| Clubname: | Zirka Kropyvnytskyi |
| Fullname: | FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi |
| Nickname: | "Zirka" – Star |
| Founded: | 1911 |
| Ground: | "Zirka" Stadium, Kropyvnytskyi |
| Capacity: | 14,628 |
| Chairman: | Maksym Berezkin |
| Manager: | Samir Hasanov[1] |
| League: | Ukrainian Amateur League |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Position: | Ukrainian Amateur League, Group 3, 12th of 12 |
| Website: | http://fczirka.com.ua/ |
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| Current: | 2017–18 FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi season |
FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi (Ukrainian: ФК "Зірка Кропивницький") is a Ukrainian amateur football club from Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast, with its team currently playing in the Ukrainian Amateur League.
The club traces its history of a football team that existed at the British factory of Elvorti (Elworthy) since 1911. After the Bolshevik Revolution, the factory was nationalized and converted into Soviet factory "Chervona Zirka", and likewise, the former team was dissolved, and the Soviet football team Chervona Zirka was formed in 1922. The club's professional football history started in 1958 when it was admitted to the Class B competitions.
The club traces its history back to the former Russian sports club Elvorti Yelizavetgrad that was founded in 1911 at the Elvorti Factory. The factory was later nationalized with establishment of the Soviet power and changed its name to "Chervona Zirka" (Red Star). After start of World War I and the Ukrainian-Soviet War, most sports events in the region were suspended and in 1917 the club dissolved. Sports competitions were resumed in Lyzavetghrad in 1921 that saw participation of a team.
In 1922, based on the former sports club Elvorti Yelizavetgrad were created two Soviet clubs Chervona Zirka and Chervony Profintern that participated in Soviet competition. Some of Zirka's club shields contain 1922 as the club's year of establishment. In 1928 Chervona Zirka changed its name to Metallist Zinovyevsk (Metalist Zinovyivsk) and in 1934 – Selmash Kirovo (Silmash Kirove). During the World War II the team was dissolved once again.
It was not revived until 1948 when by being a member of the former Volunteer Sports Society Selmash, it was reorganised as Traktor Kirovograd (Traktor Kirovohrad) and after 1953 – Torpedo.
In first post-War years 1946–47 Kirovograd (Kirovohrad) was represented in football competitions by a law enforcement team "Dynamo".
In 1958, the club was renamed into Zvezda Kirovograd (Zirka Kirovohrad) when it advanced to the professional level of Soviet competitions, the B Class. As Zirka the club existed until 2006 when it went bankrupt. In 1962 the club temporarily did not participate in Soviet competitions and Kirovohrad was once again represented by Dynamo. From 1993 to 1997 the club carried a name of its title sponsor NIBAS as Zirka-NIBAS. In 2007 the club was revived in amateur regional competitions. On July 15, 2008 the Professional Football League of Ukraine approved exchange names between Zirka and another club from Kirovohrad, FC Olimpik Kirovohrad, that competed at professional level to yield its place in the Ukrainian Second League.[2]
Previously, Zirka debuted at a top level for the 1994–95 season, where they finished 6th. In the 1999–2000 season they finished in last place and were relegated to the Ukrainian First League. They were promoted immediately as champions once again for the 2003–04 season, but finished in last place and were demoted again.
In July 2016, the name of Zirka's hometown was renamed to Kropyvnytskyi.[3] The next day the club announced it had changed its name to FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi and its logo accordingly.[4]
| Year | Name | Meaning | |
| 1922–27 | Chervona Zirka | Red Star | |
| 1928–35 | Metalist | Steeler | |
| 1935–40 | Silmash | portmanteau for Mechanised agriculture | |
| 1941–45 | club was dissolved due to the World War II | ||
| 1946–52 | Traktor | Tractor | |
| 1953–57 | Torpedo | ||
| 1958–61 | Zirka | Star | |
| 1962 | Dynamo | ||
| 1963–93 | Zirka | Star | |
| 1993–97 | Zirka NIBAS | Star [NIBAS] | |
| 1998–present | Zirka | Star |
Current club's crest (logo) was adopted in 2012. In 2016 as part of decommunisation process, the club changed its city's name and year of establishment claiming its heritage of the previously existing team of British factory "Elvorti".
