# FC Ocean Kerch

FC Ocean Kerch (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Океан» (Керчь)) is a Ukrainian football team based in Kerch. After the Russian annexation of Crimea was admitted to the Crimean Premier League as a Russian team.

## Team names

* First club (1955–69):
** 1955–1964: FC Metalurh Kerch
** 1964–1969: FC Avanhard Kerch
* Second club (1976–97):
** 1976–1997: FC Okean Kerch
* Third club (2010–present):
** 2010–present: FC Okean Kerch

## History
### Metallurg

The city association football team in Kerch existed as early as 1938 under a name of Stal. It is not known what happened with the original team.
The current club was established in 1955 as Metallurg (Metalurh) soon after the Crimean peninsula was transferred to Ukraine within the Soviet Union, but it was not until 1962 when it represented the city at professional level, competing in the Ukrainian championship of the Soviet Second League. In 1970, the club dissolved again.

### Okean

In 1976 it was revived competing all the way pass the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In 1993 it carried a name of Voikovets, in 1994 – Metalurh. In 1995–96 Ukrainian Cup both Metalurh and Okean participated in the tournament. In 1997, the club lost its professional license and disappeared for quite some time.
In 2010, it was reestablished anew. Following the Russian annexation of Crimea, the Football Federation of Ukraine lodged a complaint with UEFA about Crimean clubs' participation in Russian competitions. On 22 August 2014, UEFA decided "that any football matches played by Crimean clubs organised under the auspices of the Russian Football Union will not be recognised by UEFA until further notice".
On 4 December 2014, UEFA banned Crimean clubs from participating in Russian professional competitions, and announced that a new local Crimean Premier League would be set up in the future that UEFA will manage directly. Ocean Kerch was one of the 8 original clubs that formed the Crimean Premier League for the 2015–16 season.
Ahead of the 2022/2023 season the club has announced its intention to compete in the Russian Football National League 2.

## Honours

* Ukrainian Football Amateur Association (tier-IV)
** Champions (1): 1995–96 (Gr. 6; as Portovyk)
** Third place (1): 1978
* Crimea championship
** Champions (7): 1949, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1995–96

## Notable people

* Anatoliy Kroshchenko, a manager in 1979

## Current squad

    As of 6 March 2019, according to the official site
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 | RUS | Pavel Panyov |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Ildar Vagapov |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Svetozarov |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Boris Gogichaishvili |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Yakov Ehrlich |
| 14 | DF | UKR | Illya Hlushytskyi |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Eduard Sturki |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Pavlo Hryshchenko |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Larionov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | UKR | Mykyta Filatov |
| 28 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Morev |
| 30 | GK | RUS | Leonid Dudinov |
| 42 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Zinchenko |
| 47 | DF | RUS | Maksim Mineyev |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Anton Vinnikov |
| 99 | MF | UKR | Artur Zhyhulin |
| — | DF | RUS | Kirill Khvostik |
| — | FW | RUS | Marlen Abduveliyev |

## Coaches (since annexation)

* 2014–2016: Artur Olenin
* 2015–2017: Serhiy Yesin
* 2017–present: Oleh Leshchynskyi

