FC Impuls Lubny

Impuls Lubny
Founded1968
Dissolved1999
GroundTsentralnyi Stadion
Capacity15,000

Football Club Impuls Lubny (Ukrainian: ФК Імпульс Лубни); was a Ukrainian Soviet football team based in Lubny, Ukraine.

History

Lubny factory of calculating machines was created in 1961. Seven years later physical education instructor Borys Hryn was one key figures in the clubs formation. Club was named Avanhard and participated in city level competitions for two years. Club made its debut in Second league Zone 1 of Poltava Oblast Championship in 1970.[1] They finished third. Next year they finished forth.[2] In 1973 the club was renamed Impuls. Former player Anatolii Khvostyk became the new manager.[3] They finished fifth in the second league.[4] Club won the city cup in 1975 and finished second in second league.[5] In 1977 Pavlo Akulov became a playing manager. In his first year the club won city championship.[6] That year club took part in First League and finished last.[7] In 1978 they finished eleventh[8] and won both city cup and championship.[9] Next year First league was split into two groups. Having finished sixth Impuls played in group for 9–16 place and finished twelfth.[9] They also won the city double and reached quarterfinals of the Oblast cup. 1980 was the year Impuls won its bronze medals.[9] They also won both the city championship and cup for the third year in a row. During 1981, Impuls finished third in their zone and eights in the league.[5] Next year they only managed fifth place in their zone and failed to advance to final stage. Club leaders left the club and factory leaders did not have any good academy replacements.[10] Club finished forth in their zone and failed to advance again. From 1984 to 1989 club unsuccessfully participated in second league. From 1990 to 1999 they played in city championship and cup. Their only success in those last years was 1995 with city cup and 1997 when they won city double.[9]

The club played its matches at Torpedo Stadium and after reconstruction at Tsentralnyi Stadion.[11]

Name change

  • Avanhard Lubny (1968–1972)
  • Impuls Lubny (1973–1999)

Honours

Poltava Oblast Championship

Third place (1): 1980,[12]

Lubny Championship

Winners (5): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1997[11]
Runners-up (4): 1987, 1995, 1996, 1998[13]

Lubny Cup

Winners (6): 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1995, 1997[11]
Runners-up (2): 1996, 1999[14]

Managers

  • Borys Hryn (1968–1970)
  • Kostiantyn Pereverziev (1970–1972)[15]
  • Anatolii Khvostyk (1973–1975)[16]
  • Pavlo Akulov (1977–1984)[17]
  • Anatolii Harmash
  • Hryhorii Lebedenko

References

  1. ^ Klykovskyi 2010, p. 65.
  2. ^ Lomov & Kryvorotko 2010, p. 360.
  3. ^ Klykovskyi 2010, p. 71.
  4. ^ Pyrukhin, p. 294.
  5. ^ a b Pyrukhin, p. 299.
  6. ^ Klykovskyi 2010, p. 81.
  7. ^ Lomov & Kryvorotko 2010, p. 376.
  8. ^ Lomov & Kryvorotko 2010, p. 378.
  9. ^ a b c d Klykovskyi 2010, p. 85.
  10. ^ Klykovskyi 2010, p. 105.
  11. ^ a b c Klykovskyi 2010, p. 163.
  12. ^ Lomov & Stadnychenko 2009, p. 107.
  13. ^ Klykovskyi 2010, p. 404.
  14. ^ Klykovskyi 2010, p. 406.
  15. ^ Klykovskyi 2010, p. 61.
  16. ^ Klykovskyi 2010, p. 74.
  17. ^ Klykovskyi 2010, pp. 82–83.

Sources

  • Lomov, Anatolii; Stadnychenko, Oleksandr (2009), 100 Років Полтавському Футболу [100 Years of Poltava Football] (in Ukrainian), Poltava: Poltava, ISBN 978-966-97035-0-7
  • Lomov, Anatolii; Kryvorotko, Serhii (2010), Энциклопеди Полтавского Футбола (1909-2010) [Encyclopedia of Poltava Football (1909-2010)] (in Russian), Poltava: OOO "ASMI", ISBN 978-966-182-118-6
  • Klykovskyi, Serhii (2010), Лубенському футболу 90 років [90 Years of Football in Lubny] (in Ukrainian), Lubny{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Pyrukhin, Yurii, Энциклопедия кременчугского футбола [Encyclopedia of Kremenchuk football] (in Russian), Kremenchuk