Arsenal Football Club .

The rumors about the creation of a municipal soccer club started to spread in the summer of 2001. Kyiv mayor even visited a few home games of CSKA. It is believed that the football team needed a mayor of Kiev to improve its image , following the example of the brothers Surkises and Rinat Akhmetov.Since the creation of an entirely new team required a lot of money and time ( at least 2 years to get into the big leagues ), the only way out was the reorganization of state pidpriemsta Defense Ministry FC CSKA Kyiv.At the end of the first round of the Ukrainian football championship 2001-02 , which ended on 9 CSKA step, Kiev City Council on a proposal from the mayor Oleksandr Omelchenko decided on December 18, 2001 on the establishment of FC Arsenal Kyiv.

 

in the statutory fund contribution to the territorial community of Kyiv was 80%.The remaining 20% ​​owned by smallholders , part of which dealt with the company Kiev Donbass. However, as a legal person is party to the CSKA remained the major league .Only after a personal meeting Oleksandr Omelchenko and CSKA president Alexander Danil'chuk in February 2002 , an agreement was reached about the performance of Arsenal in the Premier League on the Rights of the successor to the Army team.

 

The first official match of Arsenal held March 16, 2002 against Metallurg Zaporizhzhya on the road, and the first home - March 25, 2002 against Tavria Simferopol .

records .

Biggest win in the championship of Ukraine - 8:1 ( SK Volyn, July 17, 2002 , Kiev).

Biggest win in the Cup of Ukraine - 6-0 ( PFC Alexandria , August 13, 2005 , Alexandria ( Kirovograd region )).

The highest attendance home game - 40 500 - Dawn (February 29, 2008).

The best scorer of the season - Emmanuel Okoduva - 15 goals ( 2005/06).

 

 

 

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Club address :.

01133, wasStr. Mechnikov, 14 / 1.

fax. : +38 ( 044) 235-1067 .

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