FC Kremin Kremenchuk
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Full name | Football Club Kremin Kremenchuk | ||
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Founded | 1959 October 23, 2003 , as Kremin | , as Dnipro||
Ground | Kremin-Arena, Kremenchuk | ||
Capacity | 1,500 | ||
President | Serhiy Kovnir | ||
Head coach | Ihor Klymovskyi | ||
League | Ukrainian First League | ||
2023–24 | First League, 18th of 20 | ||
Website | https://fckremen.com.ua/ | ||
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Football Club Kremin Kremenchuk (Ukrainian: ФК Кремінь Кременчук; Russian: Кремень Кременчуг, romanized: Kremen Kremenchug) is a professional football club based in Kremenchuk, Ukraine. The current club is administered by the city of Kremenchuk and was established in 2003, but it traces its heritage to the previously existing clubs of 1959–1970 and 1985–2001.
History
[edit]After the World War II and until 1960, the main football team in Kremenchuk was Vahonobudivnyk Kremenchuk which represented the local railcar factory. In 1963, another Kremenchuk team which represented road equipment manufacturer became the first club from Kremenchuk that obtained the professional status (team of masters). The team played under the name of Dnipro. The club only played for six seasons in the Soviet lower leagues before it was dissolved. During that time the team was coached by Borys Usenko. In 1970, the club has folded.
In 1985, the club was reestablished when Naftovyk Kremenchuk was merged with SC KrAZ Kremenchuk. Naftovyk Kremenchuk was sponsored by the Kremenchuk Oil Refinery, while SC KrAZ Kremenchuk was a sports club of the Ukrainian truck builder AutoKrAZ. The new club under the name Kremin has won the Soviet amateur football competition in 1988 which was taking place in Kryvyi Rih and the next year entered the Soviet Second League competitions. After Kremin was admitted to the All-Union level, at republican level Kremenchuk was represented by Naftovyk Kremenchuk.
After fall of the Soviet Union, from 1992 to 1997, Kremin has played in the Ukrainian Premier League. The club was granted with opportunity to participate in the top tier for being one of the top 9 (of 11) Ukrainian teams from the West Zone of the Soviet Second League in 1991. After being relegated in 1997, Kremin spent the next two seasons after that in Ukrainian First League and was demoted further to Ukrainian Second League in 1999. Soon after that the club folded and ceased to exist.
Soon after liquidation of the club, in 2003 the city council adopted a decision to revive similar club financed from a local budget. Since the 2005–06 season, the city's club has taken part in the Ukrainian Second League replacing another team Vorskla-2 Poltava.
Before the start of the 2020–21 season,[1] MFC Kremin Kremenchuk changed its name to FC Kremin Kremenchuk.
Kremin Kremenchuk's best achievement in the Ukrainian Premier League was 9th place (twice, in 1992–93 and 1995–96), while reaching the semi-finals in the Ukrainian National Cup in 1996.
Crest and colours
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Home colors are blue shirts, blue shorts, and blue socks. Away uniforms are white shirts, white shorts, and white socks.
The team kits are produced by Puma AG and the shirt sponsor is Kremenchukmyaso.[2]
Since the club's foundation, Kremin has had five main crests.
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Club logo (1980s)
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Club logo (1992–2001)
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Club logo (2003–2020)
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Club logo (2020–2021)
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Club logo (2021–present)
Stadium
[edit]From its inception the team played at the Polytechnic Stadium, however, that stadium has fallen into disrepair, and after one season of play at Yunist Stadium in Komsomolsk, the team have moved into their brand new stadium. City officials built FC Kremin Stadium which has covered stands for 1500 spectators and artificial pitch surface.
Players
[edit]As of 2 May 2025[update][3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Management and staff
[edit]Current staff
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League and cup history
[edit]Dnipro (1959–1970)
[edit]The club was named Torpedo for the 1959 season. Dnipro was sponsored by the Kremenchuk Factory of Road Equipment "Kredmash". Since 1963, it participated at the professional level.
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Soviet Cup Europe Notes 1962 Poltava Oblast competitions lost promotional playoff 1963 3rd Ukraine "1" 20 38 5 8 25 32 82 14 1964 3rd Ukraine "2" 16 30 7 5 18 24 54 19 1965 3rd Ukraine "1" 5 30 9 13 8 21 21 31 1/8 finals 4 10 3 3 4 9 9 9 Play-off 1966 3rd Ukraine "2" 3 38 19 12 7 44 26 50 Winners (Zone 2) X 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 Play-off lost 1967 3 40 22 6 12 51 33 50 1/16 finals 3 5 2 1 2 2 2 5 Play-off, Promoted 1968 2nd Group 2 18 40 7 14 19 23 46 28 1/64 finals 4 5 2 1 2 5 4 5 Play-off, Relegated 1969 3rd Ukraine "1" 5 40 17 15 8 45 27 49
Kremin (1985–2001)
[edit]The club was created out of the team of Kremenchuk Oil Refinery Plant, FC Naftovyk Kremin and SC KrAZ, sponsored by the AutoKrAZ.
