SC Tavriya Simferopol

This article is about the re-established version of a football club from Simferopol that existed from 1958 to 2014. For the Russian club that was created to succeed the original club in 2014 following the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, see FC TSK Simferopol.

SC Tavriya
Full nameSports Club Tavriya
Nickname(s)Tatars
Founded1958, 2016
Dissolved2014, 2022
GroundMarianivka Stadium, Marianivka
Mashynobudivnyk Stadium,[1] Beryslav
(RSC Lokomotyv),[a] Simferopol
Capacity19,978 (RSC Lokomotyv)
ChairmanSerhiy Kunitsyn
LeagueUkrainian Second League
2021–225th, Group B
Websitehttp://tavriya.com.ua/

Sports Club Tavriya (Ukrainian: Спортивний клуб "Таврія") was a Ukrainian football club from Simferopol. Tavriya was a member of the Ukrainian Premier League from its founding and won the first Ukrainian Premier League making them one of three teams that have ever held this title.

After the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014, the club was forced to cease its existence after 56 years, while in occupied Crimean peninsula a new club composed of some of its staff and players joined the Russian Football Union under the new name FC TSK Simferopol.[2]

In June 2015, the Football Federation of Ukraine and the Tavriya's president announced it would re-establish the club and its new home would be Kherson.[3] On 29 August 2016, club was added to Group 2 of the 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League. The revamped club is based in Beryslav, Kherson oblast.[4]

Prior to the start of the 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League the club merged with FC Tavriya Novotroitske, this fusion continued to play under the original name of SC Tavriya Simferopol (in the 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League season).[5][6]

At the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, they were based in Nova Kakhovka[7] On 28 March 2022, Tavriya ceased club activities after 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent occupation of Kherson Oblast.[8]

  1. ^ Attestation commission inspected sports infrastructure of Tavria (photo) (Аттестационная комиссия проинспектировала спортивную инфраструктуру «Таврии» (фото)) Archived 14 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine. SC Tavriya Simferopol website. 10 March 2017
  2. ^ "Таврия" и "Севастополь" прекратили свое существование [Tavriya and Sevastopol terminated their existence] (in Russian). Sport Express in Ukraine. 3 June 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  3. ^ Ukraine trying to revive Crimean champion football club Archived 8 November 2023 at the Wayback Machine, USA Today (19 June 2015)
  4. ^ (in Ukrainian) Tavriya added to Ukraininan Amateur League Archived 31 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "SC TAVRIYA SIMFEROPOL'". soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ Tavria united with amateur team from Novotroitske (Таврия объединилась с аматорской командой из Новотроицкого) Archived 18 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Sport Arena. 22 August 2020
  7. ^ "Прес-аташе Таврії Олександра Сєрова про порятунок з окупованої Каховки і останні дні Таврії — Футбольний клуб "Таврія" Сімферополь: офіційний сайт". Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  8. ^ СК «Таврія» припиняє роботу... (in Ukrainian). SC Tavriya Simferopol. 28 March 2022. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.


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