# FC Nyva Vinnytsia

FC Nyva Vinnytsia is a Ukrainian professional football club based in the city of Vinnytsia. The name "Nyva" translates to "grain field". The club was originally created in 1958 in the Soviet Union and folded in 2005 and 2012, but was reformed again in 2015 as Nyva-V and renamed back to Nyva in 2018.

## History
### Previous clubs

A football team in Vinnytsia existed before the World War II as a local team of Vinnytsia city, which participated in championships among other cities. After the 1936 reorganization of football competition, the team then continued to play in lower tiers.
Following World War II, in 1946 football in Vinnytsia was represented by the Spartak society. In 1947 the team played under Dynamo's colors which for the next several years was regularly winning regional competitions and making finals appearances.
The teams names including "Trud", "Burevisnyk", and City Team.

### Lokomotyv → Nyva

In 1958 then current club was established as a Soviet team of the local locomotive factory as Lokomotyv Vinnytsia, which was established on the initiative of the director of Southwestern Railway Petro Kryvonos.
After Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Nyva was selected to play in the inaugural Ukrainian Premier League in 1992, due to being one of the top 9 (of 11) Ukrainian teams from the West Division of the Soviet Second League in 1991.
After being relegated in 1992, Nyva spent the 1993 season in the Ukrainian second division in the First League. Nyva was quickly promoted back to the top level next season after winning the competition.
Nyva Vinnytsia's best achievement in the Ukrainian Premier League was 10th-place finish in the 1993–94 season. The club also surprisingly made the 1995–96 Ukrainian Cup finals, only to lose to Dynamo Kyiv. As a result, Nyva took part in the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, even progressing to the first round after beating JK Tallinna Sadam on away goals (1:2 loss in Tallinn and 1:0 win in Vinnytsia). However, Swiss side FC Sion beat the Ukrainian side with a 6:0 score on aggregate (2:0 in Sion and 4:0 in Vinnytsia) ending the dream run in Europe.
The club ceased to exist after it was relegated from the First League in 2006 because of financial difficulties. In 2006 it was replaced with FC Bershad from Bershad, Vinnytsia oblast (see FC Nyva Bershad).

### Reformation 2007

In the 2007–08 season the club reentered professional league competition into the Second League as FC Nyva-Svitanok, the new part of its name meaning dawn, or new beginning. Also Svitanok is a name of a city's flower market.
On 8 July 2008, the club changed their name from "FC Nyva-Svitanok Vinnytsia" to "PFC Nyva Vinnytsia".

### Reformation 2015

The club was again reformed and entered the Vinnytsia Oblast competition for the 2015–16 finishing in fifth place. The club competed in 2016 in the 2016 Ukrainian Football Amateur League finishing second in their group.
The club successfully passed attestation and competed in the 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League season finishing 7th place.
At the end of 2020, the club announced about financial hardship, and acting president of the club Vadym Kudiarov complained about lack of interest from local government and public.

## Stadiums

The club plays in one of two stadiums in Vinnytsia, Sports Complex Nyva which has a capacity of 5,000 spectators with the club's training facilities located there, and the Municipal Central Stadium (previously Lokomotyv) which was expanded prior to 1980's Olympics which now has a capacity of 24,000 spectators. The Central Stadium is usually used in "big" matches against famous opponents with all the other matches were played at SC Nyva.

## Honors

* Ukrainian Cup
** Runners-up (1): 1995–96
* Ukrainian First League
** Winners (1): 1992–93
* Championship of the Ukrainian SSR
** Winners (2): 1964, 1984
** Runners-up (3): 1963, 1981, 1985
* Ukrainian Second League
** Runners-up (1): 2009–10 (Group A)
* Ukrainian League Cup (among amateurs and lower leagues' clubs)
** Winners (1): 2009–10

## Current squad

As of 20 March 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 | GK | UKR | Yehor Popovych |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Borys Lototskyi |
| 5 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Kalitov |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Kilyk (on loan from Dnipro-1) |
| 10 | FW | UKR | Artur Zahorulko |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Vadym Strashkevych |
| 13 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Yevtikhov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Guilherme Nascimento |
| 22 | DF | UKR | Valeriy Chukhno |
| 23 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Boryachuk |
| 33 | DF | UKR | Oleh Nychyporenko |
| 70 | MF | UKR | Oleksiy Shvets |
| 77 | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Hrachov |
| — | MF | UKR | Vitaliy Hemeha |

## European record

Its first and the only European competition participation occurred in 1996–97 season in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1996–97 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | Q | JK Tallinna Sadam | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 (a) |
| 1996–97 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 1R | FC Sion | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–6 |

