FC Olimpik Donetsk

FC Olimpik Donetsk (Ukrainian: «Олімпік» Донецьк [oˈl⁽ʲ⁾impiɡ doˈnɛtsʲk]) is a Ukrainian inactive football team based in Donetsk, Ukraine. The club currently doesn't play in any Ukrainian competition due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since its promotion to Ukrainian Premier League in 2014, it played its games in Kyiv due to the war in Donbas. During the 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League, there were attempts to move the club either to Sumy or Cherkasy, which were never realized.

Olimpik Donetsk

Full name	FC Olimpik Donetsk
Founded	2001; 23 years ago (2001)
Dissolved	2022
Ground	Sports Complex Olimpik, Donetsk (main ground) Temporary locations, due to War in Donbas: Bannikov Stadium, Kyiv (2014–2016) Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy (August – December 2016) Stadion Yuri Gagarin, Chernihiv (2021, due to COVID-19 pandemic) Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv Yunist Stadium, Chernihiv (2021)
Capacity	3,000[1]
President	Andriy Horeltsev
2021–22	Ukrainian First League, 11th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Old emblem (2001–2019)

On 21 June 2023 the 31st PFL Conference excluded several clubs that did not compete in the 2022–23 season and did not renew their membership.^[2]

History

The football club Olimpik Donetsk was formed in 2001 along with a charity regional fund of football development.

The club was meant to rely on players from its academy.^[3] Olimpik Donetsk entered the professional competition in 2004. After six seasons Druha Liha Olympik became champions in the 2010–11 season and were promoted to the Persha Liha. Olympik became the champions of the 2013–14 Ukrainian First League and earned promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League.^[4] They play at their stadium "Olimpik".

The clubs has several youth teams that play in youth competitions under the name "Olimpik-UOR" (Olimpik – Uchylyshche of Olympiyskoho Rezervu). Since 2009, UOR Donetsk and Olimpik have agreement about mutual training of young footballers.^[5]

Since its promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League in 2014, the club is forced to play its games in Kyiv.

The Olimpik Donetsk participation in the 2019–20 season was under question because both of its youth teams (U-21 and U-19) were expelled from the Ukrainian Premier League due to match fixing, and are banned from competitions until the end of 2019–20 season. One of the conditions to receive a season license in UPL was presence of youth teams in a club. The league members voted to keep Olimpik's senior team in the league, yet final decision was reserved for the UAF (formerly FFU) Executive Committee. On 18 June 2019, the UAF Executive Committee approved the League's decision about Olimpik^[6] and later explained that it made changes to its regulations where clubs will not be penalized for having its youth teams banned from the UPL competitions as long as the club will sponsor other youth teams.^[7] On 9 July 2019 Olimpik filed a lawsuit against UAF to the Court of Arbitration for Sport about falsification of a case against the club and sanctions that were introduced against the club.^[8] At the end of July in media appeared information that the club might have withdrawn its lawsuit from the CAS.^[9]

In July 2021, the president of the club Vladyslav Helzin announced that the club is withdrawing from all competitions for the 2021/22 season and suspends its activities.^[10]

Infrastructures

The main ground in Sports Complex Olimpik in Donetsk, but due to the war in Donbas, from 2014 until 2016 the team was moved to Bannikov Stadium in Kyiv. From August 2016 until December 2016 the team played in the Yuvileiny Stadium in Sumy. In 2016, due to COVID-19 pandemic the team played in Stadion Yuri Gagarin in Chernihiv^[11] and then to Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv in the same year. On 5 October 2021 the club played in Yunist Stadium in Chernihiv for the Ukrainian First League for the season 2021-22 in the option to play all season.^{[12][13][14][15][16][17]}

Honours

• Ukrainian First League
  • Winners: 2013–14
• Ukrainian Second League – Group B
  • Winners: 2010–11

League and cup history

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
2004	4th (1st round) (Amatory)	4	6	1	2	3	9	14	5				obtained professional status during season
2004–05	3rd "B" (Druha Liha)	11	28	8	3	17	33	54	27
2005–06		5	24	13	2	9	42	28	41	1/32 finals
2006–07		10	28	8	8	12	35	41	32	1/16 finals
2007–08		6	34	19	6	9	66	41	63	1/16 finals
2008–09		6	34	16	9	9	55	32	57	1/32 finals
2009–10		5	26	15	4	7	45	28	49	1/64 finals[18][19]
2010–11		1	22	17	2	3	45	15	53	1/32 finals			Promoted
2011–12	2nd (Persha Liha)	12	34	11	7	16	38	44	40	1/32 finals
2012–13		11	34	15	4	15	34	37	49	1/32 finals
2013–14		1	30[20]	16	7	7	45	33	55	1/32 finals			Promoted
2014–15	1st (Premier Liha)	8	26	7	5	14	24	64	26	1/2 finals
2015–16		9	26	6	7	13	22	35	25	1/8 finals
2016–17[21]		4	32	11	11	10	33	44	44	1/16 finals
2017–18		9	32	9	9	14	29	38	36	1⁄8 finals	EL	3Q
2018–19		9	32	7	13	12	41	48	34	1⁄8 finals
2019–20		9	32	10	6	16	32	47	36	1⁄8 finals
2020–21		13	26	6	4	16	28	48	22	1⁄16 finals			Relegated
2021–22	2nd (Persha Liha)	11	19	7	2	10	19	23	23	1⁄32 finals			All football competitions were suspended or abandoned on April 26 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	3Q	PAOK FC	1–1	0–2	1–3

