Nyva Ternopil
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| Full name | Тернопільський професійний футбольний клуб Нива (Ternopilsky Professional Football Club Nyva) |
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| Nickname(s) | Zhovto-Zeleni (The Yellow-Greens) |
| Founded | 23 July 1978 as Nyva Pidhaitsi |
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Nyva Stadium Ternopil, Ukraine |
| Capacity | unknown |
| Chairman | Stepan Rubay |
| Head Coach | Petro Badlo (acting) |
| League | (amateurs) |
| 2015–16 | Ukrainian First League, 16th withdrew |
| Website | Club home page |
Ternopilsky Professional Football Club "Nyva" (Ukrainian: Тернопільський Професійний Футбольний Клуб «Нива») is a Ukrainian football club from the city of Ternopil, the administrative center of Ternopil Oblast. It is currently playing at amateur level after it was announced that it withdraws from professional competitions in 2016. The same year it was reestablished as Ternopilsky PFC Nyva. Originally the club was formed as Nyva Pidhaitsi in the small town Pidhaitsi in 1978, then moved to a district centre Berezhany chaning its name to Nyva Berezhany in 1982, and finally moved to Ternopil becoming Nyva Ternopil in 1985.
Their home ground is the small new Nyva Stadium but all the major home league and cup matches they have played before in 15,150 seat Central City Stadium, which belongs to Community of the City of Ternopil.
1978-1982 Nyva Pidhaitsi
1982-1985 Nyva Berezhany
1985-2016 FC Nyva Ternopil
2016 - Ternopilsky PFC Nyva
In the fifties of the 20th century in Soviet Union the strongest team in Ternopil was Dynamo. Taking part in competitions of collectives of physical culture, Dynamo several times got their way to the finals, but they were unsuccessful.
In 1958 a new team had been created – FC Avanhard Ternopil. The first success came in 1965 when they finished second in zonal tournament. Three years later, Avanhard won the champion title in the Class B. The team began to perform in the Second Group (Class A) and was renamed to Budivelnyk. The results were as follows:
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