PFC Nyva Vinnytsia

Previous clubs

A football team in Vinnytsia existed before World War II as a local team of Vinnytsia city, which participated in championships among other cities. After the 1936 reorganization of football competition, the team continued to play in lower tiers. Following World War II, in 1946 football in Vinnytsia was represented by the Spartak society. In 1947, the team played under Dynamo's colors, which for the next several years regularly won regional competitions and made final appearances. The team's names include "Trud", "Burevisnyk", and City Team.

Lokomotyv → Nyva

In 1958, the current club was established as a Soviet team of the local locomotive factory as Lokomotyv Vinnytsia, which was established on the initiative of the director of Southwestern Railway Petro Kryvonos. After Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Nyva was selected to play in the inaugural Ukrainian Premier League in 1992, due to being one of the top 9 (of 11) Ukrainian teams from the West Division of the Soviet Second League in 1991. After being relegated in 1992, Nyva spent the 1993 season in the Ukrainian second division in the First League. Nyva was quickly promoted back to the top level next season after winning the competition. Nyva Vinnytsia's best achievement in the Ukrainian Premier League was a 10th-place finish in the 1993–94 season. The club also surprisingly made the 1995–96 Ukrainian Cup finals, only to lose to Dynamo Kyiv. As a result, Nyva took…

Soviet Union / Ukrainian SSR (Dynamo)

Soviet Union / Ukrainian SSR (Lokomotyv / Nyva)

Ukraine

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