FSC Bukovyna Chernivtsi

Professional association football club based in Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Football club

Football Sports Club Bukovyna Chernivtsi is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Chernivtsi.

History

The club was established in 1958 as Avanhard Chernivtsi (Avangard Chernovtsy) for republican competitions and became the first club from Chernivtsi Oblast to be added to the Soviet Class B competition in 1960. Before 1958 Chernivtsi were presented several times by various teams in republican competitions like Burevisnyk (1956), Dynamo (1948, 1950–1955), Spartak (1946, 1947, 1949), Lokomotyv (1949).

From 1992 to 1994, Bukovyna played in the Ukrainian Premier League, after being initially chosen to participate for being one of the Ukrainian teams taking part in the Soviet First League in 1991.

Bukovyna Chernivtsi's best achievement in the Ukrainian Premier League was 10th place in its first season. The club was founded in 1958 under the name Avanguard.

Colours are yellow shirts, black shorts. Alternate colors are white and or red and black.

Team names

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  Pre 2009 emblem (Coat of arms of Chernivtsi)
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  2009 emblem (Coat of arms of Chernivtsi Oblast)

Current squad

As of 6 July 2024^[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Honors

• Soviet Vtoraya Liga (Group West)
  • Winners (1): 1990
• Ukrainian Persha Liha
  • Runners-up (1): 1995–96
• Ukrainian Druha Liha (Group A)
  • Winners (2): 1999–00, 2009–10
• Chernivtsi Oblast championship
  • Winners (6): 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1976

Bukovyna also holds an all-time record of the most points earned in the Soviet Second League.

League and cup history

Soviet Union

Ukraine

Presidents

• 1993 – 1998 Vasyl Fedoriuk^[4]
• 2007 – 2010 Vasyl Fedoriuk^[4]
• 2019 – 2022 Vadym Zayats^[5]
• 2022 – present Andriy Safronyak

Coaches

• Head coach – Andriy Melnychuk
• Assistant coach – Pavlo Taran
• Assistant coach – Hryhoriy Churilov
• Goalkeeping coach – Bohdan Stepanenko
• Nachalnik komandy – Ivan Pavlyuk

FC Bukovyna-2 Chernivtsi

References

1. "Команда: Футболісти". bukfc.com/. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
2. "Професіональна футбольна ліга України". Pfl.ua. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
3. Originally, as per competition regulations the top three teams were promoted from the 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League. Друга ліга, 24-й тур:"Черкаський Дніпро" та "Оболонь-Бровар" виходять у першу лігу! [Second league, Round 24: Cherkaskyi Dnipro and Obolon-Brovar enter First League]. Professional Football League of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
   However, prior to the season commencing at the Conference of the PFL in preparation for the season the committee decided to expand the competition to eighteen teams and include the fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams. В Першій лізі можуть стартувати 18 команд [18 teams may compete in the First League]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
4. The first coronavirus loss in Ukrainian football: there died ex-president of Bukovyna (Первая коронавирусная потеря в украинском футболе: умер экс-президент Буковины). UA-Football. 7 April 2020
5. Bukovyna received a new president (Буковина получила нового президента). UA-Football. 7 February 2019

External links

• Official website (in Ukrainian)