# FSC Bukovyna Chernivtsi

Football Sports Club Bukovyna Chernivtsi is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Chernivtsi.

## History

The club was established in 1958 as Avanhard Chernivtsi (Avangard Chernovtsy) for republican competitions and became the first club from Chernivtsi Oblast to be added to the Soviet Class B competition in 1960. Before 1958 Chernivtsi were presented several times by various teams in republican competitions like Burevisnyk (1956), Dynamo (1948, 1950–1955), Spartak (1946, 1947, 1949), Lokomotyv (1949).
From 1992 to 1994, Bukovyna played in the Ukrainian Premier League, after being initially chosen to participate for being one of the Ukrainian teams taking part in the Soviet First League in 1991.
Bukovyna Chernivtsi's best achievement in the Ukrainian Premier League was 10th place in its first season. The club was founded in 1958 under the name Avanguard.
Colours are yellow shirts, black shorts. Alternate colors are white and or red and black.

## Team names

* Pre 2009 emblem (Coat of arms of Chernivtsi)
* 2009 emblem (Coat of arms of Chernivtsi Oblast)
    Year Name 1952–1958 Burevisnyk 1958–1964 Avanhard 1965–current Bukovyna

## Current squad

As of 16 October 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | DF | UKR | Dmytro Pohorilyi |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Mykyta Bezuhlyi |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Ihor Soldat |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Mykhaylo Rudavskyi |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Khamelyuk |
| 9 | FW | UKR | Danylo Honcharuk |
| 10 | DF | UKR | Vitaliy Farasyeyenko |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Ivan Budnyak |
| 12 | FW | UKR | Danylo Holub |
| 14 | DF | UKR | Dmytro Shynkarenko |
| 17 | FW | UKR | Andriy Andreychuk |
| 18 | DF | UKR | Davronbek Azizov |
| 19 | FW | UKR | Arseniy Kilyevyi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | UKR | Vitaliy Koltsov |
| 21 | FW | UKR | Maksym Hirnyi |
| 22 | MF | UKR | Roman Bodnya |
| 23 | FW | UKR | Bohdan Boychuk |
| 24 | DF | UKR | Andriy Busko |
| 27 | MF | UKR | Ivan Tyshchenko |
| 30 | GK | UKR | Danylo Kanevtsev |
| 41 | DF | UKR | Yuriy Dudnyk |
| 55 | GK | UKR | Ivan Ponomarenko |
| 71 | DF | UKR | Maksym Lopyryonok |
| 74 | DF | UKR | Yan Morhovskyi |
| 77 | MF | UKR | Yuriy Hlushchuk |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Orest Panchyshyn (at Kremin Kremenchuk until 31 December 2024) |

## Honors

* Soviet Vtoraya Liga (Group West)
** Winners (1): 1990
* Ukrainian Persha Liha
** Runners-up (1): 1995–96
* Ukrainian Druha Liha (Group A)
** Winners (2): 1999–00, 2009–10
* Chernivtsi Oblast championship
** Winners (6): 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1976
Bukovyna also holds an all-time record of the most points earned in the Soviet Second League.

## League and cup history
### Soviet Union

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Others Notes Burevisnyk Chernivtsi 1956 3rd "Group 7" 6 14 5 2 7 18 22 12 1957 Avangard Chernovtsy / Avanhard Chernivtsi 1958 3rd "Group 5" 2 14 9 4 1 37 9 22 UC 1⁄4 finals 1959 3rd "Group 9" 3 14 9 1 4 27 20 19 Promoted 1960 2nd "Group 1" 8 32 14 9 9 47 41 37 1961 2nd "Group 1" 9 34 11 10 13 50 53 32 lost the 17th place game 1962 2nd "Group 2" 10 24 6 6 12 27 45 18 Finals 29 (1) 10 6 2 2 15 6 14 the 29th place tournament 1963 3rd "Group 1" 15 38 11 8 19 40 66 30 won the 29th place game 1964 3rd "Group 2" 11 30 9 8 13 32 46 26 Finals 28 (4) 10 4 2 4 14 15 10 the 25th place tournament Bukovina Chernovtsy / Bukovyna Chernivtsi 1965 3rd "Group 2" 7 30 11 8 11 33 42 30 Finals 20 (2) 10 5 1 4 15 8 11 the 19th place tournament 1966 3rd "Group 2" 10 38 12 14 12 45 48 38 won the 19th place game 1967 3rd "Group 1" 14 40 11 12 17 44 53 34 1968 3rd "Group 1" 2 42 25 10 7 66 26 60 qualified for finals Finals 2 7 4 3 0 11 4 11 Promoted 1969 2nd "Group 3" 9 42 16 12 14 32 33 44 Relegated 1970 3rd "Zone 1" 8 42 17 12 13 45 39 46 1971 3rd "Zone 1" 16 50 17 14 19 35 38 48 1972 3rd "Zone 1" 21 46 10 16 20 32 62 36 UC 1⁄8 finals 1973 3rd "Zone 1" 14 44 14 7/5 18 44 52 35 UC 1⁄16 finals 1974 3rd "Zone 6" 12 38 14 10 14 51 45 38 UC 1⁄16 finals 1975 3rd "Zone 6" 10 32 10 12 10 34 38 32 UC 1⁄4 finals 1976 3rd "Zone 6" 14 38 11 12 15 29 34 34 UC 1⁄4 finals 1977 3rd "Zone 2" 9 44 19 11 14 46 29 49 1978 3rd "Zone 2" 5 44 23 11 10 55 25 57 1979 3rd "Zone 2" 5 46 24 10 12 55 32 58 1980 3rd "Zone 5" 2 44 26 9 9 70 35 61 1981 3rd "Zone 5" 4 44 23 9 12 58 28 55 1982 3rd "Zone 6" 1 46 29 8 9 71 34 66 Champion of Ukraine Final "Group B" 3 4 1 0 3 5 10 2 promotion tournament 1983 3rd "Zone 6" 6 50 23 14 13 79 52 60 1984 3rd "Zone 6" 14 38 15 10 13 45 36 40 two stages 1985 3rd "Zone 6" 9 40 17 7 16 49 47 41 two stages 1986 3rd "Zone 6" 15 40 14 13 13 40 38 41 two stages 1987 3rd "Zone 6" 4 52 27 13 12 81 46 67 1988 3rd "Zone 6" 1 50 27 16 7 85 31 70 Champion of Ukraine Final "Group 3" 2 4 3 0 1 6 4 6 promotion tournament 1989 3rd "Zone 6" 2 52 29 18 5 71 26 76 1⁄32 finals 1990 3rd "West" 1 50 29 17 4 87 34 75 1⁄64 finals Promoted 1991 2nd 5 42 20 8 14 56 49 48 1⁄32 finals 1992 No competition 1⁄64 finals

