FC Hoverla Uzhhorod

Football club

Hoverla Uzhhorod

Full name| Football Club Hoverla Uzhhorod
Founded| 1925; 99 years ago (1925)[1]
Dissolved| 2016; 8 years ago (2016)
Ground| Avanhard Stadium
Capacity| 12,000
President| Ivan Shufrych
Head coach| Vyacheslav Hroznyi
League| Ukrainian Premier League
2015–16| 13th
Website| Club website

Home colours

Away colours

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1950 Champion of Ukraine – the Zakarpattia Regional Council team (Spartak society)

Football Club Hoverla Uzhhorod (Ukrainian: Футбольний Клуб "Говерла" Ужгород [ɦoˈwɛrlɐ ˈuʒɦorod]) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Uzhhorod. Following the end of the 2015–16 season it was expelled from the Ukrainian Premier League because of debts to (current and former) players.[2] It then ceased to exist.[3]

## History

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See also: SC Rusj Uzhorod

The club was inaugurated in 1946 as Spartak Uzhhorod. However some of its emblems point to a predecessor, SC Rus, founded in 1925, although direct links between the two franchises can barely be traced. In 1961, Spartak was renamed Verhovyna, and in 1971 Hoverla. In 1982, it was renamed Zakarpattia, then Verhovyna again in 1997 for two years.

Zakarpattia started the 2001–02 season in the Ukrainian Premier League, but a last-place finish saw the club demoted to the Ukrainian First League. They returned in 2004–05 and 2007–08 but each time with the same result: relegation from the Premier League after a single season.

Before the start of the 2011–12 Ukrainian First League season the club renamed itself FC Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod.[4]

The team renamed themselves Hoverla prior to the start of the 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League season.[5] Following the season the club was supposed to be relegated according to the season's regulations, yet conveniently both runners-up PFC Oleksandriya and FC Stal Alchevsk refused to get promoted, while the Football Federation of Ukraine refused other teams to get promoted.

On 8 June 2016, (after the end of the 2015–16 season) the club did not get a licence to continue to play in the league due to debts to (current and former) players and was thus de facto expelled from the Ukrainian Premier League.[2] It then ceased to exist.[3]

### Name changes

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* 1946 – Spartak
* 1961 – Verkhovyna
* 1971 – Hoverla
* / 1982 – Zakarpattia
* 1997 – Verkhovyna
* 1999 – Zakarpattia
* 2011 – Hoverla-Zakarpattia
* 2012 – Hoverla

### Football kits and sponsors

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Years[6] | Football kit  | Shirt sponsor

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2001–02  | lotto/adidas |  –
2004–06  | lotto
2007–08
2009–10
2012–14  | adidas

## Honors

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* Ukrainian First League
* Winners (3): 2003–04, 2008–09, 2011–12
* Runners-up (2): 2001–02, 2006–07
* Ukrainian Second League
* Winners (1): 1998–99 (Group A)

### In Soviet Union

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* Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR
* Winners (3): 1946, 1950, 1953
* Runners-up (1): 1972
* Cup of the Ukrainian SSR
* Winners (1): 1950

## League and cup history

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Season  | Div.  | Pos.  | Pl.  | W  | D  | L  | GS  | GA  | P  | Domestic Cup | Europe  | Notes

