FC Polissya Zhytomyr (2016)
FC Polissya Zhytomyr (named MFC Zhytomyr until March 2017, Ukrainian: Муніципальний футбольний клуб "Житомир") is a Ukrainian football club based in Zhytomyr, Polesia. As of the 2020–21 season, it will play in the Ukrainian First League, the second tier of Ukrainian football, following promotion from the 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League. Their home were Spartak and Kolos stadiums. Since being admitted to the Ukrainian Second League, the club's current stadiums do not qualify for the competition. While the city's main arena under reconstruction, the club is forced to look for an alternative.
| Full name | Football Club Polissya | ||
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| Founded | 2016 | ||
| Ground | Kolos Stadium, Zhytomyr Spartak Stadium, Korosten | ||
| Capacity | 3,500 | ||
| Chairman | Vitaliy Lyaskovskyi | ||
| Manager | Serhiy Shyshchenko | ||
| League | Ukrainian First League | ||
| 2019–20 | Ukrainian Second League, Group A, 2nd (promoted) | ||
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History
It was founded in 2016 and is the second known attempt to create football city team in Zhytomyr.
Originally an attempt to create the club took place back in 2005 on initiative of Hennadiy Zabrodsky soon after the dissolution of FC Polissya Zhytomyr. At that time facing a danger of losing professional football team, Zhytomyr paradoxically witnessed creation of two teams in the place of one. The new club was created in place of the existing amateur FC Arsenal Zhytomyr. The creation of the city club was supported by the city's government as part of local elections, which, however, after the city mayor lost, the club, after playing first half of the season, was dissolved. Some players moved to the regional club OFC Zhytychi Zhytomyr.
In March 2017, the club was renamed into FC Polissya Zhytomyr.[1] The club also adopted a new logo with 1959 year of establishment thus claiming heritage of the original FC Polissya Zhytomyr.[2]
Stadium
MFC Zhytomyr started to play at Tsentralnyi Stadion (Central Stadium), however soon at the stadium started renovations and the club moved to smaller Kolos Stadion.[3]
In 2017, the club temporarily moved to Korosten to play at the local Spartak Stadion which was approved by the Football Federation of Ukraine and Professional Football League.
League and Cup history
MFC Zhytomyr
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Other Notes 2005–06 3rd "A" 14/15 28 3 2 23 16 38 11 1⁄64 finals Withdrew
Polissya Zhytomyr / MFC
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Other Notes 2016 4th
(Amateur Championship)3/4 6 3 1 2 6 5 10 Group 1 2016–17 6/12 20 7 5 8 13 18 26 UAC 1⁄16 finals Group 2 Admitted to SL 2017–18 3rd "A" 8/10 27 9 3 15 31 44 30 1⁄32 finals 2018–19 3/10 27 13 6 8 23 21 45 1⁄64 finals 2019–20 2/11 20 11 6 3 28 11 39 1⁄64 finals Promoted 2020–21 2nd
Players
First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
- Ihor Levytskyi, July 2016 – 12 Aug 2017
- Eduard Khavrov, 28 Aug 2017 – 20 Nov 2017
- Volodymyr Mazyar, 22 Nov 2017 – 15 Dec 2017 (at winter break, a nominal appointment)
- Oleksandr Pryzetko, 27 Dec 2017 – 21 Aug 2018
- Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi, 21 Aug 2018 – 4 July 2020
- Serhiy Shyshchenko, 6 July 2020 – present
Chairmen
- Ruslan Pavlyuk, 2016–2017
- Vitaliy Lyaskovskyi, 2017–present
See also
References
- At last under its name MFC Zhytomyr, the club will play its official games on March 4-5. (Востаннє під назвою МФК "Житомир" клуб зіграє офіційні матчі 4-5 березня). FC Polissya Zhytomyr. 28 February 2017
- Polissya conducted a small rebranding of its logo (Полісся провело невеличкий ребрендинг емблеми). UA-Football. 6 February 2018
- How the Zhytomyr stadium "Polissya" will look (Як виглядатиме житомирський стадіон «Полісся». ФОТО). MFC Zhytomyr. 4 August 2016
- "Player Profiles - FC Polissya Zhytomyr. Official club website". https://polissyafc.com. External link in
|website=(help) - "Polissya". pfl.ua.