FC Ocean Kerch
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| Full name | Football Club Ocean Kerch |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1938 as Stal, 1955 as Metalurh, 1976 as Okean, 2010 as Okean |
| Dissolved | ?, 1970, 1997 |
| Ground | Stadium 50th Anniversary of October |
| Head coach | Serhiy Yesin |
| League | Crimean Premier League |
FC Ocean Kerch (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Океан» (Керчь)) is a Ukrainian football team based in Kerch. After the Russian annexation of Crimea was admitted to the Crimean Premier League.
History
The city association football club existed since 1938. It is not known what happened with the original team. The club was revived in 1955 soon after the Crimean peninsula was transferred to Ukraine, but it was not until 1962 when it represented the city at professional level, competing in the Ukrainian championship of the Soviet Second League. In 1970 the club dissolved again, but soon was revived in 1976 competing all the way pass the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In 1997 the club lost its professional license and disappeared for quite some time.
In 2010 it was reestablished anew.[1][2] Following the Russian annexation of Crimea, the Football Federation of Ukraine lodged a complaint with UEFA about Crimean clubs' participation in Russian competitions. On 22 August 2014, UEFA decided "that any football matches played by Crimean clubs organised under the auspices of the Russian Football Union will not be recognised by UEFA until further notice".[3]
On 4 December 2014, UEFA banned Crimean clubs from participating in Russian professional competitions,[4] and announced that a new local Crimean Premier League would be set up in the future that UEFA will manage directly.[5] Ocean Kerch was one of the 8 original clubs that formed the Crimean Premier League for the 2015–16 season.
Honours
- 1949, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1995/96
Notable people
- Anatoliy Kroshchenko, a manager in 1979
References
- ↑ "FC Ocean". Crimean Football Union. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ↑ History of the club. FC Okean Kerch website
- ↑ UEFA Emergency Panel decision on Crimean clubs, UEFA (22 August 2014)
- ↑ "Crimea clubs banned from playing in Russian league by Uefa". BBC. 4 December 2014.
- ↑ "UEFA to set up new soccer league in Crimea". Associated Press. 6 March 2015.
External links
- (Russian) Official site