FC Continentals

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Full nameFC Continentals
Founded2008;15 years ago (2008) as FC Vorkuta
Stadium Centennial Park Stadium
Toronto, Ontario
Owner(s)Igor Demitchev
ChairmanIgor Demitchev
Manager Denys Yanchuk
Coach Andrei Malychenkov
League Canadian Soccer League
2022 Regular season: 4th
Playoffs: Champions
Website Club website

FC Continentals is a Canadian soccer club founded in 2008. The team is currently a member of the Canadian Soccer League, a non-FIFA sanctioned league. The club originally played under the name FC Vorkuta and was renamed FC Continentals in 2022. Their home venue is Centennial Park Stadium in Toronto, Ontario.

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History

The club was formed by Russian immigrants Igor Demitchev and Samad Kadirov in Toronto in 2008. [1] [2] The club derived its name from the main financier Demitchev's hometown Vorkuta in Russia. [3] [4] Initially the club operated at the amateur level in the Downtown Polson Pier Soccer League. In their debut season, Vorkuta achieved instant success after clinching both the regular and postseason titles. Within a year, the club transferred to the Thornhill Soccer Club League, and continued its uphill climb to success by winning the playoff title.

In 2010, the team remained in the York Region territory by joining the Richmond Hill Soccer League, and the Downsview Hangar Indoor Soccer League. In 2016, the organization decided to make the transition to the professional ranks by applying for membership in the Canadian Soccer League. [5] [6] After presenting a successful strategic business plan, the club received the necessary votes in order to be approved by the league ownership. [7] [8] In preparation for the 2017 CSL season, the team hired the services of Serhiy Zayets as head coach. [9] Zayets assembled a roster with several key CSL veterans acquired primarily from FC Ukraine United. The acquisitions included Sergiy Ivliev, Oleg Shutov, Mykhailo Bulkin, Vitaliy Dnistryan, Danylo Lazar, Vadym Gostiev, and Oleh Kerchu was assigned the team captain. [10] [11] In addition to the CSL veterans, several imports were brought in from Ukraine and Russia to further strengthen the roster. [12] [13]

Vorkuta made their professional debut on May 27, 2017 against Milton SC with a 7–0 victory with goals coming from Kerchu, Lazar, Shutov, Gostiev, and Yaroslav Svorak. [14] In the club's inaugural season at the professional level, Vorkuta managed to produce a significant result. By clinching the regular season title, and establishing the best offensive record with the second best defensive record. [15] [16] In the preliminary round of the postseason, they defeated Royal Toronto FC by a score of 6–3. [17] [18] Their 2017 campaign came to a conclusion in the following round after a 1–0 defeat to Scarborough SC. [19]

In 2018, the club produced a notable season by securing the CSL Championship, and found further success in the Second Division as its reserve squad secured the double (division title and DII Championship). [20] [21] In 2022, the club was renamed FC Continentals. [22] [23]

Crest

The crest used from 2008 to 2021 FC Vorkuta logo.png
The crest used from 2008 to 2021

The club's first crest was in the shape of a circle with a soccer ball placed in the center along with the name of the club beneath it. [3] The colors of the crest were blue, red, and white which represented the colors of the Canadian and the city of Toronto flags. [3] On top of the crest was a barbed wire which symbolized the owner's birthplace Vorkuta in Siberia, Russia where a former Gulag labor camp was located. [4] [24]

In 2022, the name of the club was changed to FC Continentals which also resulted in a rebranding of the club's logo. [25]

Players

Current squad

As of 31 July 2023 [26]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
– DF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Oleksandr Alyeksyeyev
– DF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Maksym Banasevych
– FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Oleksiy Boyko
– MF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Bohdan Borovskyi
– GK Flag placeholder.svg Andrei Ciurchin
– DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Jesus Eduardo Compean Gonzalez
– DF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Leonid Husak
– FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Serhiy Ivlyev
– DF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Serhiy Melnyk
– GK Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Oleksandr Musiyenko
– DF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Borys Orlovskyi
No.Pos.NationPlayer
– DF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Illya Piltenko
– MF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Serhiy Pitel
– FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Viktor Raskov
– MF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Pavlo Shulhan
– MF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Andriy Sorokin
– GK Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Anatoliy Starushchenko
– FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Mykola Temnyuk
– DF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Mykyta Tkachov
– MF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Vitaliy Tymofiyenko
– MF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Serhiy Ursulenko

Head coaches

Honours

Seasons

SeasonLeagueTeamsRecordRankPlayoffsRef
2017 Canadian Soccer League (First Division)810–2–21stSemifinals [28]
2018 912–2–22ndChampions [28]
2019 1015–3–01stQuarterfinals [28]
2020 54–3–12ndChampions [28]
2021 Canadian Soccer League 86–1–01stFinals [29]
2022 64–4–24thChampions [30]

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