Coaches and administration

Administration[22]	Coaching[23] (senior team)	Coaching[24] (junior teams)
President – TBA Sports director – Oleksiy Antonov Development director – Dmytro Kononov Technical director – Oleksandr Protsiv	Head coach – Serhiy Litovchenko Assistant coach – Vitaliy Rozhon Goalies coach – Yuriy Klymenko	U-21 head coach – Viktor Kuryata U-19 head coach – Ihor Yermakov Goalies coach –

Presidents and other officials

Presidents

• 2001–2021: Vladyslav Helzin

General directors

• 2017 – present Oleksiy Antonov

Executive directors

• 2017 – present Dmytro Andreyev

Sports directors

• 2001 – 2017 Oleksiy Antonov
• 2019 – present Maksym Kovalenko

Directors

• 2006 – 2019 Oleksandr Protsiv

Managers

Yuriy Karmelyuk (2003–2005) Ihor Petrov (2005–2012) Roman Pylypchuk (2012–2013) Roman Sanzhar (2013–2018) Vyacheslav Shevchuk (2018–2019)

Ihor Klymovskyi (interim) (2019) Júlio César (2019) Ihor Klymovskyi (interim) (2019) Vicente Gómez (2019–2020) Ihor Klymovskyi (2020–2021)

Yuriy Kalitvintsev (2021) Roman Sanzhar (2021) Serhiy Litovchenko (2021)

See also

• Serhiy Bubka College of Olympic Reserve, formerly a school of Olympic Reserve in Donetsk (UOR Donetsk)

Notes and references

1. Стадион донецкого Олимпика после реконструкции (Фото) [Stadium Olimpik Donetsk after reconstruction (Photo)]. stadiums.at.ua (in Ukrainian). 20 April 2014. Archived from the original on 6 November 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
2. ХХХІ чергова Конференція ПФЛ: підсумували сезон 2022/23, визначили орієнтири нового чемпіонату. pfl.ua. 21 June 2023
3. "Олимпик - главная". Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
4. источники, Внешние (11 May 2014). "Олимпик выходит в Премьер-лигу". Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
5. Academy history Archived 30 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. FC Olimpik Donetsk.
6. Official. Olimpik stays in the UPL (Официально. Олимпик остается в УПЛ) Archived 20 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine. UA-Football. 19 June 2019
7. UAF changed its regulation for clubs' licensing. Now for participation in UPL presence of youth teams is not required (УАФ изменила регламент аттестации клубов. Теперь для участия в УПЛ наличие молодежных команд не обязательно) Archived 20 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine. UA-Football. 19 June 2019
8. Olimpik submitted a claim to Lausanne against UAF (Олимпик подал в Лозанну иск против УАФ) Archived 10 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine. UA-Football. 9 July 2019
9. Olimpik withdrew its lawsuit in Lausanne against UAF – Tsyhanyk (Олимпик отозвал иск в Лозанну против УАФ – Цыганык) Archived 24 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Sport Arena. 23 July 2019
10. Miroshnichenko, Danil (8 July 2021). "«Олимпик» снялся с розыгрыша УПЛ 2021/22 и приостановил деятельность - Футбол на UA.Tribuna.com". ua.tribuna.com (in Russian). Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
11. "Олимпик несколько матчей УПЛ проведет в Чернигове". www.ua-football.com. 8 April 2021. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
12. "Олімпік - Краматорськ "Краматорськ"". www.pfl.ua. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
13. "У вівторок, 5 жовтня, стадіон "Юність" прийме гру 12-го туру Першої ліги України з футболу Олімпік (Донецьк) – ФК Краматорськ". www.ua-story.com.ua. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
14. "У Чернігові зустрінуться Олімпік-Донецьк – ФК Краматорськ". www.sknews.net. October 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
15. "Прекрасный дубль Яловенко и Ходаковский приносят победу в дерби Донбасса. Олимпик - Краматорск 3:1". www.ua-football.com. 5 October 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
16. "Из-за загруженности НТК имени Банникова матч Первой лиги перенесли в Чернигов". www.ua-football.com. 5 October 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
17. "Донецький "Олімпік" закриє календарний рік матчем у Чернігові". www.chesport.cn.ua. 26 November 2021. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
18. Olimpik Donetsk refused to arrive, explaining that its staff had to arrange Euro U-19 2009.
19. "Перший попередній етап Кубка України: тріумф господарів і трагедія хмельничан (First Preliminary Round Ukrainian Cup: hosts triumph and tragedy for Khmelnytskans)" (in Ukrainian). PFL. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
20. Olimpik Donetsk club's history. Official website.
21. Competition was played in two phases. Official final league standings are cumulative from both phases. Olimpik competed in the Championship Group in Phase II.
    "Ліга Парі-Матч Сезон 2016/17" [League Pari-Match 2016–17 Season]. Ukrainian Premier League. 31 May 2017. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
22. "Олимпик - главная". Archived from the original on 18 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
23. "Тренеры". Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
24. "Тренеры U21". ФК Олимпик. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

External links

• Official website (in Russian). Archived 14 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine.