SKA Lviv

Football club

SKA LvivFull name| SKA Lviv

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Founded| 1949
Dissolved| 1989
Ground| Army Sports Club Stadium (Lviv)
Capacity| 23,000

Home colours

SKA Lviv was a Soviet multi-sports club founded in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR. The club was created as part of sport section of the Carpathian Military District in 1949 and existed until 1989.

As SKA Karpaty the club dissolved the main team was reorganized as SFK Drohobych and moved to Drohobych, Lviv Oblast (see FC Halychyna Drohobych), simultaneously FC Karpaty Lviv was reinstated as well. Over most of its history the club was the secondary team in Lviv.

## Name change

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* 1949 - 1956 ODO Lviv
* 1957 - 1957 OSK Lviv
* 1957 - 1959 SKVO Lviv
* 1960 - 1971 SKA Lviv
* 1972 - 1976 SK Lutsk (reorganization; merged with FC Torpedo Lutsk)
* 1973 - 1976 SKA Lviv (at amateur competitions)
* 1977 - 1981 SKA Lviv (reinstated as professional team)
* 1982 - 1989 SKA Karpaty Lviv (merged with FC Karpaty Lviv)

## History

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### Poor start and Spartak Lviv oblivion

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During its history the club went through several transformations and mergers. It was founded in 1949 as ODO Lviv (in Russian ODO means the Oblast Dome [Club] of Officers) and began its legacy in the Second Group of the Soviet football competitions (Soviet First League). SKA Lviv was part of the Fitness-Sports Union of Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the Sports Committee of the Armed Forces of USSR. In western Ukraine all organizations of central government were centers of the Russian culture, especially the Soviet Army. The army-men team played along with their city rivals Spartak Lviv which placed second. The performance of the SKA Lviv was under par and the club relegated next year to amateur level as the Second Group was liquidated in 1950. Spartak Lviv was transferred under the jurisdiction of FSC Dynamo which was not able to prepare the team for the next season, therefore Spartak Lviv was successfully dissolved.

This way SKA Lviv became the best club of the city. For the next several years the club participated in the republican championship among the Fitness and Sports clubs (KFK competitions). In 1950 SKA Lviv placed second after Spartak Uzhhorod which became the champion of Ukrainian SSR. Next season the club won its zonal tournament against several other Lviv teams such as Kharchovyk (Tobacco factory), Iskra, Dynamo and eventually became vice-champion winning over ODO Kiev. In 1952 SKA Lviv placed only 4th in its zone and higher than its city rival Kharchovyk Vynnyky.

### First League successes

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With another reorganization of championship SKA Lviv returned to the Soviet First League under the leadership of Aleksey Grinin. Among notable players that time were Yozhef Betsa, Myroslav Dumansky, Ernest Kesler, and others. In 1956 for SKA Lviv played the future Dynamo Kiev captain, Vasyl Turyanchyk. In 1957 ODO Lviv won the Class B tournament and managed to advance to the 1/8 finals of Soviet Cup where they were facing Spartak Moscow. On June 6, 1957, both teams met at the SKA Stadium. Most of the Spartak players a year ago won the Olympic gold in Melbourne and managed to pull a win in the second half 1:2.

In 1960 it became SKA (Sport Club of Army) for all Army clubs except the Moscow's one, which became CSKA (the Central Sport Club of the Army). In 1982 the SKA Lviv from the Soviet Second League was united with the other club from Lviv, FC Karpaty Lviv, which participated in the Soviet First League. The new team has taken place of FC Karpaty Lviv and was renamed into SKA Karpaty Lviv. In 1990 the team was liquidated and in its place was formed SFC Drohobych in the Soviet Second League. Soon, after few months, the club was renamed again in FC Halychyna Drohobych. Later, there was another club that entered the Ukrainian Second League called as the SKA-Orbita Lviv, and in 2008 FC Halychyna Lviv that won the national amateur cup entered the Ukrainian Cup.

