FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional

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club based in

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. The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity

Chornomorets Stadium The Chernomorets Stadium (, ''Stadium "Chornomorets'"'') is a football stadium built in 2011 in Odesa, Ukraine. The stadium has a capacity of 34,164 and is the home of FC Chornomorets Odesa. The inaugural match, between FC Chornomorets Odesa and ...

opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ''Dynamo'', but until 2002 it carried a logo with 1958 and 1959Chornomorets Odesa
Kopanyi-myach. years of foundation on its shield when the club received its current name. Moreover, the club's shield is very similar to the shield of Romanian

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. For over 30 years, the club was sponsored by the

Black Sea Shipping Company Black Sea Shipping Company (russian: Черноморское морское пароходство, uk, Чорноморське морське пароплавство) is a Ukrainian shipping company based in Kyiv. The company was established ...

(1959–1991). The club was among top 20 Soviet clubs that competed in

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History

Black Sea (pre-history)

At the beginning of the 20th century, in

, within limits of Alexander Park (today Shevchenko Park), a construction started of what was supposed to become a pond. However, after the pit for the pond was dug out, the funding stopped and so did the construction. Soon the hole began to serve as a field for one of city's non-league teams. As the hole resembled a shape of the

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, that was the nickname given to the field, and the team was named "" ''Chorne more''. And although that team is unrelated to the today's club, it was the first team in Odesa to play under that name.

History of name

Dynamo and previous names

The official date of foundation of Chernomorets Odesa is considered to be 26 March 1936 as Dynamo Odesa. Dynamo Odesa, however, participated before that in the city championship since 1923 (the year of establishment of the Ukrainian football competitions) winning it in 1933. Dynamo Odesa itself was first called Spartak Odesa until 1926. In 1940, after relegating from the Top level, the club was merged with Kharchovyk Odesa that participated in the republican competitions (Championship of Ukrainian SSR) and replaced Dynamo in next competitions.Spartak Odesa
Kopanyi Myach. In 1941, the club was reformed again when it was included into the ''War Championship'' (Top division) under the name of Spartak Odesa. Concurrently in league competitions of the Ukrainian SSR, since 1936 in Odesa played another team Kharchovyk Odesa. Until Chornomorets Odesa was bought out by Leonid Klimov sometime in 2001, the club's foundation was considered to be 1958.

Post WWII and Kharchovyk/Pischevik

After

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the club was reestablished as Kharchovyk Odesa in the lower Soviet division (Class B). In 1950, the club lost its place in the play-offs to Spartak Uzhhorod (

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) and was dissolved. In 1953, upon the enlargement of the "Class B" competitions (Second division), the city of Odesa was represented by Metalurh (in Class B 1953, 1954) which soon was replaced again with already more familiar Kharchovyk Odesa. In 1957–58, there was established Avanhard sports society which adopted number of other smaller societies in Ukraine under its umbrella. In 1958, the Odesa city team adopted the name Chornomorets and represented the city's Rope Factory.

Chornomorets (Black Sea Shipping Company)

In 1959, Chornomorets was handed over to the

which was a member of Vodnik sports society. Since then its emblem corresponded with the main emblem of Vodnik society. In the last season of the

, Chornomorets earned fourth place, the only time it ever placed above the big clubs in Ukraine,

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and

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Recent history

The club was a founding member of the

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, winning the

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and finishing 5th in the inaugural

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. Chornomorets finished 3rd the next two seasons and 2nd during the following two seasons. They also won another domestic Cup in

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. The club's most successful spell was achieved under the guidance of

Viktor Prokopenko Viktor Prokopenko ( uk, Віктор Прокопенко) (24 October 1944 – 18 August 2007) was a Ukrainian football (soccer) player and coach who played in GDR and Ukrainian SSR including teams of the Soviet Top League and later worked a ...

, and later under

Leonid Buryak Leonid Yosipovich Buryak ( uk, Леонід Йосипович Буряк; born 10 July 1953) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian football (soccer), football Coach (sport), coach, and a former Olympic bronze medal, bronze-medal-winning player. Career Burya ...

