FC Skala Stryi

Name changes

2004–2009 FC Morshyn 2010 FC Skala Morshyn 2011–2018 FC Skala Stryi

Club's history

Besides Mykola Kmit, the initiative to create the club also came from a member of the Board of Directors of IDS Group, Vsevolod Bilas, and the president of the Georgian FC Gagra, Beso Chikhradze. In 2004-2009, the club was competing in the Ukrainian Youth Football League as a youth football club FC Morshyn. At the same time, another club, FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi, represented the neighboring city of Stryi in the Ukrainian First League. In 2006, Hazovyk-Skala was reorganized as FC Lviv and moved to Lviv. In 2009 FC Morshyn entered the professional ranks with their first game played as a friendly against FC Lviv. During the 2009–10 winter break it renamed itself to FC Skala Morshyn, while playing in Stryi. On 10 February 2011 the club was renamed again to FC Skala Stryi due to the fact that it was playing in Stryi. On 19 June 2018, the club's president Mykola Kmyt announced that his club will withdraw from competition if the club will not find new owners. Several days before, the club's general director Luis Esmi commented on the withdrawal of Skala Stryi. He explained that the club requested clarification from the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) on the situation regarding fixed matches and information regarding punishment for the guilty. The federation was accusing the club of match-fixing. Esmi confirmed that the club released all its players. He also stated…