| Clubname: | Hoverla Uzhhorod |
| Fullname: | Football Club Hoverla Uzhhorod |
| Founded: | [1] |
| Ground: | Avanhard Stadium |
| Capacity: | 12,000 |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Chairman: | Ivan Shufrych |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Vyacheslav Hroznyi |
| League: | Ukrainian Premier League |
| Season: | 2015–16 |
| Position: | 13th |
| Website: | https://web.archive.org/web/20130104180231/http://fcgoverla.uz.ua/ |
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Football Club Hoverla Uzhhorod (in Ukrainian pronounced as /ɦoˈwɛrlɐ ˈuʒɦorod/) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Uzhhorod. Following the end of the 2015–16 season it was expelled from the Ukrainian Premier League because of debts to (current and former) players.[2] It then ceased to exist.[3]
See also: SC Rusj Uzhorod. The club was inaugurated in 1946 as Spartak Uzhhorod. However some of its emblems point to a predecessor, SC Rus, founded in 1925, although direct links between the two franchises can barely be traced. In 1961, Spartak was renamed Verhovyna, and in 1971 Hoverla. In 1982, it was renamed Zakarpattia, then Verhovyna again in 1997 for two years.
Zakarpattia started the 2001–02 season in the Ukrainian Premier League, but a last-place finish saw the club demoted to the Ukrainian First League. They returned in 2004–05 and 2007–08 but each time with the same result: relegation from the Premier League after a single season.
Before the start of the 2011–12 Ukrainian First League season the club renamed itself FC Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod.[4]
The team renamed themselves Hoverla prior to the start of the 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League season.[5] Following the season the club was supposed to be relegated according to the season's regulations, yet conveniently both runners-up PFC Oleksandriya and FC Stal Alchevsk refused to get promoted, while the Football Federation of Ukraine refused other teams to get promoted.
On 8 June 2016, (after the end of the 2015–16 season) the club did not get a licence to continue to play in the league due to debts to (current and former) players and was thus de facto expelled from the Ukrainian Premier League.[2] It then ceased to exist.[3]
1997 – Verkhovyna 1999 – Zakarpattia 2011 – Hoverla-Zakarpattia 2012 – Hoverla| Years[6] | Football kit | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|
| 2001–02 | lotto/adidas | – |
| 2004–06 | lotto | |
| 2007–08 | ||
| 2009–10 | ||
| 2012–14 | adidas |
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Domestic Cup | Europe | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2nd "B" | 5 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 31 | 1/32 finals | |||||
| 1992–93 | 2nd | 16 | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 45 | 56 | 36 | 1/64 finals | |||||
| 1993–94 | 2nd | 14 | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 53 | 32 | 1/32 finals | |||||
| 1994–95 | 2nd | 17 | 38 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 62 | 46 | 1/16 finals | |||||
| 1995–96 | 2nd | 17 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 49 | 67 | 50 | 1/32 finals | |||||
| 1996–97 | 2nd | 15 | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 56 | 78 | 58 | 1/32 finals 1st Stage | as Verhovyna | ||||
| 1997–98 | 2nd | 20 | 42 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 42 | 79 | 32 | 1/32 finals | align=center bgcolor=red | Relegated as Verhovyna | |||
| 1998–99 | 3rd "A" | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 14 | 66 | 1/64 finals | align=center bgcolor=green | Promoted | ||
| 1999–00 | 2nd | 13 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 49 | 48 | 1/16 finals | |||||
| 2000–01 | 2nd | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 38 | 64 | 1/8 finals | align=center bgcolor=green | Promoted | ||
| 2001–02 | 1st | 14 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 49 | 21 | 1/4 finals | align=center bgcolor=red | Relegated | |||
| 2002–03 | 2nd | 7 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 26 | 51 | 1/16 finals | |||||
| 2003–04 | 2nd | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 27 | 70 | 1/16 finals | align=center bgcolor=green | Promoted | ||
| 2004–05 | 1st | 12 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 31 | 1/32 finals | |||||
| 2005–06 | 1st | 16 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 53 | 15 | 1/16 finals | align=center bgcolor=red | Relegated | |||
| 2006–07 | 2nd | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2 | 36 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 22 | 80 | 1/16 finals | align=center bgcolor=green | Promoted | ||
| 2007–08 | 1st | 16 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 54 | 18 | 1/16 finals | align=center bgcolor=red | Relegated | |||
| 2008–09 | 2nd | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 55 | 28 | 69 | 1/8 finals | align=center bgcolor=green | Promoted | ||
| 2009–10 | 1st | 16 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 44 | 19 | 1/16 finals | align=center bgcolor=red | Relegated | |||
| 2010–11 | 2nd | 6 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 51 | 40 | 56 | 1/32 finals | |||||
| 2011–12 | 2nd | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 | 34 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 67 | 16 | 84 | 1/16 finals | align=center bgcolor=green | Promoted | ||
| 2012–13 | 1st | 15 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 57 | 22 | 1/8 finals | |||||
| 2013–14 | 1st | 12 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 39 | 26 | 1/16 finals | |||||
| 2014–15 | 1st | 12 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 47 | 19 | 1/8 finals | |||||
| 2015–16 | 1st | 13 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 45 | 7 | 1/16 finals | -9 | ||||
Stepan Voytko (1990–92) Yuriy Chirkov (1992–93) Ivan Shanhin (1993–94) Ernest Kesler (1994) Ivan Ledney (1994) Yuriy Chirkov (1995) Matviy Bobal (1995–96) Oleksandr Holokolosov (1997) Stepan Voytko (1997) Ivan Shanhin (1997–98) Valentyn Khodukin (1998) Viktor Ryashko (1998–2000) Yuriy Kalitvintsev (1 July 2001 – 30 June 2002) Viktor Ryashko (2002–22 Aug 2005) Petro Kushlyk (Sept 7, 2005 – Sept 28, 2007) Volodymyr Sharan (Sept 28, 2007–21 April 2008) Mykhaylo Ivanytsya (21 April 2008 – 30 June 2009) Igor Gamula (1 July 2009 – 5 April 2011) Oleksandr Sevidov (7 April 2011 – 26 May 2013) Vyacheslav Hroznyi (18 June 2013 – May 2016)