FSC Bukovyna Chernivtsi

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

FSC Bukovyna Chernivtsi
Full nameFootball Sports Club Bukovyna Chernivtsi
Nickname(s)"Zhovto-Chorni" (Yellow-Blacks)
Founded1958
GroundBukovyna
Capacity12,076
OwnerFSC Bukovyna public organization
Andriy Safronyak (president)
DirectorIhor Nabolotnyi
Head coachHryhoriy Churilov (caretaker)
LeagueUkrainian First League
2023–24Ukrainian First League, 11th of 20
Websitehttps://bukfc.com

History

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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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Year Name
1952–1958 Burevisnyk
1958–1964 Avanhard
1965–current Bukovyna

Current squad

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As of 16 October 2024[1][2]

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 DF   UKR Dmytro Pohorilyi
3 DF   UKR Mykyta Bezuhlyi
4 DF   UKR Ihor Soldat
5 DF   UKR Mykhaylo Rudavskyi
8 MF   UKR Vladyslav Khamelyuk
9 FW   UKR Danylo Honcharuk
10 DF   UKR Vitaliy Farasyeyenko
11 FW   UKR Ivan Budnyak
12 FW   UKR Danylo Holub
14 DF   UKR Dmytro Shynkarenko
17 FW   UKR Andriy Andreychuk
18 DF   UKR Davronbek Azizov
19 FW   UKR Arseniy Kilyevyi
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   UKR Vitaliy Koltsov
21 FW   UKR Maksym Hirnyi
22 MF   UKR Roman Bodnya
23 FW   UKR Bohdan Boychuk
24 DF   UKR Andriy Busko
27 MF   UKR Ivan Tyshchenko
30 GK   UKR Danylo Kanevtsev
41 DF   UKR Yurii Dudnyk
55 GK   UKR Ivan Ponomarenko
71 DF   UKR Maksym Lopyryonok
74 DF   UKR Yan Morhovskyi
77 MF   UKR Yuriy Hlushchuk

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
6 MF   UKR Orest Panchyshyn (at Kremin Kremenchuk until 31 December 2024)

Honors

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

League and cup history

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Soviet Union

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Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Others Notes
Burevisnyk Chernivtsi
1956 3rd "Group 7" 6 14 5 2 7 18 22 12
1957
Avangard Chernovtsy / Avanhard Chernivtsi
1958 3rd "Group 5" 2 14 9 4 1 37 9 22 UC 14 finals
1959 3rd "Group 9" 3 14 9 1 4 27 20 19 Promoted
1960 2nd "Group 1" 8 32 14 9 9 47 41 37
1961 2nd "Group 1" 9 34 11 10 13 50 53 32 lost the 17th place game
1962 2nd "Group 2" 10 24 6 6 12 27 45 18
Finals 29 (1) 10 6 2 2 15 6 14 the 29th place tournament
1963 3rd "Group 1" 15 38 11 8 19 40 66 30 won the 29th place game
1964 3rd "Group 2" 11 30 9 8 13 32 46 26
Finals 28 (4) 10 4 2 4 14 15 10 the 25th place tournament
Bukovina Chernovtsy / Bukovyna Chernivtsi
1965 3rd "Group 2" 7 30 11 8 11 33 42 30
Finals 20 (2) 10 5 1 4 15 8 11 the 19th place tournament
1966 3rd "Group 2" 10 38 12 14 12 45 48 38 won the 19th place game
1967 3rd "Group 1" 14 40 11 12 17 44 53 34
1968 3rd "Group 1" 2 42 25 10 7 66 26 60 qualified for finals
Finals 2 7 4 3 0 11 4 11 Promoted
1969 2nd "Group 3" 9 42 16 12 14 32 33 44 Relegated
1970 3rd "Zone 1" 8 42 17 12 13 45 39 46
1971 3rd "Zone 1" 16 50 17 14 19 35 38 48
1972 3rd "Zone 1" 21 46 10 16 20 32 62 36 UC 18 finals
1973 3rd "Zone 1" 14 44 14 7/5 18 44 52 35 UC 116 finals
1974 3rd "Zone 6" 12 38 14 10 14 51 45 38 UC 116 finals
1975 3rd "Zone 6" 10 32 10 12 10 34 38 32 UC 14 finals
1976 3rd "Zone 6" 14 38 11 12 15 29 34 34 UC 14 finals
1977 3rd "Zone 2" 9 44 19 11 14 46 29 49
1978 3rd "Zone 2" 5 44 23 11 10 55 25 57
1979 3rd "Zone 2" 5 46 24 10 12 55 32 58
1980 3rd "Zone 5" 2 44 26 9 9 70 35 61
1981 3rd "Zone 5" 4 44 23 9 12 58 28 55
1982 3rd "Zone 6" 1 46 29 8 9 71 34 66 Champion of Ukraine
Final "Group B" 3 4 1 0 3 5 10 2 promotion tournament
1983 3rd "Zone 6" 6 50 23 14 13 79 52 60
1984 3rd "Zone 6" 14 38 15 10 13 45 36 40 two stages
1985 3rd "Zone 6" 9 40 17 7 16 49 47 41 two stages
1986 3rd "Zone 6" 15 40 14 13 13 40 38 41 two stages
1987 3rd "Zone 6" 4 52 27 13 12 81 46 67
1988 3rd "Zone 6" 1 50 27 16 7 85 31 70 Champion of Ukraine
Final "Group 3" 2 4 3 0 1 6 4 6 promotion tournament
1989 3rd "Zone 6" 2 52 29 18 5 71 26 76 132 finals
1990 3rd "West" 1 50 29 17 4 87 34 75 164 finals Promoted
1991 2nd 5 42 20 8 14 56 49 48 132 finals
1992 No competition 164 finals

