FC Nikopol is a professional Ukrainian football club from the city of
Nikopol,
Dnipropetrovsk oblast
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ( uk, Дніпропетро́вська о́бласть, translit=Dnipropetrovska oblast), also referred to as Dnipropetrovshchyna ( uk, Дніпропетро́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, obla ...
and
Makiivka
Makiivka ( uk, Макіївка, Makíyivka, ; russian: Макеевка, Makeyevka, ), formerly Dmytriivsk, is an industrial city in Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Located from the capital Donetsk, the two cities are practically a conurbati ...
,
Donetsk Oblast
The Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 mill ...
before 2015. Another FC Nikopol has existed in Nikopol prior to relocation of FC Makiivvuhillya.
History
Makiyivvuhillya (Makeyevugol)
It should be mentioned that previously Makiivvuhillya was represented by a team of the
Bazhanov coal mine
The Bazhanov coal mine ( uk, Шахта імені В. М. Бажанова) is a large coal mine located in southeastern Ukraine in Donetsk Oblast, in the industrial city of Makiivka. Bazhanov mine represents one of the largest coal reserve in U ...
known as
FC Shakhtar Makiivka FC Shakhtar Makiivka was a Ukrainian football club from Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast.
History
The club was established in 1981 as Bazhanovets Makiivka representing the Bazhanov coal mine of the State mining enterprise Makiyivvuhol (Makeyevugol). From 1 ...
.
The current club was formed in
Makiivka
Makiivka ( uk, Макіївка, Makíyivka, ; russian: Макеевка, Makeyevka, ), formerly Dmytriivsk, is an industrial city in Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Located from the capital Donetsk, the two cities are practically a conurbati ...
in 2009 and became professional in 2011 entering the
Professional Football League of Ukraine
Professional Football League of Ukraine ( uk, Професіональна футбольна ліга України, translit=Profesionalna futbolna liha Ukrayiny; also known as PFL) is a sport organization and collective member of the Footb ...
and was based in
Makiivka
Makiivka ( uk, Макіївка, Makíyivka, ; russian: Макеевка, Makeyevka, ), formerly Dmytriivsk, is an industrial city in Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Located from the capital Donetsk, the two cities are practically a conurbati ...
under the name FC Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka. The name of the club is associated Makiyivka's coal industry, since the city of Makiyivka is close proximity to the city of
Donetsk
Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternat ...
. The football team was created out of the state mining enterprise ''Makiyivvuhillya'' in the summer of 2009 to participate in the Coal Industry Cup. In the finals of the Coal Industry Cup, a tournament which Makiyivka defeated SE "Dzerzhynskvuhillya."
After the event the company decided to continue supporting the football team,
with general director Stanislav Tolchin becoming the honorary president of football club.
The President of the club became Anatoly Akimochkin and head coach was Spartak Zhyhulin.
In the winter of 2009, Makiyivvuhillya won the city championship in Makiyivka and finished 3rd in the Donetsk oblast championship.
In 2010 the team became a finalist of the Coal Industry Cup (losing to
FC Shakhtar Sverdlovsk
Shakhtar Sverdlovsk ( ua, Шахтар Свердловськ) was a professional Ukrainian football club based in Luhansk oblast's Sverdlovsk city (Dovzhansk).
The club competed in the Ukrainian Second League but was suspended after the 2013– ...
) and 3rd place again in the Donetsk oblast championship. In 2011, the team participated in the
Ukrainian Amateur championship.
In the Second League the club played its home games at the Bazhanovets Stadium, which was also used by the former Soviet/Ukrainian club
Shakhtar Makiyivka (also known as Bazhanovets) but the stadium was found lacking in facilities. Later the club played at Metalurh Stadium in
Yenakiieve
Yenakiieve ( uk, Єна́кієве, ''Yenákiieve'', ; russian: Ена́киево, ''Yenákiyevo'') is a city in the Donetsk Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. It is incorporated as a city of oblast significance (a special status within t ...
.
Nikopol-NPHU
In 2014, the club was forced to relocate to
Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Nikopol ( uk, Ні́кополь ; from grc, Νικόπολις, lit=City of Victory) is a city and municipality (hromada) in Nikopol District in the south of Ukraine, on the right bank of the Dnipro River, about 63 km south-east of Kry ...
, due to the 2014 Russian aggression against Ukraine. It also lost its main sponsor Makiyivvuhillya, but in Nikopol the club was taken under its wing the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine (NPHU) which added own abbreviation to the club's name as ''Makeyevugol-NPHU''. After the
2014–15 season the club formally withdrew from the PFL and reentered under the name of FC Nikopol-NPHU.
The club plays at the stadium of
FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol
FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol (also referred as ''FC Elektrometalurg-NZF Nikopol '') is an amateur Ukrainian football club. The club is based in Nikopol, Ukraine and sponsored by the Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NZF).
Brief history Metalurh→Trubn ...
, while trains at the stadium of FC Kolos Chkalove from Chkalove.
FC Nikopol
During the winter break of the
2016–17 Ukrainian Second League
The 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League is the 26th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 23 July 2016 with one match from Round 1. The spring session started on 18 March 2017 with the competition ending ...
season, the club renamed themselves to FC Nikopol.
Other clubs in Nikopol
In Nikopol is another FC Nikopol that participated in the
2007 Ukrainian Amateur Cup and place third in
football championships of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in 2009 and 2013. Both FC Nikopol and FC Kolos Chkalove were withdrawn from the
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ( uk, Дніпропетро́вська о́бласть, translit=Dnipropetrovska oblast), also referred to as Dnipropetrovshchyna ( uk, Дніпропетро́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, obla ...
championship in 2015.
Stadiums
File:Chkalove Kolos Stadium.jpg, Kolos Stadium in Chkalove
File:Nikopol Elektrometalurh Stadium 1.jpg, Elektrometalurh Stadium
Players
League and cup history
:
Coaches
;Makiivvuhillya
* 2009-2009 Ihor Yefremenko
* 2009-2015 Spartak Zhyhulin
;Nikopol-NHPU
* 2015-2016 Serhiy Zhytskyi
* 2016-2016
Serhiy Valyayev
* 2016-2017
Hryhoriy Varzhelenko
;Nikopol
* 2017-2020
Hryhoriy Varzhelenko
* 2017-2020
Evgeny Yarovenko
Evgeny Yarovenko (born 17 August 1963) is a Soviet, Kazakhstani, and Ukrainian retired professional footballer and current manager of Sumy.
Personal life
He is the father of Ukrainian footballer Oleksandr Yarovenko
Oleksandr Yevheniyovych ...
See also
*
FC Elektrometalurh Nikopol
*
FC Shakhtar Makiivka FC Shakhtar Makiivka was a Ukrainian football club from Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast.
History
The club was established in 1981 as Bazhanovets Makiivka representing the Bazhanov coal mine of the State mining enterprise Makiyivvuhol (Makeyevugol). From 1 ...
External links
Official website (FC Nikopol)
Official website(Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine)
(Makiivka Coal Mining)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nikopol
Ukrainian Second League clubs
2009 establishments in Ukraine
Football clubs in Nikopol, Ukraine
Association football clubs established in 2009