FC Knyazha Shchaslyve

FC Knyazha Shchaslyve was a Ukrainian football team based in the village of Shchaslyve (to the west of Boryspil), in the Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine, that competed in the professional leagues.

Knyazha Schaslyve

Full name	FC Knyazha Schaslyve
Nickname(s)	Kniazi
Founded	5 July 2005
Dissolved	2009
Ground	Kniazha Arena, Schaslyve, Kyiv Oblast
Capacity	1 000
Chairman	Yuriy Kindzerskyi
Coach	Vitaliy Levchenko
League	Ukrainian First League
2008–09	17th (withdrew)

History

After the winter break before the resumption of competition in March 2009 the administration of FC Knyazha Schaslyve removed both the main club from the Ukrainian First League and its reserve team FC Knyazha-2 Schaslyve from the Ukrainian Second League.^[1]

The administration indicated that the club would not cease to exist but would restructure and function in some form, especially at the junior or youth levels.^[2]

It was founded in 2005. Knyazha won the Ukrainian Second League Group A championship in the 2007/08 season and were promoted to the Ukrainian First League. After the promotion of Knyazha to the Ukrainian First League, the club entered FC Knyazha-2 Schaslyve in the Ukrainian Second League which is to train up young players for the main team.^[3]

Sponsors

Kniazha, Dobromyl, Hyleys, and others.

Honors

• Ukrainian Second League: 1

2007/08 Champions Group A

League and cup history

FC Knyazha Shchaslyve

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
2005–06	3rd "A"	12	28	6	11	11	32	35	29	1/64 finals
2006–07	3rd "A"	5	28	14	9	5	34	24	51	1/32 finals
2007–08	3rd "A"	1	30	24	5	1	70	13	77	1/16 finals			Promoted
2008–09	2nd	17	32	5	5	22	22	23	20	1/16 finals			Withdrew[1]

Reserves and the Academy

Knyazha-2

Knyazha-2 was the reserve or 2nd squad of the Ukrainian Football club FC Knyazha Schaslyve.

After the winter break before the resumption of competition in March 2009 the administration of FC Knyazha Schaslyve removed both the main club from Persha Liha and its reserve team Knyazha-2 from the Druha Liha.^[4]

Knyazha-2 entered the professional leagues for the first time in 2008 after the successes and improvement the senior team had in the previous season. The club decided to enter the club into the Druha Liha to give their players more exposure to higher quality competition. Knyazha-2 had been competing in the Kyiv Oblast competition.

• Coaches: Borys Rudenko (2008), Ivan Maruschak, Eduard Pavlov

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
2008–09	3rd "A"	17	32	4	2	26	15	35	14				Withdrew

Managers

• 2005–2006 Viktor Ishchenko
• 2006 Vitaliy Levchenko
• 2007 Oleh Fedorchuk
• 2007–2008 Stepan Matviyiv
• 2008 Vitaliy Levchenko
• 2008 Viktor Dohadailo
• 2008–2009 Vitaliy Levchenko

See also

• FC Lviv

References

1. (in Ukrainian) Professional Football League 2009 Official Meetings Minutes #6^{[permanent dead link‍]} ; Retrieved 25 March 2009
2. (in Ukrainian) Ми йдемо, щоби повернутись! (We're moving forward, so that we return) – Official website of Knyazha; Retrieved 28 March 2009
3. (in Ukrainian) Historic Premier of Knyazha-2 – Official website of Knyazha; Retrieved 9 July 2008
4. (in Ukrainian) Professional Football League 2009 Official Meetings Minutes #6 (Knyazha-2 withdraws)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

• Official website (in Ukrainian)