Arsenal Kiev
| Full name | Football Club Arsenal–Kyiv |
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| Nickname(s) | The Cannoneers |
| Founded | 1925 (claimed) 1993 (establishment) 2001 (reformed) 2014 (revived) |
| Ground | Arsenal Arena,Shchaslyve Kolos Stadium, Boryspil |
| Capacity | 1,000 (Arsenal Arena) 5,654 (Kolos) |
| President | Oleksiy Kikireshko |
| Head coach | Serhiy Litovchenko |
| League | Ukrainian First League |
| 2016-17 | 10th |
| Website | Club website |
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| Football (I) | Football (II) | Basketball | Handball |
Football Club Arsenal–Kyiv Shchaslyve (Ukrainian: Футбо́льний Клуб Арсена́л–Київ Щасливе) is a Ukrainian football club based in Shchaslyve, Boryspil Raion. Originally from Boryspil, in 1995-2001 the club was reconstituted by the Ministry of Defense as a government enterprise. During that period (1995-2001) it competed in the Ukrainian Top League under CSKA Kyiv brand as its senior (main) squad. In 1995 it was relocated to Kiev playing at CSK ZSU Stadium and carried such names CSKA-Borysfen and CSKA, while the original FC CSKA Kyiv continued to play in lower leagues as its reserve squad. Due to difficulty of financing, the ownership of senior squad was transferred to the Kiev city authorities in 2001 and the club renamed and reconstituted anew.
Later when the club was sold to the Ukrainian politician Vadym Rabinovych, there was a campaign to revive the history of another Arsenal Kyiv which was dissolved in 1964 and consider current Arsenal Kyiv a phoenix club of its predecessor. In 2013 soon after Rabinovych sold the club to another Ukrainian politician it was abandoned and dissolved.
On the efforts of Ukrainian racer Oleksiy Kikireshko, the club was revived in 2014 as Arsenal-Kyiv Shchaslyve.
The origin of the contemporary Arsenal club is disputed; some consider it to be part of the CSKA Kyiv heritage, others – of FC Boryspil, third – of Soviet Arsenal.
Created on July 14, 1925, as a multi-sports club of the Arsenal Factory in Kiev, before World War II the club played mostly in regional competitions or amateur competitions for factory workers. In 1936 Arsenal Kiev took part in the Soviet Cup in football where it was eliminated after the first round of competition after a replay.
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