FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni

Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni

Full name	FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
Founded	1989
Ground	Yunist Stadium
Capacity	2,500
Chairman	Petro Kaplun[1]
Manager	Valeriy Kutsenko
League	Ukrainian Second League
2023–24	Ukrainian First League, 20th of 20 (relegated)
Website	http://gornyak-sport.net
Home colours Away colours

FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni is a Ukrainian football club based in Horishni Plavni, Poltava Oblast. The club competes in the First League.

The club is sponsored by Ferrexpo.

The club was founded in 1989. After some above average performances in the KFK 3rd Zone (Central Ukraine) Amateur Championship the club's administration decided to enter the professional league. However, at this level the club has continually struggled and has had only 2 winning seasons since entering this level of competition.

The club plays its football games at "Yunist" (Youth) Stadium. According to the Vorskla website the stadium has a capacity of 5,000 spectators,^[2] while the website of Hirnyk reports a mere 2,500.^[3]

The club was promoted to the Ukrainian First League for the first time in 2014.^[4]

Year	Name
1989–92	Lokomotiv
1993–95	Hirnyk
1995–	Hirnyk-Sport

• Ukrainian Druha Liha
  • Champions (1): 2013–14
• Ukrainian League Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2009–10

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Other		Notes
1992–93	4th (Amatorska Liha)
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96	3rd (Druha Liha)	16	38	10	8	20	33	71	38	Did not enter
1996–97		14	32	10	6	16	20	32	36	1st Qual. round
1997–98		4	32	12	11	9	39	35	47	3rd Qual. round
1998–99		4	26	13	6	7	36	31	41	1st Qual. round
1999–00		7	26	10	5	11	33	41	35	DNQ	2L	1⁄4 finals
2000–01		10	28	9	4	15	26	45	31	DNQ	2L	1⁄4 finals
2001–02		17	34	6	6	22	32	60	24	1st round
2002–03		15	30	7	6	17	27	48	27	1⁄32 finals
2003–04		14	30	10	5	15	40	40	35	1⁄32 finals
2004–05		9	28	10	0	18	35	49	30	1⁄32 finals			Group C
2005–06		8	24	10	4	10	30	31	34	1⁄32 finals			Group C
2006–07		15	28	5	2	21	23	48	17	1⁄32 finals
2007–08		15	34	9	7	18	38	59	34	1⁄32 finals
2008–09		13	34	9	8	17	28	45	35	1⁄64 finals
2009–10		11	26	5	7	14	21	35	22	1⁄64 finals	LC	Final
2010–11		9	22	6	4	12	17	29	22	1⁄16 finals
2011–12		9	26	6	8	12	28	39	26	1⁄64 finals
2012–13		11	24	5	3	16	25	50	18	1⁄16 finals			qualified to relegation group 4
		3	8	5	1	2	14	7	16
2013–14		1	36	25	4	7	68	31	79	1⁄32 finals			Promoted
2014–15	2nd (Persha Liha)	3	30	16	9	5	44	24	57	1⁄32 finals
2015–16		12	30	8	9	13	30	35	33	1⁄16 finals
2016–17		11	34	12	7	15	47	54	43	1⁄32 finals
2017–18		8	34	16	2	16	30	40	50	1⁄32 finals
2018–19		12	28	5	12	11	24	43	27	1⁄32 finals
2019–20		9	30	12	3	15	42	48	39	1⁄8 finals
2020–21		9	30	11	5	14	43	45	38	1⁄16 finals

As of 3 July 2024^[5][6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 FW  UKR Artem Nyzhnyk 8 MF  UKR Mykyta Dudka 9 MF  UKR Radion Posyevkin 11 FW  UKR Danylo Dmytriyev 12 GK  UKR Stanislav Kozlov 14 DF  NGA Prince Chisom Chibueze 15 MF  UKR Denys Chernysh 16 MF  NGA Innocent Odoh 17 MF  UKR Oleksandr Podrezan

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  UKR Illya Yurchenko 22 DF  UKR Mykola Vorop 23 FW  UKR Vyacheslav Studenko 27 DF  UKR Andriy Romanenko 30 MF  NGA Ekemini Nsini Effiong 35 GK  UKR Bohdan Shukhman 66 MF  NGA Richmond Chukwuemeka 77 DF  UKR Maksym Sheptitskyi 94 DF  UKR Yevheniy Moroz

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

• Ihor Zhabchenko (2013–2016)
• Serhiy Puchkov (2016 – 31 Dec 2018)
• Volodymyr Mazyar (1 Jan 2019 – 9 Sept 2019)
• Ihor Zhabchenko (15 Sept 2019 – present)

• Official website