# SC Kakhovka

Sports Club Kakhovka (Ukrainian: Спортивний клуб «Каховка») is a Ukrainian amateur football club from Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast. The club currently plays at the Askaniyske Experimental Facility Stadium. Throughout its history the club is better known for its names as Meliorator and Kzeso.

## Brief history

The club was established sometime in 1980 as Avanhard Kakhovka. In 1988 after winning a prize of the local newspaper "Robitnycha Hazeta" (Worker's Gazette), it received a sponsor Agro-Industrial Complex "Krasa Khersonshchyny" (Beauty of the Kherson Region) and was renamed as Meliorator Kakhovka (Land cultivator). The club joined the Ukrainian competitions in 1992. In 1995 it lost its main sponsor and changed to FC Kakhovka. However that season was the most terrible and after the first half, the club withdrew from competitions as the city authorities could find means to continue funding the team.
Later in 1999 the club returned to regional competitions as Chumak Kakhovka being sponsored by the Swedish-Ukrainian company Chumak. In 2001 the club was sold to the Kakhovka Factory of Electrical Welding Equipment (KZEZO or Kzeso in Russian interpretation) and in 2002 it joined the amateur competitions. From 2002 to 2005 KZEZO quite successfully competed at the amateur league winning the league twice and qualified to the UEFA Regions Cup where it earned the third place. In 2006 the club was dissolved and reformed again as SC Kakhovka.

## Previous names

First club (1980–2006):
* 1980–1988: Avanhard Kakhovka (Ukrainian: «Авангард» Каховка)
* 1988–1995: Meliorator Kakhovka (Ukrainian: «Меліоратор» Каховка)
* 1995–1999: FC Kakhovka (Ukrainian: ФК «Каховка»)
* 1999–2001: Chumak Kakhovka (Ukrainian: «Чумак» Каховка)
* 2001–2006: KZEZO Kakhovka (Ukrainian: «КЗЕЗО» Каховка)
Second club (since 2006):
* 2006–2011: SC Kakhovka (Ukrainian: СК «Каховка»)
* 2017–present: SC Kakhovka (Ukrainian: СК «Каховка»)

## Honours

* UEFA Regions' Cup
       2005
* Ukrainian football championship among amateurs (Ukrainian 4th Tier)
       2002, 2004
       2003
* Kherson Oblast football championship (Ukrainian Lower Tier)
       1988, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004

## League and cup history
### Soviet Union

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes Meliorator Kakhovka 1989 4th KFK Ukrainian SSR Gr. 4 3$_{/13}$ 24 14 4 6 43 19 32 Reorganization of competitions 1990 5th KFK Ukrainian SSR Gr. 5 2$_{/16}$ 30 21 5 4 61 18 47 1991 5th KFK Ukrainian SSR Gr. 4 2$_{/16}$ 30 21 5 4 73 27 47 Reorganization of competitions

### Ukraine

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 1992 3rd Transitional League Gr. B 3$_{/9}$ 16 8 5 3 21 16 21 1992–93 3rd Second League 5$_{/18}$ 34 16 9 9 45 37 41 1⁄32 finals 1993–94 3rd Second League 6$_{/22}$ 42 18 12 12 56 37 48 1⁄32 finals 1994–95 3rd Second League 9$_{/22}$ 42 21 9 12 49 40 72 1⁄32 finals FC Kakhovka 1995–96 3rd Second League Gr. A 21$_{/22}$ 40 3 3 34 11 49 12 1⁄128 finals Withdrew ... KZEZO (KZESO) Kakhovka 2002 4th Amateur League Gr. D 1$_{/4}$ 6 6 0 0 13 1 18 Final group (1$_{/4}$) 2003 4th Amateur League Gr. E 1$_{/5}$ 8 6 1 1 18 11 19 Final group (2$_{/4}$) 2004 4th Amateur League Gr. E 1$_{/4}$ 4 2 1 1 8 2 7 Final (Winners) 2005 4th Amateur League Gr. 3 2$_{/5}$ 6 3 0 3 10 10 9 ... SC Kakhovka 2017–18 4th Amateur League Gr. 3 6$_{/9}$ 16 5 4 7 23 29 19 2018–19 4th Amateur League Gr. 3 4$_{/12}$ 22 10 7 5 32 18 37 2019–20 4th Amateur League Gr. 3 5$_{/10}$ 18 10 3 5 32 24 33 2020–21 4th Amateur League Gr. 3 7$_{/12}$ 22 9 3 10 35 26 30 2021–22 4th Amateur League Gr. 3 7$_{/9}$ 8 2 1 5 8 23 7