FC Hoverla Uzhhorod – Wikipedia

History[edit]

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]

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In Soviet Union[edit]

League and cup history[edit]

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			Relegated as Verhovyna
1998–99	3rd “A”	1	28	20	6	2	48	14	66	1/64 finals			Promoted
1999–00	2nd	13	34	14	6	14	36	49	48	1/16 finals
2000–01	2nd	2	34	19	7	8	50	38	64	1/8 finals			Promoted
2001–02	1st	14	26	5	6	15	23	49	21	1/4 finals			Relegated
2002–03	2nd	7	34	14	9	11	27	26	51	1/16 finals
2003–04	2nd	1	34	22	4	8	49	27	70	1/16 finals			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			Relegated
2006–07	2nd	2	36	25	5	6	50	22	80	1/16 finals			Promoted
2007–08	1st	16	30	3	9	18	17	54	18	1/16 finals			Relegated
2008–09	2nd	1	32	21	6	5	55	28	69	1/8 finals			Promoted
2009–10	1st	16	30	5	4	21	18	44	19	1/16 finals			Relegated
2010–11	2nd	6	34	16	8	10	51	40	56	1/32 finals
2011–12	2nd	1	34	27	3	4	67	16	84	1/16 finals			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

In their last season the club was deducted nine points due to not complying with decisions of the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee (CDC).^[7]

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