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FC Continentals

{{short description|Canadian association football team}}

{{for|the American soccer club|Continentals F.C.}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2017}}

{{Update|date=July 2024}}

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| stadium = Centennial Park Stadium
Toronto, Ontario

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| season = 2022

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| founded = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|2008}} as FC Vorkuta

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| owner = Igor Demitchev

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| manager = Denys Yanchuk

| coach = Andrei Malychenkov

| league = Canadian Soccer League

| position = Regular season: 4th
Playoffs: Champions

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FC Continentals is a Canadian soccer club founded in 2008. The team is currently a member of the Canadian Soccer League, a non-FIFA sanctioned league. The club originally played under the name FC Vorkuta and was renamed FC Continentals in 2022. Their home venue is Centennial Park Stadium in Toronto, Ontario.

History

The club was formed by Russian immigrants Igor Demitchev and Samad Kadirov in Toronto in 2008.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fcvorkuta.com/about-fc-vorkuta|title=FC Vorkuta » About FC Vorkuta|website=www.fcvorkuta.com|language=en-US|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027231815/http://www.fcvorkuta.com/about-fc-vorkuta|archive-date=October 27, 2017|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=January 13, 2021|title=Клуб мигрантов из России и Украины стал чемпионом Канады. ФК «Воркута» из Торонто, на эмблеме — колючая проволока - 13 января 2021 - Sport24|url=https://sport24.ru/news/football/2021-01-13-klub-iz-toronto-nazvalsya-v-chest-goroda-zekov-priglashal-k-sebe-kokorina-i-mamayeva-i-vyigryval-chempionat-kanady-zdes-vsem-upravlyayet-kadyrov-a-na-embleme-kolyuchaya-provoloka|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-08|website=sport24.ru|language=ru}} The club derived its name from the main financier Demitchev's hometown Vorkuta in Russia.{{Cite news |last=Kazantsev |first=Mikhail |date=26 June 2017 |title=Воркута в Канаде |trans-title=Vorkuta in Canada |url=http://gazetamv.ru/vorkuta-v-kanade.html |access-date=28 October 2017 |work=Моя Воркута |language=ru-RU}}{{Cite news |last=Kovalev |first=Alexey |date=1 June 2018 |title="Нас постоянно просили снять "колючку" с логотипа". Жизнь русскоязычного клуба в Канаде |trans-title="We were constantly asked to remove the 'barb' from the logo." Life of a Russian-language club in Canada |url=https://matchtv.ru/football/matchtvnews_NI857671_Nas_postojanno_prosili_snat_koluchku__s_logotipa_Zhizn_russkojazychnogo_kluba__v_Kanade |access-date=6 June 2018 |work=matchtv.ru |language=ru-RU}} Initially the club operated at the amateur level in the Downtown Polson Pier Soccer League. In their debut season, Vorkuta achieved instant success after clinching both the regular and postseason titles. Within a year, the club transferred to the Thornhill Soccer Club League, and continued its uphill climb to success by winning the playoff title.

In 2010, the team remained in the York Region territory by joining the Richmond Hill Soccer League, and the Downsview Hangar Indoor Soccer League. In 2016, the organization decided to make the transition to the professional ranks by applying for membership in the Canadian Soccer League.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fcvorkuta.com/news/4730|title=FC Vorkuta » 2017! Here we come!!!|website=www.fcvorkuta.com|language=en-US|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027232010/http://www.fcvorkuta.com/news/4730|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.total90.ca/2016/12/05/fc-vorkuta-to-join-the-csl-in-2017/|title=FC Vorkuta to Join the CSL in 2017?|date=December 5, 2016|work=TOTAL90 Canada|access-date=October 28, 2017|language=en-CA|archive-date=May 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528140001/https://www.total90.ca/2016/12/05/fc-vorkuta-to-join-the-csl-in-2017/|url-status=dead}} After presenting a successful strategic business plan, the club received the necessary votes in order to be approved by the league ownership.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/september/1423788.html|title=ФК "Воркута" – победитель регулярного чемпионата Канады по футб... Cтоп, кто?|date=October 1, 2017|work=Sports.ru|access-date=October 28, 2017|language=ru}}{{Cite web|url=http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/csl-expansion-teams-vorkuta-and-royal-toronto-give-new-look-end-of-may-kickoff/|title=CSL EXPANSION TEAMS VORKUTA AND ROYAL TORONTO GIVE NEW LOOK……End of May kickoff {{!}} Canadian Soccer League|last=Adamson|first=Stan|website=canadiansoccerleague.ca|date=April 29, 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=October 28, 2017}} In preparation for the 2017 CSL season, the team hired the services of Serhiy Zayets as head coach.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ua-football.com/ua/ukrainian/ukrainians/1496208866-kerchu-stal-igrokom-kanadskogo-kluba.html|title=Керчу стал игроком канадского клуба|last=источники|first=Внешние|access-date=October 28, 2017|language=uk}} Zayets assembled a roster with several key CSL veterans acquired primarily from FC Ukraine United. The acquisitions included Sergiy Ivliev, Oleg Shutov, Mykhailo Bulkin, Vitaliy Dnistryan, Danylo Lazar, Vadym Gostiev, and Oleh Kerchu was assigned the team captain.{{Cite web|url=http://pravda.if.ua/news-114909.html|title=Pre-Carpathian footballer switched to Russian-Canadian club "Vorkuta"|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=January 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124150442/http://pravda.if.ua/news-114909.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://promin.cv.ua/2017/05/29/dosvidchenyi-bukovynskyi-futbolist-kerchu-hraie-za-vorkutu.html|title=Досвідчений буковинський футболіст Керчу грає за "Воркуту"|access-date=October 28, 2017|language=uk}} In addition to the CSL veterans, several imports were brought in from Ukraine and Russia to further strengthen the roster.{{Cite web|url=http://footballfacts.ru/clubs/1861900-vorkuta-toronto#tab23_1861900r|title=ФК "Воркута" Торонто: футболисты, тренеры, история, статистика, трансферы, протоколы|website=footballfacts.ru|language=en|access-date=October 28, 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/viktor2009/1454559.html|title=Волчков: "Воркута" настроена на высокие задачи|date=2017-10-28|work=Sports.ru|access-date=2017-11-27|language=ru}}

