ODESA, SEPTEMBER 5th, 2012, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE ― Players of FC Chornomorets in the squad of the Ukrainian National Team have won the bronze at an international football tournament in Poland, Context-Prichernomorie correspondent reports.

The press service of FC Chornomorets informed today, 5 September.

According to the press service, the Junior Youth Team (U-17), which included 16-year-old Chornomorets goalkeeper Dmytro Bezruk and midfielder Viktor Serdenyuk, took part in the 27th International Football Tournament Syrenka Cup. The competition was held in the Polish city of Plock.

In the quarterfinals, the Ukrainians defeated Greece 2:1 (V. Serdenyuk came into the game on 63 min) in the semis the lost in favour of Denmark 0:4 (D. Bezruk was replaced on the 60 min), and in the fight for third place they surpassed Norway on penalties ― 2:2, 2:0 (V. Serdenyuk was in the field until the 60 min).

Thus, the Ukrainian team won the bronze medals in the tournament. The Syrenka Cup-2012 winner was the team of Denmark, who beat Georgia in the finals 2:1.

INFORMATION: FC Chornomorets Odesa is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Odessa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. During the reconstruction (2009-2011), the team played in the 4,610 Spartak Stadium. The club was officially formed in 1936 as Dynamo, but after a number of name and management changes, it emerged under its current name in 1958. Chornomorets were deducted 6 points by FIFA on November 6, 2008. It was confirmed by Ukrainian Premier League on March 2, 2009. The club managed to finish the season 2008–09 in 10th place despite the deduction. The 2009–10 season started badly with a 5:0 loss to FC Dynamo Kyiv and a poor run of form that saw the team finish the first half of the season in 13th place, just two spots away from the relegation zone. The club was relegated to the First League at the end of the season. It took, however, just a year for Chornomorets to return to the Ukrainian top flight for the 2011–12 season.