FC Zoria-Akademiia Biloziria
| Full name | FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiia Biloziria |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1965 |
| Ground | Zoria Stadium, Biloziria |
| Capacity | 1,000 |
| Chairman | ? |
| League | Cherkasy Oblast Football Federation |
FC Zoria-Akademiia Biloziria (Ukrainian: Черкащина-Академія Білозір'я) is an amateur Ukrainian football club from the city of Biloziria, Cherkasy Raion. It was a farm club of the FC Cherkashchyna and was known as formerly FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro-2 and FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiia-2 Biloziria.
History
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The club was formed in 1965.[1]
In 2010's, FC Zoria Biloziria became one of the best amateur teams in the Cherkasy Oblast Championship. In 2010, the team won the Oblast Cup and were runners-up in the Oblast Championship. The following season they were once again silver medalists in the Oblast Championship. In 2012, Zoria captured the double – winning both the Oblast championship and Oblast cup, and first made their debut in the Ukrainian Amateur championship and Ukrainian Amateur Cup championship. That same year, the club opened a modern stadium with an artificial surface, displays, lighting and stands for 1,000 suррorters.[2]
Until late 2014, it was a separate football club from the village of Biloziria, Cherkasy Raion (district), Cherkasy Oblast. The club has applied to the Professional Football League of Ukraine and has passed attestation to play in the Ukrainian Second League for the 2014–15 season.[3] In July 2014, FC Zorya Biloziria was reported to be supposedly merged with FC Slavutych Cherkasy,[4] but continued its participation in amateur competitions. On 23 December 2014, it was confirmed that the club from Biloziria officially merged with the FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro as its farm team with name FC Zorya-Cherkaskyi Dnipro-2.[5]
FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro was dissolved in July 2018, and FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiia Biloziria took their place in the Ukrainian Second League.[6] FC Zorya-Akademiya was renamed as FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiia-2 Biloziria and continues compete at regional level.[7] During winter break 2019–20 the senior team was abandoned by its owners and taken over by Football Federation of Cherkasy Oblast to avoid withdrawal of the club mid season.[8] The former owners reorganized based on their own club FC Zorya-Akademia Bilozirya.[8]
Honors
[edit]- Cherkasy Oblast Football Championship
- Winners (3): 2012, 2013, 2014 (all as Zoria Biloziria)
- Cherkasy Oblast Cup
- Winners (2): 2010, 2012
League and cup history
[edit]Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 2013 4th 1 10 7 1 2 15 8 22 2 3 2 0 1 5 3 6 3rd place shared with Lokomotyv Kupiansk 2014 4th 1 10 8 2 0 14 4 26 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 2017–18 3rd Withdrawn before the season
References
[edit]- ^ Чемпіонат області. У фокусі "Зоря" [Oblast Championship. Focus on Zirya] (in Ukrainian). Cherkasky Sport. 28 May 2014. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ Історія ФК "Зоря" (с. Білозір'я) [History of FC Zoria (village Bilozoria)] (in Ukrainian). FC Moshny Official Web Site. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ Білозірська Зоря отримала атестат на право участі у Другій лізі, Барсі – відмовили [Zorya Biloziria has obtained attestation to compete in the Second League, Barca – denied]. Football Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ "Свердловський Шахтар відмовився від участі в Другій лізі" [Shakhtar Sverdlovsk refused from participation in the Druha Liha]. Football Federation of Ukraine. UA-Football. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ Zoria (Biloziria) became full-pledged farm team of the Cherkasky Dnipro. UA-Football. 23 December 2014
- ^ "ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: Черкасский Днепр расформирован".
- ^ The Cherkasy Oblast Football Federation website is informing that one more team ceases its participation in the Cherkasy Oblast championship, following after LNZ-Lebedyn and FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya-2 (Сайт ФФЧО повідомляє, що ще одна команда припиняє виступи в чемпіонаті Черкаської області - слідом за "ЛНЗ-Лебедин" і ФК «Черкащина-Академія-2»). Football of the Uman region from Ihor Sobolenko. 18 August 2018
- ^ a b FC Cherkashchyna is transferred to the domain of local football federation, with the intention to save the team (ФК Черкащина передан во владение местной Федерации футбола – из-за желания сохранить команду). UA-Football. 6 January 2020