SKA Lviv explained

Clubname:SKA Lviv
Fullname:SKA Lviv
Founded:1949
Dissolved:1989
Ground:Army Sports Club Stadium (Lviv)
Capacity:23,000
Mgrtitle:Head Coach
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SKA Lviv was a Soviet multi-sports club founded in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR. The club was created as part of sport section of the Carpathian Military District in 1949 and existed until 1989.

As SKA Karpaty the club dissolved the main team was reorganized as SFK Drohobych and moved to Drohobych, Lviv Oblast (see FC Halychyna Drohobych), simultaneously FC Karpaty Lviv was reinstated as well. Over most of its history the club was the secondary team in Lviv.

Name change

History

Poor start and Spartak Lviv oblivion

During its history the club went through several transformations and mergers. It was founded in 1949 as ODO Lviv (in Russian ODO means the Oblast Dome [Club] of Officers) and began its legacy in the Second Group of the Soviet football competitions (Soviet First League). SKA Lviv was part of the Fitness-Sports Union of Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the Sports Committee of the Armed Forces of USSR. In western Ukraine all organizations of central government were centers of the Russian culture, especially the Soviet Army. The army-men team played along with their city rivals Spartak Lviv which placed second. The performance of the SKA Lviv was under par and the club relegated next year to amateur level as the Second Group was liquidated in 1950. Spartak Lviv was transferred under the jurisdiction of FSC Dynamo which was not able to prepare the team for the next season, therefore Spartak Lviv was successfully dissolved.

This way SKA Lviv became the best club of the city. For the next several years the club participated in the republican championship among the Fitness and Sports clubs (KFK competitions). In 1950 SKA Lviv placed second after Spartak Uzhhorod which became the champion of Ukrainian SSR. Next season the club won its zonal tournament against several other Lviv teams such as Kharchovyk (Tobacco factory), Iskra, Dynamo and eventually became vice-champion winning over ODO Kiev. In 1952 SKA Lviv placed only 4th in its zone and higher than its city rival Kharchovyk Vynnyky.

First League successes

With another reorganization of championship SKA Lviv returned to the Soviet First League under the leadership of Aleksey Grinin. Among notable players that time were Yozhef Betsa, Myroslav Dumansky, Ernest Kesler, and others. In 1956 for SKA Lviv played the future Dynamo Kiev captain, Vasyl Turyanchyk. In 1957 ODO Lviv won the Class B tournament and managed to advance to the 1/8 finals of Soviet Cup where they were facing Spartak Moscow. On June 6, 1957, both teams met at the SKA Stadium. Most of the Spartak players a year ago won the Olympic gold in Melbourne and managed to pull a win in the second half 1:2.

In 1960 it became SKA (Sport Club of Army) for all Army clubs except the Moscow's one, which became CSKA (the Central Sport Club of the Army). In 1982 the SKA Lviv from the Soviet Second League was united with the other club from Lviv, FC Karpaty Lviv, which participated in the Soviet First League. The new team has taken place of FC Karpaty Lviv and was renamed into SKA Karpaty Lviv. In 1990 the team was liquidated and in its place was formed SFC Drohobych in the Soviet Second League. Soon, after few months, the club was renamed again in FC Halychyna Drohobych. Later, there was another club that entered the Ukrainian Second League called as the SKA-Orbita Lviv, and in 2008 FC Halychyna Lviv that won the national amateur cup entered the Ukrainian Cup.

FC Karpaty Lviv split from SKA Karpaty Lviv in 1989 and entered the Soviet Second League. In 1990 both teams competed in the Buffer League, West Zone.

