SC Tavriya Simferopol

SC Tavriya Simferopol (Ukrainian: СК «Таврія» Сімферополь, Russian: СК «Таврия» Симферополь, Crimean Tatar: SK «Tavriya» Aqmescit) is a football club from Simferopol, Crimea, which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League. Tavria is Crimea's most successful football club and is the winner of the very first Ukrainian Premier League, making them one out of 3 teams that have ever held this title.


[edit] History


The club was founded in 1958 under the name 'Avanhard', Tavria played their first game in USSR Championship against Yaroslav based club Khimik. Overall Tavria played 132 clubs from 113 cities. They have played their last match in the competition against FC Uralmash Yekatirinburg.



[edit] Post-Soviet

After the fall of Soviet Union, Ukrainian Premier League was formed, and Tavria became one of its founders. And eventually became the very first Ukrainian champion, defeating in the final, which was held in Lviv, Ukraine's most successful club Dynamo Kyiv. Having become the domestic champions the club earned a right to participate in UEFA Champions League, however they were knocked out in the first round by Swiss club FC Sion.



Tavria is also one of the 5 clubs to have participated in every season of the Ukrainian premier league. Their best performance in the Ukrainian Cup came in 1994, when they have beaten in the final by Chornomorets Odessa, on two other occasions they have reached semi-finals.



On December 29, 2005 club owner Serhiy Kunitsyn fired the team's coach, Oleh Fedorchuk. On January 5, 2006 Tavriya signed Mykhailo Fomenko for a half year contract.



[edit] Connections to organized crime

According to local police, the football club is a front for an organized crime gang called the 'Bashmaki' (the 'Shoe gang'), believed to be involved in 50 murders as well as kidnapping. In 2007 the club's former president, Viktor Karasev, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for arson and use of illegal weapons. [1]



[edit] Sponsors

Clearing House (bank), Lider, Crimea Titan



[edit] Honours

Ukrainian Championship: 1

1992

Runner-Up



Ukrainian Cup: 1

1994

[edit] Current squad

The players in bold have senior international caps. Squad is given according to the club's official website, as of November 12, 2009.[2]



No. Position Player

1 GK Maksym Startsev

2 DF Andriy Kornev

3 DF Ihor Buryak

6 DF Sasha Juričić

7 MF Pawel Hajduczek

9 FW Oleksandr Kovpak (Captain)

10 FW Lucky Idahor

11 DF Anton Monakhov

12 GK Dmytro Stoyko

13 FW Andriy Zborovskyy

14 MF Volodymyr Korobka

15 MF Yevhen Lutsenko

16 MF Slobodan Marković

No. Position Player

17 DF Vyacheslav Sviderskyi

18 MF Andrius Jokšas

19 MF Ilya Galyuza

20 FW Vasil Gigiadze

22 MF Željko Ljubenović

24 FW Ruslan Platon

27 MF Denys Golaydo (Vice-Captain)

28 FW Maksym Feschuk

29 FW Matviy Bobal

32 DF Maksym Khablov

33 DF Oleh Karamushka

37 MF Kyril Davydov

42 DF Dmyriy Semeov

41 GK Vadym Deonas





For recent transfers, see List of Ukrainian football transfers summer 2009 and List of Ukrainian football transfers Winter 2008-09.



[edit] Out on loan

No. Position Player

5 DF Andriy Donets' (on loan to Zakarpattia)

23 FW Oleksandr Artemenko (on loan to Zakarpattia)

24 MF Vladimir Burduli (on loan to Zakarpattia)





[edit] Famous players

Yuri Dmytrulin

Oleksandr Holovko

Edmar

Ionel Pârvu





[edit] Former coaches

Anatoly Konjkov

Vladimir Muntyan

Oleh Fedorchuk

Anatoly Korobochka (1999–2000)

Anatoliy Zayaev (2002-2004)

Mykola Pavlov (2004-2005)

Oleh Fedorchuk (2005-2006)

Mykhailo Fomenko (2006-Sep.2008)

Serhiy Puchkov[3] (Sep.2008-present)





[edit] League and Cup history

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes

1992 1st "A" 1 18 11 6 1 30 9 28 1/16 finals [4]

1992-93 1st 10 30 11 4 15 30 39 26 1/8 finals ECL 1st round

1993-94 1st 8 34 12 10 12 41 34 34 Runner-up

1994-95 1st 5 34 17 8 9 61 37 59 1/2 finals

1995-96 1st 12 34 12 8 14 46 46 44 1/4 finals

1996-97 1st 6 30 13 5 12 36 46 44 1/16 finals

1997-98 1st 14 30 8 9 13 35 41 33 1/8 finals

1998-99 1st 9 30 10 7 13 33 39 37 1/4 finals

1999-00 1st 13 30 7 8 15 32 51 29 1/8 finals

2000-01 1st 7 26 8 9 9 24 31 33 1/8 finals

2001-02 1st 7 26 8 6 12 27 36 30 1/8 finals

2002-03 1st 9 30 9 7 14 36 50 34 1/16 finals

2003-04 1st 12 30 7 11 12 26 40 32 1/4 finals

2004-05 1st 7 30 11 9 10 34 28 42 1/4 finals

2005-06 1st 7 30 11 6 13 29 31 39 1/8 finals

2006-07 1st 5 30 12 6 12 32 30 42 1/2 finals

2007-08 1st 5 30 13 8 9 38 40 47 1/4 finals

2008-09 1st 8 30 10 7 13 41 45 37 1/4 finals IC 3rd round

2009-10 1st 1/2 finals