SKCF Sevastopol
# SKCF Sevastopol

SKCF Sevastopol (Russian: Спортивный Клуб Черноморского Флота, Ukrainian: Спортивний Клуб Чорноморського Флоту) was a Soviet football team from Sevastopol, Russian SFSR, later Ukrainian SSR. The club represented sports club of the Black Sea Fleet and originally was called as the Fleet Officers Club, DOF (Russian: Дом Офицеров Флота, ДОФ).

## History

The football team first appeared before the World War II in the 1939 Russian Cup (Russian SFSR) where they lost to Sudostroitel Sevastopol.

After the war the team was revived in 1949 and was active until 1971. In 1949–1952 it played in the Russian football championship among KFK. In 1953 due to the death of Joseph Stalin, almost all military-based sports organization were withdrawn from competitions including SKCF. In 1954 the Crimean Oblast was transferred from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR and teams of SKCF started to play more often with Ukrainian teams.

In 1963 the club was relegated and played in an amateur competition. In 1964 to the Master competition was promoted another club from Sevastopol Chaika Sevastopol that played in the Class B for the next three seasons until also was relegated. In 1968 SKCF managed to return, but had a terrible season and was relegated again. After another poor performance at amateur level the club folded. Since 1971 the Fleet team active competition record is discontinued.

## Managers

* 1954 Aleksandr Kvasnikov
* 1955 Viktor Chistokhvalov
* 1957 Valentin Artemyev
* 1961 Georgiy Sudakov
* 1962 Aleksei Sokolov
* 1963–1964 Valentin Tugarin
* 1965 Vladimir Nikanorov
* 1967 Georgiy Sudakov
* 1968 Mikhail Yermolayev

## League and cup history (Soviet Union)

Sources:

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 1954 2nd Class B Gr. 3 $9_{/12}$ 22 5 8 9 19 31 18 1⁄32 finals 1955 2nd Class B Gr. 1 $15_{/16}$ 30 7 6 17 25 61 20 Zone 3, 1⁄64 finals Relegated 1956 3rd Championship of the Ukrainian SSR Gr. 6 $1_{/8}$ 14 12 1 1 43 8 25 Final (4th), promoted 1957 2nd Class B Gr. 1 $9_{/18}$ 34 15 5 14 72 49 35 Zone 1, final 1958 2nd Class B Gr. 2 $1_{/16}$ 30 16 9 5 52 23 41 Zone 2, 1⁄4 finals Final (3rd) 1959 2nd Class B Gr. 4 $10_{/15}$ 28 9 5 14 31 46 23 1960 2nd Class B, Ukrainian SSR Gr. 2 $6_{/19}$ 36 15 9 12 49 34 39 Zone 4, 1⁄2 finals 1961 2nd Class B, Ukrainian SSR Gr. 2 $8_{/19}$ 36 12 13 11 56 46 37 1⁄16 finals 1962 2nd Class B, Ukrainian SSR Gr. 3 $8_{/13}$ 24 7 9 8 29 27 23 Zone Ukrainian SSR, 1⁄8 finals Final stage, Places 18–28 (24th); reorganization of competitions 1963 3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR Gr. 2 $12_{/20}$ 38 15 8 15 48 32 38 Zone 2 Ukrainian SSR, final 1964 3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR Gr. 3 $4_{/16}$ 30 14 6 10 45 28 34 1⁄8 finals Final stage, Places 7–12 (11th) 1965 3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR Gr. 3 $4_{/17}$ 32 15 8 9 54 34 38 Zone 3 Ukrainian SSR, 1⁄4 finals Final stage, Places 7–12 (11th) 1966 3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR Gr. 1 $3_{/20}$ 38 18 12 8 57 34 48 Final stage, Places 5–6 (5th) 1967 3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR Gr. 1 $4_{/21}$ 40 19 10 11 41 33 48 Zone 1 Ukrainian SSR, 1⁄16 finals Promoted 1968 2nd Class A Second Group SubGr. 2 $21_{/21}$ 40 5 11 24 16 57 21 1⁄64 finals Ukrainian Relegation Tournament (6th, relegated) 1969 3rd Class B, Ukrainian SSR Gr. 2 $8_{/21}$ 40 12 17 11 33 28 41 Reorganization of competitions 1970 4th Class B, Ukrainian SSR Gr. 2 $14_{/14}$ 26 6 7 13 21 34 19 Final stage, Places 15–27 (23rd); reorganization of competitions
