FC Obolon Kyiv

Names

1992: FC Zmina 1993: FC Zmina-Obolon (after a Kyiv neighborhood Obolon) 1995: FC Obolon 1997: FC Obolon-PPO 1999: FC Obolon JSC (brewery became officially the club's sponsor) 2001: FC Obolon (after its sponsor Obolon Brewery) 2013: FC Obolon-Brovar (forced to reorganized and renamed) 2020: FC Obolon

Obolon (original)

The football club was created in 1992 by a collective of enthusiasts based on the specialized sports school of Olympic Reserve Zmina in Kyiv. The team changed its name to Zmina-Obolon in 1993 because it was located in the historical neighborhood in Kyiv. The same year as Zmina-Obolon, the club participated in the national amateur competitions KFK at first placing third and next year winning a group competitions. After its promotion to professionals, the name portion Zmina was dropped leaving only with Obolon in 1995, and later changed to Obolon PPO in 1997. It adopted its current name on 23 April 2001. In 1995, it received professional status and entered the Ukrainian Second League for the 1995–96 season. After finishing 3rd in the Ukrainian First League 2001–02 season, Obolon was promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League when that competition expanded to 16 teams for the 2002–03 season. Obolon was relegated to the Ukrainian First League after finishing 15th (out of 16) in the 2004–05 season. Until 2002, Obolon played its home games at Zmina Stadium and sometimes at the sport complex of Bilshovyk factory. In the 2008–09 season, Obolon…

Ukrainian First League Runners-up (2): 2008–09, 2022–23 PFL U–19 Winners (1): 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League Winners (2): 1998–99, 2000–01 Runners-up (1): 2014–15 Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship Winners (1): 1994–95

Football kits and sponsors