FC Skala Stryi was a Ukrainian football professional team from Stryi in Lviv oblast. It used to play at Medyk Stadium in Morshyn that previously belonged to former FC Medyk Morshyn. On 9 July 2018 the Professional Football League of Ukraine confirmed that the club withdrew from competition.Феникс и Скала уведомили ПФЛ о снятии с турниров . sportarena.com. 9 July 2018
It is the fourth reincarnation of Ukrainian sports club that existed in Austria-Hungary (Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria) in 1911.
History Name changes 2004–2009 FC Morshyn 2010 FC Skala Morshyn 2011–2018 FC Skala Stryi
Club's history Besides Mykola Kmit, the initiative to create the club also came from a member of the Board of Directors of IDS Group, Vsevolod Bilas, and the president of the Georgian FC Gagra, Beso Chikhradze.
In 2004-2009, the club was competing in the Ukrainian Youth Football League as a youth football club FC Morshyn. At the same time, another club, FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi, represented the neighboring city of Stryi in the Ukrainian First League. In 2006, Hazovyk-Skala was reorganized as FC Lviv and moved to Lviv. In 2009 FC Morshyn entered the professional ranks with their first game played as a friendly against FC Lviv. ФК «Львів» розгромив команду губернатора (FC Lviv thrashed governor's team) During the 2009–10 winter break it renamed itself to FC Skala Morshyn, while playing in Stryi. ПФЛ Центральна Рада ПОСТАНОВА № 5 (PFL Committee Minutes from Meeting No. 5, February 17, 2010)
On 10 February 2011 the club was renamed again to FC Skala Stryi due to the fact that it was playing in Stryi.
On 19 June 2018, the club's president Mykola Kmyt announced that his club will withdraw from competition if the club will not find new owners.Скала снялась со Второй лиги и сосредоточится на детско-юношеском футболе . sportarena.com. 19 June 2018 Several days before, the club's general director Luis Esmi commented on the withdrawal of Skala Stryi.Все игроки ФК Скала – свободные агенты. Клуб ждет решения ФФУ . sportarena.com. 3 June 2018 He explained that the club requested clarification from the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) on the situation regarding fixed matches and information regarding punishment for the guilty. The federation was accusing the club of match-fixing. Esmi confirmed that the club released all its players. He also stated that the club will certainly withdraw if the federation establishes that their players were involved in match-fixing, and will think about whether or not to participate if other clubs were involved but no one would get punished.
On 14 June 2018, the club expressed its intentions to merge its football academy with the academy of FC Volyn Lutsk.Волынь и Скала объединят свои детские школы . sportarena.com. 14 June 2018
League and cup history
{|class="wikitable" ! Season ! Div. ! Pos. ! Pl. ! W ! D ! L ! GS ! GA ! P !Domestic Cup !colspan=2|Other !Notes |- |align=center colspan=14|FC Morshyn |- |align=center|2009 |align=center|4th "1" |align=center|4 |align=center|8 |align=center|1 |align=center|1 |align=center|6 |align=center|12 |align=center|23 |align=center|4 |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |- |align=center colspan=14|Skala Morshyn |-bgcolor=PowderBlue |align=center|2009–10 |align=center|3rd "A" |align=center|11 |align=center|20 |align=center|1 |align=center|3 |align=center|16 |align=center|11 |align=center|40 |align=center|6 |align=center|1/32 finals |align=center|PFL LC |align=center|Group Stage |align=center| |- |align=center colspan=14|Skala Stryi |-bgcolor=PowderBlue |align=center|2010–11 |align=center|3rd "A" |align=center|7 |align=center|22 |align=center|10 |align=center|5 |align=center|7 |align=center|26 |align=center|19 |align=center|35 |align=center|1/32 finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center|moved to Stryi |-bgcolor=PowderBlue |align=center|2011–12 |align=center|3rd "A" |align=center|9 |align=center|26 |align=center|8 |align=center|4 |align=center|14 |align=center|26 |align=center|36 |align=center|28 |align=center|1/32 finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |-bgcolor=PowderBlue |align=center rowspan=2|2012–13 |align=center|3rd "A" |align=center|5 |align=center|20 |align=center|9 |align=center|6 |align=center|5 |align=center|19 |align=center|15 |align=center|33 |align=center rowspan=2|1/64 finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |-bgcolor=PowderBlue |align=center|3rd "1" |align=center|5 |align=center|30 |align=center|10 |align=center|7 |align=center|13 |align=center|25 |align=center|41 |align=center|37 |align=center| |align=center| |align=center|Stage 2Competition held in two stages. Points from Stage One carried over |-bgcolor=PowderBlue |align=center|2013–14 |align=center|3rd |align=center|18 |align=center|35 |align=center|8 |align=center|3 |align=center|24 |align=center|22 |align=center|57 |align=center|27 |align=center|1/32 finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |-bgcolor=PowderBlue |align=center|2014–15 |align=center|3rd |align=center|5 |align=center|27 |align=center|11 |align=center|5 |align=center|11 |align=center|29 |align=center|34 |align=center|38 |align=center|1/32 finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |-bgcolor=PowderBlue |align=center|2015–16 |align=center|3rd |align=center|5 |align=center|26 |align=center|13 |align=center|7 |align=center|6 |align=center|41 |align=center|23 |align=center|46 |align=center|1/32 finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center bgcolor=lightgreen|PromotedOriginally, as per competition regulations the top three teams were promoted from the 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League. However, prior to the season commencing at the Conference of the PFL in preparation for the season the committee decided to expand the competition to eighteen teams and include the fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams. |-bgcolor=LightCyan |align=center|2016–17 |align=center|2nd |align=center|17 |align=center|34 |align=center|5 |align=center|5 |align=center|24 |align=center|25 |align=center|58 |align=center|20 |align=center|1/32 finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center bgcolor=pink|Relegated |-bgcolor=PowderBlue |align=center|2017–18 |align=center|3rd |align=center|4 |align=center|27 |align=center|12 |align=center|4 |align=center|11 |align=center|29 |align=center|29 |align=center|40 |align=center bgcolor=grey|Withdrew |align=center| |align=center| |align=center bgcolor=grey|Withdrew
Managers 2009–2010: Oleksandr Tomakh 2011–2013: Volodymyr Reva 2013–2014: Volodymyr Knysh 2014–2017: Vasyl Malyk 2017–2018: Roman Hnativ
Former players
Nazar Kmit – made over 100 league appearances
Former emblems
See also FC Gagra FC Medyk Morshyn FC Avanhard Zhydachiv FC Skala Stryi
Notes
References
External links Mykhailo Oliinyk. Anatoliy Petryk: I hope that my son also will be professional footballer (Анатолій Петрик: «Сподіваюся, що мій син теж буде професійним футболістом»). Fortuna newspaper. 29 December 2011