Sports Club Tavriya ( uk, Спортивний клуб "Таврія") was a Ukrainian football club from
Simferopol
Simferopol () is the second-largest city in the Crimea, Crimean Peninsula. The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, ...
. Tavriya was a member of the
Ukrainian Premier League
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from its founding and won the first
Ukrainian Premier League
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making them one of three teams that have ever held this title.
After the
annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War.
The events in Kyiv th ...
in 2014, the club was forced to cease its existence after 56 years, while in occupied
Crimean peninsula
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a new club composed of some of its staff and players joined the
Russian Football Union
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under the new name
FC TSK Simferopol
FC TSK Simferopol (russian: ФК «ТСК» Симферополь) is a professional football team based in Simferopol, Crimea, that was created in place of Ukrainian SC Tavriya Simferopol, following 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.
TSK in ...
.
In June 2015, the
Football Federation of Ukraine
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and the Tavriya's president announced it would re-establish the club and its new home would be
Kherson
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Beryslav
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,
Kherson oblast
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2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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and subsequent occupation of
Kherson Oblast
Kherson Oblast ( uk, Херсо́нська о́бласть, translit=Khersónsʹka óblastʹ, ), also known as Khersonshchyna ( uk, Херсо́нщина, ), is an oblast (province) in southern Ukraine, currently claimed and partly occupied ...
.
History
The original club was founded in 1958, under the name Avanhard Simferopol and was based on the former Crimean champion 'Burevestnik Simferopol'. Sometime in 1963, Avanhard changed its name to Tavriya. Tavriya played their first game in the USSR Championship against the Yaroslav based club Khimik. Overall, Tavriya played 132 clubs from 113 cities. They played their last match of the Soviet competition against
FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg
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History
The club was founded in 1930 and was known as Avangard (1930–1948, 1953–1957), Ze ...
.
After the fall of the
Soviet Union
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, the
Ukrainian Premier League
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was formed. Tavria was one of its founders and eventually became the very first Ukrainian champion in
1992
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, under the
Simferopol
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born manager
Anatoliy Zayaev
Anatoliy Zayaev (October 27, 1931 – December 18, 2012) was a Soviet football player and a Ukrainian coach. Merited Coach of Ukraine.
Biography
Zayaev was born in Simferopol in a big assyrian family. Participant of World War II. His father w ...
, defeating
FC Dynamo Kyiv
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, Ukraine's most successful club in the final, held in
Lviv
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FC Sion
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. The Russian
Sport-Express
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posted an article (No.3 (43), 25 January 2000, page 9) stating that the Ukrainian champions Tavria were threatened by the
Football Federation of Ukraine
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to compete at the CIS Cup in 1993.
Tavria was one of the five clubs to have until 2014 participated in every season of the Ukrainian Premier League. Their best performance in the
Ukrainian Cup
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came in
2010
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, where they defeated
FC Metalurh Donetsk
Football Club Metalurh Donetsk ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Доне́цьк, ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk that went bankrupt in July 2015.
History
Club predecessor
Football ...
in
the final
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to win the competition. They had previously reached the final in
1994
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, where they lost to
FC Chornomorets Odessa
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The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it ...
in a
penalty shootout
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.
Russian annexation of Crimea
After the annexation of Crimea by Russia, Tavriya asked permission from UEFA and FIFA to shift to the Russian league next season. The club applied for a Russian license and changed its name to
FC TSK Simferopol
FC TSK Simferopol (russian: ФК «ТСК» Симферополь) is a professional football team based in Simferopol, Crimea, that was created in place of Ukrainian SC Tavriya Simferopol, following 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.
TSK in ...
. The club currently plays in the
Crimean Premier League
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.
Re-establishment
On 18 June 2015, the
Football Federation of Ukraine
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executive committee voted in favor of re-establishing the club now to be located in
Kherson
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(the largest Ukrainian city bordering Crimea).
