Football Club Oleksandriya (), commonly known as Oleksandriya, is a Ukrainian professional football club based in the city of Oleksandriya, Kirovohrad Oblast. Founded in 1990, the club plays in the Ukrainian First League in 2026-27 following relegation from the Ukrainian Premier League. The year 1948 on the club's crest appeared after its merger with UkrAhroKom in 2014 and depicts football heritage of the club rather than the club's foundation.
In 2014 the club changed ownership when the original owner Mykola Lavrenko sold it to Serhiy Kuzmenko, the owner of UkrAhroKom.
Debuting in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League in July 2016, the club became the first one from Kirovohrad Oblast to qualify for the European competitions and second after Kryvbas in Central Ukraine (Right-bank).
History
Names 1990–2003 Polihraftekhnika 2004–2014 PFC Oleksandriya 2014–present FC Oleksandriya (merger with UkrAhroKom)
Pre-existing club (Shakhtar Oleksandriya) FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya was established in 1948 at the production association "Oleksandriyavuhillya". At first the club played at the amateur competitions of the Ukrainian SSR until 1962 when it was accepted to the Class B which was a professional competitions. It played in Class B until the tournament was disbanded in 1971. After that the club returned to the amateurs where it played from 1971 to 1985 and 1988 to 1990. After 1990 season the club folded.
The club played its games at its own Shakhtar Stadium.
Polihraftekhnika / PFC Oleksandriya
The club was formed on 6 March 1990FC Polihraftekhnika. First steps in a big football. Supporters Alexandria. as Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya ()Yuriy Koval: I also was among the founders of Polihraftekhnika. Sport Review (Supporters Alexandria). 6 January 2001 at the local printing equipment plant."Oleksandriya" is getting ready to surprise Ukraine («Александрия» готовится удивить Украину). Mykolaiv City Football Federation. 8 July 2011Presenting the opponent: PFC "Oleksandriya" (Представляем соперника: ПФК «Александрия») . MFC Mykolaiv. August 2012 The same year the club won the regional football competitions of the Kirovohrad Oblast. At same time in 1990 another Oleksandriya club Shakhtar represented the Kirovohrad region at the republican amateur level. FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya was a club of the Oleksandriyavuhillya coal mine company. At first Polihraftekhinka was leasing the Shakhtar Stadium, while building its own stadium Olimp.
From 2001 to 2003, PFC Oleksandriya played in the Ukrainian Premier League under the name of Polihraftechnika Oleksandriya, which it had since 1991. After the 2003 season the club's administration citing fiscal problems left the Professional Football League and was idle for one season.
In 2004 the president of Polihraftekhnika reestablished the club as PFC Oleksandriya, rejoined the Professional Football League and entered the Druha Liha.2004-05 Second League At the same time the Oleksandriya city administration created own football club MFC Oleksandriya which also entered the Druha Liha, however, soon thereafter the city's club withdrew from professional competitions.
Prior to the start of 2014–15 Ukrainian First League season PFC Oleksandriya going through some financial difficulties merged with UkrAhroKom Holovkivka who were also competing in the Ukrainian First League into one club and renaming themselves to FC Oleksandriya. The merger saved the Oleksandriya's club from another bankruptcy. Since the 2014 merger under the new manager Serhiy Kuzmenko (former chairman of FC UkrAhroKom), the club now claims its heritage of the Soviet miner's team of Shakhtar Oleksandriya by adding year of Shakhtar's establishment onto its club shield.
In the 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League season, FC Oleksandriya finished 6th place, qualifying for the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League, where they marked their debut in a European competition. Despite losing to HNK Hajduk Split 6 - 1 on aggregate, they followed their performance last season by finishing 5th, qualifying for the third qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. There they secured their first ever European win, defeating Romanian side FC Astra Giurgiu 1 - 0 on aggregate and progressing to the play-off round, where they finally fell to Belarusian side FC BATE Borisov.
In the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League season, they finished 3rd place, marking their first top 3 finish in the league, just behind heavyweights FC Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Dynamo Kyiv, also securing qualification for the group stage of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. However, they were unable to secure a single win, finishing bottom of their group with 3 draws and 3 losses.
The 2024–25 season marked a historic achievement for FC Oleksandriya, as the team secured a triumphant second-place finish in the Ukrainian Premier League for the very first time, positioned behind Dynamo Kyiv but notably ahead of Shakhtar Donetsk. Much of this success is credited to their manager Ruslan Rotan, who managed to become only the second manager for the club to secure 30 league wins, after Volodymyr Sharan's 69 league wins.
With their runner-up finish, they were able to secure a spot in the second qualifying round of the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League, where they lost to FK Partizan 6 - 0 on aggregate. In the same season, Oleksandryia were relegated to the Ukrainian First League for the first time since the 2014-15 season.
Stadium
The club plays its games at the Sports Complex "Nika" that was built in place of the old Shakhtar Stadium. At the new stadium Oleksandriya plays since summer of 1998.
