Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 10/17 16:30 | 11 | [6] PFC Oleksandria v Vorskla Poltava [4] | W | 1-2 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 10/02 16:30 | 10 | [3] Vorskla Poltava v Ingulets Petrovo [12] | W | 3-0 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 09/24 16:30 | 9 | [10] Kolos Kovalivka v Vorskla Poltava [5] | W | 0-1 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 09/19 14:00 | 8 | [6] Vorskla Poltava v FK Minai [12] | W | 2-0 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 09/12 16:30 | 7 | [7] Vorskla Poltava v Desna Chernihiv [5] | D | 2-2 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 08/29 16:30 | 6 | [8] Zarja Luhansk v Vorskla Poltava [5] | L | 1-0 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 08/20 16:30 | 5 | [4] Vorskla Poltava v FC Metalist 1925 [7] | W | 2-0 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 08/14 14:00 | 4 | [14] FC Veres Rivne v Vorskla Poltava [4] | D | 1-1 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 08/08 16:30 | 3 | [6] Vorskla Poltava v FK Lviv [13] | W | 4-1 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 08/01 16:30 | 2 | [10] Vorskla Poltava v FC Rukh Lviv [14] | W | 2-0 | |
Konferenčná liga UEFA - kvalifikácia | 07/29 16:00 | 15 | Vorskla Poltava v KuPS Kuopio | L | 2-3 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 07/26 16:30 | 1 | [11] Vorskla Poltava v Dnipro-1 [12] | D | 2-2 | |
Konferenčná liga UEFA - kvalifikácia | 07/22 16:00 | 15 | KuPS Kuopio v Vorskla Poltava | D | 2-2 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 05/09 11:00 | 26 | [14] FK Minai v Vorskla Poltava [6] | W | 1-2 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 05/05 16:00 | 25 | [6] Vorskla Poltava v Desna Chernihiv [5] | D | 1-1 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 05/01 16:30 | 24 | [6] Vorskla Poltava v Dynamo Kyjev [1] | L | 1-5 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 04/24 14:00 | 23 | [6] Kolos Kovalivka v Vorskla Poltava [4] | L | 3-0 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 04/17 14:00 | 22 | [5] Vorskla Poltava v Zarja Luhansk [3] | W | 4-2 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 04/11 11:00 | 21 | [5] Vorskla Poltava v FK Lviv [12] | W | 2-1 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 04/04 14:00 | 20 | [5] Vorskla Poltava v Šachťor Doneck [2] | L | 0-2 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 03/20 17:30 | 19 | [5] Vorskla Poltava v Olimpik Donetsk [10] | W | 3-0 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 03/13 15:00 | 18 | [5] Vorskla Poltava v Dnipro-1 [10] | L | 0-1 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 03/06 12:00 | 17 | [5] Vorskla Poltava v FC Mariupol [8] | W | 1-0 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 02/27 15:00 | 16 | [5] Vorskla Poltava v PFC Oleksandria [6] | W | 3-1 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 02/21 12:00 | 15 | [7] Vorskla Poltava v Ingulets Petrovo [12] | D | Cancelled | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 02/14 15:00 | 14 | [13] FC Rukh Lviv v Vorskla Poltava [5] | D | 1-1 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 12/12 12:00 | 13 | [4] Vorskla Poltava v FK Minai [11] | D | 1-1 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 12/06 15:00 | 12 | [4] Desna Chernihiv v Vorskla Poltava [3] | L | 1-0 | |
Ukrajinský pohár | 12/02 12:00 | 4 | Vorskla Poltava v Ahrobiznes Volochysk | L | 0-1 | |
Ukrajina - Vysša liga | 11/28 15:00 | 11 | [11] Dynamo Kyjev v Vorskla Poltava [3] | L | 2-0 |
FC Vorskla Poltava (Ukrainian: ФК «Во́рскла» Полта́ва [ˈwɔrsklɐ polˈtɑwɐ]) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Poltava that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top flight of Ukrainian football.
The club draws its history from 1955 when in the city of Poltava was established a football club Kolhospnyk within the republican trade union sports society Kolos. The same year it entered the Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR where already played one of the older clubs from Poltava, FC Lokomotyv Poltava.
In 1957 the club obtained its professional status and was included in the competitions of the Soviet third division (then "Class B"). However, in 1982 the club went into bankruptcy and was dissolved. In 1983 many players moved to play for an amateur football team Kooperator from Poltava that represented the Poltava Institute of Cooperation. During its history for a short period of time from 1968 to 1972, Kolos was also carrying names Silbud and Budivelnyk.
In 1984, the club was reanimated based on the Kolos academy (sports school) as Vorskla after the river Vorskla, which flows through Poltava. In 1986, Vorskla entered the Soviet professional ranks of the third division where it participated until the collapse of the Soviet system.
Upon establishing of the Ukrainian football competitions in 1992 the club was admitted to the Ukrainian First League (the second tier of Ukrainian football) which it won in 1996. At that time Vorskla was sponsored by "Poltavagasprom". The team debuted in the Ukrainian Premier League in the 1996–97 season, taking that season the 3rd place. Vorskla have remained in the Premier League since, and participated twice in the UEFA Cup. In 2009, Vorskla met Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2009 Ukrainian Cup Final. Mykola Pavlov's men won the match 1–0 after Vasyl Sachko's goal in the 49th minute.
In 2003–2005, the club was named Vorskla-Naftogaz due to sponsorship reasons.
As a Domestic Cup winner, Vorskla participated in the annual opening game of the season Ukrainian Super Cup meeting the champions Dynamo Kyiv. After a 0–0 draw at full-time, Vorskla lost the cup to Dynamo on penalties.
The first team plays its home matches at Butovsky Memorial Vorskla Stadium which is named after one of the founders of the modern Olympic games and the International Olympic Committee in 1894.
One of the biggest successes of Vorskla in European competition was their qualification to the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League group phase.
On 26 July 2014, the club's president Oleh Babayev was shot dead, while police has opened a criminal cases under Article “premeditated murder".
In the 2017–18 season, the club finished third in the top division for the first time since the 1996–97 season.