FC Stal Alchevsk
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| Full name | FC Stal Alchevsk | ||
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| Founded | 1983 | ||
| Dissolved | 2015 | ||
| Ground | Stal Alchevsk Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 9,200 | ||
| Chairman |  Volodymyr Polubatko | ||
| League | Ukrainian First League | ||
| 2013–14 | 3rd | ||
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FC Stal Alchevsk was a Ukrainian professional football team of the
conflict in Eastern Ukraine.[3]
After adopting its name Stal, the club became a phoenix club of previously existed Stal (Voroshylovsk and Komunarsk, both names of Alchevsk during the Soviet period). It is commonly being confused with another football club from Alchevsk – Kommunarets which was dissolved in 1989, six years after establishing of Stroitel Kommunarsk.
History
- First club
- Stal Voroshylovsk
- Metalurh Komunarsk
- Komunarets Komunarsk
- Second club
- Budivelnyk Komunarsk
- Stal Alchevsk
Previous club
The club is named after the former city's sports society Stal that was established in Alchevsk (at that time Voroshylovsk) in 1935.
Second club
The contemporary club traces its history to 1983 when in Komunarsk (name of Alchevsk in 1961–1991) was founded new amateur football club Budivelnyk (Stroitel) along with already existing professional club Komunarets. The club started out in the championship of
fall of the Soviet Union Kommunarets was relegated from the Soviet championship in 1988 and disappeared, while Budivelnyk led by Anatoliy Volobuyev became sponsored by the city's metallurgic factory and were introduced to the Ukrainian SSR championship among physical culture clubs (KFK) for the 1989 season. In 1990 the club placed second in the final tournament and was promoted to the Soviet competitions (1991 Soviet Second League B
).
Stal joined the
2005–2006 season, for which they and FC Kharkiv
achieved promotion back to the Ukrainian Premier League.
In Persha Liha, where they played till the end of the 2012–13 season in which they won promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League.[1] But the club refused this promotion because of its Stal Stadium did not meet the requirements of the highest Ukrainian division and the club did not want to play in another stadium because it did see "no point in holding matches in another stadium as most fans of Stal won’t see them".[2]
In 2015, Stal withdrew from all competitions due to the escalating
conflict in Eastern Ukraine, with ongoing battles and artillery fired near the playing fields, the club decided it was impossible to continue operating in such conditions.[3]
Club name
"Stal" is a popular name in the Soviet culture and stands for "steel" (in English). The name was chosen as the pride for the heavily industrialized region of the country. A derivative of it "Stalin" was carried by the Soviet dictator
Joseph Dzhugashvili
.
Football kits and sponsors
| Years[4] | Football kit | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|
| 2005–2007 | umbro | – |
Head coaches
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Honors
- Ukrainian Persha Liha
- Champions (1): 2004–05
- Runners-up (2): 1999–00, 2012–13
Notable players
Alan
Cătălin Anghel
Sendley Bito- Daniel Chiriță
- Emil Dăncuș
Hovhannes Demirchyan
Serigne Diop
Yuriy Dudnyk
Paul Essola- Gil Bala
Rubén Gómez
Boban Grnčarov
Marko Grubelić- Ara Hakobyan
- Oleksandr Koval
- Bogdan Mara
- Yegishe Melikyan
- Florinel Mirea
- Colince Ngaha Poungoue
Burnel Okana-Stazi
Samuel Okunowo- Florin Pârvu
Marius Skinderis- Andriy Smalko
- Oleksandr Spivak
Sergej Tica
Giorgi Tsimakuridze- Paulo Vogt
- Hennadiy Zubov
League and cup history
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 19922nd "A" 9 26 9 8 9 28 22 26 1/16 finals 1992–932nd 10 42 16 10 16 40 37 42 1/64 finals 1993–942nd 4 38 22 7 9 56 40 51 1/16 finals 1994–952nd 9 42 19 5 18 69 50 62 1/8 finals 1995–962nd 3 42 26 5 11 73 40 69 1/16 finals 1996–972nd 6 46 23 9 14 76 43 78 1/32 finals 2nd stage 1997–982nd 4 42 24 5 13 69 53 77 1/16 finals 1998–992nd 9 38 16 7 15 55 52 55 1/16 finals 1999–002nd 2 34 21 7 6 69 36 70 1/16 finals Promoted 2000–011st 13 26 3 6 17 19 49 15 1/16 finals Relegated 2001–022nd 6 34 14 8 12 42 34 50 1/8 finals 2002–032nd 6 34 14 10 10 36 33 52 1/8 finals 2003–042nd 5 34 17 7 10 69 27 58 1/4 finals 2004–052nd 1 34 22 11 1 69 24 77 1/8 finals Promoted 2005–061st 11 30 9 9 12 26 39 36 1/8 finals 2006–071st 16 30 5 6 19 22 38 21 1/8 finals Relegated 2007–082nd 7 38 15 13 10 52 44 69 1/8 finals 2008–092nd 10 32 11 10 11 33 39 43 1/4 finals 2009–102nd 3 34 19 8 7 55 35 69 1/8 finals 2010–11 2nd 3 34 18 8 8 55 33 62 1/4 finals 2011–12 2nd 7 34 14 8 12 51 50 50 1/32 finals 2012–13 2nd 2 34 20 6 8 58 35 69 1/16 finals Refused promoted[2] 2013–14 2nd 3 30 16 3 11 41 33 51 1/32 finals 2014–15 2nd Withdrew[5]
References
- ^ a b Алчевская "Сталь" возвращается в Премьер-лигу [Stal Alchevsk returns to the Premier League]. ua-football.com (in Russian). 19 May 2013.
- ^ a b c FC Stal refuses to participate in Ukrainian Premier League, Interfax-Ukraine (13 June 2013)
- ^ a b "Stal Alchevsk withdrawal puts future of Ukrainian football in doubt". 10 February 2015.
- ^ Jerseys of Ukrainian clubs Archived 25 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- war conditions in Donbass.on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
Відбулось жеребкування 1/16 фіналу Кубка України [Draw for the 1/16 finals of the Ukrainian Cup was held] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Premier League. 13 August 2014. Archived from the original
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to FC Stal Alchevsk.
- (in Russian) Official website
- Squad, 2005–6 season
- Ukrainian Soccer Team Stal (archived 29 December 2005)