FC Chornomorets Odesa
professional association football club based in Odesa, Ukraine
FC Chornomorets Odesa (Ukrainian: Футбо́льний Клуб Чорномо́рець Оде́са [tʃornoˈmɔretsʲ oˈdɛsɐ]) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa, Ukraine.
According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as Dynamo, but until 2002 it carried a logo with 1958 and 1959 listed as the club's years of foundation on its shield, which is when the club received its current name. The club's shield is very similar to the shield of Romanian FC Farul Constanța.
Chornomorets is the first club in the modern history of Ukraine to win the Ukrainian Cup (1992), and also repeated this success in the 1993–94 season.
For over 30 years, the club was sponsored by the Black Sea Shipping Company (1959–1991). The club was among top 20 Soviet clubs that competed in Soviet Top League. The club's home ground is Chornomorets Stadium and has been opened in 2011.
History
Naming history
Officially in the Soviet Union Ukrainian teams carried both names in Russian and Ukrainian.
1926: Club formed FC Dynamo Odesa (out of Spartak Odesa)
1936: Dynamo was admitted to the All-Union competitions
1936: KinAp Odesa entered league competitions at republican level (Ukraine)
1938: Pischevik / Kharchovyk Odesa entered league competitions at republican level (Ukraine)
1940: Dynamo football team dissolved, its players joined Kharchovyk which admitted to the All-Union competitions
1941: Club renamed Spartak Odesa
1942: World War II (club was dissolved)
1944: Club revived as Dynamo Odesa which qualified for final stage of the Cup of the Ukrainian SSR
1945: Club reformed as Kharchovyk Odesa admitted to the All-Union competitions
1950: Kharchovyk relegated and dissolved
1951: Metalurh Odesa (team of Kim Fomin) promoted to the All-Union competitions
1955: Club split reviving Kharchovyk Odesa in the All-Union competitions (in place of Metalurh, while Metalurh continued to play at republican level)
1958: Club renamed Chornomorets Odesa as part of the Odesa Rope Factory
Black Sea (pre-history)
At the beginning of the 20th century, in Odesa, within limits of Alexander Park (today Shevchenko Park), a construction started of what was supposed to become a pond. However, after the pit for the pond was dug out, the funding stopped and so did the construction.
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