FC Polissya Zhytomyr (2016)

FC Polissya Zhytomyr (named MFC Zhytomyr until March 2017, Ukrainian: Муніципальний футбольний клуб "Житомир") is a Ukrainian football club based in Zhytomyr, Polesia. As of the 2020–21 season, it will play in the Ukrainian First League, the second tier of Ukrainian football, following promotion from the 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League. Their home were Spartak and Kolos stadiums. Since being admitted to the Ukrainian Second League, the club's current stadiums do not qualify for the competition. While the city's main arena under reconstruction, the club is forced to look for an alternative.

This article is about a club created in 2016 as MFC Zhytomyr. For original club that existed in 1959-2006, see FC Polissya Zhytomyr.
FC Polissya Zhytomyr
Full nameFootball Club Polissya
Founded1959
GroundKolos Stadium, Zhytomyr
Spartak Stadium, Korosten
Capacity3,500
ChairmanVitaliy Lyaskovskyi
ManagerSerhiy Shyshchenko
LeagueUkrainian First League
2019–20Ukrainian Second League, Group A, 2nd (promoted)

History

It was founded in 2016 and is the second known attempt to create football city team in Zhytomyr.

Originally an attempt to create the club took place back in 2005 on initiative of Hennadiy Zabrodsky soon after the dissolution of FC Polissya Zhytomyr. At that time facing a danger of losing professional football team, Zhytomyr paradoxically witnessed creation of two teams in the place of one. The new club was created in place of the existing amateur FC Arsenal Zhytomyr. The creation of the city club was supported by the city's government as part of local elections, which, however, after the city mayor lost, the club, after playing first half of the season, was dissolved. Some players moved to the regional club OFC Zhytychi Zhytomyr.

In March 2017, the club was renamed into FC Polissya Zhytomyr.[1] The club also adopted a new logo with 1959 year of establishment thus claiming heritage of the original FC Polissya Zhytomyr.[2]

Stadium
The Central Stadium is the main football arena of Zhytomyr Oblast.

MFC Zhytomyr started to play at Tsentralnyi Stadion (Central Stadium), however soon at the stadium started renovations and the club moved to smaller Kolos Stadion.[3]

In 2017, the club temporarily moved to Korosten to play at the local Spartak Stadion which was approved by the Football Federation of Ukraine and Professional Football League.

League and Cup history

MFC Zhytomyr
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Other Notes
2005–06 3rd "A" 14/15 28 3 2 23 16 38 11 ​1⁄64 finals Withdrew

Polissya Zhytomyr / MFC
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Other Notes
2016 4th
(Amateur Championship)		 3/4 6 3 1 2 6 5 10 Group 1
2016–17 6/12 20 7 5 8 13 18 26 UAC ​1⁄16 finals Group 2
Admitted to SL
2017–18 3rd "A" 8/10 27 9 3 15 31 44 30 ​1⁄32 finals
2018–19 3/10 27 13 6 8 23 21 45 ​1⁄64 finals
2019–20 2/11 20 11 6 3 28 11 39 ​1⁄64 finals Promoted
2020–21 2nd

Players

First team squad
As of 5 February 2021[4][5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF  UKR Serhiy Shvets
5 DF  UKR Denys Prytykovskyi
6 DF  UKR Yevhen Kuznetsov
7 DF  UKR Oleksandr Brynko
8 MF  UKR Oleksandr Chernetskyi
9 FW  UKR Denys Halenkov
10 MF  UKR Marat Daudov
13 GK  UKR Anton Yashkov (on loan from Kolos Kovalivka)
15 DF  UKR Andriy Vlasyuk
17 FW  UKR Yaroslav Halenko
23 MF  UKR Andriy Kovalyov
27 MF  UKR Yevhen Troyanovskyi
33 GK  UKR Volodymyr Makhankov
No. Pos. Nation Player
37 DF  UKR Kyrylo Prokopchuk
44 DF  UKR Vadym Zhuk
63 MF  UKR Illya Povaliy
74 GK  UKR Mark Medvedyev
77 MF  UKR Andriy Ponyedyelnik
91 MF  UKR Maksym Havrylenko
95 DF  UKR Yevhen Shevchenko
99 MF  UKR Illya Tymoshenko
— GK  UKR Anton Yashkov
— DF  UKR Badri Akubardia
— DF  UKR Artem Terekhov
— MF  UKR Vasyl Hrytsuk
— MF  UKR Denys Ostrovskyi

Managers

Chairmen
  • Ruslan Pavlyuk, 2016–2017
  • Vitaliy Lyaskovskyi, 2017–present

See also

References
  1. At last under its name MFC Zhytomyr, the club will play its official games on March 4-5. (Востаннє під назвою МФК "Житомир" клуб зіграє офіційні матчі 4-5 березня). FC Polissya Zhytomyr. 28 February 2017
  2. Polissya conducted a small rebranding of its logo (Полісся провело невеличкий ребрендинг емблеми). UA-Football. 6 February 2018
  3. How the Zhytomyr stadium "Polissya" will look (Як виглядатиме житомирський стадіон «Полісся». ФОТО). MFC Zhytomyr. 4 August 2016
  4. "Player Profiles - FC Polissya Zhytomyr. Official club website". https://polissyafc.com. External link in |website= (help)
  5. "Polissya". pfl.ua.
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