Ukraine

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Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
1992 1st "B" 6 18 7 4 7 17 16 18 18 finals
1992–93 1st 12 39 9 8 13 27 32 26 116 finals
1993–94 1st 17 34 7 6 21 25 51 20 18 finals Relegated
1994–95 2nd 15 42 16 5 21 43 45 53 164 finals
1995–96 2nd 2 42 30 5 7 83 34 95 132 finals
1996–97 2nd 9 46 19 10 17 64 51 67 116 finals
1997–98 2nd 18 42 14 11 17 36 50 53 116 finals
1998–99 2nd 18 38 6 9 23 26 68 27 1128 finals Relegated
1999–00 3rd "A" 1 30 22 7 1 65 13 73 14 finals Second League Cup Promoted
2000–01 2nd 18 34 6 8 20 18 41 26 116 finals Relegated
2001–02 3rd "A" 7 36 17 8 11 40 41 59 2nd round
2002–03 3rd "A" 13 28 6 6 16 20 39 35 132 finals
2003–04 3rd "A" 12 30 8 9 13 23 36 33 132 finals
2004–05 3rd "A" 6 28 14 6 8 33 22 48 132 finals
2005–06 3rd "A" 6 28 13 5 10 38 33 44 116 finals
2006–07 3rd "A" 10 28 5 12 11 22 40 27 132 finals
2007–08 3rd "A" 4 30 17 6 7 43 23 57 did not enter
2008–09 3rd "A" 9 32 14 2 16 29 39 44 164 finals
2009–10 3rd "A" 1 20 15 3 2 35 12 48 164 finals Promoted
2010–11 2nd 7 34 17 5 12 48 45 56 132 finals
2011–12 2nd 6 34 15 12 7 38 29 57 18 finals
2012–13 2nd 4 34 16 10 8 49 33 58 132 finals
2013–14 2nd 12 30 10 6 14 26 36 36 116 finals
2014–15 2nd 16/16 30 4 3 23 24 61 15 116 finals Relegated
2015–16 3rd 4/14 26 13 8 5 39 22 47 132 finals Promoted[3]
2016–17 2nd 16/18 34 8 9 17 27 40 33 132 finals Relegated
2017–18 3rd "A" 6/10 27 9 7 11 32 40 34 164 finals
2018–19 3rd "A" 10/10 27 5 6 16 19 43 21 164 finals Avoided relegation
2019–20 3rd "A" 8/11 20 6 2 12 25 36 20 116 finals
2020–21 3rd "A" 7/13 24 9 5 10 27 31 32
the 2021–22 season did not end due to the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation
2021–22 3rd "A" 9/15 17 6 5 6 20 17 23 Promoted
2022–23 2nd "A" 7/8 14 2 3 9 9 21 9
2nd "REL" 3/8 14 5 6 3 18 14 21
2023–24 2nd "A" 6/10 18 6 3 9 16 23 21
2nd "REL"

Presidents

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Coaches

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FC Bukovyna-2 Chernivtsi

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Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
2013 4th
(Amatory)
6 10 2 1 7 7 15 7

References

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  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. ^ a b 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
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