by Phil71 » Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:59 am
FC Vorskla Poltava. Founded from a Trades Union sports club in 1955 in the old Soviet Union.
Based in Poltava, Ukraine. Their home ground is the Oleksiy Butovskyi Vorskla Stadium. Been playing in the Ukrainian top flight since 1996. Their first taste of European football was a stint in the Europa League in 2011. They finished 3rd in their league last season.
Their record playing away in the Europa League since 2011 is P8 W3 D2 L3. Their victories came against Glentoran, Sligo Rovers and Dinamo Bucharest.
They currently sit 5th in the Ukrainian PL, where their away record is P5 W1 D0 L4 GF2 GA8. Their home record however is much better – P3 W3 D0 L0 GF5 GA2.
Top scorer this season is Vladyslav Kulach with 2 goals in 6 games.
Their most recent game was a 1-0 away win against Karpaty in the league last Saturday.