SC Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka


SC Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka is a Ukrainian football club based in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, Bucha Raion, just outside Kyiv. The club has been playing in Ukrainian Second League since 2018. Chaika plays its home matches in various suburbs of Kyiv, while its official home ground is the Kozak-Arena.
The club is located next to the Chaika residential neighborhood on the western outskirts of Kyiv, which contains several sports venues such as a dirt racing track, a dirt airfield, and others. The area was established back in 1934 as part of the Soviet organization Osoaviakhim, later DOSAAF.

History

The club was founded in 1976 and participated in the regional competition. With the fall of the Soviet Union, the club disappeared.
In 2008, it was reestablished again and for almost its first decade, competed exclusively at the regional level.
In 2016–2018, the club was fielding its football team in the national league among amateurs.
The club was admitted to the Professional Football League of Ukraine after passing attestation for the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League season.

Logo, name, and symbols

The club's symbol is a gull, which is known as "chaika" in Slavic languages. On the logo before 2020, it contained the coat of arms of Petropavlivska Borshchahivka. Earlier versions of the logo contained a temple and a "Kyiv chestnut leaf".

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