FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk

FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk is an association football club from Volochysk, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, competing in the Ukrainian First League.

Ahrobiznes Volochysk
Full nameFC Ahrobiznes Volochysk
Founded2015; 9 years ago (2015)
GroundYunist Stadium,[1] Volochysk
Capacity2,700[1]
Head coachOleksandr Chyzhevskyi
LeagueUkrainian First League
2020–21Ukrainian First League, 5th
Websitehttp://fcab.com.ua/
Former club crest

History

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The club was founded in December 2015 in place of recently dissolved FC Zbruch.[1]

In summer of 2014, former president of Zbruch Volochysk Yevhen Sinkov gave interview to UA-Football and told story about Zbruch and the Volochysk football.[2] A football team in Volochysk existed since 1960s,[2] but its active development started already in 1970s.[2] In 1974 there was a team under name of Mashynobudivnyk Volochysk which sometime in 1976 won the Khmelnytskyi Oblast championship.[2] Sometime in 1980s it was dissolved. In 1989, the city's team was revived as Strila Volochysk and also won another regional title (Khmelnytskyi Oblast Football Championship).[2]

In 1990, the club was known as Zbruch Volochysk and in 1991 again won the regional championship.[2] In 1994–2006 the team was financed by the city municipality (city council) which was presided by Ivan Rybachuk.[2] After that for the next couple of years the team was sponsored by local company Ahrobiznes.[2] In 2008 the president of Zbruch was elected the president of Volochysk Raion Football Federation Yevhen Sinkov.[2] In 2008–2014 Ihor Shyshkin was a head coach of Zbruch Volochysk.[2]

Sinkov also mentioned that Volochysk has couple of sports schools with football sections "Osvita" and "Kolos" which field several youth teams for various age categories in competitions of the Youth Football League of Ukraine (DUFLU). Those junior teams are coached by graduates of the Lviv School of Physical Culture (Lviv UFK). In 2014 Sinkov was mentioning that president of Ahrobiznes Oleh Sobutsky was one of several sponsors of Zbruch.[2]

The new club Ahrobiznes does not lay any claims of being related to its predecessor. Sponsored by a company from the neighboring settlement of Pidvolochysk, Ternopil Oblast, it was officially created as soon as Zbruch was dissolved. The head coach of FC Ahrobiznes became a native of Volochysk and former professional footballer Andriy Donets, his assistant as senior coach became former head coach of Zbruch Ihor Shyshkin,[1] the club's sports director became former president of Zbruch Yevhen Sinkov, the chief of squad became a director of local sports school Vitaliy Kerepko, executive director Vasyl Zabolotniy.[1]

In 2016, the club entered the national amateur competitions of AAFU which was transitioning them from calendar year (spring-fall) to split calendar year (fall-spring). It was a half year competition and Ahrobiznes after winning a multi-group stage by placing first and qualifying for play-offs was able to reach the final but lost it in extra time to defending title champions FC Balkany Zorya from Odesa Oblast.[3][1] The next season which was substantially restructured the Ahrobiznes first team once again placed first in group and qualified to play-offs. Among notable opponents during this period was the future Ukrainian Premier League member FC Lviv. In play-offs, Ahrobiznes reached finals and with a score 4:0[4] defeated FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv which was created soon after bankruptcy of FC Metalist Kharkiv.

Honours

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Ahrobiznes (since 2016)

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Zbruch (1989–2015)

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  • Football championship of Khmelnytskyi Oblast
    • Winners (9): 1991, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
    • Runners-up (3): 2001, 2010, 2013
  • Khmelnytskyi Oblast Football Cup
    • Winners (5): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015

Players

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Current squad

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As of 4 September 2024[5][6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   UKR Ivan Havrushko
4 DF   UKR Ruslan Barylyak
5 DF   UKR Vitaliy Myachyn
6 MF   UKR Kyrylo Pavlyuk
8 MF   UKR Vitaliy-Dmytro Teplyi
9 DF   UKR Maksym Voytikhovskyi
10 MF   UKR Roman Kuzmyn
11 MF   UKR Dmytro Kasimov
14 DF   UKR Roman Bilyi
17 DF   UKR Roman Slyva
21 MF   UKR Roman Tolochko
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF   UKR Serhiy Zayets
23 MF   UKR Danyil Volkov
24 MF   UKR Andrii Hloba
28 DF   UKR Oleh Len
29 MF   UKR Mykyta Fomin
31 FW   UKR Taras Puchkovskyi
33 DF   UKR Danylo Sydorenko
50 GK   UKR Mykyta Minchev
71 GK   UKR Danylo Khmelovskyi
77 GK   UKR Roman Pidkivka
99 MF   UKR Ivan Stankovych (on loan from Mynai)

Out on loan

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

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

Seasons

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Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Ukrainian Cup Other Notes
FC Zbruch Volochysk
2009 4th 1 8 7 1 0 16 4 22
3 3 1 0 2 2 6 3
2010 club in regional competitions AC 14 finals
2011 4th 2 12 8 1 3 20 12 25 AC qual.
4 3 0 0 3 3 8 0
2012 club in regional competitions AC 18 finals
2013 4th 3 10 4 3 3 11 13 15
2014 club in regional competitions AC 18 finals
2015 club in regional competitions AC 18 finals
club reorganized as FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk
2016 4th 1 6 3 2 1 10 3 11 AL Finalist
2016–17 4th 1 20 14 6 0 36 5 48 AL Winner
2017–18 3rd 1 27 23 1 3 70 19 70 116 finals Promoted
2018–19 2nd 13 28 3 10 15 17 36 19 132 finals Relegation play-off[7]
2019–20 2nd 4 30 19 3 8 52 30 60 116 finals
2020–21 2nd 5 30 15 7 8 46 27 52 12 finals
2021–22 2nd 13 20 4 9 7 16 23 21 164 finals
missed 2022–23 season
2023–24 2nd 8 28 10 8 10 27 29 38 116 finals
2024–25 2nd 164 finals

Coaches

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Current staff

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Історія футбольного клубу "Агробізнес". fcab.com.ua
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "The amateur names. Zbruch Volochysk (Аматорські імена. Збруч (Волочиськ))" (in Ukrainian). www.ua-football.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015.
  3. ^ ФК Балканы - чемпион Украины среди аматоров 2016 года. www.ua-football.com. 8 July 2016
  4. ^ [1]. www.aafu.org.ua
  5. ^ "Футбольний клуб "Агробізнес" (Волочиськ) – офіційний сайт — ГРАВЦІ ФК АГРОБІЗНЕС".
  6. ^ "Професіональна футбольна ліга України". Archived from the original on 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  7. ^ won it against FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 0:1, 4:0
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