FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

This article is about Kryvbas that was disbanded in 2013. For Kryvbas created in 2020, see FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (2020).

Football Club Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (Ukrainian: Футбольний Клуб Кривбас Кривий Ріг) was a professional Ukrainian football club based in Kryvyi Rih.

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

Full name	Football Club Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Founded	1959 (1959)
Dissolved	2020
Ground	Hirnyk Stadium
Capacity	2,500
General Director	Taras Stretovych
Head coach	Hennadiy Prykhodko
League	Ukrainian First League
Website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Until 2013 the club participated in professional competitions.^[1] In June 2013 the club went bankrupt and was expelled from the Ukrainian Premier League.^[1] There was a failed attempt to revive the club in 2014, until finally the club was reestablished again in 2015. In 2020, the club merged with Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih which took on the Kryvbas's brand.

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. Over the years in the Soviet competitions Kryvbas became a record holder for Ukrainian championship wins tying it at four along with SKA Kiev.

 

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 in the second season. Their best finish was in third place in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 seasons which made them the only club out of a provincial city that managed to place among the top three best.

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.^[1]

In 2013-14 local authorities created the Sport Club Kryvbas that included teams of several sports including football.^[2] FC Kryvbas played several friendlies in the spring of 2014.^[2] Due to the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, the project was suspended for undefined period.^[2] In the summer of 2015 there was created a public organization "Kryvbas maye buty" (Kryvbas has to be) that is involved in a revival of sportive symbol of the city.^[2]

In August 2015 FC Kryvbas was allowed to start at the mid-season of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Championship where it played 11 games winning four and losing five.^[2] At finish, the club ended up at the 10th place among 13 participants.^[2] In November 2015 it also was applying for the 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League.^[3] In 2016 FC Kryvbas started out in the 2016 Ukrainian Football Amateur League.^[2] The new club will start out at the Spartak Stadium that was renovated back in 2013 and holds approximately 4,000 seats.^[2]

Presidents and chairmen

• 2013 – Oleksandr Livshyts^[1]
• 2015 – Taras Stretovych^{[citation needed]}

Honours

• Championship of the Ukrainian SSR
  • Winners (4): 1971, 1975, 1976, 1981
• Ukrainian First League
  • Winners (1): 1992
• Ukrainian Cup
  • Runners-up: 2000

Football kits and sponsors

Years^[4]	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^[1]
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast championship 2015–
2016	4th	4	6	0	1	5	2	19	1

Managers

First team

•   Myron Markevich (Jan 1996 – June 1996)
•   Oleh Taran (July 1997 – Sept 2000)
•   Hennadiy Lytovchenko (Sept 2000 – Dec 2001)
•   Ihor Nadein (Jan 2002 – Aug 2002)
•   Oleksandr Ishchenko (Aug 2002 – June 203)
•   Volodymyr Muntyan (July 2003 – Dec 2003)
•   Oleksandr Kosevych (Jan 2004 – Feb 2007)
•   Oleh Taran (Feb 2007 – Dec 2009)
•   Yuriy Maksymov (Jan 2010 – June 2012)
•   Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi (June 2012 – July 2012)
•   Oleh Taran (July 2012 – May 2013)

Reserve team

•   Volodymyr Sharan (2004–2005)
•   Andriy Kuptsov (2005–2007)
•   Serhiy Mazur (2009–2012)

See also

• FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Reserves and Youth Team

References

1. "FC Kryvbas launches bankruptcy procedure". Interfax-Ukraine. 12 June 2013. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013.
2. . Kryvbas fan's side. 6 April 2016
3. ФСК«Львів» та ФК «Рух» планують виступати у другій лізі України 30 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine. zaxid.net. 11 November 2015
4. Jerseys of Ukrainian clubs 25 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• . Club's fan site. 27 January 2016