# FC Kramatorsk

Football Club Kramatorsk (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб Краматорськ; Russian: Футбольный клуб Краматорск) is a professional Ukrainian football club from the city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast.
The club takes its history from a factory team of the Old Kramatorsk Machine-building Plant (SKMZ).

## History

The club Avangard was reformed in 1955. Prior to World War II there existed a club that was associated with the machine industry in the city. In 1937, the club participated in the national championship as the champion of Ukraine. In 1939, the team won the Cup of Soviet Ukraine.
The team in 1936 won 1st place in Ukraine among working teams and in 1937, 1938 and 1961 reached the 1/16 finals of the Soviet Cup, and 1/8 finals of the Soviet Cup in 1939.
The club regularly participated in the Soviet championship (1946, 1948, 1949, 1960–1970) and the USSR Cup (1937–1939, 1949, 1961-1966/1967).
In the 1998–1999 season, the city of Kramatorsk was presented by a team of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, VPS Kramatorsk (Air Force), in the Ukrainian Second League. That team was penalized 6 points for failure to pay the licence fees to the PFL and was removed from the competition after the first round. During that period the actual factory team was called Bliuminh Kramatorsk and played in championship of Donetsk Oblast.
The team's revival brought back success as they became Donetsk oblast champions in 2010. In 2011, the club appointed head coach Serhiy Shevchenko in preparation for returning to the Second League.
The club submitted a license to the Professional Football League of Ukraine and was accepted into the Ukrainian Second League for the 2011–12 season.
During the 2014–15 season, the club was suspended from the Professional Football League of Ukraine as it ended up in the "ATO zone". Earlier that year in spring due Russian aggression against Ukraine, the Russian Federation occupied the Ukrainian Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
On 7 October 2014, a former press-attache claimed that supporters of the Donetsk People's Republic killed 16-year-old goalkeeper Stepan Chubenko. Chubenko was killed on 25 July 2014 in Horbachevo-Mykhailivka, two days after he was kidnapped at the Donetsk Railway Station.
Near the end of the 2020–21 season the team name was changed from Avanhard Kramatorsk to FC Kramatorsk.

## Honors

* Championship of the Ukrainian SSR
    1936 (as Ordzhonikidze Factory)
* Cup of the Ukrainian SSR
    1939
* Donetsk Oblast Champions
    1947, 1996, 2010
* Fair Play award
    Winners (1) Fair Play award of Ukrainian First League: 2019–20

## Sponsorships

Lotto Sport Italia

## Leadership
### Presidents

* 2005 – 2008 Serhiy Karakuts
* 2010 – 2017 Oleksandr Bolshakov
* 2010 - Maksim Yefimov (honorary president)
* 2021 – Karen Zargarian (head)

### Directors

* 2011 Vladyslav Dolhopolov (sports)
* ???? – 2017 Roman Bolshakov (general)
* 2017 – 2021 Andriy Bezsonnyi
* 2021 – Yevhen Shvets

## League and cup history
### Soviet period

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Other Notes 1936 4th (Republican championship) 1 4 4 0 0 10 2 12 1937 4 6 2 2 2 9 6 12 1⁄4 finals SC 1⁄16 finals 1938 6 11 5 1 5 18 20 22 1⁄8 finals SC 1⁄16 finals 1939 5 9 4 1 4 16 15 18 Winner SC 1⁄8 finals 1940 2 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Round 3 1941–1945 World War II, club was dissolved 1945 unknown 1⁄16 finals 1946 4th (Republican championship) 5 Group stage (Group East) Round 3 1947 1 Group stage (Group 6) 1⁄2 finals 2 5 3 1 1 14 7 7 1948 9 Group stage (Group 5) Round 2 1949 6 Group stage (Group 5) 1950 5 Group stage (Group 3) 1951 5 Group stage (Group 3) 1952 7 22 7 8 7 36 29 22 Group 2 1948 2nd (Second Group) 6 14 3 4 7 23 40 10 Group Ukraine, A 1949 11 34 12 6 16 51 70 30 Group Ukraine 1953–1955 Unknown status 1956 4th (Republican championship) 7 14 4 1 9 26 28 9 1⁄16 finals Group 4 1957 5 10 3 1 6 9 24 7 1⁄4 finals Group 5 1958 2 14 8 2 4 24 15 18 Group 8 4 5 1 3 1 3 5 5 Group 2 1959 8 14 2 3 9 16 31 7 Group 3Admitted to masters 1960 2nd (Class B, Ukraine) 7 36 13 12 11 41 35 38 Group 2 1961 17 36 10 8 18 30 47 28 R.P/O winner Group 2 1962 13 24 5 5 14 28 47 15 Group 3 30 10 6 2 2 20 12 14 Places 29–39Relegated 1963 3rd (Class B, Ukraine) 16 38 11 11 16 34 44 33 R.P/O loser Group 2 1964 10 30 8 11 11 27 32 27 Group 3 26 10 5 2 3 17 12 12 Places 25–30 1965 17 32 7 6 19 23 52 20 Group 3 44 4 2 1 1 3 2 5 Places 43–45 1966 9 38 16 8 14 49 49 40 P/O winner Group 1 1967 16 40 10 14 16 46 52 34 Group 2 1968 10 40 13 13 14 43 43 39 Group 2 1969 11 40 12 16 12 31 30 40 Group 2Relegated 1970 4th (Class B, Ukraine) 5 26 10 7 9 32 34 27 Group 2 12 40 13 11 16 43 54 37 Places 1–14Tier liquidated 1971–1973 Unknown status 1974 4th (KFK championship) 1 14 8 5 1 28 12 21 Group 5 6 5 0 1 4 3 12 1 Final Group 1975 3 14 7 4 3 24 19 18 Group 6 1976 10 18 2 3 13 9 34 7 1⁄8 finals Group 5

### Ukraine

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 1992–93 4th (KFK championship) 12 26 7 3 16 23 57 17 1993–94 8 26 10 4 12 45 42 24 1994–95 14 30 7 3 20 16 30 24 1995–96 1 4 2 2 0 8 2 8 1996–2010 Club idle 2011 4th (Championship among amateurs) 1 8 6 1 1 15 4 19 Promoted 2011–12 3rd "B" (Second League) 2 26 19 1 6 41 15 58 1⁄64 finals Promoted 2012–13 2nd (First League) 7 34 15 8 11 37 26 53 1⁄8 finals 2013–14 15 30 7 10 13 23 27 31 1⁄8 finals 2014–15 Club suspended operation due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine 2015–16 2nd (First League) 13 30 8 8 14 28 42 32 1⁄16 finals 2016–17 7 34 14 10 10 32 28 52 1⁄32 finals 2017–18 6 34 15 7 12 44 42 52 1⁄16 finals 2018–19 5 28 14 6 8 44 26 48 1⁄32 finals 2019–20 8 30 13 6 11 37 40 45 1⁄32 finals 2020–21 12 30 9 5 16 32 51 32 1⁄64 finals

## Managers

* 2011–2013: Sergei Shevchenko
* 2013–2016: Yakiv Kripak
* 2016–2020: Oleksandr Kosevych
* 2020–2022: Oleksiy Horodov