FC TSK Simferopol (russian: ФК «ТСК» Симферополь) is a professional
football team based in
Simferopol
Simferopol () is the second-largest city in the 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, it is ...
,
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...
, that was created in place of Ukrainian
SC Tavriya Simferopol, following
2014 Russian annexation of Crimea
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 ...
.
TSK in the name stands for "Таврия Симферополь Крым" (Tavria – Simferopol – Crimea).
History
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League' ...
club
SC Tavriya Simferopol was liquidated and a new team was organized instead, registered according to the laws of Russia. It then was licensed to participate in the third-tier
Russian Professional Football League in the 2014–15 season. As Ukraine considers Crimea Ukrainian territory, the
Football Federation of Ukraine
The Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) ( uk, Українська асоціяція футболу, Ukrayins'ka Asotsiyatsiya Futbolu) is the governing body of football in Ukraine. Before 2019 it was known as the Football Federation of Ukr ...
lodged a complaint with
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
about Crimean clubs' participation in Russian competitions. On 22 August 2014, UEFA decided "that any football matches played by Crimean clubs organised under the auspices of the Russian Football Union will not be recognised by UEFA until further notice".
On 4 December 2014, UEFA banned Crimean clubs from participating in Russian professional competitions, and announced that a new local
Crimean League will be set up in the future that UEFA will manage directly.
The club won the first-ever
Crimean Premier League
The KFS Premier-Liga (russian: Премьер-лига КФС) or simply Crimean Premier League is a professional association football league in Crimea organized by the Crimean Football Union (Krymsky Futbolny Soyuz) and devised by Russia after ...
in 2015–2016.
Ahead of the 2022/2023 season the club has announced its intention to compete in the
Russian Football National League 2.
2019 squad
Honours
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Crimean Premier League
The KFS Premier-Liga (russian: Премьер-лига КФС) or simply Crimean Premier League is a professional association football league in Crimea organized by the Crimean Football Union (Krymsky Futbolny Soyuz) and devised by Russia after ...
(1st Tier)
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2015–16
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2018–19
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2017–18
Coaches
* 2014
Vladimir Martynov
Vladimir Ivanovich Martynov (Russian: Владимир Иванович Мартынов) (Moscow, 20 February 1946) is a Russian composer, known for his compositions in the concerto, orchestral music, chamber music, and choral music genres.
...
* 2014-2016
Serhiy Vasylyovych Shevchenko
Serhiy Vasylyovych Shevchenko ( uk, Сергій Васильович Шевченко; born 4 March 1958) is a former Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country ...
* 2016-2017
Serhiy Yakovych Shevchenko
* 2017
Roman Voinarovsky
* 2017
Maksym Startsev
Maksym Startsev ( uk, Максим Олександрович Старцев; born 20 January 1980) is a Ukrainian former goalkeeper and coach, 2014. After annexation of Crimea by Russia, he received his Russian citizenship and changed his name t ...
League and cup history
Russia
Crimea
References
External links
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Official website
Football clubs in Simferopol
Association football clubs established in 2014
2014 establishments in Russia
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