### Notes

* 1R: First round
* Q: Qualifying round

## League and Cup history
### Soviet Union / Ukrainian SSR

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P All-Union Cup Republican Cup Europe Notes Lokomotyv Vinnytsia 1959 2nd "4" (Klass B) 1 28 17 7 4 59 30 41 1960 2nd "1" (Klass B, UkrSSR) 2 32 18 8 6 51 25 44 1961 2nd "1" (Klass B, UkrSSR) 2 34 21 8 5 56 27 50 Qualified to the 3rd place playoff 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 1962 2nd "3" (Klass B, UkrSSR) 3 24 13 4 7 40 25 30 Qualified to the competition for places 7–17 16 10 2 2 6 10 13 6 Relegation playoffs won, Relegated 1963 3rd "1" (Klass B, UkrSSR) 1 38 25 10 3 58 22 60 Qualified to the 1st place playoff 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 No promotion 1964 3rd "2" (Klass B, UkrSSR) 2 30 16 9 5 40 17 41 Qualified to the top six competition 1 10 7 3 0 14 3 17 Promoted 1965 2nd (Klass A, Vtoraya Gruppa) 21 46 13 20 13 41 37 46 1966 2nd "2" (Klass A, Vtoraya Gruppa) 4 34 13 13 8 34 30 39 1967 2nd "2" (Klass A, Vtoraya Gruppa) 10 38 12 16 10 45 44 40 1968 2nd "1" (Klass A, Vtoraya Gruppa) 10 40 14 13 13 46 33 41 1969 2nd "3" (Klass A, Vtoraya Gruppa) 20 42 8 18 16 37 49 34 Relegated two tiers, due to reforms 1970 4th (Klass B) 2 40 22 15 3 60 17 59 Promoted 1971 3rd "1" (Vtoraya Liga) 7 50 17 22 11 47 35 56 1972 3rd "1" (Vtoraya Liga) 7 46 19 16 11 49 36 54 1973 3rd "1" (Vtoraya Liga) 5 44 18 11 15 64 33 47 1974 3rd "6" (Vtoraya Liga) 7 38 14 14 10 48 33 42 1975 3rd "6" (Vtoraya Liga) 8 32 11 11 10 41 36 33 1976 3rd "6" (Vtoraya Liga) 12 38 12 11 15 38 47 35 1977 3rd "2" (Vtoraya Liga) 15 44 14 8 22 47 70 36 1978 3rd "2" (Vtoraya Liga) 12 44 14 16 14 30 31 44 Nyva Vinnytsia 1979 3rd "2" (Vtoraya Liga) 21 46 11 13 22 36 44 35 1980 3rd "5" (Vtoraya Liga) 13 44 17 8 19 50 46 42 1981 3rd "5" (Vtoraya Liga) 2 44 23 11 10 60 34 57 1982 3rd "6" (Vtoraya Liga) 5 46 23 13 10 69 36 59 1983 3rd "6" (Vtoraya Liga) 3 50 29 11 10 86 44 69 1984 3rd "6" (Vtoraya Liga) 1 36 21 10 5 58 18 52 Qualified to the promotion tournament 1984 3rd "A" (Promotion tournament) 2 4 1 1 2 3 3 3 No promotion 1985 3rd "6" (Vtoraya Liga) 2 40 22 15 3 102 46 59 1986 3rd "6" (Vtoraya Liga) 7 40 17 9 14 44 44 43 1987 3rd "6" (Vtoraya Liga) 13 52 20 13 19 54 47 53 1988 3rd "6" (Vtoraya Liga) 19 50 15 14 21 47 59 44 1989 3rd "6" (Vtoraya Liga) 5 52 25 15 12 75 40 65 Qualified to the reformed Vtoraya Liga 1990 3rd "West" (Vtoraya Liga) 5 42 17 16 9 56 29 50 1991 5 42 21 7 14 54 40 49 Admitted to Vyshcha Liha

