FC Kremin Kremenchuk

Kremin
Full nameFootball Club Kremin Kremenchuk
Founded1959; 65 years ago (1959), as Dnipro
October 23, 2003;
21 years ago (2003-10-23), as Kremin
GroundKremin-Arena, Kremenchuk
Capacity1,500
PresidentSerhiy Kovnir
Head coachIhor Klymovskyi
LeagueUkrainian Second League
2023–24First League, 18th of 20 (relegated)
Websitehttps://fckremen.com.ua/
Current season

Football Club Kremin Kremenchuk (Ukrainian: ФК Кремінь Кременчук; Russian: Кремень Кременчуг, romanized: Kremen Kremenchug) is a professional football club based in Kremenchuk, Ukraine. The current club is administered by the city of Kremenchuk and was established in 2003, but it traces its heritage to the previously existing clubs of 1959–1970 and 1985–2001.

FC Dnipro Kremenchuk (1959–1970) became the first club from Kremenchuk that obtained the professional status (team of masters). The club only played for six seasons in the Soviet lower leagues before it was dissolved. In 1985 there was created by Soviet truck manufacturer KrAZ FC Kremin which with dissolution of the Soviet Union played for several seasons at the top level in Ukraine.

Soon after liquidation of the club, in 2003 the city council adopted a decision to revive similar club financed from a local budget. Since the 2005–06 season, the city's club has taken part in the Ukrainian Second League replacing another team Vorskla-2 Poltava. The club now plays in Ukrainian First League after reaching promotion in the 2018–19 season. After 2017–18 season MFC Kremin is the longest existing professional club in Kremenchuk.

History

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The Soviet club was established in 1959 by the Kremenchuk factory of road equipment "Kredmash" as Dnipro Kremenchuk (Dnyepr Kremenchug) and entered the Soviet football competitions in the Class B (the 3rd tier). The club participated in 10 seasons and once it was promoted to the second group of Class A (the 2nd tier). During that time the team was coached by Borys Usenko. In 1970, the club has folded.

In 1985, the club was reestablished when Naftovyk Kremenchuk was merged with SC KrAZ Kremenchuk. Naftovyk Kremenchuk was sponsored by the Kremenchuk Oil Refinery, while SC KrAZ Kremenchuk was a sports club of the Ukrainian truck builder AutoKrAZ. The new club under the name Kremin has won the Soviet amateur football competition in 1988 and the next year entered the Soviet Second League competitions.

From 1992 to 1997, Kremin has played in the Ukrainian Premier League after being initially chosen to participate for being one of the top 9 (of 11) Ukrainian teams from the West Zone of the Soviet Second League in 1991. Kremin spent the next two seasons after that in Ukrainian First League and was demoted further to Ukrainian Second League in 1999. Soon after that the club folded and ceased to exist.

In 2003, the city authorities of Kremenchuk decided to reanimate the club once again. For the first two seasons Kremin played in the Poltava Oblast Championship and in the 2005–06 season it joined once again with the new name MFC Kremin Krimenchuk.

Kremin Kremenchuk's best achievement in the Ukrainian Premier League was 9th place (twice, in 1992–93 and 1995–96), while reaching the semi-finals in the Ukrainian National Cup in 1996.

MFC Kremin Kremenchuk changed its name to FC Kremin Kremenchuk before the start of the 2020–21 season.[1]

Crest and colours

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Coat of arms of Kremenchuk

Home colors are blue shirts, blue shorts, and blue socks. Away uniforms are white shirts, white shorts, and white socks.

The team kits are produced by Puma AG and the shirt sponsor is Kremenchukmyaso.[2]

Since the club's foundation, Kremin has had five main crests.

  • Club logo (1980s)
    Club logo (1980s)
  • Club logo (1992–2001)
    Club logo (1992–2001)
  • Club logo (2003–2020)
    Club logo (2003–2020)
  • Club logo (2020–2021)
    Club logo (2020–2021)
  • Club logo (2021–present)
    Club logo (2021–present)

Stadium

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Main article: FC Kremin Stadium

From its inception the team played at the Polytechnic Stadium, however, that stadium has fallen into disrepair, and after one season of play at Yunist Stadium in Komsomolsk, the team have moved into their brand new stadium. City officials built FC Kremin Stadium which has covered stands for 1500 spectators and artificial pitch surface.

Players

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As of 9 September 2024[3][4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 FW Ukraine UKR Myroslav Trofymiuk
8 MF Ukraine UKR Orest Panchyshyn (on loan from Bukovyna)
10 MF Ukraine UKR Andrii Savitskyi
11 MF Ukraine UKR Valentyn Maksymenko
13 MF Ukraine UKR Viktor Bilokon
14 MF Ukraine UKR Andrii Koloskov
17 MF Ukraine UKR Oleksii Zhdanovych
18 MF Ukraine UKR Nazarii Pasternak
19 DF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Sabiiev
20 FW Ukraine UKR Stanislav Rokotianskyi
21 DF Ukraine UKR Ivan Palamarchuk
23 MF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Prokopchuk
25 MF Ukraine UKR Mykhailo Klepko
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Pokas
27 MF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Molko
29 DF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Dykhtiaruk (captain)
32 DF Ukraine UKR Ivan Zaichenko
40 GK Ukraine UKR Stanislav Oksenenko
47 FW Ukraine UKR Anatolii Stetsiuk
51 FW Ukraine UKR Zlat Zlatiev
55 FW Ukraine UKR Ivan Kuts
72 DF Ukraine UKR Roman Tylokha
77 GK Ukraine UKR Artem Matus
79 DF Ukraine UKR Andrii Borovskyi
91 DF Ukraine UKR Danylo Arkusha

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Ukraine UKR Denys Halata (at Grobiņas until 30 June 2024)

Management and staff

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See also: List of FC Kremin Kremenchuk managers

Current staff

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Management and staff as of 25 September 2023[5]
Position Name
Manager Ukraine Ihor Klymovskyi[6]
Assistant coaches Ukraine Dmytro Nazarenko[6]
Ukraine Ruslan Umanets[6]
Goalkeeping coach Ukraine Serhii Karpov[6]

League and cup history

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Dnipro (1959–1970)

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The club was named Torpedo for the 1959 season. Dnipro was sponsored by the Kremenchuk Factory of Road Equipment "Kredmash". Since 1963, it participated at the professional level.

