Sport Club Poltava (Ukrainian: Спортивний клуб «Полтава») is a professional Ukrainian football club from the city of Poltava. The club will play in the Ukrainian First League in 2026-27, following relegation from the Ukrainian Premier League.
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| Full name | Sport Club Poltava | |||
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| Founded | 2011 | |||
| Ground | Molodizhnyi Stadium, Poltava | |||
| Capacity | 680 | |||
| Chairman | Serhiy Ivashchenko | |||
| Manager | Pavlo Matviychenko (caretaker) | |||
| League | Ukrainian First League | |||
| 2025–26 | Ukrainian Premier League, 16th of 16 (relegated) | |||
| Website | https://scpoltava.com/ | |||
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History
editThe team was founded in 2011 by two football enthusiasts, a veteran of FC Vorskla Poltava Volodymyr Sysenko and a local journalist Stanislav Maizus. The first team was based on students out of schools of the Poltava's Levada neighborhood.[1] Before 2014, it played in regional competitions of Poltava Oblast, remaining in the shadow of FC Poltava, which at that time competed at the Ukrainian Second League. SC Poltava played its home games at the FC Poltava training base in Kopyly. In 2014 SC Poltava became a champion of Poltava Oblast, but ceased its existence due to lack of funding. It was the first title for Poltava-based teams at competitions in Poltava Oblast in 19 years.[1] In 2014 several professional footballers played for the club, including Yuriy Fomenko and Ruslan Solyanyk.[1]
In 2019, Sysenko and Maizus managed to invite construction company owner Serhiy Ivashchenko who became the club's president, providing necessary funding.[2] In 2019–20 SC Poltava entered the AAFU cup competitions and in 2020–21 debuted at the AAFU championship. The club was placed 5th within its group in its first national season. SC Poltava was admitted to the Professional Football League of Ukraine and entered the 2021–22 Ukrainian Second League competition. In 2024–25, SC Poltava secured promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League for the first time in their history. They were relegated in from the Ukrainian Premier League in 2025-26.
Players
editCurrent squad
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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League and cup history
editSeason Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 2020–21 4th 5 22 14 4 4 51 20 46 - - - Promoted 2021–22 3rd 6 20 9 4 7 29 27 31 First preliminary round (1/128) - - Promoted 2022–23 2nd 6/8 14 4 3 7 15 19 15 - - - to Relegation group 14/16 14 4 4 6 16 22 16 2023–24 2nd 5/10 18 8 5 5 35 27 29 Second preliminary round (1/64) - - to Promotion group 10/10 28 10 7 11 49 45 37 2024–25 2nd 3/9 16 8 5 3 24 14 29 Second preliminary round (1/64) - - to Promotion group 2/8 22 12 5 5 31 19 41 Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League 2025–26 1st 16/16 29 2 6 21 23 74 12 Round of 32 (1/16) - - Relegated to Ukrainian First League 2026–27 2nd TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD - - TBD
Non-playing personnel
editPresidents
edit- 2011–2014 Stanislav Maizus[1]
- 2019– Serhiy Ivashchenko
Managers
edit- 2011–2014 Volodymyr Sysenko[1]
- 2019– Volodymyr Sysenko
Honours
edit- Poltava Oblast championship
- Winners (1): 2014
- Ukrainian First League
- Runners-up (1): 2024–25
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 Аматорські імена. СК Полтава. UA-Football. 18 December 2014
- ↑ ІВАЩЕНКО Сергій Васильович. poltava.to
- ↑ "Основний склад - СК "Полтава"".
- ↑ "Професіональна футбольна ліга України".
External links
edit- Official website
- Profile Archived 2021-05-12 at the Wayback Machine. AAFU.