Oleksandriya

Names

2014–present FC Oleksandriya (merger with UkrAhroKom)

Pre-existing club (Shakhtar Oleksandriya)

FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya was established in 1948 at the production association "Oleksandriyavuhillya". At first the club played at the amateur competitions of the Ukrainian SSR until 1962 when it was accepted to the Class B which was a professional competitions. It played in Class B until the tournament was disbanded in 1971. After that the club returned to the amateurs where it played from 1971 to 1985 and 1988 to 1990. After 1990 season the club folded.

The club played its games at its own Shakhtar Stadium.

Polihraftekhnika / PFC Oleksandriya

The club was formed on 6 March 1990 as Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya (Ukrainian: Поліграфтехніка Олександрія) at the local printing equipment plant. The same year the club won the regional football competitions of the Kirovohrad Oblast. At same time in 1990 another Oleksandriya club Shakhtar represented the Kirovohrad region at the republican amateur level. FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya was a club of the Oleksandriyavuhillya coal mine company. At first Polihraftekhinka was leasing the Shakhtar Stadium, while building its own stadium Olimp.

From 2001 to 2003, PFC Oleksandriya played in the Ukrainian Premier League under the name of Polihraftechnika Oleksandriya, which it had since 1991. After the 2003 season the club's administration citing fiscal problems left the Professional Football League and was idle for one season.

In 2004 the president of Polihraftekhnika reestablished the club as PFC Oleksandriya, rejoined the Professional Football League and entered the Druha Liha. At the same time the Oleksandriya city administration created own football club MFC Oleksandriya which also entered the Druha Liha, however, soon thereafter the city's club withdrew from professional competitions.

Prior to the start of 2014–15 Ukrainian First League season PFC Oleksandriya going through some financial difficulties merged with UkrAhroKom Holovkivka who were also competing in the Ukrainian First League into one club and renaming themselves to FC Oleksandriya. The merger saved the Oleksandriya's club from another bankruptcy. Since the 2014 merger under the new manager Serhiy Kuzmenko (former chairman of FC UkrAhroKom), the club now claims its heritage of the Soviet miner's team of Shakhtar Oleksandriya by adding year of Shakhtar's establishment onto its club shield.

In the 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League season, FC Oleksandriya finished 6th place, qualifying for the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League, where they marked their debut in a European competition. Despite losing to HNK Hajduk Split 6 - 1 on aggregate, they followed their performance last season by finishing 5th, qualifying for the third qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. There they secured their first ever European win, defeating Romanian side FC Astra Giurgiu 1 - 0 on aggregate and progressing to the play-off round, where they finally fell to Belarusian side FC BATE Borisov.

In the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League season, they finished 3rd place, marking their first top 3 finish in the league, just behind heavyweights FC Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Dynamo Kyiv, also securing qualification for the group stage of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. However, they were unable to secure a single win, finishing bottom of their group with 3 draws and 3 losses.

The 2024–25 season marked a historic achievement for FC Oleksandriya, as the team secured a triumphant second-place finish in the Ukrainian Premier League for the very first time, positioned behind Dynamo Kyiv but notably ahead of Shakhtar Donetsk. Much of this success is credited to their manager Ruslan Rotan, who managed to become only the second manager for the club to secure 30 league wins, after Volodymyr Sharan's 69 league wins.

With their runner-up finish, they were able to secure a spot in the second qualifying round of the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League, where they lost to FK Partizan 6 - 0 on aggregate. In the same season, Oleksandryia were relegated to the Ukrainian First League for the first time since the 2014-15 season.