Full name | FC Tytan Armyansk |
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Founded | 1969 |
Dissolved | 2014 |
Ground |
"Khimik", Armyansk, Crimea |
Capacity | 5000 |
League | Ukrainian First League |
2013–14 | 13th |
FC Tytan Armyansk (Ukrainian: ФК Титан; Russian: ФК Титан) was a football club based in Armyansk, Crimea. The club last played in the Persha Liha during the 2013–14 season. The club was dissolved due to annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.
Colors are (Home) gold shirts, black shorts. (Away) white shirts, black shorts.
The first official name the team received was "The Builders" (Stroitel) in 1969, although, the team already existed and participated in the regional competitions since 1964, but without a real name. The team began to play its games on some quickly cleared up area for a football(soccer) field. Simultaneously, the construction of a new stadium started as well. The main and only sponsor of the team was a local chemical plant, the director (Vsevolod Stepanov) of which decided to change the name for the team to "Tytan" in 1973. The name was introduced to symbolize the power, in sport as well, of the real giant of chemical industry in the whole southern region of the country. In 1974 the team entered a semi-professional competition. In the same year "Tytan" received at its exploitation a new stadium, "Khimik" (5000 seats). And in 1975 the new unofficial club was founded with its own headquarters and stadium, which included three playing fields and its own swimming pool. The first club president was Stepanov Vsevolod Mykolayovich. The first stadium director became Kohut Ivan Dmytrovich. The first team manager was Basov Herman Nizamovich. The first match at the "Khimik" stadium took place on the Victory Day of 1975 (9 May 1975) "FC Tytan Armyansk"-"Tavriya Simferopol" 2:2 (2 goals for "Tytan" were scored by Anatolij Lebid).