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FC Vorskla Poltava (women)

Vorskla Poltava
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Vorskla Logo 2010
Full nameFootball Club Vorskla Poltava
Founded2007 (team)
2010 (club)
2021 (reforms)
ChairmanUkraine Dmytro Krolenko
CoachUkraine Natalia Zinchenko
LeagueUkrainian Women's League
2023–241st (champions)

Vorskla Poltava, formerly known as Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Житлобуд-2 Харків) is Ukrainian professional women's football team of FC Vorskla from Poltava, Ukraine (previously represented Kharkiv). In 2021 it became grandfathered into FC Vorskla Poltava as its women football department. The Ukrainian Association of Football licensing center indicates that it is a separate club. The team plays at the Ukrainian Women's League top tier, Vyshcha Liha.

Previously as the Kharkiv club it used to cooperate with Kharkiv Regional College of Physical Culture and Sports, football team of which was a feeder for Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv.

History

It all started with a girl under-13 team that was formed in 2004 and next year won the Ukrainian championship among girls that took place in Sevastopol. Later the team participated on few occasions at futsal competitions.

In 2007 the football team became known as Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv after its main sponsor. In 2010, based on the team there was established a club which beside its female team also fields a male team in amateur competitions.

In 2010 the club also fielded its floorball team.

In 2012 the club debuted in national league competitions.

In 2017 the club took part in the first Ukrainian beach soccer competitions among women teams in Odesa.[1] After placing second in a group stage, they were eliminated during quarterfinals.

In 2020 the club lost its founder Yuriy Krolenko who died aged 82.[2]

Its 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League season the club started under the name "Vorskla-Kharkiv-2".[3] On 10 September 2022 at the start of the domestic season,[4] it was announced that Zhytlobud-2 has officially switched to Vorskla.[5][6] At its first match against Shakhtar Donetsk, players were dressed in jerseys of Vorksla yet with Zhytlobud-2 logo.[7]

Honours

  • Higher Division
    • Champions (5): 2016, 2017, 2019–20 2022–2023, 2023–24
    • Runners-up (4): 2014, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
  • Women's Cup
    • Winners (3): 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021-2022,

Current squad

2023[8]

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Ukraine Kateryna Samson
Ukraine Daryna Bondarchuk
Ukraine Alla Herasymchuk
Ukraine Taisiia Babenko
Ukraine Anna Davydenko
Ukraine Kateryna Korsun
Ukraine Yana Kotyk
Ukraine Mariia Kuleba
Ukraine Iryna Podolska
Ukraine Maryna Shaynyuk
Ukraine Karina Voit
Armenia Olga Osipyan
Ukraine Iryna Kotiash
Ukraine Roksolana Kravchuk
Kazakhstan Kamila Kulmagambetova
Ukraine Anna Petryk
Ukraine Viktoria Radionova
Ukraine Veronika Andrukhiv
Ukraine Nikol Kozlova
Ukraine Yana Kalinina
Ukraine Iryna Kushnir

European History

In European competitions the club debuted in 2017 with a game against Romanian side.

Season Competition Stage Result Opponent
2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Round
(Group 2)
0–1 (away) Romania FCU Olimpia Cluj
9–0 (neutral) Wales Swansea City L.F.C.
1–1 (neutral) Scotland Hibernian L.F.C.
2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Round 1 9–0 (home) Armenia Alashkert
Qualifying Round 2 2–0 (away) Bosnia and Herzegovina SFK 2000
Round of 32 2–2 (a) Kazakhstan BIIK Kazygurt
2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Round 1 5–0 (neutral) Georgia (country) Lanchkhuti
2–0 (neutral) Kazakhstan BIIK Kazygurt
Qualifying Round 2 1–1 (home) Albania Vllaznia
1–2 (away)
2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Round 1 4–3 (a.e.t.) (neutral) Estonia Flora
3–0 (neutral) Croatia Osijek
Qualifying Round 2 0–3 (away) Italy Roma
1–6 (home)
2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying Round 1 5–0 (neutral) Latvia SFK Rīga
2–0 (neutral) Hungary Ferencváros
Qualifying Round 2 0–1 (home) Scotland Celtic
0–2 (away)

References