. At the end of the 1997–98 season, following big financial troubles and the sale of a number of leading players, the club was relegated to the First League. They won promotion the following 1998–99 season, but finished in the second last place

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and were relegated again. Sometimes in 2001, the Klimov's Primorie company which owned

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along with Imexbank acquired the city's main team. In 2002

was merged with Chornomorets. Chornomorets came back up again for the 2002–03 season and enjoyed several decent seasons in the Premier League. They finished third in the 2005–06 season and took part in the

2006–07 UEFA Cup The 2006–07 UEFA Cup was the 36th UEFA Cup, Europe's second-tier club football tournament. On 16 May 2007, at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Sevilla won their second consecutive UEFA Cup, defeating Espanyol 3–1 on penalties after the match ...

tournament. Chornomorets were deducted 6 points by

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on 6 November 2008. It was confirmed by Ukrainian Premier League on 2 March 2009. The club managed to finish the 2008–09 season in 10th place despite the deduction. The 2009–10 season started badly with a 5–0 loss to

and a poor run of form that saw the team finish the first half of the season in 13th place, just two spots away from the relegation zone. The club was relegated to the First League at the end of the season. It took, however, just a year for Chornomorets to return to the Ukrainian top flight for the 2011–12 season. Following a loss in relegation playoffs on 27 May 2018 Chornomorets fans attacked the head coach of the club.

Stadium and infrastructure

The main stadium of club is traditionally considered

that until 2012 was called as the Central Stadium of the

. The stadium is located in the Shevchenko Park. Among other stadiums Chornomorets also used Stadion "Dnister" imeni V.Dukova (2004–2005, reserves) in

Ovidiopol Ovidiopol ( uk, Ові́діополь; russian: Овидиополь; tr, Hacıdere) is a coastal urban-type settlement in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the eastern bank of Dniester Estuary directly across Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi an ...

at the Dnister Liman, Spartak Stadium (2005–2006, reserves) in Odesa, Chornomorets Training Base in Sovinyon (2006–2007, reserves) in Odesa.

Kits and shirts Sponsors

European competitions

Chornomorets Odesa participates in European competitions since 1975 after playing its first game against S.S. Lazio in the UEFA Cup 1975/76.

Honours

Domestic achievements

** Runners-up (2): 1994–95, 1995–96 ** Third place (3): 1992–93, 1993–94, 2005–06 *

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** Runners-up (3): 1998–99, 2001–02, 2010–11 *

** Winners (2):

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, 1993–94 ** Runners-up (1): 2012–13 *

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** Runners-up (1):

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** Third place (1):

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** Winners (3): 1961, 1973, 1987 ** Runners-up (1): 1962 * Soviet League Cup ** Winners (1): 1990

International achievements

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** Runners-up (1):

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Naming history

Officially in the

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Ukrainian teams carried both names in Russian and Ukrainian. *1926: Club formed ''

FC Dynamo Odessa FC Dynamo Odesa is an amateur association football team from Odesa. It is widely believed that the club along with Pishchevik were predecessors of FC Chornomorets Odesa. Overview The club was established in 1926 based on local team Sparta Odesa t ...

'' (out of Sparta Odessa) *1936: Dynamo was admitted to the All-Union competitions *1936: ''KinAp Odessa'' entered league competitions at republican level (Ukraine) *1938: ''Pischevik / Kharchovyk Odessa'' entered league competitions at republican level (Ukraine) *1940: Dynamo football team dissolved, its players joined Kharchovyk which admitted to the All-Union competitions *1941: Club renamed ''Spartak Odessa'' *1942: World War II (club was dissolved) *1944: Club revived as ''Dynamo Odessa'' which qualified for final stage of the

Cup of the Ukrainian SSR Football Cup of the Ukrainian SSR ( uk, Кубок УРСР з футболу, Kubok URSR z futbolu, russian: Кубок УССР по футболу, Kubok USSR po futbolu) was a playoff republican competitions in association football that were ta ...

