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| Full name | Football Club Hoverla Uzhhorod | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1925; 100 years ago (1925)[1] | ||
| Dissolved | 2016; 9 years ago (2016) | ||
| Ground | Avanhard Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 12,000 | ||
| President | Ivan Shufrych | ||
| Head coach | Vyacheslav Hroznyi | ||
| League | Ukrainian Premier League | ||
| 2015–16 | 13th | ||
| Website | fcgoverla.uz.ua (archived) | ||
Football Club Hoverla Uzhhorod (Ukrainian:Футбольний Клуб "Говерла" Ужгород[ɦoˈwɛrlɐˈuʒɦorod]) was a Ukrainian professionalfootball club based inUzhhorod. Following the end of the2015–16 season it was expelled from theUkrainian Premier League because of debts to (current and former) players.[2] It then ceased to exist.[3]
The club was inaugurated in 1946 asSpartak Uzhhorod. However some of its emblems point to a predecessor, SC Rus, founded in 1925, although direct links between the two franchises can barely be traced. In 1961, Spartak was renamedVerhovyna, and in 1971 Hoverla. In 1982, it was renamedZakarpattia, then Verhovyna again in 1997 for two years.
Zakarpattia started the 2001–02 season in theUkrainian Premier League, but a last-place finish saw the club demoted to theUkrainian First League. They returned in2004–05 and2007–08 but each time with the same result: relegation from the Premier League after a single season.
Before the start of the2011–12 Ukrainian First League season the club renamed itselfFC Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod.[4]
The team renamed themselves Hoverla prior to the start of the2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League season.[5] Following the season the club was supposed to be relegated according to the season's regulations, yet conveniently both runners-upPFC Oleksandriya andFC Stal Alchevsk refused to get promoted, while theFootball Federation of Ukraine refused other teams to get promoted.
On 8 June 2016, (after the end of the2015–16 season) the club did not get a licence to continue to play in the league due to debts to (current and former) players and was thus de facto expelled from theUkrainian Premier League.[2] It then ceased to exist.[3]
1946 – Spartak 1961 – Verkhovyna 1971 – Hoverla/
1982 – Zakarpattia
1997 – Verkhovyna 1999 – Zakarpattia 2011 – Hoverla-Zakarpattia 2012 – Hoverla| Years[6] | Football kit | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|
| 2001–02 | lotto/adidas | – |
| 2004–06 | lotto | |
| 2007–08 | ||
| 2009–10 | ||
| 2012–14 | adidas |
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Domestic Cup | Europe | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2nd "B" | 5 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 31 | 1/32 finals | |||
| 1992–93 | 2nd | 16 | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 45 | 56 | 36 | 1/64 finals | |||
| 1993–94 | 2nd | 14 | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 53 | 32 | 1/32 finals | |||
| 1994–95 | 2nd | 17 | 38 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 62 | 46 | 1/16 finals | |||
| 1995–96 | 2nd | 17 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 49 | 67 | 50 | 1/32 finals | |||
| 1996–97 | 2nd | 15 | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 56 | 78 | 58 | 1/32 finals 1st Stage | as Verhovyna | ||
| 1997–98 | 2nd | 20 | 42 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 42 | 79 | 32 | 1/32 finals | Relegated as Verhovyna | ||
| 1998–99 | 3rd "A" | 1 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 14 | 66 | 1/64 finals | Promoted | ||
| 1999–00 | 2nd | 13 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 49 | 48 | 1/16 finals | |||
| 2000–01 | 2nd | 2 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 38 | 64 | 1/8 finals | Promoted | ||
| 2001–02 | 1st | 14 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 49 | 21 | 1/4 finals | Relegated | ||
| 2002–03 | 2nd | 7 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 26 | 51 | 1/16 finals | |||
| 2003–04 | 2nd | 1 | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 27 | 70 | 1/16 finals | Promoted | ||
| 2004–05 | 1st | 12 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 31 | 1/32 finals | |||
| 2005–06 | 1st | 16 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 53 | 15 | 1/16 finals | Relegated | ||
| 2006–07 | 2nd | 2 | 36 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 22 | 80 | 1/16 finals | Promoted | ||
| 2007–08 | 1st | 16 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 54 | 18 | 1/16 finals | Relegated | ||
| 2008–09 | 2nd | 1 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 55 | 28 | 69 | 1/8 finals | Promoted | ||
| 2009–10 | 1st | 16 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 44 | 19 | 1/16 finals | Relegated | ||
| 2010–11 | 2nd | 6 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 51 | 40 | 56 | 1/32 finals | |||
| 2011–12 | 2nd | 1 | 34 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 67 | 16 | 84 | 1/16 finals | Promoted | ||
| 2012–13 | 1st | 15 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 57 | 22 | 1/8 finals | |||
| 2013–14 | 1st | 12 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 39 | 26 | 1/16 finals | |||
| 2014–15 | 1st | 12 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 47 | 19 | 1/8 finals | |||
| 2015–16 | 1st | 13 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 45 | 7 | 1/16 finals | −9 | ||
In their last season the club was deducted nine points due to not complying with decisions of theFFU Control and Disciplinary Committee (CDC).[7]