In 2008-2011 the club's crest contained the Red Star (the club's former name and the name of factory which owned the club) and most of elements of coat of arms of the city of Kropyvnytskyi.
| Years[10] | Football kit | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–2009 | lotto/nike | – | |
| 2009–2013 | nike/joma | – | |
| 2013–present | joma | – |
Soviet competitions
The republican football competitions in Ukraine during the Soviet period is poorly documented, so there is little information available about the Zirka's competition record before 1958.
from:01/07/1957 till:01/07/1962 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text:"Class B" from:01/07/1962 till:01/07/1965 color:bl3 shift:(0,13) text:"Class B" from:01/07/1965 till:01/07/1970 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text:"Class A"
from:01/07/1970 till:01/07/1989 color:bl3 shift:(0,13) text:"Vtoraya Liga" from:01/07/1989 till:01/07/1991 color:bl4 shift:(0,13) text:"Vtoraya nizshaya Liga"
Ukrainian competitions
from:01/01/1992 till:01/07/1992 color:bl3 shift:(0,13) text: "TL" from:01/07/1992 till:01/07/1994 color:bl3 shift:(0,13) text: "2L" from:01/07/1994 till:01/07/1995 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: "1L" from:01/07/1995 till:01/07/2000 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: "Vyshcha Liha" from:01/07/2000 till:01/07/2003 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: "Persha Liha" from:01/07/2003 till:01/07/2004 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: "VL" from:01/07/2004 till:01/07/2006 color:bl3 shift:(0,13) text: "2L" from:01/01/2007 till:01/01/2008 color:bl5 shift:(0,13) text: "Amateurs" from:01/07/2008 till:01/07/2009 color:bl3 shift:(0,13) text: "2L" from:01/07/2009 till:01/07/2016 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: "Persha Liha" from:01/07/2016 till:01/07/2018 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: "Premier Liha"
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Domestic Cup | Europe | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 6 (26) | 50 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 52 | 33 | 59 | |||||
| 1972 | 14 (24) | 46 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 40 | 51 | 44 | 1/16 final Cup of Ukrainian SSR | ||||
| 1973 | 12 (23) | 44 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 63 | 57 | 36 | Winner Cup of Ukrainian SSR | ||||
| 1974 | 17 (20) | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 46 | 31 | 1/16 final Cup of Ukrainian SSR | ||||
| 1975 | 5 (17) | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 22 | 36 | Winner Cup of Ukrainian SSR | ||||
| 1976 | 7 (20) | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 34 | 42 | 1/4 final Cup of Ukrainian SSR | ||||
| 1977 | 5 (23) | 44 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 52 | 27 | 57 | |||||
| 1978 | 7 (23) | 44 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 42 | 33 | 49 | |||||
| 1979 | 9 (24) | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 40 | 50 | |||||
| 1980 | 6 (23) | 44 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 52 | 44 | 53 | |||||
| 1981 | 17 (23) | 44 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 36 | 36 | 39 | |||||
| 1982 | 15 (24) | 46 | 17 | 5 | 24 | 43 | 63 | 39 | |||||
| 1983 | 3rd (Vtoraya Liga) | 17 (26) | 50 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 48 | 56 | 44 | ||||
| 1984 | 8 (13) | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 29 | 23 | |||||
| 18 (26) | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 14 | ||||||
| 1985 | 2 (14) | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 31 | |||||
| 10 (28) | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 11 | ||||||
| 1986 | 10 (14) | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 51 | 22 | |||||
| 21 (28) | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 15 | ||||||
| 1987 | 23 (27) | 52 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 44 | 77 | 39 | |||||
| 1988 | 23 (26) | 50 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 39 | 60 | 41 | |||||
| 1989 | 14 (27) | 52 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 44 | 52 | 49 | |||||
| 1990 | 4th (Vtoraya Nizshaya Liga) | 19 (19) | 36 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 32 | 61 | 21 | 1/8 final Cup of Ukrainian SSR | Relegated | ||