*1945: Club reformed as ''Kharchovyk Odessa'' admitted to the All-Union competitions *1950: Kharchovyk relegated and dissolved *1951: ''Metallurg / Metalurh Odessa'' (team of Kim Fomin) promoted to the All-Union competitions *1955: Club split reviving ''Kharchovyk Odessa'' in the All-Union competitions (in place of Metalurh, while Metalurh continued to play at republican level) *1958: Club renamed ''Chernomorets / Chornomorets Odessa'' as part of the Odessa Rope Factory *1959: ''Chornomorets Odessa'' became a part of the

*1999: Former Soviet army sports club ''

'' merged into Chornomorets

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Former players

Eduard Stoyanov Eduard Stoyanov (Russian language, Russian: Эдуард Стоянов; born 29 June 1972 in Ukraine) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian retired footballer.Oleksandr Zabara Oleksandr Zabara ( ua, Олександр Олександрович Забара; born 5 July 1984) is a Ukrainian retired footballer who last played for Dynamo Brest in Belarus. Career Zabara started his senior career with Chornomorets Odes ...

Coaches and administration

League and Cup history

The scheme below shows performance of a team which carried names Kharchovyk (Pischevik) and Chornomorets (Chernomorets) only.

Soviet Union

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" from:01/07/1944 till:01/07/1950 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: "Vtoraya Gruppa / Class B" from:01/07/1950 till:01/07/1954 color:white shift:(0,13) text: " " from:01/07/1954 till:01/07/1962 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: "Class B" ImageSize = width:900 height:60 PlotArea = left:10 right:10 bottom:30 top:10 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/07/1962 till:01/07/1991 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:1963 Colors = id:bl1 value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.5) id:bl2 value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.3) id:rs value:rgb(0.8,0.6,0.6) id:rn value:rgb(0.9,0.1,0.1) PlotData= bar:Position width:15 color:white align:center from:01/07/1962 till:01/07/1963 shift:(0,-4) text:6 from:01/07/1963 till:01/07/1964 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/1964 till:01/07/1965 shift:(0,-4) text:14 from:01/07/1965 till:01/07/1966 shift:(0,-4) text:14 from:01/07/1966 till:01/07/1967 shift:(0,-4) text:18 from:01/07/1967 till:01/07/1968 shift:(0,-4) text:8 from:01/07/1968 till:01/07/1969 shift:(0,-4) text:8 from:01/07/1969 till:01/07/1970 shift:(0,-4) text:15 from:01/07/1970 till:01/07/1971 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/1971 till:01/07/1972 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/1972 till:01/07/1973 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1973 till:01/07/1974 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/1974 till:01/07/1975 shift:(0,-4) text:12 from:01/07/1975 till:01/01/1976 shift:(0,-4) text:10 from:01/01/1976 till:01/07/1976 shift:(0,-4) text:9 from:01/07/1976 till:01/07/1977 shift:(0,-4) text:7 from:01/07/1977 till:01/07/1978 shift:(0,-4) text:7 from:01/07/1978 till:01/07/1979 shift:(0,-4) text:11 from:01/07/1979 till:01/07/1980 shift:(0,-4) text:7 from:01/07/1980 till:01/07/1981 shift:(0,-4) text:11 from:01/07/1981 till:01/07/1982 shift:(0,-4) text:10 from:01/07/1982 till:01/07/1983 shift:(0,-4) text:8 from:01/07/1983 till:01/07/1984 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/1984 till:01/07/1985 shift:(0,-4) text:15 from:01/07/1985 till:01/07/1986 shift:(0,-4) text:15 from:01/07/1986 till:01/07/1987 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1987 till:01/07/1988 shift:(0,-4) text:13 from:01/07/1988 till:01/07/1989 shift:(0,-4) text:6 from:01/07/1989 till:01/07/1990 shift:(0,-4) text:9 from:01/07/1990 till:01/07/1991 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/1962 till:01/07/1964 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: "Class A 2a Gruppa" from:01/07/1964 till:01/07/1970 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: "Class A Pervaya Gruppa" from:01/07/1970 till:01/07/1973 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: "Pervaya Liga" from:01/07/1973 till:01/07/1986 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: "Vysshaya Liga" from:01/07/1986 till:01/07/1987 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: "1a Liga" from:01/07/1987 till:01/07/1991 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: "Vysshaya Liga"

