FC Vovchansk
Wikipedia - FC Vovchansk
FC Vovchansk (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб «Вовчанськ») is a Ukrainian football club from Vovchansk. The club represents a local machine-building and equipment factory. Vovchansk is a Ukrainian adaption and official name of the city where the club is from, while the club calls itself only in Russian manner Volchansk. In June 2021, the club was admitted to the Second League, yet still in March no such plans existed.
On 21 June 2023 the 31st PFL Conference excluded several clubs that did not compete in the 2022–23 season and did not renew their membership.
History
The club was created in 1992. It was not until 1996 when the club made to top flight of the Kharkiv Oblast football championship (regional level). Its first notable achievement came in 2003 when Vovchansk became the 3rd place runner-up of regional competition. Yet it was only since 2017 that the club became a real contender for the regional title and started to participate in the national amateur competitions. In 2019–20 and 2020–21 AAFU championships it placed 2nd in the Group 3 and qualifying for the AAFU main league's title. During the 2020–21 season for some time Vovchansk was a group leader, but at finish yielded to Motor Zaporizhia of Chantsev. During this time the club's main team was managed by Andriy Berezovchuk who also performed functions of sports director in both Vovchansk and Metal Kharkiv. In 2021 Berezovchuk officially left the post of sports director in Metal that later transformed into Metalist.
**Geschiedenis**
FC Vovchansk werd opgericht in 1998 en begon te spelen in de regionale competities van Oblast Charkov. In 2008 promoveerde de club naar de Tweede Liga van Oekraïne en in 2013 naar de Eerste Liga.
In 2014, toen de Russisch-Oekraïense oorlog uitbrak, werd Vovchansk bezet door Russische troepen. De club werd gedwongen haar activiteiten op te schorten en kon niet deelnemen aan de competitie.
In 2019, na de bevrijding van Vovchansk, hervatte de club haar activiteiten en begon te spelen in de amateurdivisie van Oekraïne. In 2022 promoveerde de club weer naar de Tweede Liga.
**Huidige selectie**
Aantal spelers: 23
**Bekende spelers**
* Oleh Dovhyi
* Serhiy Nazarenko
* Oleksiy Antonov
**Stadion**
* Misto stadion
* Capaciteit: 2.500
**Prestaties**
* Kampioen Oblast Charkov: 2008
* Kampioen Eerste Divisie Oekraïne (amateur): 2019