FC Zhemchuzhyna Odesa was a professional

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from

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. The club was founded in 2013, but dissolved in 2018. The club was admitted to Ukrainian Second League in 2016–17 season. In its first season in it, the club became the champion and received promotion to the First League. Early May 2018 club President Oleksandr Demenchuk stated that the club would dissolve because of financial reasons. The club's name is Zhemchuzhyna (russian: Жемчужина) which is foreign in Ukraine and means a

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History

The club was created in August 2013 and formed from the graduates of the Odesa football school. Initially, the team consisted football veterans from Odesa, friends of the club president,

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, Gennady Nizhegorodov and

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. From the first days of creation head coach of the club was a former defender of

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and

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Denys Kolchin. In the 2014–15 season the team participated in the Odesa City winter championship and won the championship defeating

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. In 2015, the club debuted in the Amateur League of Ukraine, finishing in the eight best teams of the tournament and in

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they repeated in reaching the quarterfinals of the tournament. The club was admitted to the

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in 2016 and won 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 ...

. gaining promotion to

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. On 4 May 2018, three matchdays before the end of

2017–18 Ukrainian First League The 2017–18 Ukrainian First League was the 27th since its establishment. The competition commenced on 14 July 2017 when Zhemchuzhyna Odesa hosted MFC Mykolaiv. After the completion of Round 22 on 18 November 2017, the competition entered a wint ...

season,

informed that the club withdrew from the competition due to dissolution. President Oleksandr Demenchuk confirmed dissolution of the club because of financial reasons.

Honors

* Ukrainian Second League **Winners (1): 2016–17 * Odesa City Winter Championships: 2014–15

League and cup history

Last-known squad

Coaches

* Nov 2014 – 21 Aug 2017:

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* 24 Aug 2017 – 22 Jan 2018: Leonid Haidarzhy * 22 Jan 2018 – May 2018: Dmytro Horbatenko

References

External links

Official website
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