FC Chornomorets Odesa

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FC Chornomorets Odesa (Ukrainian: Футбо́льний Клуб Чорномо́рець Оде́са [tʃornoˈmɔretsʲ oˈdɛsɐ]) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa, Ukraine. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as Dynamo. However, the Odesa city Dynamo sports society and its football team were established in 1926 and were based on the local football team Sparta. Since the late 1920s, Dynamo Odesa participated in various "departamental" competitions organized by the republican and the All-Union Dynamo associations. In addition to that in 1992 to 2002, Chornomorets Odesa carried a logo with 1958 and 1959 listed as the club's year of foundation on its shield. Created in 1992, the club's shield is very similar to the shield of Romanian FC Farul Constanța. Chornomorets is the first club in the modern history of Ukraine to win the Ukrainian Cup (1992), and also repeated this success in the 1993–94 season. For over 30 years, the club was sponsored by the Black Sea Shipping Company (1959...

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