FC Obolon Kyiv

Obolon Kyiv

Full name	Football Club Obolon Kyiv
Nickname(s)	Pyvovary (Beer-brewers)
Founded	1992; 18 years ago (1992)
Ground	Obolon Arena (Capacity: 5,100)
Chairman	Oleksandr Slobodian
Manager	Serhiy Kovalets
League	Ukrainian Premier League
2010–11	10th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

FC Obolon Kyiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kiev (Obolon Raion). It plays home matches at Obolon Arena. Its home colors are green shirts and white shorts; while its away uniforms are white shirts and green shorts. They also have an all yellow kit as backup. Its main sponsor has been the brewery Obolon since 1999.

History

The football club was created 1992 under the name Zmina. The team changed its name to Zmina-Obolon in 1993 due to the fact that it was located in the historical locality near Kiev. Later Zmina was dropped leaving only with Obolon in 1995, and Obolon PPO in 1997. It adopted its current name on 23 April 2001. In 1995 it received professional status and entered the Ukrainian Second League for the 1995–96 season.

After finishing 3rd in the Ukrainian First League 2001–02 season, Obolon was promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League when that competition expanded to 16 teams for the 2002–03 season. Obolon was relegated to the Ukrainian First League after finishing 15th (out of 16) in the 2004–05 season. Until 2002 Obolon played its home games at Zmina Stadium and sometimes at the sport complex of Bilshovyk factory.

In the 2008–09 season, Obolon finished second in the Ukrainian First League and were promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League for the 2009–10 season.

Honors

• Ukrainian First League
  • Runners-up (1): 2008–09

• Ukrainian Second League
  • Winners (2): 1998–99, 2000–01

Squad

Squad is given according to the club's Official website, as of 1 September 2011.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Vitaliy Reva 2 DF Vitaliy Romanyuk 3 MF Vladyslav Lupashko 4 DF Vadym Sapay 5 DF Ihor Ilkiv 6 MF Hryhoriy Baranets 7 FW Oleksandr Bondarenko 8 MF Serhiy Sibiryakov 9 MF Ivan Kotenko 10 FW Oleksandr Mandzyuk (Captain) 11 MF Vadym Panas 14 MF Oleksandr Tolstyak 15 MF Valentyn Slyusar 16 DF Anton Shendrik 17 FW Yuriy Yakovenko

No. Position Player 19 MF Borys Baranets 20 MF Serhiy Myakushko 21 MF Anton Shevchuk 22 GK Ihor Berezovskyi 23 GK Andriy Rad 25 MF Serhiy Barylko 27 DF Artem Bobukh 29 MF Oleh Leonidov 30 FW Ihor Tymchenko 32 MF Ihor Plastun 39 MF Kyrylo Kovalets 46 DF Dmytro Ostapenko 55 MF Irakli Meskhiya 88 MF Valeriy Zavarov

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player DF Oleksandr Klymenko (on loan to Krymteplytsia)

No. Position Player

Managers

Volodymyr Muntyan (2001) Petro Slobodian (2002–04) Oleksandr Ryabokon (2005) Bohdan Blavatskyi (2005–06)

Petro Slobodian (2006–08) Yuriy Maksymov (2008–09) Serhiy Kovalets (2010–)

League and cup history

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1995–96	3rd "A"	4	40	22	9	9	60	35	75	1/32 finals
1996–97	3rd "A"	4	30	15	11	4	34	17	56	1/32 finals Phase II
1997–98	3rd "C"	5	30	15	7	8	47	28	52	1/128 finals
1998–99	3rd "C"	1	26	20	4	2	45	18	64	1/64 finals			Promoted
1999-00	2nd	16	34	5	12	17	23	52	27	1/16 finals			Relegated
2000–01	3rd "B"	1	28	21	4	3	51	14	67	1/4 finals 2nd League Cup			Promoted
2001–02	2nd	3	34	18	8	8	49	26	62	1/8 finals			Promoted
2002–03	1st	14	30	7	7	16	32	45	28	1/8 finals
2003–04	1st	6	30	11	8	11	34	35	41	1/8 finals
2004–05	1st	15	30	4	9	17	18	43	21	1/16 finals			Relegated
2005–06	2nd	3	34	22	6	6	51	19	72	1/32 finals
2006–07	2nd	3	36	23	4	9	47	27	73	1/16 finals
2007–08	2nd	3	38	22	6	10	67	42	72	1/32 finals
2008–09	2nd	2	32	19	6	7	74	40	63	1/8 finals			Promoted
2009–10	1st	11	30	9	4	17	26	50	31	1/4 finals
2010–11	1st	10	30	9	7	14	26	38	34	1/16 finals
2011–12	1st									1/16 finals

External links

• Official website