# FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni

FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni is a Ukrainian football club based in Horishni Plavni, Poltava Oblast. The club competes in the First League.
The club is sponsored by Ferrexpo.

## History

The club was founded in 1989. After some above average performances in the KFK 3rd Zone (Central Ukraine) Amateur Championship the club's administration decided to enter the professional league. However, at this level the club has continually struggled and has had only 2 winning seasons since entering this level of competition.
The club plays its football games at "Yunist" (Youth) Stadium. According to the Vorskla website the stadium has a capacity of 5,000 spectators, while the website of Hirnyk reports a mere 2,500.
The club was promoted to the Ukrainian First League for the first time in 2014.

## Team names

    Year Name 1989–92 Lokomotiv 1993–95 Hirnyk 1995– Hirnyk-Sport

## Honors

* Ukrainian Druha Liha
** Champions (1): 2013–14
* Ukrainian League Cup
** Runners-up (1): 2009–10

## League and cup history

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Other Notes 1992–93 4th (Amatorska Liha) 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 3rd (Druha Liha) 16 38 10 8 20 33 71 38 Did not enter 1996–97 14 32 10 6 16 20 32 36 1st Qual. round 1997–98 4 32 12 11 9 39 35 47 3rd Qual. round 1998–99 4 26 13 6 7 36 31 41 1st Qual. round 1999–00 7 26 10 5 11 33 41 35 DNQ 2L 1⁄4 finals 2000–01 10 28 9 4 15 26 45 31 DNQ 2L 1⁄4 finals 2001–02 17 34 6 6 22 32 60 24 1st round 2002–03 15 30 7 6 17 27 48 27 1⁄32 finals 2003–04 14 30 10 5 15 40 40 35 1⁄32 finals 2004–05 9 28 10 0 18 35 49 30 1⁄32 finals Group C 2005–06 8 24 10 4 10 30 31 34 1⁄32 finals Group C 2006–07 15 28 5 2 21 23 48 17 1⁄32 finals 2007–08 15 34 9 7 18 38 59 34 1⁄32 finals 2008–09 13 34 9 8 17 28 45 35 1⁄64 finals 2009–10 11 26 5 7 14 21 35 22 1⁄64 finals LC Final 2010–11 9 22 6 4 12 17 29 22 1⁄16 finals 2011–12 9 26 6 8 12 28 39 26 1⁄64 finals 2012–13 11 24 5 3 16 25 50 18 1⁄16 finals qualified to relegation group 4 3 8 5 1 2 14 7 16 2013–14 1 36 25 4 7 68 31 79 1⁄32 finals Promoted 2014–15 2nd (Persha Liha) 3 30 16 9 5 44 24 57 1⁄32 finals 2015–16 12 30 8 9 13 30 35 33 1⁄16 finals 2016–17 11 34 12 7 15 47 54 43 1⁄32 finals 2017–18 8 34 16 2 16 30 40 50 1⁄32 finals 2018–19 12 28 5 12 11 24 43 27 1⁄32 finals 2019–20 9 30 12 3 15 42 48 39 1⁄8 finals 2020–21 9 30 11 5 14 43 45 38 1⁄16 finals

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 3 July 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 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Mykyta Dudka |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Radion Posyevkin |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Danylo Dmytriyev |
| 12 | GK | UKR | Stanislav Kozlov |
| 14 | DF | NGA | Prince Chisom Chibueze |
| 15 | MF | UKR | Denys Chernysh |
| 16 | MF | NGA | Innocent Odoh |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Podrezan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | UKR | Illya Yurchenko |
| 22 | DF | UKR | Mykola Vorop |
| 23 | FW | UKR | Vyacheslav Studenko |
| 27 | DF | UKR | Andriy Romanenko |
| 30 | MF | NGA | Ekemini Nsini Effiong |
| 35 | GK | UKR | Bohdan Shukhman |
| 66 | MF | NGA | Richmond Chukwuemeka |
| 77 | DF | UKR | Maksym Sheptitskyi |
| 94 | DF | UKR | Yevheniy Moroz |

### 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 |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Managers

* Ihor Zhabchenko (2013–2016)
* Serhiy Puchkov (2016 – 31 Dec 2018)
* Volodymyr Mazyar (1 Jan 2019 – 9 Sept 2019)
* Ihor Zhabchenko (15 Sept 2019 – present)