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1992 | 2nd "B"  | 5 | 26  | 13  | 5  | 8  | 28  | 25  | 31 | 1/32 finals  |  |  |
1992–93 | 2nd  | 16 | 42  | 13  | 10  | 19  | 45  | 56  | 36 | 1/64 finals  |  |  |
1993–94 | 2nd  | 14 | 38  | 12  | 8  | 18  | 33  | 53  | 32 | 1/32 finals  |  |  |
1994–95 | 2nd  | 17 | 38  | 12  | 10  | 20  | 40  | 62  | 46 | 1/16 finals  |  |  |
1995–96 | 2nd  | 17 | 42  | 14  | 8  | 20  | 49  | 67  | 50 | 1/32 finals  |  |  |
1996–97 | 2nd  | 15 | 46  | 17  | 7  | 22  | 56  | 78  | 58 | 1/32 finals 1st Stage  |  |  | as Verhovyna
1997–98 | 2nd  | 20 | 42  | 7  | 11  | 24  | 42  | 79  | 32 | 1/32 finals  |  |  | Relegated
as Verhovyna
1998–99 | 3rd "A"  | 1 | 28  | 20  | 6  | 2  | 48  | 14  | 66 | 1/64 finals  |  |  | Promoted
1999–00 | 2nd  | 13 | 34  | 14  | 6  | 14  | 36  | 49  | 48 | 1/16 finals  |  |  |
2000–01 | 2nd  | 2 | 34  | 19  | 7  | 8  | 50  | 38  | 64 | 1/8 finals  |  |  | Promoted
2001–02 | 1st  | 14 | 26  | 5  | 6  | 15  | 23  | 49  | 21 | 1/4 finals  |  |  | Relegated
2002–03 | 2nd  | 7 | 34  | 14  | 9  | 11  | 27  | 26  | 51 | 1/16 finals  |  |  |
2003–04 | 2nd  | 1 | 34  | 22  | 4  | 8  | 49  | 27  | 70 | 1/16 finals  |  |  | Promoted
2004–05 | 1st  | 12 | 30  | 7  | 10  | 13  | 21  | 30  | 31 | 1/32 finals  |  |  |
2005–06 | 1st  | 16 | 30  | 3  | 6  | 21  | 17  | 53  | 15 | 1/16 finals  |  |  | Relegated
2006–07 | 2nd  | 2 | 36  | 25  | 5  | 6  | 50  | 22  | 80 | 1/16 finals  |  |  | Promoted
2007–08 | 1st  | 16 | 30  | 3  | 9  | 18  | 17  | 54  | 18 | 1/16 finals  |  |  | Relegated
2008–09 | 2nd  | 1 | 32  | 21  | 6  | 5  | 55  | 28  | 69 | 1/8 finals  |  |  | Promoted
2009–10 | 1st  | 16 | 30  | 5  | 4  | 21  | 18  | 44  | 19 | 1/16 finals  |  |  | Relegated
2010–11 | 2nd  | 6 | 34  | 16  | 8  | 10  | 51  | 40  | 56 | 1/32 finals  |  |  |
2011–12 | 2nd  | 1 | 34  | 27  | 3  | 4  | 67  | 16  | 84 | 1/16 finals  |  |  | Promoted
2012–13 | 1st  | 15 | 30  | 5  | 7  | 18  | 29  | 57  | 22 | 1/8 finals  |  |  |
2013–14 | 1st  | 12 | 28  | 7  | 5  | 16  | 26  | 39  | 26 | 1/16 finals  |  |  |
2014–15 | 1st  | 12 | 26  | 3  | 10  | 13  | 22  | 47  | 19 | 1/8 finals  |  |  |
2015–16 | 1st  | 13 | 26  | 3  | 7  | 16  | 13  | 45  | 7 | 1/16 finals  |  |  | −9

In their last season the club was deducted nine points due to not complying with decisions of the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee (CDC).[7]

## Managers

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USSR

* Bertalon Veyg (1946–47)
* Fedir Kuruts & Bertalon Veig (1948–49)
* Vasyl Radyk & Ferents Kuruts (1950–51)
* Vasyl Radyk (1952)
* Bertalon Veyg & Vasyl Radyk (1953)
* Karoy Sabo & Ferenc Kuruc (1954–55)
* Mykhaylo Mykhalyna (1956–59)
* Mykhaylo Mykhalyna & Ernest Yust (1960–61)
* Mykhaylo Mykhalyna (1963–68)
* Vasyl Revachko & Zoltan Dyerfi (1969–70)
* Vasyl Turyanchyk (1971)
* Dezyderiy Tovt & Ivan Pazho (1972–73)
* Mykhaylo Mykhalyna (1975)
* Ishtvan Shandor (197x–78)
* Ernest Kesler (1979–8?)
* Ishtvan Shandor (1984–87)
* Ivan Pazho (1987–88)
* Ivan Krasnetskyi (1989–90)