FC Karpaty Lviv split from SKA Karpaty Lviv in 1989 and entered the Soviet Second League. In 1990 both teams competed in the Buffer League, West Zone.

## League and Cup history

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### SKA Lviv

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

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1949 | 2nd  | 17 | 34  | 7  | 6  | 21  | 37  | 90  | 20 | 1/256 finals  |  |  | Ukrainian SSR Relegated
1950 | 3rd  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | no participation  |  |  | Ukrainian SSR Finals
1951 | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1952 | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ukrainian SSR Zone 4
1953 | Death of Joseph Stalin
1954 | 2nd  | 7 | 22  | 7  | 6  | 9  | 24  | 32  | 20 | 1/8 finals  |  |  | Zone 3
1955 | 7 | 30  | 13  | 6  | 11  | 47  | 40  | 32 | 1/64 finals  |  |  | Zone 1
1956 | 5 | 34  | 16  | 9  | 9  | 49  | 25  | 41 |  |  |
1957 | 2 | 34  | 21  | 6  | 7  | 51  | 32  | 48 |  |  |  | Zone 2
1958 | 1 | 30  | 18  | 7  | 5  | 45  | 26  | 43 | 1/8 finals  |  |  | Zone 3
5 | 5  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 8  | 13  | 3 | Finals
1959 | 6 | 28  | 14  | 5  | 9  | 48  | 27  | 33 |  |  |  | Zone 4
1960 | 6 | 32  | 17  | 6  | 9  | 46  | 29  | 40 | 1/32 finals  |  |  | Ukrainian SSR Zone 1
1961 | 4 | 34  | 17  | 8  | 9  | 42  | 30  | 42 | 1/64 finals  |  |  | Ukrainian SSR Zone 1
Playoff | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 3 | vs Metalurh Zaporizhia
1962 | 4 | 24  | 10  | 6  | 8  | 37  | 25  | 26 | 1/256 finals  |  |  | Ukrainian SSR Zone 1
1 | 10  | 5  | 5  | 0  | 18  | 6  | 15 | 7–17 places tournament
1963 | 3rd  | 2 | 38  | 26  | 7  | 5  | 82  | 35  | 59 | 1/512 finals  |  |  | Ukrainian SSR Zone 1
Playoff | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 1 | vs Azovstal Zhdanov
1964 | 2 | 30  | 14  | 9  | 7  | 47  | 21  | 37 | 1/4 finals  |  |  | Ukrainian SSR Zone 1
6 | 10  | 2  | 0  | 8  | 12  | 16  | 4 | 1–6 places tournament
1965 | 1 | 30  | 20  | 6  | 4  | 74  | 20  | 46 | 1/256 finals  |  |  | Ukrainian SSR Zone 2
1 | 10  | 7  | 2  | 1  | 24  | 9  | 16 | 1–6 places tournament
1966 | 2nd  | 3 | 34  | 15  | 10  | 9  | 44  | 29  | 40 | 1/64 finals  |  |  | 2nd subgroup
1967 | 3 | 38  | 17  | 14  | 7  | 42  | 27  | 48 | 1/128 finals  |  |
1968 | 7 | 40  | 16  | 14  | 10  | 40  | 42  | 46 | 1/64 finals  |  |  | 1st subgroup
1969 | 13 | 42  | 14  | 11  | 17  | 40  | 47  | 39 | 1/128 finals  |  |  | 3rd subgroup
1970 | 3rd  | 14 | 42  | 12  | 15  | 15  | 30  | 41  | 39 | 1/128 finals  |  |  | 1st Zone
1971 | 23 | 50  | 10  | 17  | 23  | 33  | 55  | 37 |  |  |
see SC Lutsk (1972–1976)
1977 | 3rd
Vtoraya Liga  | 10 | 44  | 16  | 16  | 12  | 61  | 43  | 48 |  |  |  | 2nd Zone
1978 | 9 | 44  | 16  | 14  | 14  | 52  | 43  | 46 |  |  |
1979 | 3 | 46  | 25  | 11  | 10  | 67  | 33  | 61 |  |  |
1980 | 3 | 44  | 24  | 12  | 8  | 64  | 32  | 60 |  |  |  | 5th Zone
merged w/Karpaty
1981 | 9 | 44  | 16  | 15  | 13  | 49  | 47  | 47 |  |  |
see SKA Karpaty Lviv (1982–1989)

