SKA Lviv

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SKA Lviv
Full nameSKA Lviv
Founded1949
Dissolved1989
Ground Army Sports Club Stadium (Lviv)
Capacity23,000

SKA Lviv was a Soviet multi-sports club founded in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR. The club was created as part of sport section of the Carpathian Military District in 1949 and existed until 1989.

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As SKA Karpaty the club dissolved the main team was reorganized as SFK Drohobych and moved to Drohobych, Lviv Oblast (see FC Halychyna Drohobych), simultaneously FC Karpaty Lviv was reinstated as well. Over most of its history the club was the secondary team in Lviv.

Name change

History

Poor start and Spartak Lviv oblivion

During its history the club went through several transformations and mergers. It was founded in 1949 as ODO Lviv (in Russian ODO means the Oblast Dome [Club] of Officers) and began its legacy in the Second Group of the Soviet football competitions (Soviet First League). SKA Lviv was part of the Fitness-Sports Union of Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the Sports Committee of the Armed Forces of USSR. In western Ukraine all organizations of central government were centers of the Russian culture, especially the Soviet Army. The army-men team played along with their city rivals Spartak Lviv which placed second. The performance of the SKA Lviv was under par and the club relegated next year to amateur level as the Second Group was liquidated in 1950. Spartak Lviv was transferred under the jurisdiction of FSC Dynamo which was not able to prepare the team for the next season, therefore Spartak Lviv was successfully dissolved.

This way SKA Lviv became the best club of the city. For the next several years the club participated in the republican championship among the Fitness and Sports clubs (KFK competitions). In 1950 SKA Lviv placed second after Spartak Uzhhorod which became the champion of Ukrainian SSR. Next season the club won its zonal tournament against several other Lviv teams such as Kharchovyk (Tobacco factory), Iskra, Dynamo and eventually became vice-champion winning over ODO Kiev. In 1952 SKA Lviv placed only 4th in its zone and higher than its city rival Kharchovyk Vynnyky.

First League successes

With another reorganization of championship SKA Lviv returned to the Soviet First League under the leadership of Aleksey Grinin. Among notable players that time were Yozhef Betsa, Myroslav Dumansky, Ernest Kesler, and others. In 1956 for SKA Lviv played the future Dynamo Kiev captain, Vasyl Turyanchyk. In 1957 ODO Lviv won the Class B tournament and managed to advance to the 1/8 finals of Soviet Cup where they were facing Spartak Moscow. On June 6, 1957 both teams met at the SKA Stadium. Most of the Spartak players a year ago won the Olympic gold in Melbourne and managed to pull a win in the second half 1:2.

In 1960 it became SKA (Sport Club of Army) for all Army clubs except the Moscow's one, which became CSKA (the Central Sport Club of the Army). In 1982 the SKA Lviv from the Soviet Second League was united with the other club from Lviv, FC Karpaty Lviv, which participated in the Soviet First League. The new team has taken place of FC Karpaty Lviv and was renamed into SKA Karpaty Lviv. In 1990 the team was liquidated and in its place was formed SFC Drohobych in the Soviet Second League. Soon, after few months, the club was renamed again in FC Halychyna Drohobych . Later, there was another club that entered the Ukrainian Second League called as the SKA-Orbita Lviv, and in 2008 FC Halychyna Lviv that won the national amateur cup entered the Ukrainian Cup.

FC Karpaty Lviv split from SKA Karpaty Lviv in 1989 and entered the Soviet Second League. In 1990 both teams competed in the Buffer League, West Zone.

League and Cup history

SKA Lviv

SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAP Domestic Cup EuropeNotes
1949 2nd173476213790201/256 finalsUkrainian SSR Relegated
1950 3rd2no participationUkrainian SSR Finals
1951 2
1952 4Ukrainian SSR Zone 4
1953 Death of Joseph Stalin
1954 2nd7227692432201/8 finalsZone 3
1955 730136114740321/64 finalsZone 1
1956 5341699492541
1957 2342167513248Zone 2
1958 13018754526431/8 finalsZone 3
551138133Finals
1959 6281459482733Zone 4
1960 63217694629401/32 finalsUkrainian SSR Zone 1
1961 43417894230421/64 finalsUkrainian SSR Zone 1
Playoff2110213vs Metalurh Zaporizhia
1962 42410683725261/256 finalsUkrainian SSR Zone 1
110550186157–17 places tournament
1963 3rd23826758235591/512 finalsUkrainian SSR Zone 1
Playoff2011011vs Azovstal Zhdanov
1964 23014974721371/4 finalsUkrainian SSR Zone 1
610208121641–6 places tournament
1965 13020647420461/256 finalsUkrainian SSR Zone 2
110721249161–6 places tournament
1966 2nd334151094429401/64 finals2nd subgroup
1967 338171474227481/128 finals
1968 7401614104042461/64 finals1st subgroup
1969 13421411174047391/128 finals3rd subgroup
1970 3rd14421215153041391/128 finals1st Zone
1971 2350101723335537
see SC Lutsk (1972–1976)
1977 3rd
Vtoraya Liga		10441616126143482nd Zone
1978 944161414524346
1979 346251110673361
1980 344241286432605th Zone
merged w/Karpaty
1981 944161513494747
see SKA Karpaty Lviv (1982–1989)

SC Lutsk

SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAP Domestic Cup EuropeNotes
1972 3rd
Vtoraya Liga		2246817213052331st Zone
1973 19441111222550301st Zone (−3)
1974 9381412123331406th Zone
1975 332131274626386th Zone
650052120League Semifinals
1976 9381116113434386th Zone

SKA Karpaty Lviv

SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAP Domestic Cup EuropeNotes
1982 2nd
Pervaya Liga		1042161016443742Group stage
1983 11421512154346421/32 finals
1984 342209136344491/16 finals
1985 2208752518231/64 finalsWest
34221138664454Group A
1986 4462210146952541/64 finals
1987 5421712136246461/4 finals
1988 742188165139441/32 finals
1989 224257303737171/8 finalsRelegated
1990 converted to SFC Drohobych 1/64 finalsDissolved

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