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
1963 3rd 20 38 5 8 25 32 82 14 Ukraine Zone 1
1965 5 30 9 13 8 21 21 31 1/8 finals Ukraine Zone 1
4 10 3 3 4 9 9 9 Play-off
1966 3 38 19 12 7 44 26 50 Winners (Zone 2) Ukraine Zone 2
X 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 Play-off lost
1967 3 40 22 6 12 51 33 50 1/16 finals Ukraine Zone 2
3 5 2 1 2 2 2 5 Play-off, Promoted
1968 2nd 18 40 7 14 19 23 46 28 1/64 finals USSR II Group
4 5 2 1 2 5 4 5 Play-off, Relegated
1969 3rd 5 40 17 15 8 45 27 49 Ukraine Zone 1

Kremin (1985–2001)

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The club was created out of the team of Kremenchuk Oil Refinery Plant, FC Naftovyk Kremin and SC KrAZ, sponsored by the AutoKrAZ.

Soviet championship (1985–1991)

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Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
1988 4th 1 5 4 0 1 12 7 8 Final group
1989 3rd 6 52 21 18 13 59 50 60 VI Zone
1990 10 42 16 11 15 49 45 43 West Zone
1991 13 42 16 9 17 56 50 41 West Zone

Ukrainian championship (1992–2001)

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Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
1992 1st 7 18 4 8 6 17 23 16 1⁄8 finals Group A
1992–93 9 30 8 11 11 23 40 27 1⁄8 finals
1993–94 15 34 9 8 17 26 39 26 1⁄4 finals
1994–95 10 34 12 6 16 42 54 42 1⁄4 finals
1995–96 9 34 14 4 16 48 56 46 1⁄2 finals
1996–97 15 30 7 3 16 28 57 24 1⁄8 finals Relegated
1997–98 2nd 14 42 16 7 19 55 53 45 1⁄32 finals
1998–99 17 38 11 7 20 34 63 40 1⁄16 finals Relegated
1999–00 3rd "C" 2 26 18 1 7 44 22 55 1⁄8 finals
2000–01 3rd "C" 14 30 7 7 16 24 38 28 1⁄8 finals Withdrawn

MFC Kremin (2003–2020)

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On 23 October 2003, the Kremenchuk city council created a city football team MFC Kremin Kremenchuk.

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
2004 4th 4 6 1 2 3 7 9 5 Group 6
2005–06 3rd "C" 9 24 9 6 9 22 34 33 1⁄64 finals
2006–07 3rd "B" 14 28 6 7 15 20 35 25 1⁄32 finals
2007–08 3rd "B" 8 34 14 8 12 49 46 50 1⁄32 finals
2008–09 3rd "B" 14 34 10 7 17 43 52 34 1⁄32 finals –3[7]
2009–10 3rd "B" 2 26 15 9 2 41 21 54 1⁄64 finals
2010–11 3rd "B" 3 22 13 4 5 37 20 43 1⁄8 finals
2011–12 3rd "B" 5 26 16 3 7 34 23 51 1⁄16 finals
2012–13 3rd "B" 5 24 12 7 5 39 21 43 1⁄16 finals
3rd "2" 5 34 12 14 8 46 31 50 Promotion Group 2
2013–14 3rd 6 36 19 7 10 54 28 64 1⁄32 finals
2014–15 3rd 3 27 14 6 7 50 30 48 1⁄16 finals
2015–16 3rd 8 26 11 7 8 43 31 40 1⁄32 finals
2016–17 3rd 3 32 21 5 6 67 29 68 1⁄32 finals Promoted
2017–18 2nd 16 34 9 5 20 25 54 32 1⁄64 finals Relegated
2018–19 3rd 1 27 18 7 2 48 17 61 1⁄32 finals Promoted
2019–20 2nd 13 30 7 6 17 35 57 27 1⁄16 finals
2020–21 2nd

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). pfl.ua. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ (in Ukrainian) Quality of meat depends on quality of Vorskla Archived 23 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Професіональна футбольна ліга України".
  4. ^ "Заявка "Кеменя" на сезон 2024/2025 першої ліги" ["Kremin" squad for the 2024/2025 season of the first league]. fckremen.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 1 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Кремінь" [Kremenchuk]. PFL (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d Klymenko, Pavlo (27 September 2023). ""Сьогодні підписали контракт і приступили до роботи": Климовський дав перше інтерв'ю на посаді тренера Кременя" ["Today we signed a contract and started work": Klymovskyi gave his first interview as Kremin's coach]. ukrfootball.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  7. ^ (in Ukrainian) FC Kremin Kremenchuk deducted 3 points by the Ukrainian Football Federation Meeting minutes No. 6 26 March 2008[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Kremin 2003–04 Season Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ (in Ukrainian) Kremin 2004–05 Season Archived 11 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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