FC Mayak Valky is an amateur football club from

Valky Valky () is a city in Bohodukhiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Valky is situated on the banks of the river Mzha. The city borders on such villages as Kostiv and Gontiv Yar. It hosts the administration of Valky urban hromada, one of the hromadas ...

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History

The club was established in 1958 as ''Mayak'' (Lighthouse) and sponsored by the

Shevchenko Kharkiv Instrument Factory Shevchenko (alternative spellings Schevchenko, Ševčenko, Shevcenko, Szewczenko, Chevchenko; ua , Шевченко), a family name of Ukrainian origin. It is derived from the Ukrainian word ''shvets'' ( uk, швець), " cobbler/shoemaker", and ...

. Mayak competed in the

Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (вторая лига), Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The leagu ...

and

Soviet Second League B The Soviet Second League B or Soviet Lower Second League was an auxiliary fourth tier of the Soviet league system, because it was not consistent as it existed only for six seasons and somewhat randomly. It was the fourth highest division of Soviet ...

. After the fall of the Soviet Union the club was transferred on the balance of the local school of Olympic Reserve and therefore changed its name accordingly. Entering the Ukrainian competitions Olympik relegated out of the professional level competitions and dissolved. In 2016 it was reorganized as a

sports school A sports school (russian: Детско-Юношеская Спортивная Школа, ДЮСШ) is a type of educational institution for children that originated in the Soviet Union. Sports schools were the basis of the powerful system of ph ...

(school of physical culture).

Honours

*Kharkiv Oblast Football Championship **Winners (4): 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 (all as Mayak Kharkiv)

League and cup history

External links

UFC Olimpik Kharkiv
official website 1958 establishments in Ukraine Olympik Kharkiv Kharkiv State College of Physical Culture 1 Amateur football clubs in Ukraine {{Ukraine-footyclub-stub

History

Honours

League and cup history

See also

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