FC Ocean Kerch (russian: Футбольный клуб «Океан» (Керчь)) is a Ukrainian

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team based in

Kerch Kerch ( uk, Керч; russian: Керчь, ; Old East Slavic: Кърчевъ; Ancient Greek: , ''Pantikápaion''; Medieval Greek: ''Bosporos''; crh, , ; tr, Kerç) is a city of regional significance on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of t ...

. After the Russian annexation of Crimea was admitted to the

Crimean Premier League The KFS Premier-Liga (russian: Премьер-лига КФС) or simply Crimean Premier League is a professional association football league in Crimea organized by the Crimean Football Union (Krymsky Futbolny Soyuz) and devised by Russia after U ...

as a Russian team.

Team names

*''First club (1955–69):'' **1955–1964: FC Metalurh Kerch **1964–1969: FC Avanhard Kerch *''Second club (1976–97):'' **1976–1997: FC Okean Kerch *''Third club (2010–present):'' **2010–present: FC Okean Kerch

History

Metallurg

The city association football team in Kerch existed as early as 1938 under a name of Stal. It is not known what happened with the original team. The current club was established in 1955 as Metallurg (Metalurh) soon after the Crimean peninsula was transferred to Ukraine within the Soviet Union, but it was not until 1962 when it represented the city at professional level, competing in the Ukrainian championship of 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 ...

. In 1970, the club dissolved again.

Okean

In 1976 it was revived competing all the way pass the

dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

. In 1993 it carried a name of Voikovets, in 1994 – Metalurh. In 1995–96 Ukrainian Cup both Metalurh and Okean participated in the tournament. In 1997, the club lost its professional license and disappeared for quite some time. In 2010, it was reestablished anew. Following the Russian annexation of Crimea, the

Football Federation of Ukraine The Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) ( uk, Українська асоціяція футболу, Ukrayins'ka Asotsiyatsiya Futbolu) is the governing body of football in Ukraine. Before 2019 it was known as the Football Federation of Ukra ...

lodged a complaint with

UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...

about Crimean clubs' participation in Russian competitions. On 22 August 2014, UEFA decided "that any football matches played by Crimean clubs organised under the auspices of the Russian Football Union will not be recognised by UEFA until further notice". On 4 December 2014, UEFA banned Crimean clubs from participating in Russian professional competitions, and announced that a new local

would be set up in the future that UEFA will manage directly. Ocean Kerch was one of the 8 original clubs that formed the

for the 2015–16 season. Ahead of the 2022/2023 season the club has announced its intention to compete in the

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Honours

Ukrainian Football Amateur Association The Association of Amateur Football of Ukraine ( uk, Асоціація аматорського футболу України, AAFU) is a sports organization that administers national competitions of association football among amateur and childre ...

(4th Tier) :: Gold medal icon

1995–96 (Gr. 6 as Portovyk) :: Bronze medal icon

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

* Crimea championship (Lower League Tier) :: Gold medal icon

1949, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1995/96 (7×)

Notable people

Anatoliy Kroshchenko Anatoliy Mykolayovych Kroshchenko is a Soviet football player and coach out of Ukraine. Kroshchenko is a product of the Dynamo Kyiv football academy that he finished in 1957 along with Andriy Biba and Oleh Bazylevych. In 1957 he was listed on th ...

, a manager in 1979

Current squad

, according to th
official site

Coaches (since annexation)

* 2014–2016:

Artur Olenin Artur is a cognate to the common male given name Arthur, meaning "bear-like," which is believed to possibly be descended from the Roman surname Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio or more probably from the Celtic word ''artos'' ("bear"). O ...

* 2015–2017:

Serhiy Yesin Serhiy Oleksandrovych Yesin ( uk, Сергій Олександрович Єсін; born 2 April 1975) is a Ukrainian former footballer and current coach. Playing career Yesin was born in Kerch.Oleh Leshchynskyi Oleh Leschynskyi ( uk, Олег Станіславович Лещинський); Oleg Leshchinsky (russian: Олег Станиславович Лещинский); (born 31 December 1965 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR) is a former Soviet professional fo ...

League and cup history

Soviet Union

Sources: Okean Kerch (URS)
wildstat.com. Retrieved March 29, 2022. :

Ukraine

Sources: Portovik Kerch (UKR)
wildstat.com. Retrieved March 29, 2022. :

Crimea

References

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