Since 1992 Oleksandriya, at that time Polihraftekhnika, was forced to play at another city stadium "Olimp" which is located on western outskirts of the city.Olimp Stadium in Oleksandriya. footballfacts. FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya denied its city rival to play at its home stadium "Shakhtar" which was located in the center of the city. After Shakhtar Oleksandriya became defunct, its stadium was demolished and on its place was built sports complex "Nika" which was hand over to Polihraftekhnika in 1998.
Kirovohrad Oblast rivalry A regional rivalry exists with FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi. Year Tournament Home Away Score01.10.1994Ukrainian First League FC Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya 3:217.05.1995Ukrainian First League FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya FC Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad 0:005.10.2000Ukrainian First League FC Zirka Kirovohrad FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya 1:123.04.2001Ukrainian First League FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya FC Zirka Kirovohrad 1:015.08.2004Ukrainian Second League FC Zirka Kirovohrad PFC Oleksandriya 2:105.06.2005Ukrainian Second League PFC Oleksandriya FC Zirka Kirovohrad 3:122.10.2005Ukrainian Second League FC Zirka Kirovohrad PFC Oleksandriya 0:529.05.2006Ukrainian Second League PFC Oleksandriya FC Zirka Kirovohrad 3:117.10.2009Ukrainian First League PFC Oleksandriya FC Zirka Kirovohrad 1:128.05.2010Ukrainian First League FC Zirka Kirovohrad PFC Oleksandriya 0:215.10.2010Ukrainian First League PFC Oleksandriya FC Zirka Kirovohrad 2:103.06.2011Ukrainian First League FC Zirka Kirovohrad PFC Oleksandriya 1:120.10.2012Ukrainian First League PFC Oleksandriya FC Zirka Kirovohrad 1:131.05.2013Ukrainian First League FC Zirka Kirovohrad PFC Oleksandriya 1:411.10.2013Ukrainian First League PFC Oleksandriya FC Zirka Kirovohrad 0:022.05.2014Ukrainian First League FC Zirka Kirovohrad PFC Oleksandriya 1:105.10.2014Ukrainian First League FC Zirka Kirovohrad PFC Oleksandriya 0:010.05.2015Ukrainian First League PFC Oleksandriya FC Zirka Kirovohrad 2:128.08.2016Ukrainian Premier League FC Oleksandriya FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 4:004.12.2016Ukrainian Premier League FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi FC Oleksandriya 1:1
Team names
YearName1991–2003Polihraftechnika2004–2014PFC Oleksandria2014–presentFC OleksandriaPFC Oleksandriya merged with UkrAhroKom Holovkivka (25 June 2014)
Football kits and sponsors YearsJerseys of Ukrainian clubs Football kitShirt sponsor2001–2002Puma –2002–2003Puma/Lotto2011–2012Nike?
Current squad
Other players under contract
Out on loan
Notable players Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Oleksandriya.
Ukraine Kostyantyn Balabanov Andriy Bohdanov Serhiy Buletsa Bohdan Butko Denys Dedechko Oleh Dopilka Dmytro Hrechyshkin Oleksiy Ivanov Taras Kabanov Ivan Kalyuzhnyi Yuriy Kolomoyets Pavlo Ksyonz Oleksandr Martynyuk Serhiy Matyukhin Mykola Mykhaylenko
Pavel Pashayev Vitaliy Reva Serhiy Rybalka Artem Shabanov Volodymyr Sharan Volodymyr Shepelyev Valentyn Slyusar Roman Yaremchuk Serhiy Zadorozhnyi Asia Konstantin Sosenko Andrei Zavyalov Europe Tedi Cara Emil Mustafayev
Pavel Pashayev Dzyanis Kowba Maksim Romaschenko Dimitar Makriev Vakhtang Chanturishvili David Targamadze Kaspars Dubra Vladislav Baboglo Petru Leucă Dawid Janczyk Africa Yanis Hamache Mauro Rodrigues Papa Ndiaga Yade
Coaches and administration Administration Coaching (senior team) Coaching (U-19 team)President – Serhiy Kuzmenko General director – Ivan Kuzmenko Executive director – Dmytro Kitayev Sporting director – Yevheniy Kocherha Academy director – Yuriy Koval Press attaché – Dmytro Zahorulko Head coach – Volodymyr Sharan Assistant coach – Maksym Bilyi Assistant coach – Serhiy Laktionov Assistant coach – Vadym Chernyshenko Assistant coach – Dmytro Leonov Goalkeeping coach – Andriy Novak Head coach – Roman Loktionov Assistant coach – Goalkeeping coach –
Chairmen 1989–2014: Mykola LavrenkoDossier on Mykola Lavrenko at Politrada 2014–present: Serhiy Kuzmenko
Honors
Ukrainian First League Winners (2): 2010–11, 2014–15 Ukrainian Second League Winners (1): 2005–06 Kirovohrad Oblast Winner (1): 1990Buha, B. On the wings of Ikar. Football Federation of Ukraine website. 30 September 2011
League and cup history Soviet Union Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA PDomestic CupSoviet CupNotes19914th(KFK (Ukraine))1282314551547Qualified for finals35221536Promoted
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