SC Tavriya Simferopol
Sports Club Tavriya (Ukrainian: Спортивний клуб "Таврія") was a Ukrainian football club from Simferopol. Tavriya was a member of the Ukrainian Premier League from its founding and won the first Ukrainian Premier League making them one of three teams that have ever held this title.
| Full name | Sports Club Tavriya | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Tatars | ||
| Founded | 1958 | ||
| Dissolved | 28 March 2022 | ||
| Ground | Marianivka Stadium, Marianivka Mashynobudivnyk Stadium, Beryslav (RSC Lokomotyv), Simferopol | ||
| Capacity | 19,978 (RSC Lokomotyv) | ||
| Chairman | Serhiy Kunitsyn | ||
| League | Ukrainian Second League | ||
| 2021–22 | 5th, Group B | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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After the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014, the club was forced to cease its existence after 56 years, while in occupied Crimean peninsula a new club composed of some of its staff and players joined the Russian Football Union under the new name FC TSK Simferopol.
In June 2015, the Football Federation of Ukraine and the Tavriya's president announced it would re-establish the club and its new home would be Kherson. On 29 August 2016, club was added to Group 2 of the 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League. The revamped club is based in Beryslav, Kherson oblast.
Prior to the start of the 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League the club merged with FC Tavriya Novotroitske, this fusion continued to play under the original name of SC Tavriya Simferopol (in the 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League season).
At the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, they were based in Nova Kakhovka On 28 March 2022, Tavriya ceased club activities after 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent occupation of Kherson Oblast.