# FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk

FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk was a Ukrainian football team based in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, the unofficial capital of the Prykarpattia region.

## History

The club was founded in 1940 after the Soviet occupation of the Eastern Poland during the World War II. All previous local sports clubs were liquidated and replaced with "proletarian".
In 1956 the club gained promotion to the Soviet Class B (second tier) by winning a play-off match-up against SKCF Sevastopol in 1955. Since that time, Ivano-Frankivsk had at least one club in football competitions among teams of masters until dissolution of the Soviet Union.
In 1981 until 2003 the club competed under the name FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk and in 1989 (the Perestroika epoch) was converted from team of masters to professional club by "western standards". In 1981 – 1989 the team of masters belonged to the local Soviet scientific and defense manufacturer Positron.
In 1992 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk was admitted to the first Ukrainian Premier League, after being initially chosen to participate for being a runner-up from 1st Zone of the Soviet Second League B in 1991. After being demoted following their first season, the club returned to the Ukrainian Premier League in 1994 and remained there for six seasons.
In 2003 the club managed to preserve its place in the Ukrainian First League only with the help of LUKOR Kalush (FC Kalush) that was financed by the Russian Lukoil and coincidentally merged with Ivano-Frankivsk club after winning the Second League and obtaining promotion to the First League. Upon merging of two clubs, the Ivano-Frankivsk team was renamed to Spartak as a "People Football Club", while Kalush team became Prykarpattia-2.
After the 2007 season Spartak was finally relegated to the Second League, with no money. The club folded right before the start of the next season. Following liquidation of its senior, the club continues to field its junior squads in competitions of Ukrainian Youth League.
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk's best achievement in the Ukrainian Premier League was eleventh place (twice, in 1994–95 and 1995–96).
The team's colours were red shirts and white shorts.

## Top scorers

* 2000 – Andriy Spivak 6
* 1999 – Vitaliy Shumsky 5
* 1998 – Petro Rusak 9
* 1997 – Andriy Zavyalov 9
* 1996 – Pavlo Irichuk and Petro Rusak 9
* 1995 – Ihor Yurchenko 8
* 1992 – Yuri Shulyatytsky 3
* 1991 – Roman Hryhorchuk 26
* 1990 – Mykola Yurchenko 6
* 1989 – Yaroslav Dumansky 13 (Master of Sports of International Level)

## Notable managers

* Viktor Lukashenko, 1972 Ukrainian republican championship winner, 1973 Ukrainian Cup finalist
* Viktor Kozyn, first manager of reorganized football club in 1989
* Ivan Krasnetskyi, 1991 Ukrainian republican championship runner-up and admission to the top league, first manager in competitions of the independent Ukraine
* Ihor Yurchenko, 1994 First League winner
* Bohdan Blavatskyi, first manager of the revived Spartak in 2003

## Club's Presidents

* 1940–1981 Spartak sports society
* 1982–1989 Zenit sports society
* 1989–2001 Anatoliy Revutskyi
* 2001–2002 Anatoliy Popadiuk
* 2003–2005 Sergei Chmykhalov (Lukoil)
* 2006–2007 Taras Klym

## Honours

* Soviet First League
** Runner-up (1): 1957
* Ukrainian Cup
** Runner up (1): 1973
* Championship of the Ukrainian SSR
** Winners (3): 1955, 1969, 1972
** Runner-up (2): 1991
* Ukrainian First League
** Winner (1): 1994

## Derbies

The fiercest rivalry of the club was with FC Nyva Ternopil. The regional neighbors' games sometimes ended with disorders at the respective stadiums. The rivalry was part of the West Ukrainian football derby that after a while transferred from the Ukrainian Premier League to the Ukrainian First League.
The other rivalry worth mentioning was with FC Karpaty Lviv.

## League and cup history
### Ukrainian SSR (Soviet Union)

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Coach Top scorer Notes Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 1969 3rd 1 40 20 17 3 52 21 57 Preserved place at the 3rd tier 1970 3rd 4 42 18 14 10 58 53 50 1971 3rd 19 50 18 9 23 46 46 45 1972 3rd 1 46 23 17 6 51 28 63 Promoted/Playoff won over Daugava Riga 1973 2nd 10 38 14 5/2 17 40 54 33 For draws, points were counted when won on penalty kicks 1974 2nd 12 38 9 16 13 37 39 34 1975 2nd 12 38 14 7 17 50 48 35 1976 2nd 14 38 13 10 15 47 53 36 1977 2nd 14 38 10 14 14 38 52 34 1978 2nd 15 38 13 6 19 43 58 32 1979 2nd 14 46 19 7 20 52 61 45 1980 2nd 17 46 16 10 20 54 67 42 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (part of Zenit sports society) 1981 2nd 20 46 14 13 19 44 56 40 Relegated 1982 3rd 13 46 17 8 21 41 58 42 1983 3rd 22 50 17 6 27 54 76 40 1984 3rd 9 36 14 8 14 31 36 36 2 stages 1985 3rd 19 40 14 10 16 42 42 38 2 stages 1986 3rd 17 40 12 16 12 41 46 40 2 stages 1987 3rd 3 52 29 10 13 69 41 68 1988 3rd 17 50 15 19 16 51 47 49 1989 3rd 21 52 16 12 24 51 68 44 Relegated Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk became professional club 1990 4th 7 36 15 8 13 32 32 38 1991 4th 2 50 31 9 10 86 43 71 Admitted to Ukrainian competitions

### Ukraine

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Coach Top scorer Notes Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 1992 1st "B" 9 18 3 6 9 9 18 12 1/32 finals Krasnetsky Shuliatytsky Shuliatytsky Relegated 1992–93 2nd 5 42 18 14 10 53 35 50 1/8 finals 1993–94 2nd 1 38 26 7 5 81 33 59 1/16 finals Promoted 1994–95 1st 11 34 11 8 15 40 52 41 1/32 finals Yurchenko Yurchenko 1995–96 1st 11 34 12 8 14 49 49 44 1/16 finals Yurchenko Rusak Iriychuk 1996–97 1st 13 30 8 7 15 33 49 31 1/16 finals Streltsov Kolotov Zavyalov 1997–98 1st 10 30 8 9 13 33 41 33 1/16 finals Yurchenko Blavatsky Rusak 1998–99 1st 15 30 6 6 18 24 59 24 1/8 finals 4 coaches Shumsky 1999-00 1st 14 30 7 8 15 27 47 29 1/16 finals 3 coaches Spivak Relegated 2000–01 2nd 14 34 12 6 16 36 46 42 1/16 finals 2001–02 2nd 5 34 17 10 7 43 33 58 1/16 finals 2002–03 2nd 17 34 7 8 19 25 54 29 1/32 finals Club was reorganized Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 2003–04 2nd 4 34 15 10 9 42 38 59 1/8 finals Renamed 2004–05 2nd 4 34 15 5 14 34 33 50 1/16 finals 2005–06 2nd 10 34 10 15 9 33 31 45 1/16 finals 2006–07 2nd 17 36 10 3 23 24 51 33 1/32 finals Bankrupted