Football Club Viktoriya Sumy (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб «Вікторія» Суми) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Sumy. The club competes in the Ukrainian First League, the second division of Ukrainian football. Founded in 2015 as Football Club Viktoriya Mykolaivka, the club merged with FC Alians Lypova Dolyna in 2022 and subsequently relocated from Arena Viktoriya in Mykolaivka to Yuvileiny Stadium in Sumy.

Viktoriya Sumy
Full nameФутбольний клуб «Вікторія» Суми
Football Club Viktoriya Sumy
Founded2015; 9 years ago (2015), as F.C. Viktoriya Mykolaivka
2023; 1 year ago (2023), as F.C. Viktoriya Sumy
GroundYuvileiny Stadium, Sumy
Capacity25,830
OwnerLNZ Group
ChairmanSerhiy Bondarenko
Head coachAnatoliy Bezsmertnyi
LeagueUkrainian First League
2023–24Ukrainian First League, Group B, 2nd of 10
Websitehttps://fcviktoria.sumy.ua/

History

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Viktoriya Stadium in Mykolaivka
 
Yuvileiny Stadium in Sumy

The club was created in 2015 in town of Zhovtneve (today Mykolaivka).[1] From its establishment to 2021 the club was coached by Artem Radionov, a footballer out of Sumy, who spent most of his career playing for teams from the city of Sumy as well as the region.

The club returned to professional competitions in 2023 due to the 2022 Russian aggression against Ukraine. During their time away, Viktoriya merged with another club FC Alyans Lypova Dolyna taking over their place in the Ukrainian First League (2nd tier). The merger took place in January 2022[2] and was postponed during the active phase of the Russian full-scale invasion and partial occupation of Sumy Oblast. In 2023 the club officially moved its administration of Sumy playing at the main stadium.

Honours

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Current squad

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As of 4 October 2024[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
1 GK   UKR Heorhiy Klimov
4 DF   UKR Valeriy Kurelyekh
5 DF   UKR Yuriy Kravchuk
8 MF   UKR Ruslan Palamar
10 FW   UKR Danylo Knysh
11 MF   UKR Oleksandr Lebedenko
15 FW   UKR Maksym Yevpak
16 DF   UKR Artur Novotryasov
17 DF   UKR Yevhen Korokhov
18 MF   UKR Maksym Boyko
19 DF   UKR Artem Danylyuk
21 MF   UKR Maksym Pokotylyuk
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW   UKR Artem Shpyryonok
25 MF   UKR Stanislav Sharay
27 MF   UKR Denys Dolinskyi
28 DF   UKR Denys Ryabyi
29 MF   UKR Artem Ryabyi
32 GK   UKR Oleksandr Lytvynenko
33 DF   UKR Dmytro Ulyanov
45 DF   UKR Maksym Sasovskyi
70 MF   UKR Maksym Chehlov
71 GK   UKR Mykola Yarosh
77 MF   UKR Serhiy Mashtalir
96 FW   UKR Nazariy Nych

Head coaches

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League and cup history

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Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Other Notes
Viktoriya Mykolaivka
2016–17 4th "2" 4/12 20 8 6 6 21 23 30 AM 14 finals
2017–18 4th "2" 1/8 14 11 3 0 31 10 36 PL Winner
AM Finalist
2018–19 4th "2" 2/12 22 17 4 1 58 11 55 132 finals PL Finalist
AM 116 finals
2019–20 4th "2" 1/12 22 18 3 1 59 12 57 PL Winner
AM Finalist
2020–21 4th "2" 1/11 20 18 1 1 61 21 55 116 finals PL Finalist Promoted
AM 12 finals
2021–22 3rd "2" 10/16 19 8 3 8 22 23 27 164 finals Promoted
2022–23 club idle, merger → Viktoriya Sumy
2023–24 2nd "2" 14 finals
2nd

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Viktoriya (Mykolaivka, Sumy Oblast) (Вікторія (Миколаївка, Сумська обл.)) Archived 2018-02-14 at the Wayback Machine. AAFU.
  2. ^ Сергій Бондаренко став новим та єдиним кінцевим бенефіціаром «Альянсу». fc-alliance.com.ua. 12 January 2022
  3. ^ Kholodnyi, V. Viktoriya Mykolaivka is the Ukrainian Champion among amateurs ("Вікторія" (Миколаївка) - чемпіон України серед аматорів ). Footboom. 29 June 2018
  4. ^ "Команда Вікторія ⚽ Професіональна футбольна ліга України".
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