Soviet championship (1985–1991)
[edit]Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 1986 Ukraine KFK "4" 3 14 7 4 3 23 11 18 1987 Ukraine KFK "4" 1 16 13 2 1 47 13 28 Ukraine KFK finals 2 5 4 0 1 12 4 8 1988 Ukraine KFK "4" 1 20 14 4 2 46 14 32 Ukraine KFK finals 1 5 4 0 1 12 7 8 1989 3rd 6 52 21 18 13 59 50 60 VI Zone 1990 10 42 16 11 15 49 45 43 West Zone 1991 13 42 16 9 17 56 50 41 West Zone
Ukrainian championship (1992–2001)
[edit]Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 1992 1st 7 18 4 8 6 17 23 16 1⁄8 finals Group A 1992–93 9 30 8 11 11 23 40 27 1⁄8 finals 1993–94 15 34 9 8 17 26 39 26 1⁄4 finals 1994–95 10 34 12 6 16 42 54 42 1⁄4 finals 1995–96 9 34 14 4 16 48 56 46 1⁄2 finals 1996–97 15 30 7 3 16 28 57 24 1⁄8 finals Relegated 1997–98 2nd 14 42 16 7 19 55 53 45 1⁄32 finals 1998–99 17 38 11 7 20 34 63 40 1⁄16 finals Relegated 1999–00 3rd "C" 2 26 18 1 7 44 22 55 1⁄8 finals 2000–01 3rd "C" 14 30 7 7 16 24 38 28 1⁄8 finals Withdrawn
MFC Kremin (2003–2020)
[edit]On 23 October 2003, the Kremenchuk city council created a city football team MFC Kremin Kremenchuk.
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 2004 4th 4 6 1 2 3 7 9 5 Group 6 2005–06 3rd "C" 9 24 9 6 9 22 34 33 1⁄64 finals 2006–07 3rd "B" 14 28 6 7 15 20 35 25 1⁄32 finals 2007–08 3rd "B" 8 34 14 8 12 49 46 50 1⁄32 finals 2008–09 3rd "B" 14 34 10 7 17 43 52 34 1⁄32 finals –3[6] 2009–10 3rd "B" 2 26 15 9 2 41 21 54 1⁄64 finals 2010–11 3rd "B" 3 22 13 4 5 37 20 43 1⁄8 finals 2011–12 3rd "B" 5 26 16 3 7 34 23 51 1⁄16 finals 2012–13 3rd "B" 5 24 12 7 5 39 21 43 1⁄16 finals 3rd "2" 5 34 12 14 8 46 31 50 Promotion Group 2 2013–14 3rd 6/19 36 19 7 10 54 28 64 1⁄32 finals 2014–15 3rd 3/10 27 14 6 7 50 30 48 1⁄16 finals lost promotion playoff 2015–16 3rd 8/14 26 11 7 8 43 31 40 1⁄32 finals 2016–17 3rd 3/17 32 21 5 6 67 29 68 1⁄32 finals Promoted 2017–18 2nd 16/18 34 9 5 20 25 54 32 1⁄64 finals Relegated 2018–19 3rd "B" 1/10 27 18 7 2 48 17 61 1⁄32 finals Promoted
won championship game2019–20 2nd 13/16 30 7 6 17 35 57 27 1⁄16 finals 2020–21 2nd 15/16 30 6 6 18 23 50 24 2021–22 2nd 16/16 20 4 1 15 16 43 13 unfinished 2022–23 2nd 8/16 14 1 4 9 11 31 7 2023–24 2nd 18/20 28 6 7 15 20 48 25
Honours
[edit]- Ukrainian Second League
- Ukrainian Championship among teams of physical culture
- Winners (1): 1988
- Poltava Oblast Cup
- Winners (1): 2004[7]
- Poltava Oblast Champions
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). pfl.ua. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ (in Ukrainian) Quality of meat depends on quality of Vorskla Archived 23 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Професіональна футбольна ліга України".
- ^ "Кремінь" [Kremenchuk]. PFL (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d Klymenko, Pavlo (27 September 2023). ""Сьогодні підписали контракт і приступили до роботи": Климовський дав перше інтерв'ю на посаді тренера Кременя" ["Today we signed a contract and started work": Klymovskyi gave his first interview as Kremin's coach]. ukrfootball.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) FC Kremin Kremenchuk deducted 3 points by the Ukrainian Football Federation Meeting minutes No. 6 26 March 2008[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Kremin 2003–04 Season Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Kremin 2004–05 Season Archived 11 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- (in Russian) Official webpage
- (in Russian) League and Cup History
- (in Ukrainian) USSR Games
- (in Ukrainian) USSR Games