### Ukraine

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes Nyva Vinnytsia 1992 1st "A" (Vyshcha Liha) 8 18 5 4 9 18 33 14 1⁄32 finals Relegated 1992–93 2nd (Persha Liha) 1 42 24 14 4 73 26 62 1⁄16 finals Promoted 1993–94 1st (Vyshcha Liha) 10 34 7 6 21 25 51 20 1⁄8 finals 1994–95 14 34 10 7 17 38 51 37 1⁄4 finals 1995–96 15 34 11 7 16 28 36 40 Runners-up 1996–97 16 30 4 6 20 19 48 18 1⁄4 finals CWC 1st round Relegated 1997–98 2nd (Persha Liha) 5 42 22 7 13 58 34 73 1⁄8 finals 1998–99 6 38 16 9 13 45 39 57 1⁄64 finals FC Vinnytsia 1999–00 2nd (Persha Liha) 11 34 14 6 14 29 39 48 1⁄8 finals 2000–01 10 34 12 8 14 35 41 44 1⁄16 finals 2001–02 15 34 10 8 16 35 52 38 1⁄16 finals 2002–03 16 34 9 9 16 18 31 36 1⁄32 finals Nyva Vinnytsia 2003–04 2nd (Persha Liha) 8 34 14 10 10 34 24 52 1⁄16 finals 2004–05 5 34 15 8 11 49 38 53 1⁄4 finals Bankrupt 2005–06 Club Idle Nyva-Svitanok Vinnytsia 2006 4th (Amatory) 2 6 2 3 1 7 3 9 Stage 1 2 6 3 2 1 14 5 11 Stage 2 4 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 Stage 3 2007–08 3rd "A" (Druha Liha) 9 30 10 5 15 23 40 35 Did not enter Nyva Vinnytsia 2008–09 3rd "A" (Druha Liha) 3 32 18 7 7 40 29 61 1⁄16 finals 2009–10 2 20 12 4 4 43 16 40 1⁄32 finals Promoted 2010–11 2nd (Persha Liha) 10 34 14 8 12 44 42 50 1⁄32 finals 2011–12 13 34 7 11 16 21 39 32 1⁄32 finals Relegated 2012–15 Club Idle 2015–16 Club reforms and participates in oblast competition Nyva-V Vinnytsia 2016 4th (Amatory) 2 6 2 2 2 5 5 8 2016–17 3rd (Druha Liha) 7 32 14 8 10 42 33 50 1⁄16 finals 2017–18 3rd "A" (Druha Liha) 3 27 13 6 8 34 21 45 1⁄32 finals Nyva Vinnytsia 2018–19 3rd "A" (Druha Liha) 4 27 11 9 7 29 23 42 1⁄16 finals 2019–20 9$_{/11}$ 20 5 5 10 22 28 20 1⁄32 finals 2020–21 6$_{/13}$ 24 10 3 11 38 38 33 1⁄8 finals 2021–22 8$_{/15}$ 17 7 4 6 29 20 25 1⁄32 finals 2022–23 3rd (Druha Liha) 4$_{/10}$ 18 10 5 3 29 16 35 None
Notes:
* ↑ Burevisnyk Vinnytsia 4:0, 0:0
* ↑ league pyramid re-organization
* ↑ all draws that were won on penalty kicks for which gained a point
* ↑ including 5 draws lost on penalty kicks for which gained 0 points
* ↑ There were 3 groups of three teams in each with only group winners obtaining promotion.
* ↑ Won playoff game 0–2 over FC Kremin Kremenchuk after Desna Chernihiv failed attestation for the next season and withdrew
* ↑ The club informed the PFL that the club was having financial difficulties and would not arrive for the scheduled cup game against Tytan Armyansk.
* ↑ The club informed the PFL that they were to withdraw from the league prior to the start of the 2012–13 season due to insufficient funds. However, the city and the oblast administration informed the PFL guaranteeing sufficient funds for the next season. The Administration of the PFL presided at a special meeting and accepted the license. The club was relegated to the Ukrainian Second League for the next season. (10 July 2012)

## Managers

* Vyacheslav Hroznyi – 1990–92
* Valeriy Petrov – 1992
* Serhiy Morozov – 1995–96
* Oleksandr Ishchenko – 1997–98
* Volodymyr Bezsonov – 2009–11
* Yuriy Solovyenko – 2006
* Ivan Panchyshyn (July 2007 – April 2008)
* Yuriy Solovyenko – 2008
* Bohdan Blavatskyi – 2009
* Oleh Fedorchuk – 2009–11
* Oleh Ostapenko (caretaker) – 2011
* Oleh Shumovytskyi (caretaker) – 2012
* Oleh Ostapenko (caretaker) – 2012
* Volodymyr Reva – 2015–16
* Yuriy Solovyenko – 2016
* Colince Ngaha Poungoue (caretaker) – 2016
* Yuriy Solovyenko (caretaker) – 2016–17
* Volodymyr Horilyi (11 March 2017 – 18 September 2017)
* Denys Kolchin – 2017–18
* Colince Ngaha Poungoue – 2019
* Oleh Shumovytskyi – 2019–21
* Volodymyr Tsytkin – 2021
* Ihor Leonov (15 January 2022 – present)