FC Olimpik Donetsk ( uk, «Олімпік» Донецьк ) is a Ukrainian inactive football team based in

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 ...

, Ukraine. The club currently doesn't play in any Ukrainian competition due to the

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. Since its promotion to

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in 2014, it played its games in

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due to the

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. During the

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, there were attempts to move the club either to

Sumy Sumy ( uk, Суми ) is a city of regional significance in Ukraine, and the capital of Sumy Oblast. The city is situated on the banks of the Psel River in northeastern Ukraine with a population of according to the 2021 census, making it the 2 ...

Cherkasy Cherkasy ( uk, Черка́си, ) is a city in central Ukraine. Cherkasy is the Capital city, capital of Cherkasy Oblast (Oblast, province), as well as the administrative center of Cherkasky Raion (Raion, district) within the oblast. The c ...

, which were never realized.

History

The football club Olimpik Donetsk was formed in 2001 along with a charity regional fund of football development. The club was meant to rely on players from its academy. Olimpik Donetsk entered the professional competition in 2004. After six seasons Druha Liha Olympik became champions in the 2010–11 season and were promoted to the

Persha Liha The Persha Liha ( uk, Перша ліга) or Ukrainian First League is a professional football league in Ukraine and the second tier of national football competitions pyramid. Members of the league also participate in the Ukrainian Cup. It is t ...

. Olympik became the champions of the

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and earned promotion to the

. They play at their stadium " Olimpik". The clubs has several youth teams that play in youth competitions under the name "Olimpik-UOR" (Olimpik – Uchylyshche of Olympiyskoho Rezervu). Since 2009,

UOR Donetsk Serhiy Bubka College of Olympic Reserve ( uk, Донецьке вище училище олімпійського резерву імені Сергія Бубки , ДВУОР ім. С. Бубки) is a sports college in Donetsk. Due to the 2014 Ru ...

and Olimpik have agreement about mutual training of young footballers. Since its promotion to the

in 2014, the club is forced to play its games in

. The Olimpik Donetsk participation in the 2019–20 season was under question because both of its youth teams (U-21 and U-19) were expelled from the Ukrainian Premier League due to match fixing, and are banned from competitions until the end of 2019–20 season. One of the conditions to receive a season license in UPL was presence of youth teams in a club. The league members voted to keep Olimpik's senior team in the league, yet final decision was reserved for the UAF (formerly FFU) Executive Committee. On 18 June 2019, the UAF Executive Committee approved the League's decision about Olimpik and later explained that it made changes to its regulations where clubs will not be penalized for having its youth teams banned from the UPL competitions as long as the club will sponsor other youth teams. On 9 July 2019 Olimpik filed a lawsuit against UAF to the

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about falsification of a case against the club and sanctions that were introduced against the club. At the end of July in media appeared information that the club might have withdrawn its lawsuit from the CAS. In July 2021, the president of the club

Vladyslav Helzin Vladyslav Hryhorovych Helzin ( ua, Владислав Григорович Гельзін; born 27 August 1973) is a Ukrainian businessman, former footballer and football functionary, ex-president of FC Olimpik Donetsk. In various media his last n ...

announced that the club is withdrawing from all competitions for the 2021/22 season and suspends its activities.

Infrastructures

The main ground in

Sports Complex Olimpik Sports Complex Olimpik is a football stadium in the city of Donetsk, Ukraine. Originally when the complex was built the stadium had seating for 680 spectators. Later in the autumn of 2010 it was expanded to 1000 spectators. Major reconstruction ...

, but due to the

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, from 2014 until 2016 the team was moved to

Bannikov Stadium Navchanlno-trenuvalnyi kompleks imeni Viktora Bannikova (Viktor Bannikov training complex) is a small football stadium located close to the House of Football and the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine. The stadium is named after a goalkeeper of FC ...

. From August 2016 until December 2016 the team played in the

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. In 2016, due to

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the team played in

Stadion Yuri Gagarin Olympic sports training center "Chernihiv" (formerly Yuri Gagarin Stadium) ( uk, Олімпійський навчально-спортивний центр «Чернігів») is a multi-purpose stadium in Chernihiv, Ukraine. The stadium was ...

Chernihiv Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...

and then to

Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium The Stadion Dynamo imeni Valeria Lobanovskoho is a multi-functional stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine that is modified for football use only. It is the home stadium of FC Dynamo Kyiv yet not the main stadium, for which Dynamo uses the bigger NSC Ol ...

in the same year. On 5 October 2021 the club played in Yunist Stadium in

for the

Ukrainian First League The Persha Liha ( uk, Перша ліга) or Ukrainian First League is a professional football league in Ukraine and the second tier of national football competitions pyramid. Members of the league also participate in the Ukrainian Cup. It is th ...

for the season 2021-22 in the option to play all season.

Honours

** Winners: 2013–14 * Ukrainian Second League – Group B ** Winners:

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League and cup history

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European record

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Coaches and administration

Presidents and other officials

Presidents

* 2001–2021:

General directors

* 2017 – present

Oleksiy Antonov Oleksiy Hennadiyovych Antonov ( ua, Олексій Геннадійович Антонов; born 8 May 1986) is a Ukrainian retired football forward and current manager. Career On 12 June 2014, Antonov joined Kazakhstan Premier League side Ak ...

Executive directors

* 2017 – present Dmytro Andreyev

Sports directors

* 2001 – 2017

* 2019 – present Maksym Kovalenko

Directors

* 2006 – 2019 Oleksandr Protsiv

Managers

Notes and references

External links

*
Official website of club
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