About Oleksandriya

FC Oleksandriya (Ukrainian: ФК Олександрія) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in the city of Oleksandriya, Kirovohrad Oblast.

The club was formed in 1991 as Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya (Ukrainian: Поліграфтехніка Олександрія) at the local polygraph-machine building factory. The establishment of the club was an attempt to return the big football to the city, since the times when the former city's other club, Shakhtar (a team of the state coal-mining company Oleksandriyavuhillya), previously participated in the Soviet Second League.

From 2001–03, PFC Oleksandriya played in the Ukrainian Premier League under the name of Polihraftechnika Oleksandriya, which is had since 1991. After the 2003 season the club's administration citing f...