FC Zorya-Akademia Bilozirya
# FC Zorya-Akademia Bilozirya

FC Zorya-Akademiya Bilozirya (Ukrainian: Черкащина-Академія Білозір'я) is an amateur Ukrainian football club from the city of Bilozirya, Cherkasy Raion. It was a farm club of the FC Cherkashchyna and was known as formerly FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro-2 and FC Cherkashchyna-Akademia-2 Bilozirya.

## History

The club was formed in 1965.

In 2010's, FC Zorya Bilozirya became one of the best amateur teams in the Cherkasy Oblast Championship. In 2010, the team won the Oblast Cup and were runners-up in the Oblast Championship. The following season they were once again silver medalists in the Oblast Championship. In 2012, Zorya captured the double – winning both the Oblast championship and Oblast cup, and first made their debut in the Ukrainian Amateur championship and Ukrainian Amateur Cup championship. That same year, the club opened a modern stadium with an artificial surface, displays, lighting and stands for 1,000 suррorters.

Until late 2014, it was a separate football club from the village of Bilozirya, Cherkasy Raion (district), Cherkasy Oblast. The club has applied to the Professional Football League of Ukraine and has passed attestation to play in the Ukrainian Second League for the 2014–15 season. In July 2014, FC Zorya Bilozirya was reported to be supposedly merged with FC Slavutych Cherkasy, but continued its participation in amateur competitions. On 23 December 2014, it was confirmed that the club from Bilozirya officially merged with the FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro as its farm team with name FC Zorya-Cherkaskyi Dnipro-2.

FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro was dissolved in July 2018, and FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Bilozirya took their place in the Ukrainian Second League. FC Zorya-Akademiya was renamed as FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya-2 Bilozirya and continues compete at regional level. During winter break 2019–20 the senior team was abandoned by its owners and taken over by Football Federation of Cherkasy Oblast to avoid withdrawal of the club mid season. The former owners reorganized based on their own club FC Zorya-Akademia Bilozirya.

## Honors

* Cherkasy Oblast Football Championship
   * Winners (3): 2012, 2013, 2014 (all as Zorya Bilozirya)
* Cherkasy Oblast Cup
   * Winners (2): 2010, 2012

## League and cup history

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 2013 4th 1 10 7 1 2 15 8 22 2 3 2 0 1 5 3 6 3rd place shared with Lokomotyv Kupyansk 2014 4th 1 10 8 2 0 14 4 26 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 2017–18 3rd Withdrawn before the season
