Sports Club Tavriya ( uk, Спортивний клуб "Таврія") was a Ukrainian football club from

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. Tavriya was a member of the

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from its founding and won the first

making them one of three teams that have ever held this title. After the

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in 2014, the club was forced to cease its existence after 56 years, while in occupied

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a new club composed of some of its staff and players joined the

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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

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and the Tavriya's president announced it would re-establish the club and its new home would be

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.Ukraine trying to revive Crimean champion football club

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(19 June 2015) On 29 August 2016, club was added to Group 2 of the 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League. The revamped club is based in

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.Tavriya added to Ukraininan Amateur League
/ref> Prior to the start of the

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the club merged with

FC Tavriya Novotroitske FC Tavriya Novotroitske is a Ukrainian football club from Novotroitske, Kherson Oblast. The clubs exists since 1936.Tavria united with amateur team from Novotroitske (Таврия объединилась с аматорской командой из Новотроицкого)
Sport Arena. 22 August 2020 On 28 March 2022 Tavriya ceased club activities after

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and subsequent occupation of

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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 FC Ural Yekaterinburg (russian: ФК Урал) is a Russian association football club based in Yekaterinburg. They play in the Russian Premier League. History The club was founded in 1930 and was known as Avangard (1930–1948, 1953–1957), Ze ...

. After the fall of the

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, the

was formed. Tavria was one of its founders and eventually became the very first Ukrainian champion in

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, under the

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 Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was offici ...

, Ukraine's most successful club in the final, held in

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. Yuriy Hudymenko became the league's top scorer. More players from that era were Oleksandr Holovko, a defender who also played many years for Ukraine national team, and captain Serhiy Yakovych Shevchenko, who scored the championship goal against Dynamo Kyiv. Having earned the right to participate in 1992–93 UEFA Champions League, Tavryia were knocked out in the first round by Swiss club

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. The Russian

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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

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

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came in

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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 ...

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to win the competition. They had previously reached the final in

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, where they lost to

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in a

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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

. The club currently plays in the

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Re-establishment

On 18 June 2015, the

executive committee voted in favor of re-establishing the club now to be located in

(the largest Ukrainian city bordering Crimea).

Serhiy Kunitsyn Serhiy Volodymyrovych Kunitsyn ( uk, Сергій Володимирович Куніцин) is a Ukrainian politician from Crimea, and former veteran of the Soviet–Afghan War. Since December 2014 Kunitsyn is a member of the Ukrainian parliame ...

, Tavriya's former president and also a former

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, was put in charge of the project. In August 2016, the revamped version of the club applied to play in the 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League.Tavria and Metalist – potential participants of amateur championship of Ukraine
UA-Football (5 August 2016) It did not enter this competition at first.Teams of the 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League

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However, Tavriya was included to group 2 of 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League on 29 August. Re-established club based in the city of

. 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

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in June 2017. The club was included to group B of

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. Prior to the start of the

the club merged with

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

and subsequent temporary occupation of

Team names

*''First club (1958–2014):'' **1958–1962: Avanhard Simferopol **1963–2014: SC Tavriya Simferopol *''Second club (2016–2022):'' **2016–2022: SC Tavriya Simferopol

European record

Champions League:

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Honours

RSC Lokomotiv *

(1st Tier) : Gold medal icon

2009–10 :

1993–94 *

Soviet First League The Soviet First League in football (russian: Первая лига СССР по футболу) was the second highest division of Soviet football,Evgeni Kazakov. The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футбо ...

(2nd Tier) : Gold medal icon

1980 *

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(Soviet Lower Tier) : Gold medal icon

1973, 1985, 1987 : Silver medal icon

1986 *

Cup of the Ukrainian SSR Football Cup of the Ukrainian SSR ( uk, Кубок УРСР з футболу, Kubok URSR z futbolu, russian: Кубок УССР по футболу, Kubok USSR po futbolu) was a playoff republican competitions in association football that were ta ...

1974 :

1975

Football kits and sponsors

Players

Current squad

Coaches

Valentin Bubukin Valentin Borisovich Bubukin (russian: Валентин Борисович Бубукин; 23 April 1933 – 30 October 2008) was a Soviet/Russian footballer. Biography Bubukin started training in aged 12 in the club Krylia Sovetov. He then moved ...

(1970–72) * Vadim Ivanov (1979) * Anatoli Polosin (1980–81) *

Igor Volchok Igor Semyonovich Volchok (russian: Игорь Семёнович Волчок; 4 October 1931 – 19 April 2016) was a Russian professional football coach and former player. Career Volchok played for Moscow clubs Torpedo (1950) and CDSA (1951� ...