### Ukraine

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 1992 1st "B" 6 18 7 4 7 17 16 18 1⁄8 finals 1992–93 1st 12 39 9 8 13 27 32 26 1⁄16 finals 1993–94 1st 17 34 7 6 21 25 51 20 1⁄8 finals Relegated 1994–95 2nd 15 42 16 5 21 43 45 53 1⁄64 finals 1995–96 2nd 2 42 30 5 7 83 34 95 1⁄32 finals 1996–97 2nd 9 46 19 10 17 64 51 67 1⁄16 finals 1997–98 2nd 18 42 14 11 17 36 50 53 1⁄16 finals 1998–99 2nd 18 38 6 9 23 26 68 27 1⁄128 finals Relegated 1999–00 3rd "A" 1 30 22 7 1 65 13 73 1⁄4 finals Second League Cup Promoted 2000–01 2nd 18 34 6 8 20 18 41 26 1⁄16 finals Relegated 2001–02 3rd "A" 7 36 17 8 11 40 41 59 2nd round 2002–03 3rd "A" 13 28 6 6 16 20 39 35 1⁄32 finals 2003–04 3rd "A" 12 30 8 9 13 23 36 33 1⁄32 finals 2004–05 3rd "A" 6 28 14 6 8 33 22 48 1⁄32 finals 2005–06 3rd "A" 6 28 13 5 10 38 33 44 1⁄16 finals 2006–07 3rd "A" 10 28 5 12 11 22 40 27 1⁄32 finals 2007–08 3rd "A" 4 30 17 6 7 43 23 57 did not enter 2008–09 3rd "A" 9 32 14 2 16 29 39 44 1⁄64 finals 2009–10 3rd "A" 1 20 15 3 2 35 12 48 1⁄64 finals Promoted 2010–11 2nd 7 34 17 5 12 48 45 56 1⁄32 finals 2011–12 2nd 6 34 15 12 7 38 29 57 1⁄8 finals 2012–13 2nd 4 34 16 10 8 49 33 58 1⁄32 finals 2013–14 2nd 12 30 10 6 14 26 36 36 1⁄16 finals 2014–15 2nd 16$_{/16}$ 30 4 3 23 24 61 15 1⁄16 finals Relegated 2015–16 3rd 4$_{/14}$ 26 13 8 5 39 22 47 1⁄32 finals Promoted 2016–17 2nd 16$_{/18}$ 34 8 9 17 27 40 33 1⁄32 finals Relegated 2017–18 3rd "A" 6$_{/10}$ 27 9 7 11 32 40 34 1⁄64 finals 2018–19 3rd "A" 10$_{/10}$ 27 5 6 16 19 43 21 1⁄64 finals Avoided relegation 2019–20 3rd "A" 8$_{/11}$ 20 6 2 12 25 36 20 1⁄16 finals 2020–21 3rd "A" 7$_{/13}$ 24 9 5 10 27 31 32 the 2021–22 season did not end due to the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation 2021–22 3rd "A" 9$_{/15}$ 17 6 5 6 20 17 23 Promoted 2022–23 2nd "A" 7$_{/8}$ 14 2 3 9 9 21 9 2nd "REL" 3$_{/8}$ 14 5 6 3 18 14 21 2023–24 2nd "A" 6$_{/10}$ 18 6 3 9 16 23 21 2nd "REL"

## Presidents

* 1993 – 1998 Vasyl Fedoriuk
* 2007 – 2010 Vasyl Fedoriuk
* 2019 – 2022 Vadym Zayats
* 2022 – present Andriy Safronyak

## Coaches

* Head coach – Andriy Melnychuk
* Assistant coach – Pavlo Taran
* Assistant coach – Hryhoriy Churilov
* Goalkeeping coach – Bohdan Stepanenko
* Nachalnik komandy – Ivan Pavlyuk

## FC Bukovyna-2 Chernivtsi

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 2013 4th (Amatory) 6 10 2 1 7 7 15 7