Ukraine

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Managers

First team

Konstantin Shchegotsky Konstantin Vasilyevich Shchegotsky (russian: Константин Васильевич Щегоцкий; April 13, 1911 – January 23, 1989) was a Soviet-Ukrainian football player and coach from Moscow. Playing career In 1927-29, at the age o ...

(1945–46) * Aleksei Kostylev (1953) *

Vsevolod Bobrov Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov ( rus, Все́волод Миха́йлович Бобро́в, p=ˈfsʲevələd bɐˈbrof; 1 December 1922 – 1 July 1979) was a Soviet Union, Soviet athlete, who excelled in football (soccer), football, ban ...

(1963) * Vladimir Gorokhov (1964) *

Yuriy Voynov Yuriy Mykolayovych Voynov ( uk, Юрій Миколайович Войнов, russian: Юрий Николаевич Войнов; 29 November 1931 – 22 April 2003) was a Soviet and Ukrainian football player and manager. Honours * 1960 Euro ...

(1964–67) *

Valentin Fyodorov Valentin Vasilyevich Fyodorov (russian: Валентин Васильевич Фёдоров; born 11 April 1911 in St. Petersburg; died 4 December 1981 in Leningrad) was a Soviet Union, Soviet association football, football player and coach. Ext ...

(1967) * Nikolai Morozov (1967–68) * Sergei Shaposhnikov (1968–70) *

(1970) *

Viktor Zhylin Viktor Zhylin ( ua, Віктор Степанович Жилін, russian: Виктор Степанович Жилин; 9 January 1923 – 14 October 2009) was a Ukrainian football defender and forward and manager, the master of sports, the ho ...

(1971) * Nikolai Morozov (1971) * Ahmad Alaskarov (1973–77) *

Nikita Simonyan Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan ( hy, Նիկիտա Մկրտիչ Սիմոնյան, born ''Mkrtych Pogosovich Simonyan'', 12 October 1926) is a former Soviet football striker and coach of Armenian descent. He was born in Armavir. As of 2021 he was ...

(1980–81) *

(1982–86) * Anatoli Polosin (1987–88) *

(1989–94) *

(1994–98) * Oleksandr Holokolosov (1998–99) * Anatoliy Azarenkov (1999–01) * Oleksandr Skrypnyk (2001–02) *

Valeriy Porkujan Valeriy Semenovych Porkuyan ( uk, Валерій Семенович Поркуян, born 4 October 1944 in Kirovohrad, Ukrainian SSR, now Ukraine) is a former Ukraine, Ukrainian football (soccer), footballer of Armenian descent who played for Dy ...

(2002–??) *

Semen Altman Semen Yosypovych Altman ( ua, Семен Йосипович Альтман, born 21 April 1946 in Chuhuiv) is a Ukrainian football coach and former goalkeeper. He is of Jewish ancestry. Semen's son, Hennadiy Altman is also a goalkeeper and has ...

(1 January 2003 – 23 June 2007) * Vitaly Shevchenko (27 June 2007 – 3 November 2008) *

Viktor Hryshko Viktor Vasylyovych Hryshko ( uk, Віктор Васильович Гришко; born 2 November 1961) is a Ukrainian coach and former Soviet and Ukrainian footballer. Career He graduated from the Institute of Physical Education (Kyiv). As a Cho ...

(3 November 2008 – 12 August 2009) *

Ihor Nakonechnyi Ihor Anatoliyovych Nakonechnyi ( uk, Ігор Анатолійович Наконечний; born 23 February 1960) is a retired Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an ...