(1982) * Anatoliy Kon'kov (1983–84) *

Gennady Logofet Gennady Olegovich Logofet (russian: Геннадий Олегович Логофет; 15 April 1942 – 5 December 2011) was a Soviet and Russian football player and football coach. Career Logofet earned 17 caps for the USSR national team as a ...

(1984) * Anatoliy Kon'kov (1985) * Anatoli Polosin (1986) * Vyacheslav Solovyov (1987–88) *

Mykola Pavlov Mykola Petrovych Pavlov ( uk, Микола Петрович Павлов) (russian: Николай Петрович Павлов; born 20 June 1954 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR) is a former Ukrainian football defender, and former head-coach of Illyc ...

(1989–90) *

(1991 – May 93) * Oleksandr Radosavlyevych (1993–94) * Pavlo Kostin (June 1994 – Sept 94) * Andriy Cheremysin (Oct 1994 – Dec 94) * Vitaliy Shalychev (Jan 1995 – April 95) * Ruvyn Aronov ''(caretaker)'' (1995) * Valeriy Shvedyuk ''(caretaker)'' (1995) *

(May 1995 – June 95) *

Ivan Balan Ivan Dmytrovych Balan ( uk, Іван Дмитрович Балан; born 1 June 1949) is a Ukrainian football coach and former player. Career Balan began playing football as a goalkeeper in the youth system of Sudnobudivnyk Mykolayiv. In 1972, ...

(July 1996 – Aug 96) * Serhiy Shevchenko (Aug 1996 – Dec 96) *

(Jan 1997 – April 97) * Valeriy Shvedyuk (1997) *

''(caretaker)'' (May 1997 – June 97) *

(July 1997 – June 98) *

Viktor Hrachov Viktor Oleksandrovych Hrachov (russian: Виктор Александрович Грачёв, born 17 September 1956 in Dzerzhynsk) is a retired Ukrainian football player and currently a manager. Career statistics Club Honours * Soviet Cup wi ...

(July 1998 – Dec 98) * Valeriy Petrov ''(caretaker)'' (Jan 1999 – May 99) * Anatoly Korobochka (16 June 1999 – 31 December 1999) *

Volodymyr Muntyan Volodymyr Fedorovych Muntyan ( uk, Володимир Федорович Мунтян, russian: Владимир Фёдорович Мунтян, ro, Vladimir Muntean), (born 14 September 1946, Kotovsk, USSR) is a Soviet and Ukrainian midfielde ...

(1 Jan 2000 – 30 June 2000) * Oleksandr Ischenko (1 July 2000 – 10 June 2001) *

(June 2001) * Valeriy Petrov ''(caretaker)'' (10 June 2001 – 10 June 2002) *

(10 June 2002 – 20 September 2004) *

(2004) * Oleh Fedorchuk (20 September 2004 – 31 Dec 2005) *

Mykhaylo Fomenko Mykhaylo Ivanovych Fomenko ( uk, Михайло Іванович Фоменко; born 19 September 1948) is a Ukrainian former association footballer and former head coach of the Ukraine national team.Serhiy PuchkovUA-Football.com says with the reference to the official club's web-site.
/ref> (29 September 2008 – 22 September 2010) * Valeriy Petrov ''(caretaker)'' (22 September 2010 – 8 May 2011) * Oleksandr Shudryk ''(caretaker)'' (May 2011 – 11 June) *

Semen Altman Semen Yosypovych Altman ( ua, Семен Йосипович Альтман, born 21 April 1946 in Chuhuiv) is a Ukrainian football coach and former goalkeeper. He is of Jewish ancestry. Semen's son, Hennadiy Altman is also a goalkeeper and has ...

(6 June 2011 – 1 June 2012) *

Oleh Luzhnyi Oleh Romanovych Luzhnyi ( uk, Олег Романович Лужний; born 5 August 1968) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Club career Luzhnyi is a product of the Karpaty sports school (coached by Yur ...

(6 June 2012 – 15 June 2013) * Giannis Christopoulos (17 June 2013 – 25 December 2013) * Nikolai Kostov (4 Jan 2014 – 17 May 2014) * ''none'' during the Russian annexation of Crimea (2014–2016) * Serhiy Shevchenko (August 2016 – December 2020) * Oleh Fedorchuk (January 2021 – 21 April 2021) * Yuriy Chumak ''(caretaker)'' (26 April 2021 – 10 June 2021) * Serhiy Puchkov (10 June 2021 – 14 September 2021) * Yuriy Chumak ''(caretaker)'' (14 September 2021 – 28 March 2022)

League and cup history

Soviet Union

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Ukraine

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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