FC Lviv
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| Full name | Football Club Lviv |
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| Founded | 2006 |
| Ground | Lofort Arena, Dobromyl, Lviv Oblast |
| Capacity | 3,220 |
| Chairman |
 Roman Mykhayliv
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| Head Coach |
Andriy Chikh
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| League | Ukrainian First League |
| 2010–11 | 5th |
FC Lviv (Ukrainian: ФК «Львів») is a Ukrainian football club from the city of Lviv. It was initially founded in 2006.
The club was founded in May 2006. It entered the Persha Liha as a replacement for the bankrupt club FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi, which also represented Lviv Oblast.
In its debut season FC Lviv reached 11th place and scored 45 goals. At the start of the next season, in the beginning of September 2007, the club moved to the newly built stadium Kniazha Arena in Dobromyl, west of Sambir. This arena was constructed by and named after Ukrainian insurance company Knyazha, who is the club's main sponsor. The previous home ground of the club was SKA Stadium in Lviv which fell out of favor with the FFU, PFL.
In 2007–08 season FC Lviv finished 2nd in the Persha Liha and were promoted to the Premier Liha for the first time in their history, making the club one of the founders of the newly formed Premier League. In 2008–09 FC Lviv, despite a sensational opening 2–0 win against Shakhtar, were relegated to the Persha Liha. The decisive match for them happened in the last round against another Lviv team Karpaty in the Lviv derby when they lost 2–1. The club's first, and only, season in the Premier League was spent at The Ukraina Stadium together with Karpaty under a lease contract.
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