- SC Tavriya Simferopol
Football club infobox
clubname = Tavriya Simferopol
fullname = SK Tavriya Simferopol
nickname = Krymlyany (Crimeans)
founded =1958
ground = RSC Lokomotiv Stadium
capacity = 19,978
chairman =
mgrtitle = Head Coach
manager =
league =Ukrainian Premier League
season = 2007-08
position = 5th
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leftarm2=12186E|body2=12186E|rightarm2=12186E|shorts2=12186E|socks2=12186ESC Tavriya Simferopol ( _ua. СК «Таврія» Сімферополь, _ru. СК «Таврия» Симферополь) is a football club from
Simferopol ,Crimea , which plays in theUkrainian Premier League . Tavria is Crimea's most successful football club and is the winner of the very first Ukrainian Premier League, making them one out of 3 teams that have ever held this title.History
The club was founded in
1958 under the name 'Avanhard', Tavria played their first game inUSSR Championship against Yaroslav based club Khimik. Overall Tavria played 132 clubs from 113 cities. They have played their last match in the competition againstFC Uralmash Yekatirinburg .Post-Soviet
After the fall of
Soviet Union ,Ukrainian Premier League was formed, and Tavria became one of it's founders. And eventually became the very first Ukrainian champion, defeating in the final, which was held inLviv , Ukraine's most successful clubDynamo Kyiv . Having become the domestic champions the club earned a right to participate inUEFA Champions League , however they were knocked out in the first round by Swiss club FC Sion.Tavria is also one of the 5 clubs to have participated in every season of the Ukrainian premier league. Their best performance in the
Ukrainian Cup came in1994 , when they have beaten in the final byChornomorets Odessa , on two other occasions they have reached semi-finals.On December 29,
2005 club ownerSerhiy Kunitsyn fired the team's coach,Oleh Fedorchuk . On January 5,2006 Tavriya signedMykhailo Fomenko for a half year contract.Honours
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Ukrainian Championship : 1:: 1992
*Ukrainian SSR Championship: 2:: 1985, 1987Runner-Up
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Ukrainian Cup : 1:: 1994
*Ukrainian SSR Championship: 1:: 19863rd place
*Ukrainian SSR Championship: 3:: 1962, 1972, 1973
Current squad
The players in bold have senior international caps. Squad is given according to the club's official website [http://www.sctavriya.com/command/1] , as of
June 28 ,2008 and the officialUEFA site [http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/club=57489/competition=16/index.html] as ofJuly 7 ,2008 ."For recent transfers, see
List of Ukrainian football transfers summer 2008 ."Famous players
See also
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SC Tavriya Simferopol Reserves and Youth Team References
External links
* [http://ukrainiansoccer.net/upl/onevsall.asp?champID=15&Team=Tavria Ukrainian Soccer Team Tavria]
* [http://sctavriya.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.tavriya.com.ua/ Fans website]
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