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FC Karpaty Lviv () is a Ukrainian professional Football club from the city of Lviv . Named after the Carpathian Mountains , they are one of perennial mid-table clubs in Ukraine . HISTORY Early Years (1963-1968) FC Karpaty has been founded in 1963 , the main initiators of the club's foundation were Lviv football veterans from a team named Silmash . The same year Karpaty debuted in Soviet Second League B and remained there for four seasons, until n 1968 they were promoted to Soviet First League . USSR Cup (1969) On August 17, 1969, Karpaty became the first (and the only) club in the USSR football history which won the USSR Cup , while playing in the Soviet First League . In the cup match, Karpaty played FC SKA Rostov-on-Don , one of the best Soviet clubs in the mid-1960s. Karpaty were trailing 0:1 after the first half, but were able to run away with the Cup after an improved 2nd half, with the final score of 2:1. Te first opponent of Karpaty in European championships was Romania n Steaua Bucharest , however after two matches Steaua won with score 4:3. Soviet Top League (1970-1977) In 1970-1977 and 1980, Karpaty played in the Soviet Top League . Karpaty's biggest achievement was 4th place in 1976. Karpaty placed 4th twice that year since the season was split into 2 separate championships (spring and fall). Karpaty were primed for a silver that season, but an unexpected loss in the last game at home to Zenit Leningrad pushed Karpaty back to the 4th place. While playing in the Soviet First League in 1979, Karpaty were close to repeating their 1969 achievement, when they met Dynamo Moscow in the USSR Cup semi-final. The match which was played in Moscow, went into overtime with a 1:1 score. Dynamo finally prevailed, scoring on a penalty in overtime. SKA Karpaty (1981-1989) In 1981, Karpaty were merged with another Lviv team, ''SKA Lviv''. The new team, ''SKA Karpaty'', continued playing in the Soviet First League, almost achieving promotion in 1986 when CSKA Moscow was promoted ahead of ''Karpaty'' only on the goal difference. In 1989 the original name of the club was returned. Ukrainian League (1991-present) Since Ukraine gained its independence, ''Karpaty'' participate in the Ukrainian Premier League . They have taken 3rd place once and has twice became runner up of the Ukrainian Cup both times losing to Dynamo Kyiv in the final. The thirteen’s season in Ukrainian Premier League became an unfortunate one for Karpaty and in 2003-04 season the team was relegated to Persha Liha . The relegation followed after a number of referee scandals in Karpaty matches, especially in the home match against Illichivets , when the referee did not award two definite penalties (analitic football shows also did accept that the decisions were doubtful). However the Lions stayed there only for two seasons and in the 2005-06 season, the club was successful in taking second place in the Persha Liha , which allowed them to participate in the Vyscha Liha next season. It also had a successful run that year in the Ukrainian Cup , defeating Vyscha Liha clubs such FC Shakhtar Donetsk , Chornomorets Odessa and FC Vorskla Poltava and only losing to the future winner FC Dynamo Kyiv . ''Karpaty'', which participated in the first thirteen seasons of the Vyscha Liha, was relegated to the Persha Liha following the 2003-04 season. STADIUM ]] ''Main articles: Ukraina Stadium '' ''FC Karpaty'' play their home games at Ukraina Stadium , the stadium has been opened in 1992 and renovated on several occasions since, with the latest one being in 2001 , when the stadium has been refurbished. Currently the stadium holds 29,004 spectators. The stadium has been the venue to host the very first final of Ukrainian Premier League in 1992, when Tavriya Simferopol Defeated Dynamo Kyiv It has also been one of the venues for Ukraine National Football Team matches, the most recent being a 2-0 Ukraine win over Georgia on October 13, 2004 for 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying. Ukraina Stadium may be one of the venues for Euro 2012 held by Ukraine and Poland . If so, the stadium will host group stage matches and will be expanded to 36,000. But the most probable variant is that a new 'Lemberg Stadium' will be built on the Lviv outskirts. LOGO HISTORY Since club has been named after the Carpathian Countains, image of forest and mountains has been present on teams logo for many years. However lately the logo has been changed to more modern style. Current logo is highly insired by Lviv's Coat Of Arms with segment of fortress, and lion shown on the new crest. Club's nickname 'The Green Lions' also derrives from their logo. Formerly logo used to feature a segment of Coniferous Tree , however this led to a disatisfaction of some fans and Lviv's symbol, the lion was brought back. It also is the team's mascot, often known as ''The Lion'' or ''Green Lion'' The club also has a ceremonial logo, however, it is very rarely used, mostly during TV broadcasts or video packages. COLOURS
Traditionally the club colours are white and green. Throughout the club's history kit has always been designed of green and white tones, other colours are almost never used and are highly criticized by fans. Green is considered to be the dominant of the two as clubs nicknames are ''"Green-Lions"'' and ''"Green-Whites"''. For some time black was also used and was even displayed on one of former logos. Lately the golden-yellow also became popular, especially on merchandise. RIVALRIES Club's main rivals are concidered to be th neighbouring clubs FC Lviv , Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk , Nyva Ternopil and probably the most competative with Zakarpattia Uzhhorod . However none of theese were concidered as very serious, however in May 2007. The chairman of FC Metalurh Donetsk , Serhiy Taruta made a number of criticizing remarks regarding ‘’FC Karpaty’’ and even informally offered all players of ‘’Karpaty’’ to sign a contract with Metalurh . This has been caused by the fact that the chairman of ‘’FC Karpaty Lviv’’, Petro Dyminsky together with seven other Ukrainian clubs have supported the idea of implementing a limit on number of foreign players in a top division club, which firstly concerns Metalurh as they have 20 foreign players. In return to Taruta’s remarks, ''Karpaty'' have posted a reply on their official website and offered all Ukrainian Metalurh players to sign a contract with Karpaty. {Link without Title} HONORS
:: 1969 Runner-Up
:: 1993, 1999 SQUAD Squad is given according to the club's official website {Link without Title} , as of August 3 , 2007 Transfers In 2007/2008 Transfers Out 2007/2008 FAMOUS PLAYERS
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