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capacity 15,000 Head Coach Volodymyr Kovalyuk League Ukrainian Second League Founded 1998 | Chairman Vasyl Olshanetskyi 2016–17 Admitted Location Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine | |
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Full name FC Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | ||
FC Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk is a professional Ukrainian football from Ivano-Frankivsk. The club competes in the 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League.
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History
The professional club was founded in 2016 based on the amateur club Teplovyk-Prykarpattia that competed in amateur competitions.
The club "Teplovyk" has its founding roots in 1998 from the DMP "Ivano-Frankivsk Teplokomunenerho" utilities company.
At first the young football club took part in the championship among teams of utility companies from the Ivano-Frankivsk region and other mini-football tournament.
During the two seasons, 1998 and 1999, the team competed in the regional championship under the aegis of National Council DSF "Ukraine" and became double Champions of this competition.
In 2000 the club entered the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast championship.
In 2000, the club played in the neglected city stadium Lokomotiv, which is one of the oldest in the city (opened in 1927). The club's owners reconstructed the stadium, added mounted electronic scoreboards and installed plastic seats to the central stand. The upgraded stadium was renamed to Hirka Stadion - the location of the neighborhood where it is located, and director of the sports facility and the chairman of the club at time was Vladimir Roshnivskyi.
In 2002 the club won the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast championship under the guidance of Vasyl Humenyaka.
Before the 2014 season Nika-Teplovyk separated, with Nika remaining in the Oblast Premier League, while Teplovyk had to go in the second league.
In 2015 the team in the competed in the first league championship. The senior team finished 6th place, while the youth team won the championship.
The club entered the 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League.
On 5 December 2016 the administration of the club applied to have its name to be changed to Teplovyk-Prykarpattia for the spring portion of the competition, while also filing for the 2017-18 season's professional license under the name of Prykarpattia.