FC Vorskla Poltava (women)

Vorskla Poltava

Vorskla Logo 2010
Full name	Football Club Vorskla Poltava
Founded	2007 (team) 2010 (club) 2021 (reforms)
Chairman	Dmytro Krolenko
Coach	Natalia Zinchenko
League	Ukrainian Women's League
2023–24	1st (champions)

Vorskla Poltava, formerly known as Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Житлобуд-2 Харків) is the Ukrainian professional women's football team associated with FC Vorskla from Poltava, Ukraine (which previously represented Kharkiv). In 2021 it became grandfathered into FC Vorskla Poltava as its women's football department. The Ukrainian Association of Football licensing center indicates that it is a separate club. The team plays at the Ukrainian Women's League top tier, Vyshcha Liha.

Previously as the Kharkiv club it used to cooperate with Kharkiv Regional College of Physical Culture and Sports, football team of which was a feeder for Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv.

History

It all started with a girl under-13 team that was formed in 2004 and next year won the Ukrainian championship among girls that took place in Sevastopol. Later the team participated on few occasions at futsal competitions.

In 2007 the football team became known as Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv after its main sponsor. In 2010, based on the team there was established a club which beside its female team also fields a male team in amateur competitions.

In 2010 the club also fielded its floorball team.

In 2012 the club debuted in national league competitions.

In 2017 the club took part in the first Ukrainian beach soccer competitions among women teams in Odesa. After placing second in a group stage, they were eliminated during quarterfinals.

In 2020 the club lost its founder Yuriy Krolenko who died aged 82.

Its 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League season the club started under the name "Vorskla-Kharkiv-2". On 10 September 2022 at the start of the domestic season, it was announced that Zhytlobud-2 has officially switched to Vorskla. At its first match against Shakhtar Donetsk, players were dressed in jerseys of Vorksla yet with Zhytlobud-2 logo.

Honours

• Higher Division
  • Champions (5): 2016, 2017, 2019–20 2022–2023, 2023–24
  • Runners-up (4): 2014, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
• Women's Cup
  • Winners (5): 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24

Current squad

2023

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Kateryna Samson Daryna Bondarchuk Alla Herasymchuk	Taisiia Babenko Anna Davydenko Kateryna Korsun Yana Kotyk Mariia Kuleba Iryna Podolska Maryna Shaynyuk Karina Voit	Olga Osipyan Iryna Kotiash Roksolana Kravchuk Kamila Kulmagambetova Anna Petryk Viktoria Radionova	Veronika Andrukhiv Nikol Kozlova Yana Kalinina Iryna Kushnir

European History

In European competitions the club debuted in 2017 with a game against Romanian side.

Season	Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent
2017–18	UEFA Women's Champions League	Qualifying Round (Group 2)	0–1 (away)	FCU Olimpia Cluj
			9–0 (neutral)	Swansea City L.F.C.
			1–1 (neutral)	Hibernian L.F.C.
2020–21	UEFA Women's Champions League	Qualifying Round 1	9–0 (home)	Alashkert
		Qualifying Round 2	2–0 (away)	SFK 2000
		Round of 32	2–2 (a)	BIIK Kazygurt
2022–23	UEFA Women's Champions League	Qualifying Round 1	5–0 (neutral)	Lanchkhuti
			2–0 (neutral)	BIIK Kazygurt
		Qualifying Round 2	1–1 (home)	Vllaznia
			1–2 (away)
2023–24	UEFA Women's Champions League	Qualifying Round 1	4–3 (a.e.t.) (neutral)	Flora
			3–0 (neutral)	Osijek
		Qualifying Round 2	0–3 (away)	Roma
			1–6 (home)
2024–25	UEFA Women's Champions League	Qualifying Round 1	5–0 (neutral)	SFK Rīga
			2–0 (neutral)	Ferencváros
		Qualifying Round 2	0–1 (home)	Celtic
			0–2 (away)

External links

• (in Ukrainian) Official Website
• (in Russian) Old Website
• (in Ukrainian) Vorskla. womensfootball.com.ua