Serhiy Kunitsyn
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Since December 2014 Kunitsyn is a member of the Ukrainian parliame ...
, Tavriya's former president and also a former
Prime Minister of Crimea
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Ukrainian Football Amateur Association
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Beryslav
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in
Kherson Oblast
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.
In November 2016, the club applied for FFU attestation in order to achieve professional status in the next season. After finishing the 2016–17 season in the Amateur League, Tavriya was included into PFL and promoted to
Ukrainian Second League
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in June 2017. The club was included to group B of
2017–18 Ukrainian Second League
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FC Tavriya Novotroitske
FC Tavriya Novotroitske is a Ukrainian football club from Novotroitske, Kherson Oblast.
The clubs exists since 1936.
On 28 March 2022 Tavriya ceased club activities after
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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and subsequent temporary occupation of
Kherson Oblast
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.
Team names
*''First club (1958–2014):''
**1958–1962: Avanhard Simferopol
**1963–2014: SC Tavriya Simferopol
*''Second club (2016–2022):''
**2016–2022: SC Tavriya Simferopol
Europa League
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:
Intertoto Cup
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Ukrainian Premier League
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(1st Tier)
:
1992
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*
Ukrainian Cup
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Soviet First League
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(2nd Tier)
: 1980
*
Championship of the Ukrainian SSR
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(Soviet Lower Tier)
: 1973, 1985, 1987
: 1986
*
Cup of the Ukrainian SSR
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: 1974
: 1975
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Valentin Bubukin
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Biography
Bubukin started training in aged 12 in the club Krylia Sovetov. He then moved ...
Igor Volchok
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Career
Volchok played for Moscow clubs Torpedo (1950) and CDSA (1951 ...
Gennady Logofet
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Career
Logofet earned 17 caps for the USSR national team as a ...
Mykola Pavlov
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(1989–90)
*
Anatoliy Zayaev
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Biography
Zayaev was born in Simferopol in a big assyrian family. Participant of World War II. His father w ...
Anatoliy Zayaev
Anatoliy Zayaev (October 27, 1931 – December 18, 2012) was a Soviet football player and a Ukrainian coach. Merited Coach of Ukraine.
Biography
Zayaev was born in Simferopol in a big assyrian family. Participant of World War II. His father w ...
(May 1995 – June 95)
*
Ivan Balan
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Career
Balan began playing football as a goalkeeper in the youth system of Sudnobudivnyk Mykolayiv. In 1972, ...
Mykola Pavlov
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Ivan Balan
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Career
Balan began playing football as a goalkeeper in the youth system of Sudnobudivnyk Mykolayiv. In 1972, ...
''(caretaker)'' (May 1997 – June 97)
*
Ivan Balan
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Career
Balan began playing football as a goalkeeper in the youth system of Sudnobudivnyk Mykolayiv. In 1972, ...
(July 1997 – June 98)
*
Viktor Hrachov
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Career statistics Club
Honours
* Soviet Cup wi ...
Anatoliy Zayaev
Anatoliy Zayaev (October 27, 1931 – December 18, 2012) was a Soviet football player and a Ukrainian coach. Merited Coach of Ukraine.
Biography
Zayaev was born in Simferopol in a big assyrian family. Participant of World War II. His father w ...
(June 2001)
* Valeriy Petrov ''(caretaker)'' (10 June 2001 – 10 June 2002)
*
Anatoliy Zayaev
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Biography
Zayaev was born in Simferopol in a big assyrian family. Participant of World War II. His father w ...
(10 June 2002 – 20 September 2004)
*
Mykola Pavlov
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(2004)
* Oleh Fedorchuk (20 September 2004 – 31 Dec 2005)
*
Semen Altman
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Semen's son, Hennadiy Altman is also a goalkeeper and has ...
(6 June 2011 – 1 June 2012)
*
Oleh Luzhnyi
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Club career
Luzhnyi is a product of the Karpaty sports school (coached by Yur ...
1992 SC Tavriya Simferopol season
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