Ukraine

* Stepan Voytko (1990–92)
* Yuriy Chirkov (1992–93)
* Ivan Shanhin (1993–94)
* Ernest Kesler (1994)
* Ivan Ledney (1994)
* Yuriy Chirkov (1995)
* Matviy Bobal (1995–96)
* Oleksandr Holokolosov (1997)
* Stepan Voytko (1997)
* Ivan Shanhin (1997–98)
* Valentyn Khodukin (1998)
* Viktor Ryashko (1998–2000)
* Yuriy Kalitvintsev (1 July 2001 – 30 June 2002)
* Viktor Ryashko (2002–22 Aug 2005)
* Petro Kushlyk (Sept 7, 2005 – Sept 28, 2007)
* Volodymyr Sharan (Sept 28, 2007–21 April 2008)
* Mykhaylo Ivanytsya (21 April 2008 – 30 June 2009)
* Igor Gamula (1 July 2009 – 5 April 2011)
* Oleksandr Sevidov (7 April 2011 – 26 May 2013)
* Vyacheslav Hroznyi (18 June 2013 – May 2016)

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## Famous players

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* David Odonkor

## See also

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* FC Uzhhorod

## References

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1. ^ Post-war restoration (Послевоенное восстановление). Kopanyi-Myach.info
2. ^ a b Hoverla and Metalist expelled from the Premier League Archived 17 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrop News 24 (8 June 2016)
3. ^ a b "Велика пихатість маленького клубу. Як команда-привид збирала зірок" [The great pomp of the little club. How the ghost team collected stars]. UA-Football. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
4. ^ У новому сезоні ужгородці виходитимуть на поле під назвою "Говерла-Закарпаття" [In the new season the club from Uzhhorod will play under the name of Hoverla-Zakarpattia] (in Ukrainian). PFL. 16 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012.
5. ^ "Говерла" та запорізький "Металург" стали повноправними членами Прем’єр-ліги [Hoverla and Metalurh Zaporizhya become new members of the Premier League] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Premier League. 1 June 2012. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
6. ^ Jerseys of Ukrainian clubs Archived 25 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
7. ^ "Официально: Говерле засчитаны технические поражения в матчах с Олимпиком и Черноморцем" [Officially: Hoverla was awarded technical losses in games against Olimpik and Chornomorets]. UA-Football. 15 April 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

## External links

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* Official website

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FC Hoverla Uzhhorod – managers

* Veig (1946–47)
* Kuruc & Veig (1948–49)
* Radyk & Kuruc (1950–51)
* Kostylev (1951)
* Radyk (1952)
* Veig & Radyk (1953)
* Szabó & Kuruc (1954–55)
* Mykhalyna (1956–59)
* Mykhalyna & Yust (1960–61)
* Mykhalyna (1963–68)
* Revachko & Györffy (1969–70)
* Turyanchyk (1971)
* Tovt (1971–74)
* Mykhalyna (1974–75)
* Shandor (1977–78)
* Kesler (1979–8?)
* Shandor (1984–87)
* Pazho (1987–88)
* Krasnetskyi (1988–90)
* Voitko (1990–92)
* Dubino (1992)
* Chyrkov (1992–93)
* Shanhin (1993–94)
* Kesler (1994)
* Lednei (1994)
* Chyrkov (1995)
* Bobal (1995–96)
* Holokolosov (1997)
* Voitko (1997)
* Shanhin (1997–98)
* Khodukin (1998)
* Ryashko (1998–2000)
* Kalitvintsev (2001–02)
* Ryashko (2002–05)
* Vasyutykc (2005)
* Kushlyk (2005–07)
* Sharan (2007–08)
* Vasyutyk (2008)
* Ivanytsya (2008–09)
* Gamula (2009–11)
* Sevidov (2011–13)
* Hroznyi (2013–15)
* Velychkoc (2015)
* Hroznyi (2015–16)

(c) = caretaker manager

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Football champions of the Ukrainian SSR

Sports societies
and factory teams|

* 1936: Ordzhonikidze Factory
* 1937: Spartak Dnipropetrovsk
* 1938: Dzerzhynets Voroshylovhrad
* 1939: Lokomotyv Zaporizhia
* 1940: Lokomotyv Zaporizhia
* 1941-1945: World War II
* 1946: Spartak Uzhhorod
* 1947: Bilshovyk Mukacheve
* 1948: Torpedo Odesa
* 1949: BO Kyiv
* 1950: Spartak Uzhhorod
* 1951: BO Kyiv
* 1952: Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
* 1953: Spartak Uzhhorod
* 1954: Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv
* 1955: Spartak Stanislav
* 1956: Shakhtar Stakhanov
* 1957: SKVO Odesa
* 1958: Arsenal Kyiv
* 1959: Avanhard Zhovti Vody

