MFC Kremin Kremenchuk
MFC Kremin Kremenchuk (Ukrainian: MФК 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.
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| Full name | MFC Kremin Kremenchuk | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Torpedo (1959) Dnipro (1960) Kremin (1985)[1] | ||
| Founded | 1959 1985 (first re-formation) 2003 (second re-formation) | ||
| Dissolved | 1970–1985 2001–2003 | ||
| Ground | FC Kremin Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 1,500 | ||
| President | Post vacant since former President Oleh Babayev was shot dead on 26 July 2014.[2] | ||
| Head coach | Serhiy Svystun | ||
| League | Ukrainian Second League | ||
| 2017–18 | First League, 16th (relegated) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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FC Dnipro Kremenchuk (1959–1970) became the first club from Kremenchuk that obtained the professional status (team of masters). The club only played for six seasons in the Soviet lower leagues before it was dissolved. In 1985 there was created by Soviet truck manufacturer KrAZ FC Kremin which with dissolution of the Soviet Union played for several seasons at the top level in Ukraine.
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. The club has promoted to the Ukrainian First League after reaching the 3rd place in the 2016-17 season. After 2017–18 season MFC Kremin is the longest existing professional club in Kremenchuk.
History
The Soviet club was established in 1959 by the Kremenchuk factory of road equipment "Kredmash" as Dnipro Kremenchuk (Dnyepr Kremenchug) and entered the Soviet football competitions in the Class B (the 3rd tier). The club participated in 10 seasons and once it was promoted to the second group of Class A (the 2nd tier). 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 and the next year entered the Soviet Second League competitions.
From 1992–97, Kremin has played in the Ukrainian Premier League after being initially chosen to participate for being one of the top 9 (of 11) Ukrainian teams from the West Zone of the Soviet Second League in 1991. 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.
In 2003, the city authorities of Kremenchuk decided to reanimate the club once again. For the first two seasons Kremin played in the Poltava Oblast Championship and in the 2005–06 season it joined once again with the new name MFC Kremin Krimenchuk.
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
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 KremenchukMiaso «Кременчукм’ясо».[3]
Since the club's foundation, Kremin has had three main crests.
Club crest 1992–2001
Club crest 1980s- Club crest 2003–present
Stadium
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
As of 24 June 2020[4][5] 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
League and cup history
Dnipro (1959–1970)
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 Domestic Cup Europe Notes 1963 3rd 20 38 5 8 25 32 82 14 Ukraine Zone 1 1965 5 30 9 13 8 21 21 31 1/8 finals Ukraine Zone 1 4 10 3 3 4 9 9 9 Play-off 1966 3 38 19 12 7 44 26 50 Winners (Zone 2) Ukraine 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 Ukraine Zone 2 3 5 2 1 2 2 2 5 Play-off, Promoted 1968 2nd 18 40 7 14 19 23 46 28 1/64 finals USSR II Group 4 5 2 1 2 5 4 5 Play-off, Relegated 1969 3rd 5 40 17 15 8 45 27 49 Ukraine Zone 1
Kremin (1985–2001)
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)
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 1988 4th 1 5 4 0 1 12 7 8 Final group 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)
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 (since 2003)
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 36 19 7 10 54 28 64 1⁄32 finals 2014–15 3rd 3 27 14 6 7 50 30 48 1⁄16 finals 2015–16 3rd 8 26 11 7 8 43 31 40 1⁄32 finals 2016–17 3rd 3 32 21 5 6 67 29 68 1⁄32 finals Promoted 2017–18 2nd 16 34 9 5 20 25 54 32 1⁄64 finals Relegated 2018–19 3rd 1 27 18 7 2 48 17 61 1⁄32 finals Promoted 2019–20 2nd 1⁄16 finals
Honours
Ukrainian Championship among teams of physical culture
- Winners (1): 1988
Poltava Oblast Cup
- Winners (1): 2004[7]
Poltava Oblast Champions
References
- UkrSoccerHistory.Com – web-site about Ukrainian Football History
- Mayor of central Ukrainian city shot dead, Reuters (26 July 2014)
Former Azerbaijani Deputy of Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, mayor of Kremenchuk Oleh Babayev murdered Archived 30 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Azerbaijan Press Agency (26 July 2014)
У Кременчуці застрелили мера (Ukrainian) - (in Ukrainian) Quality of meat depends on quality of Vorskla Archived 23 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Главная команда МФК "Кремень" (in Ukrainian). MFC Kremen. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- http://pfl.ua/teams/2-kremin
- (in Ukrainian) FC Kremin Kremenchuk deducted 3 points by the Ukrainian Football Federation Meeting minutes No. 6 26 March 2008
- (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
- (in Russian) Official webpage
- (in Russian) League and Cup History
- (in Ukrainian) USSR Games
- (in Ukrainian) USSR Games