Football Federation of Cherkasy Oblast

Football Federation of Cherkasy Oblast (FFCHO) is a football governing body in the region of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. The federation is a collective member of the Football Federation of Ukraine.

Created in 1954 as part of the Soviet Ukraine, the region conducts its own football competitions including championship and cup competition. Before 1954, some teams competed and won football competitions of the Kyiv Oblast Football Federation.

The region's main professional football team is FC Dnipro Cherkasy which throughout years several times has dissolved and later revived. The recent reorganization took place in 2018 and turned the club into Cherkashchyna–Akademiya. The club moved out of the city of Cherkasy to suburbs where is located its farm club. Beside Dnipro, Cherkasy Oblast also was represented at professional level by its regional titles record holder FC Lokomotyv Smila. Among other notable clubs in oblast there was Temp Cherkasy (played in 1970-80s) and FC LNZ-Lebedyn (near Shpola).

The region's main football arena is the Central City Stadium in Cherkasy, which was built in 1957 when the main football team obtain its status of team of masters (professional team).

Previous Champions

 * 1954   FC Torpedo Cherkasy
 * 1955   FC Dynamo Cherkasy
 * 1956   FC Kolhospnyk Cherkasy
 * 1957   FC Kolhospnyk Cherkasy (2)
 * 1958   Soviet Army Officers' Club (DOSA) Cherkasy
 * 1959   FC Shakhtar Vatutine
 * 1960   FC Spartak Uman
 * 1961   FC Shakhtar Vatutine (2)
 * 1962   FC Lokomotyv Zolotonosha
 * 1963   FC Shakhtar Vatutine (3)
 * 1964   FC Lokomotyv Smila
 * 1965   FC Lokomotyv Smila (2)
 * 1966   FC Lokomotyv Smila (3)
 * 1967   FC Lokomotyv Smila (4)
 * 1968   FC Lokomotyv Smila (5)
 * 1969   FC Lokomotyv Smila (6)
 * 1970   FC Lokomotyv Smila (7)
 * 1971   FC Lokomotyv Smila (8)
 * 1972   FC Fotoprylad Cherkasy
 * 1973   FC Lokomotyv Smila (9)
 * 1974   FC Lokomotyv Smila (10)
 * 1975   FC Zorya Uman
 * 1976   FC Khimik Cherkasy
 * 1977   FC Khimik Cherkasy (2)
 * 1978   FC Temp Cherkasy
 * 1979   FC Temp Cherkasy (2)
 * 1980   FC Avanhard Smila
 * 1981   FC Traktor Chyhyryn
 * 1982   FC Khimik Cherkasy
 * 1983   FC Tiasmyn Smila
 * 1984   FC Temp Cherkasy (3)
 * 1985   FC Kolos Heronymivka
 * 1986   FC Temp Cherkasy (4)
 * 1987   FC Torpedo Cherkasy (2)
 * 1988   FC Torpedo Cherkasy (3)
 * 1989   FC Temp Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi
 * 1990   FC Spartak Zolotonosha
 * 1991   FC Kolos Heronymivka (2)
 * =independence of Ukraine=
 * 1992   FC Rotor Cherkasy
 * 1993   FC Enerhetyk Chyhyryn
 * 1994   FC Nyva-Naftovyk Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi
 * 1995   FC Lokomotyv Smila (11)
 * 1996   FC Nyva-Naftovyk Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi (2)
 * 1997   FC Nyva Drabiv
 * 1998   FC KKhP Talne
 * 1999   FC Talne (2)
 * 2000   FC Drabiv (2)
 * 2001   FC Kolos Chornobai
 * 2002   FC Kolos Chornobai (2)
 * 2003   FC Kolos Chornobai (3)
 * 2004   FC Nyva-Zlatokrai Zolotonosha Raion
 * 2005   FC Khodak Cherkasy
 * 2006   FC Khodak Cherkasy (2)
 * 2007   FC Tiasmyn-Hazovyk Kamianka
 * 2008   FC Khodak Cherkasy (3)
 * 2009   FC Shpola-LNZ-Lebedyn
 * 2010   FC Kholodnyi Yar Kamianka
 * 2011   FC Shpola-LNZ-Lebedyn (2)
 * 2012   FC Zorya Biloziria
 * 2013   FC Zorya Biloziria (2)
 * =Russo-Ukrainian War=
 * 2014   FC Zorya Biloziria (3)
 * 2015   UTK Yatran Palanka
 * 2016   FC LNZ-Lebedyn (3)
 * 2017   FC LNZ-Lebedyn (4)
 * 2018   FC UTK Uman Raion (2)
 * 2019   FC Altayir Drabiv
 * 2020   FC Zlatokrai-2017 Zolotonosha Raion
 * 2021   FC UTK Uman Raion (3)
 * =full-scale Russian invasion=
 * 2022   FC UTK Uman Raion (4)

Top winners

 * 11 - FC Lokomotyv Smila
 * 4 - 3 clubs (Temp, (Shpola)-LNZ-Lebedyn, UTK)
 * 3 - 5 clubs (Shakhtar V., Torpedo Ch., Kolos Ch., Khodak Ch., Zorya)
 * 2 - 6 clubs (Drabiv, Talne, Nyva-Naftovyk, Kolos H., Kolhospnyk, Khimik Ch.)
 * 1 - 18 clubs

