FC Obolon Kyiv
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| Full name | Football Club Obolon-Brovar |
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| Nickname(s) | Pyvovary (Beer-brewers) |
| Founded | 13 June 1992 |
| Ground | Obolon Arena |
| Capacity | 5,100 |
| Chairman | Oleksandr Slobodian |
| Manager | Oleh Mazurenko |
| League | Ukrainian First League |
| 2015–16 | 3rd |
FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kiev (Obolon Raion). Its home colors are green shirts and white shorts; while its away uniforms displayed white shirts and green shorts. Its main sponsor was the brewery Obolon since 1999.
The club was reformed in 2013 due to administrative issues and hence the team withdrew from the Professional Football League of Ukraine during the 2012–13 Ukrainian First League season in February 2013. The club restarted from amateur competitions.
The football club was created 1992 based on the specialized sports school of Olympic Reserve Zmina in Kiev. The team changed its name to Zmina-Obolon in 1993 because it was located in the historical neighborhood in Kyiv. The same year as Zmina-Obolon, the club participated in the national amateur competitions KFK at first placing third and next year winning a group competitions. After its promotion to professionals, the name portion Zmina was dropped leaving only with Obolon in 1995, and later changed to Obolon PPO in 1997. It adopted its current name on 23 April 2001. In 1995 it received professional status and entered the Ukrainian Second League for the 1995–96 season.
After finishing 3rd in the Ukrainian First League 2001–02 season, Obolon was promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League when that competition expanded to 16 teams for the 2002–03 season. Obolon was relegated to the Ukrainian First League after finishing 15th (out of 16) in the 2004–05 season. Until 2002 Obolon played its home games at Zmina Stadium and sometimes at the sport complex of Bilshovyk factory.
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