FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni

Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
Full nameFC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
Founded1989
GroundYunist Stadium
Capacity2,500
ChairmanPetro Kaplun[1]
ManagerValeriy Kutsenko
LeagueUkrainian Second League
2024–25Ukrainian Second League, Group B, 5th of 10
Websitegornyak-sport.net

FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni is a Ukrainian football club based in Horishni Plavni, Poltava Oblast. The club competes in the First League.

The club is sponsored by Ferrexpo.

History

The club was founded in 1989. After some above average performances in the KFK 3rd Zone (Central Ukraine) Amateur Championship the club's administration decided to enter the professional league. However, at this level the club has continually struggled and has had only 2 winning seasons since entering this level of competition.

The club plays its football games at "Yunist" (Youth) Stadium. According to the Vorskla website the stadium has a capacity of 5,000 spectators,[2] while the website of Hirnyk reports a mere 2,500.[3]

The club was promoted to the Ukrainian First League for the first time in 2014.[4]

Team names

Year Name
1989–92 Lokomotiv
1993–95 Hirnyk
1995– Hirnyk-Sport

Honors

League and cup history

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Other Notes
1992–93 4th
(Amatorska Liha)
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96 3rd
(Druha Liha)
16 38 10 8 20 33 71 38 Did not enter
1996–97 14 32 10 6 16 20 32 36 1st Qual. round
1997–98 4 32 12 11 9 39 35 47 3rd Qual. round
1998–99 4 26 13 6 7 36 31 41 1st Qual. round
1999–00 7 26 10 5 11 33 41 35 DNQ 2L 14 finals
2000–01 10 28 9 4 15 26 45 31 DNQ 2L 14 finals
2001–02 17 34 6 6 22 32 60 24 1st round
2002–03 15 30 7 6 17 27 48 27 132 finals
2003–04 14 30 10 5 15 40 40 35 132 finals
2004–05 9 28 10 0 18 35 49 30 132 finals Group C
2005–06 8 24 10 4 10 30 31 34 132 finals Group C
2006–07 15 28 5 2 21 23 48 17 132 finals
2007–08 15 34 9 7 18 38 59 34 132 finals
2008–09 13 34 9 8 17 28 45 35 164 finals
2009–10 11 26 5 7 14 21 35 22 164 finals LC Final
2010–11 9 22 6 4 12 17 29 22 116 finals
2011–12 9 26 6 8 12 28 39 26 164 finals
2012–13 11 24 5 3 16 25 50 18 116 finals qualified to relegation group 4
3 8 5 1 2 14 7 16
2013–14 1 36 25 4 7 68 31 79 132 finals Promoted
2014–15 2nd
(Persha Liha)
3 30 16 9 5 44 24 57 132 finals
2015–16 12 30 8 9 13 30 35 33 116 finals
2016–17 11 34 12 7 15 47 54 43 132 finals
2017–18 8 34 16 2 16 30 40 50 132 finals
2018–19 12 28 5 12 11 24 43 27 132 finals
2019–20 9 30 12 3 15 42 48 39 18 finals
2020–21 9 30 11 5 14 43 45 38 116 finals

Players

Current squad

As of 4 May 2025[5][6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF  UKR Denys Kozlovskyi
5 FW  UKR Maksym Tyapkin
8 MF  UKR Mykyta Dudka
10 MF  UKR Vadym Strashkevych
11 FW  UKR Danylo Dmytriyev
12 GK  UKR Stanislav Kozlov
13 MF  UKR Serhiy Miserzhy
14 DF  NGA Prince Chisom Chibueze
15 DF  UKR Denys Chernysh
16 MF  NGA Innocent Odoh
17 MF  UKR Oleksandr Podrezan
19 FW  UKR Vyacheslav Studenko
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  UKR Illya Yurchenko
22 DF  UKR Mykola Vorop
25 MF  UKR Serhiy Katerynka
29 DF  UKR Demyan Chubatyi
30 MF  NGA Ekemini Nsini Effiong
32 MF  UKR Yaroslav Sorochan
35 GK  UKR Bohdan Shukhman
66 MF  NGA Richmond Chukwuemeka
77 DF  UKR Maksym Sheptitskyi
94 DF  UKR Yevheniy Moroz
95 GK  UKR Kyrylo Lavuta

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Managers

References

  1. ^ (in Russian) President
  2. ^ (in Ukrainian) FC Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk Archived 21 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Younist Stadium Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  4. ^ Горняк-Спорт выходит в первую лигуу [Hirnyk-Sport enters First League] (in Russian). ua-football.com. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Гравці".
  6. ^ "Професіональна футбольна ліга України".