## League and cup history
### Soviet Union

Sources:
    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes Metalurh Kerch 1962 5th Crimean Championship ... won play-off against SKCF Sevastopol 1963 3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR 19$_{/20}$ 38 6 9 23 28 57 21 Zone 2 Ukrainian SSR, 1⁄8 finals Zone 2; for play-off against other 19th place 38 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 for Places 37–38 lost to Naftovyk Drohobych 1964 3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR 12$_{/16}$ 30 7 13 10 14 19 27 Zone 3 Ukrainian SSR, 1⁄8 finals Zone 3 3$_{/6}$ 10 3 4 3 6 8 10 for Places 31–36 Avanhard Kerch 1965 3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR 14$_{/16}$ 30 8 6 16 30 47 22 Zone 1 Ukrainian SSR, 1⁄8 finals Zone 1 6$_{/6}$ 10 1 5 4 12 19 7 for Places 31–36 1966 3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR 11$_{/20}$ 38 13 11 14 41 42 37 Zone 2; for play-off against other 11th place 22 refused to play against Avanhard Rivne for Places 21–22 1967 3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR 20$_{/21}$ 40 5 12 23 22 52 22 Zone 2 Ukrainian SSR, 1⁄8 finals Zone 2 1968 3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR 17$_{/21}$ 40 9 14 17 32 46 32 Zone Crimea, 1⁄4 finals Zone 2 1969 3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR 21$_{/21}$ 40 9 10 21 22 45 28 Zone 2 Withdrew in 1970–1976 club's history is unknown Okean Kerch 1977 4th KFK Ukrainian SSR Gr. 5 3$_{/12}$ 22 13 2 7 36 20 28 1978 4th KFK Ukrainian SSR Gr. 5 1$_{/10}$ 18 14 2 2 32 12 30 to final stage 3$_{/6}$ 5 2 0 3 4 4 4 Promoted 1979 3rd Second League Gr. 2 18$_{/24}$ 46 12 14 20 36 52 38 1980 3rd Second League Gr. 5 14$_{/23}$ 44 13 12 19 40 49 38 1981 3rd Second League Gr. 5 13$_{/23}$ 44 13 14 17 45 51 40 1982 3rd Second League Gr. 6 23$_{/24}$ 46 12 11 23 43 67 35 1983 3rd Second League Gr. 6 19$_{/26}$ 50 13 16 21 44 58 42 1984 3rd Second League Gr. 6 25$_{/26}$ 38 9 10 19 38 65 28 two stages 1985 3rd Second League Gr. 6 14$_{/28}$ 40 12 8 20 42 62 32 two stages 1986 3rd Second League Gr. 6 14$_{/28}$ 40 14 4 22 46 63 32 two stages 1988 3rd Second League Gr. 5 4$_{/26}$ 50 24 11 15 71 60 59 1989 3rd Second League Gr. 6 24$_{/27}$ 52 15 9 28 50 70 39 1⁄32 finals Relegated to newly formed division 1990 4th Lower Second League Gr. 1 17$_{/19}$ 36 7 9 20 31 55 23 1⁄32 finals 1991 4th Lower Second League Gr. 1 24$_{/26}$ 50 15 10 25 49 72 40 Reorganization of competitions

### Ukraine

Sources:
    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 1992 3rd Transitional League Gr. 2 6$_{/9}$ 16 6 5 5 16 10 17 Reorganization of competitions 1992–93 4th Transitional League 5$_{/18}$ 34 17 8 9 47 32 42 Promoted 1993–94 3rd Second League 19$_{/22}$ 42 12 11 19 50 69 35 1⁄16 finals name change 1994–95 3rd Second League 19$_{/22}$ 42 11 5 26 42 67 38 1⁄64 finals Relegated 1995–96 4th Amateur League Gr. 6 1$_{/4}$ 6 5 0 1 6 3 15 1⁄64 finals Promoted 1996–97 3rd Second League Gr. B 17$_{/17}$ 32 6 5 21 27 57 23 1⁄128 finals Withdrew idle in 2000s 2012 5th Crimean Championship 10$_{/12}$ 22 4 4 14 17 64 16 ... 2014 5th Crimean Championship 10$_{/16}$ 14 7 3 4 26 19 24 Reorganization of competitions

### Crimea

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 2015 1st All-Crimean Championship Gr. A 2$_{/10}$ 9 6 1 2 21 9 19 Reorganization of competitions 2015–16 1st Premier League 5$_{/8}$ 28 9 7 12 31 37 34 Group stage 2016–17 1st Premier League 4$_{/8}$ 28 14 4 10 46 34 46 1⁄4 finals 2017–18 1st Premier League 6$_{/8}$ 28 5 8 15 32 47 23 1⁄4 finals 2018–19 1st Premier League 4$_{/8}$ 28 11 4 13 34 48 37 1⁄2 finals 2019–20 1st Premier League 6$_{/8}$ 28 7 3 18 34 58 24 1⁄4 finals 2020–21 1st Premier League 6$_{/8}$ 28 11 6 11 40 35 39 1⁄4 finals 2021–22 1st Premier League