Class B|

* 1960: Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
* 1961: Chornomorets Odesa
* 1962: Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk
* 1963: SKA Odesa
* 1964: Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
* 1965: SKA Lviv
* 1966: Avanhard Zhovti Vody
* 1967: Avtomobilist Zhytomyr
* 1968: Avanhard Ternopil
* 1969: Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
* 1970: Khimik Sieverodonetsk

Second League|

* 1970: Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
* 1971: Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
* 1972: Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
* 1973: Tavriya Simferopol
* 1974: Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
* 1975: Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
* 1976: Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
* 1977: SKA Odesa
* 1978: Metalist Kharkiv
* 1979: Kolos Nikopol
* 1980: SKA Kyiv
* 1981: Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
* 1982: Bukovyna Chernivtsi
* 1983: SKA Kyiv
* 1984: Nyva Vinnytsia
* 1985: Tavriya Simferopol
* 1986: Zorya Luhansk
* 1987: Tavriya Simferopol
* 1988: Bukovyna Chernivtsi
* 1989: Volyn Lutsk
* 1990: Torpedo Zaporizhzhia
* 1991: Naftovyk Okhtyrka

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Cup of the Ukrainian SSR winners

* 1936: Dynamo Kyiv
* 1937: Dynamo Kyiv
* 1938: Dynamo Kyiv
* 1939: Avanhard Kramatorsk
* 1940: Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk
* 1944: Dynamo Kyiv
* 1945: Lokomotyv Kharkiv
* 1946: Dynamo Kyiv
* 1947: Dynamo Kyiv
* 1948: Dynamo Kyiv
* 1949: VPS Kharkiv
* 1950: Spartak Uzhhorod
* 1951: Metalurh Zaporizhya
* 1952: Metalurh Zaporizhya
* 1953: Torpedo Kirovohrad
* 1954: Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv
* 1955: Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv
* 1956: Kolhospnyk Poltava
* 1972: Avtomobilist Zhytomyr
* 1973: Zirka Kirovohrad
* 1974: Tavriya Simferopol
* 1975: Zirka Kirovohrad
* 1976: SKA Kiev
* 1990: Polissya Zhytomyr
* 1991: Temp Shepetivka

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Ukrainian Premier League

* List of Ukrainian football champions

Seasons|

| Vyshcha Liha|

* 1992
* 1992–93
* 1993–94
* 1994–95
* 1995–96
* 1996–97
* 1997–98
* 1998–99
* 1999–2000
* 2000–01
* 2001–02
* 2002–03
* 2003–04
* 2004–05
* 2005–06
* 2006–07
* 2007–08

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Premier League|

* 2008–09
* 2009–10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25

2024–25 teams|

* Chornomorets Odesa
* Dynamo Kyiv
* Inhulets Petrove
* Karpaty Lviv
* Kolos Kovalivka
* Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
* 1959
* Livyi Bereh Kyiv
* LNZ Cherkasy
* Obolon Kyiv
* Oleksandriya
* Polissia Zhytomyr
* Rukh Lviv
* Shakhtar Donetsk
* Veres Rivne
* Vorskla Poltava
* Zorya Luhansk

Former teams|

| Active
(lower leagues)|

* Bukovyna Chernivtsi
* Kremin Kremenchuk
* Metalist Kharkiv
* Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
* Mynai
* Nyva Ternopil
* Nyva Vinnytsia

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Defunct
(or amateur)|

* Arsenal Kyiv
* Borysfen Boryspil
* Desna Chernihiv
* Dnipro
* Dnipro-1
* Hoverla Uzhhorod
* Karpaty Lviv (1992-2020)
* Kharkiv
* Lviv
* Mariupol
* Metalurh Donetsk
* Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
* Mykolaiv
* Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
* Obolon Kyiv (1992-2013)
* Odesa
* Olimpik Donetsk
* Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk
* Sevastopol
* Stal Alchevsk
* Stal Kamianske
* Tavriya Simferopol
* Temp Shepetivka
* Torpedo Zaporizhzhia
* Volyn Lutsk
* Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

Winners|

* Dynamo Kyiv (16)
* Shakhtar Donetsk (15)
* Tavriya Simferopol (1)

Golden matches|

* 1992 Tavriya vs Dynamo
* 2006 Shakhtar vs Dynamo

Statistics|

* Records and statistics
* Top scorers
* Players with 300+ appearances
* Most expensive transfers

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