| 1991 | 25 (26) | 50 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 55 | 90 | 37 | 1/4 final Cup of Ukrainian SSR | admitted to Ukrainian Second League | |||
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Domestic Cup | Europe | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | align=center rowspan=3 | 3rd (Druha Liha) | 4 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 19 | Did not qualify | ||||
| 1992–93 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 33 | 41 | finals | ||||||
| 1993–94 | align=center bgcolor=tan | 3 | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 41 | 57 | finals | align=center bgcolor=lightgreen | Promoted | |||
| 1994–95 | 2nd (Persha Liha) | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 | 42 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 68 | 26 | 91 | finals | align=center bgcolor=lightgreen | Promoted | ||
| 1995–96 | align=center rowspan=5 | 1st (Vyshcha Liha) | 6 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 33 | 50 | finals | ||||
| 1996–97 | 10 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 31 | 55 | 36 | finals | ||||||
| 1997–98 | 11 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 48 | 33 | finals | ||||||
| 1998–99 | 11 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 40 | 34 | align=center bgcolor=tan | Semi finals | |||||
| 1999-00 | 16 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 16 | 66 | 9 | align=center bgcolor=tan | Semi finals | align=center bgcolor=red | Relegated | |||
| 2000–01 | align=center rowspan=3 | 2nd (Persha Liha) | 15 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 34 | 40 | finals | ||||
| 2001–02 | 9 | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 29 | 28 | 46 | 4th round | ||||||
| 2002–03 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 22 | 71 | finals | align=center bgcolor=lightgreen | Promoted | |||
| 2003–04 | 1st (Vyshcha Liha) | 16 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 16 | 43 | 14[11] | finals | align=center bgcolor=pink | Bankrupt | |||
| 2004–05 | align=center rowspan=2 | 3rd "B"[12] (Druha Liha) | 12 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 38 | 27 | finals | ||||
| 2005–06 | 9 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 37 | 37 | finals | align=center bgcolor=pink | Bankrupt[13] | ||||
| 2007 | 4th (Amatory) | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 13 | ||||||
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Domestic Cup | Europe | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–08 | align=center rowspan=2 | 3rd "B" (Druha Liha) | align=center colspan=14 | as FC Olimpik Kirovohrad | ||||||||||
| 2008–09 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 | 34 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 56 | 26 | 72 | finals | align=center bgcolor=lightgreen | Promoted[14] | ||
| 2009–10 | align=center rowspan=7 | 2nd (Persha Liha) | 12 | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 40 | 43 | finals | –3[15] | ||
| 2010–11 | 12 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 44 | 43 | finals | |||||
| 2011–12 | 11 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 53 | 49 | 44 | finals | |||||
| 2012–13 | 8 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 46 | 37 | 52 | finals | |||||
| 2013–14 | 6 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 34 | 44 | finals | |||||
| 2014–15 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 27 | 49 | finals | |||||
| 2015–16 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 22 | 65 | finals | align=center bgcolor=lightgreen | Promoted | ||
| 2016–17[16] | align=center rowspan=2 | 1st (Premier League) | 9 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 43 | 34 | finals | |||
| 2017–18[17] | 10 | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 40 | 31 | finals | align=center bgcolor=red | Relegated[18] | |||
| 2018 - 19 | 2nd | 15 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 49 | 4 | finals | align=center bgcolor=pink | Withdrawn | ||
| 2019 - 20 | align=center rowspan=3 | 4th (Amateur) | 6 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 19 | 30 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2020–21 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 86 | 0 | Did not qualify | |||||
| 2021–22 | 8th | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||