FC Polissya Zhytomyr (2016)
| Full name | Municipal Football Club Zhytomyr |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 |
| Ground | Kolos Tsentralnyi Stadion |
| Capacity | 3,500 |
| Chairman | Ihor Levytsky |
| Manager | Ruslan Pavliuk |
| League | Amateurs championship |
MFC Zhytomyr (Ukrainian: Муніципальний футбольний клуб «Житомир») is a Ukrainian football club based in Zhytomyr, Polesia. The club plays in the Amateurs championship. Their home is the 20,000 capacity Tsentralnyi Stadion.
It was founded in 2016 and is the second known attempt to create football city team in Zhytomyr.
Originally the club was created back in 2005 on initiative of Hennadiy Zabrodsky soon after the dissolution of FC Polissya Zhytomyr. At that time facing a danger of losing professional football team, Zhytomyr paradoxically witnessed creation of two teams in the place of one. The new club was created in place of the existing amateur FC Arsenal Zhytomyr. The creation of the city club was supported by the city's government as part of local elections, which, however, after the city mayor lost, the club, after playing first half of the season, was dissolved. Some players moved to the regional club OFC Zhytychi Zhytomyr.
In March 2017 the club was renamed into FC Polissya Zhytomyr.
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