FC Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva ( uk, Арсенал-Київщина Біла Церква) was a Ukrainian professional team from

Bila Tserkva Bila Tserkva ( uk, Бі́ла Це́рква ; ) is a city in the center of Ukraine, the largest city in Kyiv Oblast (after Kyiv, which is the administrative center, but not part of the oblast), and part of the Right Bank. It serves as the admi ...

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. Previous name was FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva until June 2013.

History

The football club was formed in 2006 and entered the

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in 2007. The football club is part of a bigger sports club "ArsenalBC" based in

and which specialized in

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events and well as

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and

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. In 2009 FC Arsenal was promoted to the

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via a playoff game. While based in

, FC Arsenal also plays its games in

Obukhiv Obukhiv () is a city in Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine and the administrative center of Obukhiv Raion. It hosts the administration of Obukhiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: . In 2001, population was 32,776. The ci ...

which is located closer to

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

. The club was relegated to the

after the 2012–13 season.

Stadium and grounds

The club's training grounds are located in the village of Shkarivka,

around six miles (10 km) away from

. Its main sponsor is one of the biggest furniture companies in Ukraine, the owner of which is the president of the club, Yuriy Horobets. Until the 2009–2010 season its home games the club were played in the neighboring city of

. Finally the administration of the club managed to lease the locally available municipal stadium, Trudovi Reservy (the Central Children-Youth Sport Arena "Trudovi Reservy"), in

for the 2009–2010 season. After the club's promotion to the First League, the club was allowed also to use the stadium for some training, although for a limited time. Trudovi Reservy has an electronic display and some stadium roofing. The stadium is the property of the city and is co-sponsored by the regional football federation,

Kyiv Oblast Football Federation Kyiv Oblast Football Federation (KOFF) is a football governing body in the region of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. The federation is a collective member of the Ukrainian Association of Football. The organization has been formed in fall of 1964.Artur Valer ...

along with the city administration. The stadium is primarily designated for the development of the

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football, in particular the

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teams. Arsenal bought its own city's sport grounds in 2009 for the construction of its home arena, which is forecasted to have a capacity of 5,000 people. The construction of its playing grounds started in 2009. The club's colours are red and white.

League and cup history

Coaches

* 2009–2012

Ihor Artymovych Igor ( be, Ігар, Ihar ; russian: Игорь, Igor' ; sr-Cyrl, Игор ; uk, Ігор, Ihor ; ) is a common East Slavic given name derived from the Norse name Ingvar, that was brought to ancient Rus' by the Norse Varangians, in the form ...

* 2012–2013 Oleh Lutkov * 2013–2013 Yevhen Feshchenko * 2013–2015 Vadym Mandrievskyi * 2015

Vitaliy Rozhon Vitaliy Viktorovych Rozghon ( uk, Віталій Вікторович Розгон, born 23 March 1980) is a Ukrainian retired footballer and manager. In July 2012, he played for FC Tytan Armyansk FC Tytan Armiansk (; ) was a football club b ...

* 2016

Mykola Lytvyn Mykola Lytvyn ( uk, Микола Михайлович Литвин) was a chief of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine since 2003, General of the Army of Ukraine (2008). He resigned in 2014. Biography Lytvyn was born on March 8, 1961, in ...

(caretaker) * 2016–2017 Andriy Ushchapovskyi * 2017–2018 Oleksandr Akimov

Notes

References

External links

Official website
of SC Arsenal (Bila Tserkva) {{DEFAULTSORT:Arsenal Bila Tserkva Association football clubs established in 2006 Association football clubs disestablished in 2018 Sport in Obukhiv Football clubs in Bila Tserkva Defunct football clubs in Ukraine 2006 establishments in Ukraine 2018 disestablishments in Ukraine