FC Chornomorets Odesa

Chernomorets Odesa

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Full name	Football Club Chernomorets Odesa
Nickname(s)	The Sailors
Founded	26 March 1936 (1936-03-26)
Ground	Chornomorets Stadium
Ground Capacity	34,164
President	Leonid Klimov
Head coach	Oleksandr Babych
League	Ukrainian Premier League
2014–15	11th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Chernomorets Odessa (Ukrainian: Футбо́льний Клуб Чeрномо́рец Оде́сcа [t͡ʃornoˈmɔrɛt͡sʲ oˈdɛsɐ]) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. The club was officially formed in 1936 as Dynamo, but after a number of name and management changes, it emerged under its current name in 1958 sponsored by the Black Sea Shipping Company.

The club was among top 20 Soviet clubs, yet it has very limited number of Soviet trophies.

History

Black Sea

At the beginning of the 20th century, in Odessa, within limits of Shevchenko Park, a construction started of what was supposed to become a lake. However, after the trench for the lake was dug out, the funding stopped and so did the construction. Soon the hole began to serve as a field for one of city's non-league teams. As the hole resembled a shape of the Black Sea, that was the nickname given to the field, and the team was named Chornomorets, which means "Black Sea man". And although that team is unrelated to the today's club, it was the first team in Odessa to play under that name.

History of name

Dynamo and previous names

See also: FC Dynamo Odessa

The official date of foundation of Chernomorets Odessa is considered to be March 26, 1936 as Dynamo Odessa. Dynamo Odessa, however, participated before that in the city championship since 1923 (the year of establishment of the Ukrainian football competitions) winning it in 1933. Initially the club was named as Sparta Odessa. In 1940 after relegating from the Top level the club was merged with Pishchevyk (Kharchovyk) Odessa that participated in the republican competitions (Championship of Ukrainian SSR). In 1941 the club was included into the War Championship (Top division) under the name of Spartak Odessa.

Post WWII club

After the WWII the club was reestablished as Pishchevik (Kharchovyk) Odessa in the lower Soviet division. In 1950 the club lost its place in the play-offs to Spartak Uzhhorod (Zakarpattia Uzhhorod) and relegating to the republican-level competitions. In 1953 upon the enlargement of the "Class B" competitions (Second division), Metalurh Odessa appeared in the league. Later Metalurh was renamed into the better-known Pishchevik (Kharchovyk) Odessa for a short period of time. Since 1958 the club participate under its current name.

Recent History

The club was a founding member of the Ukrainian Premier League, winning the Ukrainian Cup and finishing 5th in the inaugural 1992 season. Chornomorets finished 3rd the next two seasons and 2nd during the following two seasons. They also won another domestic Cup in 1994. The club’s most successful spell was achieved under the guidance of Viktor Prokopenko, and later under Leonid Buryak. At the end of the 1997–98 season, following big financial troubles and the sale of a number of leading players, the club was relegated to the First League. They won promotion the following 1998–99 season, but finished in the second last place next year and were relegated again. Chornomorets came back up again for the 2002–03 season and enjoyed several decent seasons in the Premier League. They finished third in the 2005–06 season and took part in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup tournament.

Chornomorets were deducted 6 points by FIFA on November 6, 2008. It was confirmed by Ukrainian Premier League on March 2, 2009. The club managed to finish the 2008–09 season in 10th place despite the deduction. The 2009–10 season started badly with a 5–0 loss to Dynamo Kyiv and a poor run of form that saw the team finish the first half of the season in 13th place, just two spots away from the relegation zone. The club was relegated to the First League at the end of the season. It took, however, just a year for Chornomorets to return to the Ukrainian top flight for the 2011–12 season.

FC Chernomorets emblem on the front of stadium «Chernomorets» in Odessa.

Kits and Kit Sponsors

Period	Shirt sponsor
1958–89	BLASCO
1989–90	Nisso Boeki
1990–91	BLASCO
1992–94	Pony
1994–97	Reusch
1997–99	Puma
2001–2014	Imexbank
2014–2015	ET
2015–	2+2 Channel

Period	Football kit sponsor
1936–70	Kappa
1970–80	Adidas
1992–94	Pony
1994–97	Reusch
1997–99	Puma
1999–02	Adidas
2002–10	Umbro
2010–	Nike

European Competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Opponent	Home & Away Score	UEFA Co-efficient
1975/76	UEFA Cup	1R		Lazio Roma	1–0, 0–3	2.0
1985/86	UEFA Cup	1R		Werder Bremen	2–1, 2–3	3.0
		2R		Real Madrid	1–2, 0–0
1990/91	UEFA Cup	1R		Rosenborg Trondheim	3–1, 1–2	3.0
		2R		AS Monaco	0–0, 0–1
1992/93	European Cup Winners' Cup	Q		FC Vaduz	5–0, 7–1	6.0
		1R		Olympiakos Piraeus	1–0, 0–3
1994/95	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Grasshopper Zürich	0–3, 1–0	2.0
1995/96	UEFA Cup	Q		Hibernians FC	5–2, 2–0	7.0
		1R		Widzew Łódź	1–0, 0–1 ns (6–5)
		2R		RC Lens	0–0, 0–4
1996/97	UEFA Cup	2Q		HJK Helsinki	2–2, 2–0	4.0
		1R		Național Bucharest	0–0, 0–2
2006/07	UEFA Cup	2Q		Wisła Płock	0–0, 1–1	1.0
		1R		Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–1, 1–3
2007	Intertoto Cup	2R		Shakhtyor Soligorsk	4–2, 2–0	0.0
		3R		Racing Club Lens	0–0, 1–3
2013/14	Europa League	2Q		Dacia Chisinau	2–0, 1–2
		3Q		Red Star Belgrade	3–1, 0–0
		PO		Skënderbeu Korçë	1–0, 0–1 pen (7–6)
		Group		PFK Ludogorets	0–1, 1–1
		Group		PSV Eindhoven	0–2, 1–0
		Group		Dinamo Zagreb	2–1, 2–1
		2R		Olympique Lyon	0–0, 0–1
2014/15	Europa League	3Q		RNK Split	0–2, 0–0

Honours

Domestic achievements

• Soviet / Ukrainian Premier League
  • Runners-up (2): 1994–95, 1995–96
  • Third place (4): 1974, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2005–06

• Championship of the Ukrainian SSR in football
  • Winners (1): 1961

• Ukrainian Cup
  • Winners (2): 1992, 1993–94
  • Runners-up (1): 2013

• Ukrainian Super Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2013

• Soviet League Cup
  • Winners (1): 1990

International achievements

• UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2007

Special prizes

• Progress Cup (prize)
  • Holders (3): 1974, 1989, 1991

Naming History

• 1936: Club founded as Dynamo Odessa
• 1940: Club renamed Pischevik / Kharchovyk Odessa
• 1941: Club renamed Spartak Odessa
• 1944: Club renamed Pischevik / Kharchovyk Odessa
• 1953: Club renamed Metallurg / Metalurh Odessa
• 1955: Club renamed Pischevik / Kharchovyk Odessa
• 1958: Club renamed Chernomorets / Chornomorets Odessa
• 1966: Best performance in Soviet Cup – reached semi-finals
• 1974: Best performance in Soviet Top League – third place
• 1975: First participation in the UEFA Cup (1975–76)
• 1992: Took part in the Ukrainian Premier League after the break-up of the Soviet Union and officially registered as the non-amateur club Chornomorets Odesa

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 5 DF Davit Khocholava 6 MF Kyrylo Kovalets 7 FW Dmytro Korkishko 10 MF Vladyslav Kalytvyntsev (on loan from Dynamo) 11 MF Yevhen Smyrnov 12 GK Yevhen Borovyk (Vice-captain) 14 FW Yevhen Murashov 15 DF Giorgi Gadrani 16 MF Artem Fylymonov (Captain) 18 MF Serhiy Shapoval 19 DF Oleksandr Kalitov 20 MF Valeriy Kutsenko 21 FW Petro Pereverza

No. Position Player 22 FW Vladyslav Kabayev (Vice-captain) 25 DF Yevhen Martynenko 32 MF Serhiy Petko 33 DF Andriy Slinkin 51 DF Vladyslav Schetinin 52 FW Navid Nasimi 71 GK Dmytro Bezruk 87 FW Eugene Starikov 94 MF Oleh Danchenko 99 FW Vadym Yavorskyi DF Artur Kuznetsov MF Roman Stefurak MF Mykyta Tatarkov

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player DF Oleh Lutsenko (at Hirnyk)

No. Position Player

Current coaching staff

Coaching staff based on the official website

Position	Name
Head Coach	Roman Hryhorchuk
Assistant Coach	Mykhaylo Savka
Assistant Coach	Stepan Matveyev
Goalkeeping Coach	Andriy Hlushchenko
Coach	Andriy Telesnenko
Coach	Valeriy Porkuyan
U21 Team Head Coach	Oleksandr Spychyn
U21 Team Goalkeeping Coach	Oleksandr Lavrentsov
U19 Coach	Oleksandr Babych
U19 Coach	Gennadiy Nizhegorodov
U19 Coach	Vitaliy Rudenko

League and Cup history

Soviet Union

Note: In Soviet competitions league calendar mostly stretched from spring through fall, while main rounds of the cup tournament sometimes would follow the fall-spring format.

