- FC Vorskla Poltava
Football club infobox
clubname = Vorskla Poltava
fullname = FC Vorskla Poltava
founded = 1955
ground = Butovsky Memorial Vorskla Stadium
capacity = 25,000
chairman = flagicon|UkraineDmytro Kovshar
mgrtitle = Head Coach
manager = flagicon|UkraineMykola Pavlov
league =Ukrainian Premier League
season = 2007-08
position = 8th
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leftarm2=ffffff|body2=ffffff|rightarm2=ffffff|shorts2=ffffff|socks2=ffffffFC Vorskla Poltava ( _ua. ФК «Ворскла» Полтава) is a professional football team which plays in the
Ukrainian Premier League and represents the city ofPoltava .History
The club, Vorskla, was first formed in
1955 , but under different name, "Kolkhospnyk". In1984 , the team's name was renamed to Vorskla after the riverVorskla , which flows through Poltava. The team debuted in theUkrainian Premier League in the 1996-1997 season, taking that season the 3rd place, the highest achievement in team's history. Vorskla have remained in the Premier League since, and participated twice inUEFA Cup .Its home games the main team plays at Butovsky Memorial Vorskla Stadium which is named after one of the founders of the modern Olympic games and the International Olympic Commitee in 1894. Oleksiy Dmytrovych also was a lieutenant-general of the Russian Army and a teacher. He wrote several books on the physical training in various conditions.
Honours
*Ukrainian Persha Liha: 1:: 1995/96 Champions
Current squad
The players in bold have senior international caps.Squad is given according to the club's official website [http://www.vorskla.com.ua/team/?sec=players] , as of
September 1 ,2008 ."For recent transfers, see
List of Ukrainian football transfers summer 2008 ."Famous players
See also
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FC Vorskla Poltava Reserves and Youth Team External links
*uk icon [http://www.fcvorskla.com.ua/ Official Website]
*ru icon [http://www.vorskla.com.ua/ Official site]
*en icon [http://ukrainiansoccer.net/?controller=club&action=detail&id=1008 Ukrainian Soccer Team Vorskla]
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