FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni

Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni

Full name	FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
Founded	1989
Ground	Yunist Stadium
Capacity	2,500
Chairman	Petro Kaplun [1]
Manager	Valeriy Kutsenko
League	Ukrainian Second League
2024–25	Ukrainian Second League, Group B, 5th of 10
Website	gornyak-sport.net
Home colours Away colours

FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni is a Ukrainian football club based in Horishni Plavni, Poltava Oblast. The club competes in the First League.

The club is sponsored by Ferrexpo.

History

Old emblem of the club "FC Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk" used until 2017

The club was founded in 1989. After some above average performances in the KFK 3rd Zone (Central Ukraine) Amateur Championship the club's administration decided to enter the professional league. However, at this level the club has continually struggled and has had only 2 winning seasons since entering this level of competition.

The club plays its football games at "Yunist" (Youth) Stadium. According to the Vorskla website the stadium has a capacity of 5,000 spectators, ^[2] while the website of Hirnyk reports a mere 2,500. ^[3]

The club was promoted to the Ukrainian First League for the first time in 2014. ^[4]

Team names

Year	Name
1989–92	Lokomotiv
1993–95	Hirnyk
1995–	Hirnyk-Sport

Honors

• Ukrainian Druha Liha
  • Champions (1): 2013–14
• Ukrainian League Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2009–10

League and cup history

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Other		Notes
1992–93	4th (Amatorska Liha)
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96	3rd (Druha Liha)	16	38	10	8	20	33	71	38	Did not enter
1996–97		14	32	10	6	16	20	32	36	1st Qual. round
1997–98		4	32	12	11	9	39	35	47	3rd Qual. round
1998–99		4	26	13	6	7	36	31	41	1st Qual. round
1999–00		7	26	10	5	11	33	41	35	DNQ	2L	1⁄4 finals
2000–01		10	28	9	4	15	26	45	31	DNQ	2L	1⁄4 finals
2001–02		17	34	6	6	22	32	60	24	1st round
2002–03		15	30	7	6	17	27	48	27	1⁄32 finals
2003–04		14	30	10	5	15	40	40	35	1⁄32 finals
2004–05		9	28	10	0	18	35	49	30	1⁄32 finals			Group C
2005–06		8	24	10	4	10	30	31	34	1⁄32 finals			Group C
2006–07		15	28	5	2	21	23	48	17	1⁄32 finals
2007–08		15	34	9	7	18	38	59	34	1⁄32 finals
2008–09		13	34	9	8	17	28	45	35	1⁄64 finals
2009–10		11	26	5	7	14	21	35	22	1⁄64 finals	LC	Final
2010–11		9	22	6	4	12	17	29	22	1⁄16 finals
2011–12		9	26	6	8	12	28	39	26	1⁄64 finals
2012–13		11	24	5	3	16	25	50	18	1⁄16 finals			qualified to relegation group 4
		3	8	5	1	2	14	7	16
2013–14		1	36	25	4	7	68	31	79	1⁄32 finals			Promoted
2014–15	2nd (Persha Liha)	3	30	16	9	5	44	24	57	1⁄32 finals
2015–16		12	30	8	9	13	30	35	33	1⁄16 finals
2016–17		11	34	12	7	15	47	54	43	1⁄32 finals
2017–18		8	34	16	2	16	30	40	50	1⁄32 finals
2018–19		12	28	5	12	11	24	43	27	1⁄32 finals
2019–20		9	30	12	3	15	42	48	39	1⁄8 finals
2020–21		9	30	11	5	14	43	45	38	1⁄16 finals

Players

Current squad

As of 4 May 2025 ^{[5] [6]}

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF   UKR Denys Kozlovskyi 5 FW   UKR Maksym Tyapkin 8 MF   UKR Mykyta Dudka 10 MF   UKR Vadym Strashkevych 11 FW   UKR Danylo Dmytriyev 12 GK   UKR Stanislav Kozlov 13 MF   UKR Serhiy Miserzhy 14 DF   NGA Prince Chisom Chibueze 15 DF   UKR Denys Chernysh 16 MF   NGA Innocent Odoh 17 MF   UKR Oleksandr Podrezan 19 FW   UKR Vyacheslav Studenko

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF   UKR Illya Yurchenko 22 DF   UKR Mykola Vorop 25 MF   UKR Serhiy Katerynka 29 DF   UKR Demyan Chubatyi 30 MF   NGA Ekemini Nsini Effiong 32 MF   UKR Yaroslav Sorochan 35 GK   UKR Bohdan Shukhman 66 MF   NGA Richmond Chukwuemeka 77 DF   UKR Maksym Sheptitskyi 94 DF   UKR Yevheniy Moroz 95 GK   UKR Kyrylo Lavuta

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

No. Pos. Nation Player

Managers

• Ihor Zhabchenko (2013–2016)
• Serhiy Puchkov (2016 – 31 Dec 2018)
• Volodymyr Mazyar (1 Jan 2019 – 9 Sept 2019)
• Ihor Zhabchenko (15 Sept 2019 – present)

References

1. (in Russian) President ^{[ usurped ]}
2. (in Ukrainian) FC Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk Archived 21 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
3. Younist Stadium Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
4. Горняк-Спорт выходит в первую лигуу [Hirnyk-Sport enters First League] (in Russian). ua-football.com. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
5. "Гравці".
6. "Професіональна футбольна ліга України".

External links

• Official website