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1980	1st	7	34	13	9	12	37	37	35	Group stage
1981		11	34	11	9	14	36	44	31	1/4 finals
1982		10	34	11	11	12	30	36	32 (−1)	Group stage			Drawn games over limit
1983		8	34	16	5	13	44	46	37	1/8 finals
1984		4	34	16	9	9	49	38	41	1/4 finals			Cup tournament switched format
										1/8 finals
1985		15	34	11	7	16	44	65	29	1/4 finals	UC	2nd round	Relegation tournament
1986		15	30	8	7	15	29	37	23	1/16 finals			Relegated
1987	2nd	1	42	25	12	5	68	31	62	1/64 finals			Promoted
1988	1st	13	30	9	6	15	24	37	24	1/16 finals
1989		6	30	11	9	10	40	41	31	1/8 finals
1990		9	24	8	3	13	23	29	19	1/4 finals	UC	2nd round
1991		4	30	10	16	4	39	24	36	1/4 finalsCup

• Scheduled to play against PFC CSKA Moscow, Chornomorets withdrew from the Soviet Cup in 1992.

Ukraine

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1992	1st	5	18	9	7	2	30	12	35	Winner
1992–93		3	30	17	4	9	31	12	38	1/16 finals	CWC	1st round
1993–94		3	34	20	8	6	52	23	48	Winner
1994–95		2	34	22	7	5	62	29	73	1/2 finals	CWC	1st round
1995–96		2	34	22	7	5	56	25	73	1/16 finals	UC	2nd round
1996–97		7	30	12	6	12	36	31	42	1/4 finals	UC	1st round
1997–98		15	30	8	8	14	31	39	32	1/4 finals			Relegated
1998–99	2nd	2	38	25	4	9	77	38	79	1/64 finals			Promoted
1999–00	1st	15	30	6	8	16	20	50	26	1/16 finals			Relegated
2000–01	2nd	6	34	17	6	11	44	28	57	1/8 finals
2001–02		2	34	21	4	9	48	21	67	1/16 finals			Promoted
2002–03	1st	8	30	10	4	16	31	45	34	1/16 finals
2003–04		5	30	11	12	7	38	33	45	1/2 finals
2004–05		6	30	12	6	12	29	29	42	1/16 finals
2005–06		3	30	13	6	11	36	31	45	1/16 finals
2006–07		6	30	11	8	11	36	33	41	1/16 finals	UC	1st round
2007–08		7	30	11	5	14	27	33	38	1/2 finals	IC	3rd round
2008–09		10	30	12	2	16	34	42	32	1/16 finals			(−6) disciplinary
2009–10		15	30	5	9	16	21	44	24	1/16 finals			Relegated
2010–11	2nd	2	34	18	11	5	53	26	65	1/16 finals			Promoted
2011–12	1st	9	30	10	7	13	32	42	37	1/4 finals
2012–13		6	30	12	7	11	32	36	43	Runners up
2013–14		5	28	12	10	6	30	22	46	1/2 finals	EL	1/16 finals
2014–15		11	25	3	11	11	15	31	20	1/8 finals	EL	3rd qual round
2015–16	1st									1/8 finals

Managers

• Vsevolod Bobrov (1963)
• Vladimir Gorokhov (1964)
• Yuriy Voynov (1964–67)
• Nikolai Morozov (1967–68)
• Yuriy Voynov (1970)
• Viktor Zhylin (1971)
• Nikolai Morozov (1971)
• Ahmad Alaskarov (1973–77)
• Nikita Simonyan (1980–81)
• Viktor Prokopenko (1982–86)
• Anatoli Polosin (1987–88)
• Viktor Prokopenko (1989–94)
• Leonid Buryak (1994–98)

• Oleksandr Holokolosov (1998–99)
• Anatoliy Azarenkov (1999–01)
• Oleksandr Skrypnyk (2001–02)
• Valeriy Porkujan (2002–??)
• Semen Altman (Jan 1, 2003 – June 23, 2007)
• Vitaliy Shevchenko (June 27, 2007 – Nov 3, 2008)
• Viktor Hryshko (Nov 3, 2008 – Aug 12, 2009)
• Ihor Nakonechnyi (interim) (Aug 12, 2009 – Sept 1, 2009)
• Andriy Bal (Sept 1, 2009 – May 13, 2010)
• Ihor Nakonechnyi (May 13, 2010 – Nov 16, 2010)
• Roman Hryhorchuk (Nov 16, 2010–14)
• Oleksandr Babych (interim) (2014–)

See also

• FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa
• SK Odesa
• Black Sea Shipping Company

External links

• Official website
• Fan's website