FC VPS Kharkiv

Last updated March 31, 2019

FC VPS Kharkiv (Ukrainian : ВПС Харків) was a football club from Kharkiv that represented the Kharkiv Institute of the Air Force. The abbreviation stands for Air Force (Ukrainian : Військово повітряні сили, translit. Viyskovo-povitryani syly).

Ukrainian is an East Slavic language. It is the official state language of Ukraine, one of the three official languages in the unrecognized state of Transnistria, the other two being Romanian and Russian. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic script.

Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest city in Ukraine. In the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the Slobozhanshchyna historical region. Kharkiv is the administrative centre of Kharkiv Oblast and of the surrounding Kharkiv Raion, though administratively it is incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 1,439,036 (2017 est.)

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In 1949 the club won the Cup of the Ukrainian SSR.

External links

High level of amateurs. Football Federation of Ukraine.
1949 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR. Luhansk Football portal.

Football Federation of Ukraine association football governing body of Ukraine

The Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) is the governing body of football in Ukraine. As a subject of the International Olympic Movement FFU is a member of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. FFU is also member of international football organizations such as UEFA and FIFA.

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