Football Club Hoverla Uzhhorod ( ) was a Ukrainian professional

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club based in

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. Following the end of the 2015–16 season it was expelled from the

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because of debts to (current and former) players.Hoverla and Metalist expelled from the Premier League
, Ukrop News 24 (8 June 2016) It then ceased to exist.

History

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

, but a last-place finish saw the club demoted to the

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. 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

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season the club renamed itself ''FC Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod''. The team renamed themselves Hoverla prior to the start of the 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League season. Following the season the club was supposed to be relegated according to the season's regulations, yet conveniently both runners-up

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and

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refused to get promoted, while the

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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

. It then ceased to exist.

Name changes

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

Football kits and sponsors

Honors

**Winners (3): 2003–04, 2008–09, 2011–12 **Runners-up (2): 2001–02, 2006–07 *

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**Winners (1): 1998–99 (Group A)

In Soviet Union

Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR The Championship of the Ukrainian SSR in football was a top competition of association football in the Ukrainian SSR in 1921-91. Number of Ukrainian clubs almost never competed in the championship such as Dynamo Kyiv. The competitions were organ ...

** Winners (3): 1946, 1950, 1953 ** Runners-up (1): 1972 *

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 ...

** Winners (1): 1950

League and cup history

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

Managers

;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 Mykhaylo Mykhaylovich Mykhalyna ( hu, Mihály Mihalina, sk, Michal Michalinа, uk, Михайло Михайлович Михалина, russian: Михаил Михайлович Михалина, rue, Михаил Михалина; 15 March ...

(1956–59) *

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(1960–61) *

(1963–68) * Vasyl Revachko & Zoltan Dyerfi (1969–70) *

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(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) *

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(1993–94) * Ernest Kesler (1994) *

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(1994) * Yuriy Chirkov (1995) *

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(1995–96) * Oleksandr Holokolosov (1997) * Stepan Voytko (1997) *

(1997–98) *

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(1998) * Viktor Ryashko (1998–2000) *

Yuriy Kalitvintsev Yuriy Mykolayovych Kalitvintsev ( uk, Юрій Миколайович Калитвинцев, russian: link=no, Ю́рий Никола́евич Калитвинцев; born 5 May 1968) is a football manager and former player who manages Poli ...

(1 July 2001 – 30 June 2002) * Viktor Ryashko (2002–22 Aug 2005) *

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Volodymyr Sharan Volodymyr Bohdanovych Sharan ( uk, Володимир Богданович Шаран; born 18 September 1971 in the Mariyampil) is a Ukrainian retired Football (soccer), football midfielder who represented Ukraine national football team, Ukrain ...

(Sept 28, 2007–21 April 2008) * Mykhaylo Ivanytsya (21 April 2008 – 30 June 2009) *

Igor Gamula Igor Vasilyevich Gamula (russian: Игорь Васильевич Гамула, uk, Ігор Васильович Гамула; 17 February 1960 – 8 December 2021) was a Ukrainian and Russian professional association football, football coach ...

(1 July 2009 – 5 April 2011) *

Oleksandr Sevidov Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Sevidov ( uk, Олександр Володимирович Севідов; born 18 July 1969) is a Ukrainian football manager and former player. He played for clubs in Ukrain ...

(7 April 2011 – 26 May 2013) *

Vyacheslav Hroznyi Vyacheslav Viktorovych Hrozny ( uk, В'ячеслав Вікторович Грозний; born 12 July 1956) is a Ukrainian football player and manager. Career He is a holder of the 1980 KFK Cup of the Ukrainian SSR as a player of FC Nyva Tern ...

(18 June 2013 – May 2016)

Famous players

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References

External links

Official website
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