name | Football Club Vorskla Poltava |
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Founded | 2007 (team) 2010 (club) |
Chairman | Dmytro Krolenko |
Coach | Natalia Zinchenko |
League | Ukrainian Women's League |
2019/2020 | 1 (Champions) |
Template:FC Vorskla Poltava sections Vorskla Poltava, formerly known as Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv (Template:Lang-uk) 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
2022[8]
European History
In European competitions the club debuted in 2017 with a game against Romanian side.
Season | Competition | Stage | Result | Opponent |
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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 |
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