ODESA, NOVEMBER 5th, 2012, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE ― “Chornomorets” Olympic Reserve Sports School has won silver medal at the International Slobozhanshchina Football Cup for players born in 2000, Context-Prichernomorie correspondent reports.

Chornomorets’s press service reported today, 5 November.

According to the information, the team of “Chornomorets” Olympic Reserve Sports School took part in the Second International Youth Tournament “Slobozhanshchina Cup”. The coach is Oleg Semenov. Competitions were held in Kharkiv through 29 October ― 3 November.

At the preliminary stage “Chornomorets” defeated FC “Sevastopol” with the score of 5:1, tied with FC “Arsenal” (Tula, Russia) 0:0 and lost to “Metalist” (Kharkiv) 1:2. In the semifinal, “Chornomorets” beat “Metallurg” 1:0. In the final, “Chornomorets” lost to “Metalist” 1:0, and won the silver. “Dynamo” (Kyiv) and “Metallurg” (Donetsk) played for the 3rd place. The match ended with the score 5:0.

The best forward of the tournament Artem Belyatinsky, Chornomorets, was admitted.

INFORMATION: FC Chornomorets Odesa is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Odesa. 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 2008–09 season 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.