Football Association of Poltava Oblast

Football Association of Poltava Oblast
UAF
Short nameAFP
Founded14 March 1948; 76 years ago (1948-03-14)
HeadquartersNezalezhnosti Square, 16
LocationPoltava
UAF affiliation1991
ChairmanIhor Kislov
Websitehttps://ffp.org.ua

Football Association of Poltava Oblast is a football governing body in the region of Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. The federation is a member of the Football Federation of Ukraine.

History

First official football body in Poltava region, then part of Kharkiv Oblast was Football League organized in 1920. Four teams were part of the league: Sokil, Alphard, Maccabi and Podil. First statutes were created and accepted.[1] In the fall of 1920 first official football tournament in Poltava region was held. In June 1924 in order to unite different football organizations of Poltava a football section was created at Provincial council of physical culture in Poltava. Its responsibilities included conducting the city championship, training of officials, supplying coaches for the teams and controlling the calendar. First Championship and Cup of Poltava Region were organized in 1938 and 1939. First Oblast of conference was organized in 1947 and idea of transforming the football section. Official date of creation of the football section was 13 and 14 March 1948. Danylo Matiushenko was elected as first chairman. In 1960 the football section was renamed football federation and it remained as part of the Poltava Oblast sports committee. On 2 February 1990 Football Federation of Poltava Oblast (FFPO) was created.[2] It was the first Ukrainian and second Soviet self-sufficient football federation.[3]

At the end of 2017, the Federation reorganized as Football Federation of Poltavshchyna (Ukrainian: Федерація футболу Полтавщини, ФФП, FFP)[4] by excluding its collective members that participate in professional football, i.e. FC Vorskla Poltava, FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni, FC Poltava, FC Kremin Kremenchuk.[5] The new organization has replaced the former Football Federation of Poltava Oblast.[6]

Previous Champions

Notes

  1. ^ Poltava Military Automobile and Tank School were awarded with a 3 year trophy

Top winners

Professional clubs

During the Soviet period Poltava Oblast was represented only with 2 teams of masters from Poltava and Kremenchuk. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the region's geography of football club widened to Lubny, Horishni Planvi, Myrhorod, Karlivka.

Other clubs at national/republican level

Note: the list includes clubs that played at republican competitions before 1959 and the amateur or KFK competitions after 1964.[8] Until September of 1937 the Poltava's teams represented Kharkiv Oblast.

Leadership

Valeriy Holovko third longest serving head of Football Association of Poltava Oblast

From 1948 to end of 2017 the Leadership position was known as the Head of Football Federation of Poltava Oblast.[9] From 25 December 2017, position was known as Head of the public union "Football Federation of Poltava Region"[10] which is now known as Head of the "Poltavshchyna Football Association" public union.[11]

Office-holders[12][13][3]
Name Tenure
Danylo Matiushenko 14 March 1948 – 1950
Yurii Vintsentyk 1951–1952
Oleksandr Kobushko 1953–1957
Adam Nadin 1958–1960
Pavlo Savytskyi 1961–1963
Dmytro Yevsieiev 1964–1967
Danylo Matiushenko 1968–1971
Pavlo Liubchenko 1972–1990
Anatolii Shtryhol 1990
Anatolii Diachenko 1991–25 December 2012
Oleksandr Kudatskyi 2013–2017
Valeriy Holovko 25 December 2017 – 9 July 2024[14]
Igor Kislov 9 July 2024[14]–present

See also

References

  1. ^ Lomov & Kryvorotko 2010, p. 535.
  2. ^ Lomov & Kryvorotko 2010, p. 490.
  3. ^ a b Lomov & Kryvorotko 2010, p. 491.
  4. ^ Football Championship of Poltava Oblast: new format and new faces (Чемпіонат Полтавської області: новий формат і нові обличчя). Footboom. 28 March 2018
  5. ^ Voitsekhivska, L. Valeriy Holovko became a head of Public Association "Football Federation of Poltavshchyna" (Валерій Головко став головою Громадської спілки “Федерація футболу Полтавщини”). Trybuna. 25 December 2017
  6. ^ Football Championship of Poltava Oblast: Over what has "thinned out" the Higher League? (Чемпіонат Полтавської області: через що "схудла" вища ліга?). Footboom. 11 May 2017
  7. ^ 1957. Класс «Б». 2 зона. football.lg.ua
  8. ^ Lomov & Kryvorotko 2010, pp. 468–474.
  9. ^ Lomov 2019, p. 122.
  10. ^ Lomov 2019, p. 124.
  11. ^ "Адміністрація" [Administration]. ffp.org.ua (in Ukrainian). 18 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  12. ^ Lomov & Stadnychenko 2009, p. 55.
  13. ^ Lomov 2019, p. 122-124.
  14. ^ a b Vlasenko, Vladyslav (9 July 2024). "Ігоря Кислова обрали новим головою Асоціації футболу Полтавщини - але не все так просто" [Ihor Kislov was elected the new head of the Football Association of the Poltava region - but not everything is so simple]. sport.pl.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 9 July 2024.

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 (2019), Полтавщина спортивна в обличчях і фактах. [Sport in Poltava region in faces and facts.] (in Ukrainian), Poltava: PP Dyvosvit, ISBN 978-617-633-252-7
  • Lomov, Anatolii; Kryvorotko, Serhii (2010), Энциклопедия Полтавского Футбола (1909-2010) [Encyclopedia of Poltava Football (1909-2010)] (in Russian), Poltava: OOO "ASMI", ISBN 978-966-182-118-6