''(interim)'' (12 August 2009 – 1 September 2009) *

Andriy Bal Andriy Mykhaylovych Bal ( uk, Андрій Михайлович Баль; 16 February 1958 – 9 August 2014) was a Soviet and Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a midfielder and football manager. Club career Born in Rozdil, U ...

(1 September 2009 – 13 May 2010) *

(13 May 2010 – 16 November 2010) *

Roman Hryhorchuk Roman Yosypovych Hryhorchuk ( uk, Роман Йосипович Григорчук; born 22 March 1965) is a Ukrainian football manager who is the head coach of Chornomorets Odesa and a former player. Playing career He started playing with Lys ...

(16 November 2010 – 2014) * Oleksandr Babych (2014 – 22 August 2017) *

Oleksandr Hranovskyi Oleksandr Hranovskyi (born 11 March 1976) is a retired professional Ukraine, Ukrainian association football, football international defender (association football), defender. Career He joined FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Kryvbas in 1998. Hranovskyi c ...

''(interim)'' (22 August 2017 – 30 August 2017) *

Oleksiy Chystyakov Oleksiy Chystyakov ( uk, Олексій Олексійович Чистяков; born 3 August 1974) is a retired Ukrainian football player and current coach. Career Chystyakov is a product of FC Kolos Nikopol and DVUFK Dnipropetrovsk youth s ...

''(interim)'' (30 August 2017 – 4 September 2017) * Oleg Dulub (4 September 2017 – 22 December 2017) * Kostyantyn Frolov (23 December 2017 – 13 June 2018) *

Angel Chervenkov Angel Chervenkov ( bg, Ангел Димитров Червенков, born 10 June 1964) is a Bulgarian former footballer and football manager. Career As a player As a footballer, Chervenkov played as a defender for Tundzha Yambol (1980–19 ...

(13 June 2018 – 16 September 2019) * Vitaliy Starovik ''(interim)'' (16 September 2019 – 14 October 2019) *

Ostap Markevych Ostap Markevych ( uk, Остап Миронович Маркевич; born 4 April 1978) is a Ukrainian football manager and former football and futsal player. He is currently in charge of Polish II liga club Radunia Stężyca. He is a son of a ...

(14 October 2019 – April 2020) * Serhiy Kovalets (13 May 2020 – 18 February 2021) *

Oleksiy Antonov Oleksiy Hennadiyovych Antonov ( ua, Олексій Геннадійович Антонов; born 8 May 1986) is a Ukrainian retired football forward and current manager. Career On 12 June 2014, Antonov joined Kazakhstan Premier League side Ak ...

(18 February 2021 – 22 June 2021) * Yuriy Moroz (23 June 2021 – 30 December 2021) *

(30 December 2021 – present)

Reserve team

* Oleksandr Skrypnyk (2004 – 2005) *

Vladyslav Zubkov Vladyslav Viktorovych Zubkov ( uk, Владислав Вікторович Зубков, russian: Владислав Викторович Зубков; born 8 April 1971) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. Club care ...

(2005)

Presidents

* 1989–1992 Yuriy Zabolotnyi * 1992–1995

Vyacheslav Leshchuk Vyacheslav Mykhaylovych Leshchuk ( uk, В'ячеслав Михайлович Лещук) (born 24 December 1951 in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi) is a retired Ukrainian and Soviet football player. International career Leshchuk played his only game for ...

* 1996–1997

Hryhoriy Biberhal Hryhoriy ( uk, Григо́рій, Hryhórij ), sometimes Hryhory, may refer to: *Hryhory Alchevsky (1866–1920), prominent Ukrainian and minor Russian composer *Hryhoriy Baranets (born 1986), professional Ukrainian football midfielder *Hryhory B ...

* 1998–1998 Petro Naida * 1998–2002 Leonid Klimov (honorary president ever since) * 2002–present Oleh Marus (acting)

Notes

References

External links

Official websiteFan's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chornomorets Odesa Ukrainian Premier League clubs Black Sea Shipping Company Association football clubs established in 1936 1936 establishments in Ukraine Soviet Top League clubs Football clubs in Odesa Football clubs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Pishchevik Voluntary Sports Society