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| Full name | FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi | ||
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| Nickname(s) | "Zirka" – Star | ||
| Founded | 1911 | ||
| Ground | "Zirka" Stadium, Kropyvnytskyi | ||
| Capacity | 14,628 | ||
| Chairman | Maksym Berezkin | ||
| Manager | Samir Hasanov[1] | ||
| League | Ukrainian Amateur League | ||
| 2023–24 | Ukrainian Amateur League, Group 2, 6th of 12 | ||
| Website | http://fczirka.com.ua/ | ||
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FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi (Ukrainian: ФК "Зірка Кропивницький") is a Ukrainian amateur football club from Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast, with its team currently playing in the Ukrainian Amateur League.
The club traces its history of a football team that existed at the British factory of Elvorti (Elworthy) since 1911. After the Bolshevik Revolution, the factory was nationalized and converted into Soviet factory "Chervona Zirka", and likewise, the former team was dissolved, and the Soviet football team Chervona Zirka was formed in 1922. The club's professional football history started in 1958 when it was admitted to the Class B competitions.