FC Real Pharma Odesa is a professional Ukrainian football club from the city of

Odesa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative ...

. The "Pharma" portion of the name comes from ''pharmaceutical'' influences that are associated with the club's ownership as evident on the original logo which is in English rather than Ukrainian. The team is currently playing

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after competing in the Ukrainian Amateur championship. The club was formed in 2000.

History

The team was founded in 2000 as Limed Pokrovske and until 2011 played in Odesa. Since 2005 the club was known as Real-Pharm. In 2010 the club was passed onto Mykola Lykhovydov who became the club's president and playing manager. Until 2011 the club participated in football competitions of

Odesa Oblast Odesa Oblast ( uk, Оде́ська о́бласть, translit=Odeska oblast), also referred to as Odeshchyna ( uk, Оде́щина) is an oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administr ...

. In March of 2011 Real Pharm was registered as a professional club and lost the hyphen in its name. It also joined competitions of the national amateur league, the early stages of the 2011 season. "Real Pharm" debut in the Ukrainian Second League in the 2011–12 season. In 2013, the club moved their operations from

Yuzhne Yuzhne ( uk, Ю́жне, ; formerly: Южний, ''Yuzhnyi'',Internet portal of Yuzhny
translated as "southern"

Ovidiopol Ovidiopol ( uk, Ові́діополь; russian: Овидиополь; tr, Hacıdere) is a coastal urban-type settlement in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the eastern bank of Dniester Estuary directly across Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi an ...

and prior to the

2013–14 Ukrainian Second League The 2013–14 Ukrainian Second League is the 23rd season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition was consolidated from two groups to one round robin competition. The list of teams was approved by Central Committee of the Pro ...

season renamed the team to Real Pharma Ovidiopol. The club moved their operations to

prior to the start of the 2015–16 season.

Home stadiums

* 2011–2013 Spartak Stadium,

* 2013–2015 Dukov Dnister Stadium,

* 2015–2016 Ivan Stadium,

* 2016– present Spartak Stadium,

Emblems

File:Real Pharm.png, Emblem 2011–2013 File:Real Farma.gif, Emblem 2013–15
Based in Ovidiopol File:Real Pharma Odesa 2015.png, Emblem 2015–17

Players

League and cup history

Former coaches

* 2000-2000 Mykola Lykhovydov * 2001–2003 Mykola Lykhovydov & Serhiy Irichenko * 2004–2005 Vasyl Mokan * 2006-2006 Mykola Lykhovydov * 2006–2008 Oleksandr Bondarenko * 2009–2012 Mykola Lykhovydov * 2013–2014 Ihor Korniyets * 2014–2016

Vladyslav Zubkov Vladyslav Viktorovych Zubkov ( uk, Владислав Вікторович Зубков, russian: Владислав Викторович Зубков; born 8 April 1971) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. Club care ...

* 2016–2017 Oleksandr Bondarenko (acting) * 2017–2019 Andriy Kovalenko * 2019–2020 Oleksandr Spitsyn * 2020– Artem Riazantsev

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Real Pharma Odessa Ukrainian Second League clubs Football clubs in Odesa 2010 establishments in Ukraine Association football clubs established in 2010 Sport in Ovidiopol Sport in Yuzhne