Cup winners

 * 1954   FC Rafzavod Cherkasy
 * 1955   FC Kharchovyk Smila
 * 1956   FC Burevisnyk Cherkasy
 * 1957   FC Kolhospnyk Cherkasy
 * 1958   Soviet Army Officers' Club (DOSA) Cherkasy
 * 1959   FC Spartak Shpola
 * 1960   FC Harnizon Cherkasy
 * 1961   FC Avanhard Smila
 * 1962   FC Shakhtar Vatutine
 * 1963   FC Avanhard Smila
 * 1964   FC Shakhtar Vatutine
 * 1965   FC Kharchovyk Smila
 * 1966   FC Shakhtar Vatutine
 * 1967   FC Lokomotyv Smila
 * 1968   FC Avanhard Smila
 * 1969   FC Lokomotyv Smila
 * 1970   FC Khimik Cherkasy
 * 1971   FC Avanhard Uman
 * 1972   FC Lokomotyv Smila
 * 1973   FC Lokomotyv Smila
 * 1974   FC Fotoprylad Cherkasy
 * 1975   FC Lokomotyv Smila
 * 1976   FC Lokomotyv Smila
 * 1977   FC Fotoprylad Cherkasy
 * 1978   FC Khimik Cherkasy
 * 1979   FC Tiasmyn Smila
 * 1980   FC Khimik Cherkasy
 * 1981   FC Tiasmyn Smila
 * 1982   FC Tiasmyn Smila
 * 1983   FC Tiasmyn Smila
 * 1984   FC Tiasmyn Smila
 * 1985   FC Kolos Heronymivka
 * 1986   FC Kolos Heronymivka
 * 1987   FC Temp Cherkasy
 * 1988   FC Avanhard Smila
 * 1989   FC Tiasmyn Smila
 * 1990   FC Rotor Cherkasy
 * 1991   FC Rotor Cherkasy
 * 1992   FC Rotor Cherkasy
 * 1993   FC Khimik Cherkasy
 * 1994   FC Lokomotyv Smila
 * 1995   FC Lokomotyv Smila
 * 1996   FC Lokomotyv Smila
 * 1997   FC KKhP Budivelnyk Talne
 * 1998   FC Universytet-SDYuShOR Cherkasy
 * 1999   FC Lokomotyv Smila
 * 2000   FC Kolos Chornobai
 * 2001   FC Ikar Uman Raion
 * 2002   FC Yatran-Ikar Uman Raion
 * 2003   FC Yatran Uman Raion
 * 2004   FC Nyva-Zlatokrai Zolotonosha Raion
 * 2005   FC Zlatokrai Zolotonosha Raion
 * 2006   FC Avanhard Monastyryshche
 * 2007   FC Khodak Cherkasy
 * 2008   FC Kholodnyi Yar Kamianka
 * 2009   FC Khodak Cherkasy
 * 2010   FC Zorya Biloziria
 * 2011   FC Umanfermash
 * 2012   FC Zorya Biloziria
 * 2013   FC Zorya Biloziria
 * 2014   FC Zorya Biloziria
 * 2015   FC Retro Vatutine
 * 2016
 * 2017

Professional clubs

 * FC Dnipro Cherkasy (Kolhospnyk, Hranit, Cherkasy), 1958-1971, 1974, 1977-1984, 1988-2002, 2003-2009, 2020-2022 ( 46 seasons )
 * Cherkasy-2, 2000-2001


 * FC Lokomotyv Smila, 1996-1999 (3 seasons)
 * FC Cherkashchyna (Slavutych Cherkasy, Cherkaskyi Dnipro), 2011-2021 (10 seasons)
 * FC LNZ Cherkasy, 2021- (3 seasons)

Other clubs at national/republican level
Note: the list includes clubs that played at republican competitions before 1959 and the amateur or KFK competitions after 1964.


 * Torpedo Cherkasy, 1954
 * Burevisnyk Cherkasy, 1955, 1956
 * Dnipro Cherkasy (Kolhospnyk, Hranit), 1957, 1973, 1976, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2003, 2019-20
 * Shakhtar Vatutine, 1958, 1959, 1964, 1969
 * Spartak Cherkasy, 1958
 * Avanhard Uman, 1959, 1970
 * Lokomotyv Smila, 1965 – 1968, 1971, 1972, 1975 – 1980, 1995-96
 * Fotoprylad Cherkasy, 1972, 1975, 1977
 * Zorya Uman, 1976, 1997-98
 * Temp Cherkasy, 1980, 1987, 1988
 * Tsukrovyk Horodyshche, 1981
 * Mashynobudivnyk Smila, 1981
 * Prapor Chyhyryn, 1982
 * Khimik Cherkasy, 1983
 * Tiasmyn Smila, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990
 * Kolos Heronymivka, 1986 --> Dnipro Heronymivka (merger)
 * Avanhard Smila, 1988
 * Kolos Chornobai, 1988, 2000, 2002
 * Rotor Cherkasy, 1989 – 1992-93
 * Yatran Uman, 1990, 1993-94, 1994-95
 * Nyva-Naftovyk Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi, 1990, 1994-95
 * Spartak Zolotonosha, 1991, 1992-93
 * Zirka Smila, 1997-98
 * Rybka Cherkasy, 1997-98
 * FC Drabiv, 2001
 * DPA-TETs Cherkasy, 2003
 * Illichivets Uman, 2005, 2006
 * Slavutych Cherkasy (Khodak), 2006 – 2009, 2011
 * Kholodnyi Yar Kamianka, 2008
 * Retro Vatutine, 2012 – 2014
 * Zoria Biloziria, 2013, 2014
 * LNZ Lebedyn, 2018-19 – 2020-21