FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

Full name	Football Club Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Founded	1959 (1959)
Dissolved	June 12, 2013 (2013-06-12)
Ground	Metalurh Stadium
Ground Capacity	29,734
President	Oleksandr Livshyts
Head coach	Vacant
League	Ukrainian Premier League
2012–13	7th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Football Club Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (Ukrainian: Футбольний Клуб Кривбас Кривий Ріг) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kryvyi Rih. In June 2013 the club went bankrupt and was expelled from the Ukrainian Premier League.

History

The team was founded as FC Kryvyi Rih in 1959. The next year it was part of the republican sport society Avanhard. After a couple of years it changed to Hirnyk, before obtaining current its name in 1966.

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Kryvbas against Metalist Kharkiv in 2008

Kryvbas debuted in the Ukrainian Premier League in the 1992–1993 season. They have been in the top league since their debut. Their best finish was in third place in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 seasons.

At the end of the UPL 2012-2013 season the team finished in 7th place, however, due to financial difficulties the club declared itself bankrupt in June 2013.

Honours

• Championship of the Ukrainian SSR
  • Winners (4):

• Ukrainian First League
  • Winners (1): 1992

• Ukrainian Cup
  • Runners-up: 2000

Football kits and sponsors

Years	Football kit	Shirt sponsor
1998-1999	adidas	-
1999-2002	puma
2002-2003	puma/lotto
2003-2005	lotto	Криворіжсталь
2005-2006	adidas	-
2006-2007	adidas/lotto
2007-2008	puma/lotto
2008-2011	puma
2011-2013	nike

League and Cup history

Soviet Union

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1986	3rd (VI Zone)	6	40	16	13	11	58	48	45
1987	3rd (VI Zone)	11	52	23	10	19	68	68	56
1988	3rd (VI Zone)	6	50	21	14	15	53	45	56
1989	3rd (VI Zone)	10	52	23	10	19	78	70	56				10th place or lower got demoted
1990	4th (I Zone)	15	36	10	6	20	40	53	26
1991	4th (I Zone)	11	52	19	13	20	75	64	51

Ukraine

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1992	2nd "B"	1	26	15	10	1	46	23	40	1/8 finals			Promoted
1992–93	1st	8	30	8	11	11	27	40	27	1/16 finals
1993–94	1st	6	34	14	8	12	26	26	36
1994–95	1st	6	34	13	9	12	35	30	48	1/8 finals
1995–96	1st	14	34	11	9	14	43	52	42	1/16 finals
1996–97	1st	12	30	9	6	15	24	48	33	1/16 finals
1997–98	1st	8	30	10	9	11	34	33	39	1/2 finals
1998–99	1st	3	30	16	11	3	43	18	59	1/4 finals
1999-00	1st	3	30	18	6	6	26	52	60	Runner-up	UC	1st round
2000–01	1st	11	26	6	6	14	22	36	24	1/4 finals	UC	1st round
2001–02	1st	9	26	6	10	10	28	40	28	1/8 finals
2002–03	1st	12	30	8	7	15	25	37	31	1/4 finals
2003–04	1st	10	30	10	6	14	26	41	36	1/8 finals
2004–05	1st	13	30	7	10	13	24	38	31	1/2 finals
2005–06	1st	14	30	9	6	15	27	35	33	1/4 finals
2006–07	1st	10	30	7	14	9	29	36	35	1/8 finals
2007–08	1st	13	30	7	9	14	29	39	30	1/8 finals
2008–09	1st	12	30	8	8	14	21	36	32	1/16 finals
2009–10	1st	14	30	7	4	19	31	47	25	1/8 finals
2010–11	1st	13	30	6	11	13	27	45	29	1/16 finals
2011–12	1st	10	30	9	6	15	22	38	33	1/8 finals
2012–13	1st	7	30	12	7	11	36	41	43	1/16 finals			Expelled

Managers

• Myron Markevich (Jan 1996–June 96)
• Oleh Taran (July 1997–Sept 00)
• Hennadiy Lytovchenko (Sept 2000–Dec 01)
• Ihor Nadein (Jan 2002–Aug 02)
• Oleksandr Ishchenko (Aug 2002–June 03)
• Volodymyr Muntyan (July 2003–Dec 03)
• Oleksandr Kosevich (Jan 2004–Feb 07)
• Oleh Taran (Feb 2007–Dec 09)
• Yuriy Maksymov (Jan 2010–June 12)
• Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi (June 2012–July 12)
• Oleh Taran (July 2012–May 13)

See also

• FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Reserves and Youth Team

External links

• Official website