SC Tavriya Simferopol

SC Tavriya Simferopol

Football club infobox
clubname = Tavriya Simferopol


fullname = SK Tavriya Simferopol
nickname = Krymlyany (Crimeans)
founded = 1958
ground = RSC Lokomotiv Stadium
capacity = 19,978
chairman =
mgrtitle = Head Coach
manager =
league = Ukrainian Premier League
season = 2007-08
position = 5th
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SC Tavriya Simferopol ( _ua. СК «Таврія» Сімферополь, _ru. СК «Таврия» Симферополь) is a football club from Simferopol, Crimea, which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League. Tavria is Crimea's most successful football club and is the winner of the very first Ukrainian Premier League, making them one out of 3 teams that have ever held this title.

History

The club was founded in 1958 under the name 'Avanhard', Tavria played their first game in USSR Championship against Yaroslav based club Khimik. Overall Tavria played 132 clubs from 113 cities. They have played their last match in the competition against FC Uralmash Yekatirinburg.

Post-Soviet

After the fall of Soviet Union, Ukrainian Premier League was formed, and Tavria became one of it's founders. And eventually became the very first Ukrainian champion, defeating in the final, which was held in Lviv, Ukraine's most successful club Dynamo Kyiv. Having become the domestic champions the club earned a right to participate in UEFA Champions League, however they were knocked out in the first round by Swiss club FC Sion.

Tavria is also one of the 5 clubs to have participated in every season of the Ukrainian premier league. Their best performance in the Ukrainian Cup came in 1994, when they have beaten in the final by Chornomorets Odessa, on two other occasions they have reached semi-finals.

On December 29, 2005 club owner Serhiy Kunitsyn fired the team's coach, Oleh Fedorchuk. On January 5, 2006 Tavriya signed Mykhailo Fomenko for a half year contract.

Honours

*Ukrainian Championship: 1:: 1992
*Ukrainian SSR Championship: 2:: 1985, 1987

Runner-Up

*Ukrainian Cup: 1:: 1994
*Ukrainian SSR Championship: 1:: 1986

3rd place

*Ukrainian SSR Championship: 3:: 1962, 1972, 1973

Current squad

The players in bold have senior international caps. Squad is given according to the club's official website [http://www.sctavriya.com/command/1] , as of June 28, 2008 and the official UEFA site [http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/club=57489/competition=16/index.html] as of July 7, 2008.

"For recent transfers, see List of Ukrainian football transfers summer 2008."

Famous players

See also

*SC Tavriya Simferopol Reserves and Youth Team

References

External links

* [http://ukrainiansoccer.net/upl/onevsall.asp?champID=15&Team=Tavria Ukrainian Soccer Team Tavria]
* [http://sctavriya.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.tavriya.com.ua/ Fans website]


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