FC Nyva Ternopil

Club names

1978–1982: FC Nyva Pidhaitsi 1982–1984: FC Nyva Berezhany 1984–2016: FC Nyva Ternopil 2016–present: PFC Nyva Ternopil

Soviet times

In the 1950s in Soviet Union, the strongest team in Ternopil was Dynamo. Taking part in competitions of collectives of physical culture, Dynamo several times got their way to the finals, but they were unsuccessful. In 1958, a new team had been created – FC Avanhard Ternopil. The first success came in 1965 when they finished second in zonal tournament. Three years later, Avanhard won the champion title in the Class B. The team began to perform in the Second Group (Class A) and was renamed to Budivelnyk. The results were as follows: 1971 – 14th place; 1972 – 15; 1973 -20; 1974 – 19. Two consecutive years of failure led to the fact that the team was disbanded. The new club was created in 1978 at the collective farm "Shlyakh do komunizmu" (Road to the Communism) in Pidhaitsi by Ivan Potupa, the head of farm's council. Nyva played its first official match on 23 July 1978 in regional cup competition. On 16 October 1982 the team wins physical culture collectives' championship of Ukrainian SSR and moves to the biggest city in the district – Berezhany. This success gives the right to the first team from Ternopil region after 1974 to participate in the Soviet Second League. Three years later the team moves to Ternopil. In their first year in Soviet Second League 13th place was achieved. The next year Nyva finished on the same…

Soviet Union

Ukraine

Ukrainian Second League Champions (2): 2008–09, 2019–20