League and Cup history

SKA Lviv

SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAPDomestic CupEuropeNotes
19492ndalign=center bgcolor=pink173476213790201/256 finalsalign=center bgcolor=pinkUkrainian SSR Relegated
1950align=center rowspan="3"3rdalign=center bgcolor=silver2align=center rowspan="3"no participationalign=center rowspan="2"Ukrainian SSR Finals
1951align=center bgcolor=silver2
19524Ukrainian SSR Zone 4
1953align=center colspan="13"Death of Joseph Stalin
1954align=center rowspan="12"2nd7227692432201/8 finalsZone 3
1955730136114740321/64 finalsalign=center rowspan="2"Zone 1
19565341699492541
1957align=center bgcolor=silver2342167513248Zone 2
align=center rowspan="2"1958align=center bgcolor=gold1301875452643align=center rowspan="2"1/8 finalsalign=center rowspan="2"align=center rowspan="2"Zone 3
align=center bgcolor=grey5align=center bgcolor=grey5align=center bgcolor=grey1align=center bgcolor=grey1align=center bgcolor=grey3align=center bgcolor=grey8align=center bgcolor=grey13align=center bgcolor=grey3Finals
19596281459482733Zone 4
196063217694629401/32 finalsUkrainian SSR Zone 1
align=center rowspan="2"19614341789423042align=center rowspan="2"1/64 finalsalign=center rowspan="2"align=center rowspan="2"Ukrainian SSR Zone 1
align=center bgcolor=greyPlayoffalign=center bgcolor=grey2align=center bgcolor=grey1align=center bgcolor=grey1align=center bgcolor=grey0align=center bgcolor=grey2align=center bgcolor=grey1align=center bgcolor=grey3vs Metalurh Zaporizhia
align=center rowspan="2"19624241068372526align=center rowspan="2"1/256 finalsalign=center rowspan="2"align=center rowspan="2"align=center bgcolor=pinkUkrainian SSR Zone 1
align=center bgcolor=gold1align=center bgcolor=grey10align=center bgcolor=grey5align=center bgcolor=grey5align=center bgcolor=grey0align=center bgcolor=grey18align=center bgcolor=grey6align=center bgcolor=grey15align=center bgcolor=pink7–17 places tournament
align=center rowspan="2"1963align=center rowspan="6"3rdalign=center bgcolor=silver2382675823559align=center rowspan="2"1/512 finalsalign=center rowspan="2"align=center rowspan="2"Ukrainian SSR Zone 1
align=center bgcolor=greyPlayoffalign=center bgcolor=grey2align=center bgcolor=grey0align=center bgcolor=grey1align=center bgcolor=grey1align=center bgcolor=grey0align=center bgcolor=grey1align=center bgcolor=grey1vs Azovstal Zhdanov
align=center rowspan="2"1964align=center bgcolor=silver2301497472137align=center rowspan="2"1/4 finalsalign=center rowspan="2"align=center rowspan="2"Ukrainian SSR Zone 1
align=center bgcolor=grey6align=center bgcolor=grey10align=center bgcolor=grey2align=center bgcolor=grey0align=center bgcolor=grey8align=center bgcolor=grey12align=center bgcolor=grey16align=center bgcolor=grey41–6 places tournament
align=center rowspan="2"1965align=center bgcolor=gold1302064742046align=center rowspan="2"1/256 finalsalign=center rowspan="2"align=center rowspan="2"Ukrainian SSR Zone 2
align=center bgcolor=gold1align=center bgcolor=grey10align=center bgcolor=grey7align=center bgcolor=grey2align=center bgcolor=grey1align=center bgcolor=grey24align=center bgcolor=grey9align=center bgcolor=grey16align=center bgcolor=green1–6 places tournament
1966align=center rowspan="4"2ndalign=center bgcolor=tan334151094429401/64 finalsalign=center rowspan="2"2nd subgroup
1967align=center bgcolor=tan338171474227481/128 finals
19687401614104042461/64 finals1st subgroup
196913421411174047391/128 finalsalign=center bgcolor=pink3rd subgroup
1970align=center rowspan="2"3rd14421215153041391/128 finalsalign=center rowspan="2"1st Zone
19712350101723335537
align=center colspan="14"see SC Lutsk (1972–1976)
1977align=center rowspan="5"3rd
Vtoraya Liga		1044161612614348align=center rowspan="3"2nd Zone
1978944161414524346
1979align=center bgcolor=tan346251110673361
1980align=center bgcolor=tan34424128643260align=center rowspan="2"5th Zone
merged w/Karpaty
1981944161513494747
align=center colspan="14"see SKA Karpaty Lviv (1982–1989)

SC Lutsk

SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAPDomestic CupEuropeNotes
1972align=center rowspan="6"3rd
Vtoraya Liga		2246817213052331st Zone
197319441111222550301st Zone (−3)
19749381412123331406th Zone
align=center rowspan="2"1975align=center bgcolor=tan33213127462638align=center rowspan="2"align=center rowspan="2"align=center rowspan="2"6th Zone
650052120League Semifinals
19769381116113434386th Zone

SKA Karpaty Lviv

SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAPDomestic CupEuropeNotes
1982align=center rowspan="9"2nd
Pervaya Liga		1042161016443742Group stage
198311421512154346421/32 finals
1984align=center bgcolor=tan342209136344491/16 finals
align=center rowspan="2"1985align=center bgcolor=silver220875251823align=center rowspan="2"1/64 finalsalign=center rowspan="2"align=center rowspan="2"West
align=center bgcolor=tan34221138664454Group A
19864462210146952541/64 finals
19875421712136246461/4 finals
1988742188165139441/32 finals
1989align=center bgcolor=pink224257303737171/8 finalsalign=center bgcolor=pinkRelegated
1990align=center colspan="9"converted to SFC Drohobych1/64 finalsalign=center colspan="2"align=center bgcolor=pinkDissolved

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