# FC Hoverla Uzhhorod

Football Club Hoverla Uzhhorod (Ukrainian: Футбольний Клуб "Говерла" Ужгород) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Uzhhorod. Following the end of the 2015–16 season it was expelled from the Ukrainian Premier League because of debts to (current and former) players. It then ceased to exist.

## History

The club was inaugurated in 1946 as Spartak Uzhhorod. However some of its emblems point to a predecessor, SC Rus, founded in 1925, although direct links between the two franchises can barely be traced. In 1961, Spartak was renamed Verhovyna, and in 1971 Hoverla. In 1982, it was renamed Zakarpattia, then Verhovyna again in 1997 for two years.
Zakarpattia started the 2001–02 season in the Ukrainian Premier League, but a last-place finish saw the club demoted to the Ukrainian First League. They returned in 2004–05 and 2007–08 but each time with the same result: relegation from the Premier League after a single season.
Before the start of the 2011–12 Ukrainian First League season the club renamed itself FC Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod.
The team renamed themselves Hoverla prior to the start of the 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League season. Following the season the club was supposed to be relegated according to the season's regulations, yet conveniently both runners-up PFC Oleksandriya and FC Stal Alchevsk refused to get promoted, while the Football Federation of Ukraine refused other teams to get promoted.
On 8 June 2016, (after the end of the 2015–16 season) the club did not get a licence to continue to play in the league due to debts to (current and former) players and was thus de facto expelled from the Ukrainian Premier League. It then ceased to exist.

### Name changes

* 1946 – Spartak
* 1961 – Verkhovyna
* 1971 – Hoverla
* / 1982 – Zakarpattia
* 1997 – Verkhovyna
* 1999 – Zakarpattia
* 2011 – Hoverla-Zakarpattia
* 2012 – Hoverla

### Football kits and sponsors

| Years | Football kit | Shirt sponsor |
| 2001–02 | lotto/adidas | – |
| 2004–06 | lotto | – |
| 2007–08 | lotto | – |
| 2009–10 | lotto | – |
| 2012–14 | adidas | – |

## Honors

* Ukrainian First League
** Winners (3): 2003–04, 2008–09, 2011–12
** Runners-up (2): 2001–02, 2006–07
* Ukrainian Second League
** Winners (1): 1998–99 (Group A)

### In Soviet Union

* Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR
** Winners (3): 1946, 1950, 1953
** Runners-up (1): 1972
* Cup of the Ukrainian SSR
** Winners (1): 1950

## League and cup history

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 1992 2nd "B" 5 26 13 5 8 28 25 31 1/32 finals 1992–93 2nd 16 42 13 10 19 45 56 36 1/64 finals 1993–94 2nd 14 38 12 8 18 33 53 32 1/32 finals 1994–95 2nd 17 38 12 10 20 40 62 46 1/16 finals 1995–96 2nd 17 42 14 8 20 49 67 50 1/32 finals 1996–97 2nd 15 46 17 7 22 56 78 58 1/32 finals 1st Stage as Verhovyna 1997–98 2nd 20 42 7 11 24 42 79 32 1/32 finals Relegated as Verhovyna 1998–99 3rd "A" 1 28 20 6 2 48 14 66 1/64 finals Promoted 1999–00 2nd 13 34 14 6 14 36 49 48 1/16 finals 2000–01 2nd 2 34 19 7 8 50 38 64 1/8 finals Promoted 2001–02 1st 14 26 5 6 15 23 49 21 1/4 finals Relegated 2002–03 2nd 7 34 14 9 11 27 26 51 1/16 finals 2003–04 2nd 1 34 22 4 8 49 27 70 1/16 finals Promoted 2004–05 1st 12 30 7 10 13 21 30 31 1/32 finals 2005–06 1st 16 30 3 6 21 17 53 15 1/16 finals Relegated 2006–07 2nd 2 36 25 5 6 50 22 80 1/16 finals Promoted 2007–08 1st 16 30 3 9 18 17 54 18 1/16 finals Relegated 2008–09 2nd 1 32 21 6 5 55 28 69 1/8 finals Promoted 2009–10 1st 16 30 5 4 21 18 44 19 1/16 finals Relegated 2010–11 2nd 6 34 16 8 10 51 40 56 1/32 finals 2011–12 2nd 1 34 27 3 4 67 16 84 1/16 finals Promoted 2012–13 1st 15 30 5 7 18 29 57 22 1/8 finals 2013–14 1st 12 28 7 5 16 26 39 26 1/16 finals 2014–15 1st 12 26 3 10 13 22 47 19 1/8 finals 2015–16 1st 13 26 3 7 16 13 45 7 1/16 finals −9
In their last season the club was deducted nine points due to not complying with decisions of the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee (CDC).

## Famous players

* David Odonkor