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| Full name | FC Arsenal Kharkiv |
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| Founded | 1998[a] |
| Ground | Arsenal-Spartak,Kharkiv |
| Capacity | 2,300 |
| Chairman | Volodymyr Chumak |
| Manager | Vladislav Kisel |
| League | Druha Liha B |
| 2008–2009 | 12th (withdrew) |
FC Arsenal Kharkiv is a football club based inKharkiv, Ukraine. Arsenal Kharkiv currently plays in the regional competitions ofKharkiv city. In 2005 on the base of the club was formed another clubFC Kharkiv. FC Arsenal has a well established infrastructure with series of stadiums and sport schools.
Arsenal Kharkiv withdrew from theProfessional Football League of Ukraine after the2008–09 season,[1] while its youth teams continue to compete in national youth competitions.
The club was formed on 30 January 1998 at theKharkiv Aviation Institute sports court. Its initial home stadium was "Spartak" and the first head coach –Valentyn Kryachko. The club's first game at professional level took place on 2 August 1999 inKremenchuk against the localFC Kremin Kremenchuk, which Arsenal won 1:0. The club's first goal was scored byViktor Hryhorov.
In 2005 the club was reorganized after a successful season in the2004–05 Ukrainian First League. After obtaining promotion to theUkrainian Top League, the club yielded the opportunity to a newly established clubFC Kharkiv which was led by the former coach of ArsenalHennadiy Lytovchenko. Several Arsenal's leading footballers also joined the new club.
In 2005 FC Arsenal Kharkiv started out again from theUkrainian Second League.
The club has a possession of two stadiumsArsenal-Spartak Stadium (formerSpartak)[2] andArsenal-Bavaria Stadium (former stadium of local rope factory).[3] Also the club has a complex of four fields with a synthetic surface calledArsenal-OPEN.[4]Arsenal-Spartak has capacity of 1500 people, but it's planned to enlarge it to 8000 by 2010;Arsenal-Bavaria has a capacity to accommodate 2300 spectators. In July 2010Arsenal-Bavaria was given away toFC Helios Kharkiv and was renamed intoHelios Arena.
Valentyn KryachkoIvan PanchyshynIhor RakhayevHennadiy LytovchenkoIhor RakhayevViktor KamarzayevSerhiy Kandaurov
Adel bin Ahmed Sassi[5]Serhiy KandaurovVladyslav KyselMykola Trubachov
Anderson Ribeiro, first foreign footballer, first Brazilian footballer inKharkivSerhiy Rybalka, Ukrainian international player
Gegham Kadymyan, Armenian international player who started out in ArsenalOleksandr Kucher, Ukrainian international player, participant of theUEFA Euro 2012| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Domestic Cup | Europe | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–99 | 4th | 1 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 46 | Amateur Cup | |||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| 1999–00 | 3rd "C" | 4 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 13 | 49 | 1/4 Finals 2nd League Cup | |||
| 2000–01 | 3rd "C" | 4 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 55 | 27 | 52 | 1/4 Finals 2nd League Cup | |||
| 2001–02 | 3rd "C" | 2 | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 52 | 23 | 72 | 2nd round | Promoted | ||
| 2002–03 | 2nd | 9 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 42 | 46 | 1/8 finals | |||
| 2003–04 | 2nd | 7 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 40 | 52 | 1/32 finals | |||
| 2004–05 | 2nd | 2 | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 24 | 73 | 1/32 finals | Promoted[b] | ||
| 2005–06 | refer toFC Kharkiv | ||||||||||||
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Domestic Cup | Europe | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–06 | 3rd "B" | 10 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 35 | 44 | 30 | 1/64 finals | [c] | ||
| 2006–07 | 3rd "B" | 9 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 35 | 42 | 35 | 1/32 finals | |||
| 2007–08 | 3rd "B" | 3 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 62 | 20 | 71 | 1/32 finals | |||
| 2008–09 | 3rd "B" | 12 | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 47 | 40 | 1/64 finals | –3[d] – Withdraw[1] | ||
| 2009–11 | participation in regional competitions ofKharkiv Oblast as Arsenal-Politekhnik | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | 4th | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | ||||