### SC Lutsk

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1972 | 3rd
Vtoraya Liga  | 22 | 46  | 8  | 17  | 21  | 30  | 52  | 33 |  |  |  | 1st Zone
1973 | 19 | 44  | 11  | 11  | 22  | 25  | 50  | 30 |  |  |  | 1st Zone (−3)
1974 | 9 | 38  | 14  | 12  | 12  | 33  | 31  | 40 |  |  |  | 6th Zone
1975 | 3 | 32  | 13  | 12  | 7  | 46  | 26  | 38 |  |  |  | 6th Zone
6 | 5  | 0  | 0  | 5  | 2  | 12  | 0 | League Semifinals
1976 | 9 | 38  | 11  | 16  | 11  | 34  | 34  | 38 |  |  |  | 6th Zone

### SKA Karpaty Lviv

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1982 | 2nd
Pervaya Liga  | 10 | 42  | 16  | 10  | 16  | 44  | 37  | 42 | Group stage  |  |  |
1983 | 11 | 42  | 15  | 12  | 15  | 43  | 46  | 42 | 1/32 finals  |  |  |
1984 | 3 | 42  | 20  | 9  | 13  | 63  | 44  | 49 | 1/16 finals  |  |  |
1985 | 2 | 20  | 8  | 7  | 5  | 25  | 18  | 23 | 1/64 finals  |  |  | West
3 | 42  | 21  | 13  | 8  | 66  | 44  | 54 | Group A
1986 | 4 | 46  | 22  | 10  | 14  | 69  | 52  | 54 | 1/64 finals  |  |  |
1987 | 5 | 42  | 17  | 12  | 13  | 62  | 46  | 46 | 1/4 finals  |  |  |
1988 | 7 | 42  | 18  | 8  | 16  | 51  | 39  | 44 | 1/32 finals  |  |  |
1989 | 22 | 42  | 5  | 7  | 30  | 37  | 37  | 17 | 1/8 finals  |  |  | Relegated
1990 | converted to SFC Drohobych | 1/64 finals  |  | Dissolved

## See also

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* FC Karpaty Lviv
* SKA-Orbita Lviv
* FC Lviv (1992)
* FC Halychyna Drohobych

## References

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* Team history and records
* Short historical overview of SKA Karpaty Lviv (in Russian)
* Short historical overview of SKA Lviv (in Russian)

## External links

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* Soviet Archives

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Armed Forces sports society in Ukraine

* Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Football clubs (USSR)|

* SKA Lviv
* SKA Odesa
* SKA Kyiv
* SKCF Sevastopol

Football clubs (Ukraine)|

* CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv
* CSKA Kyiv

Other sports|

* BC CSKA Kyiv (basketball)
* HC CSKA Kyiv (handball)

* Armed Forces (sports society)

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SKA Lviv – managers

* Grinin (1954–57)
* Turko (1957)
* Dyomin (1958)
* Nikanorov (1958–60)
* Shaposhnikov (1961–65)
* Kesler (1966–68)
* Betsa (1969)
* Kesler (1970)
* Rybak (1971)
* Rybak (SC Lutsk) (1972–73)
* Kesler (SC Lutsk) (1973–76)
* Kesler (1977)
* Dudarenko (1979)
* Kaplychnyi (1979–80)
* Samarin (1982–84)
* Bulhakov (1984–86)
* Fales (1987)
* Karimov (1987)
* Sekech (1988–89)
* Karimov (1989)

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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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