Vorkuta made their professional debut on May 27, 2017 against Milton SC with a 7–0 victory with goals coming from Kerchu, Lazar, Shutov, Gostiev, and Yaroslav Svorak.{{Cite web|url=http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/expansion-team-vorkuta-shines-in-csl-opener-the-weekend-wrap-up/|title=EXPANSION TEAM VORKUTA SHINES IN CSL OPENER………the weekend wrap-up {{!}} Canadian Soccer League|last=Adamson|first=Stan|website=canadiansoccerleague.ca|date=May 29, 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=October 28, 2017}} In the club's inaugural season at the professional level, Vorkuta managed to produce a significant result. By clinching the regular season title, and establishing the best offensive record with the second best defensive record.{{Cite news|url=http://chernivtsisport.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=940:vorkuta-z-bukovyntsiamy-peremohla-u-kanadskii-lizi&Itemid=257|title=Чернівці Спорт — "Воркута" з буковинцями перемогла у Канадській лізі|access-date=October 28, 2017|language=uk-ua}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.fcvorkuta.com/news/4787|title=FC Vorkuta » 2017 SUCCESS|website=www.fcvorkuta.com|language=en-US|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028132357/http://www.fcvorkuta.com/news/4787|url-status=dead}} In the preliminary round of the postseason, they defeated Royal Toronto FC by a score of 6–3.{{Cite web|url=http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/serbian-eagles-vorkuta-scarborough-and-york-region-advance-weekend-games-in-the-csl-playoffs/|title=SERBIAN EAGLES, VORKUTA, SCARBOROUGH AND YORK REGION ADVANCE ……..weekend games in the CSL playoffs {{!}} Canadian Soccer League|last=Adamson|first=Stan|website=canadiansoccerleague.ca|date=September 18, 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=October 28, 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.sport-express.ru/football/foreign/news/vorkuta-vyigrala-regulyarku-chempionata-kanady-i-vyletela-v-polufinale-1316063/|title="Воркута" выиграла "регулярку" чемпионата Канады и вылетела в полуфинале|date=2017-10-01|access-date=2017-11-27}} Their 2017 campaign came to a conclusion in the following round after a 1–0 defeat to Scarborough SC.{{Cite news|url=http://struma.bg/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%82-%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BE-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81/|title=Побългареният "Скарбъро" на исторически финал за титлата|work=Вестник СТРУМА|access-date=October 28, 2017|language=bg-BG}}

In 2018, the club produced a notable season by securing the CSL Championship, and found further success in the Second Division as its reserve squad secured the double (division title and DII Championship).{{Cite web|date=December 21, 2018|title=Денис Янчук: "Спортивні цілі у "Воркути" найвищі" — Чернівці Спорт|url=https://chernivtsisport.com/novini/item/3389-denys-yanchuk-sportyvni-tsili-u-nas-naivyshchi-foto|access-date=2020-03-07|website=chernivtsisport.com|language=uk-ua}}{{Cite web|last=Stanchev|first=Stancho|date=October 18, 2018|title=Прокобата на дузпите отново провали К. Димитров в Канада|url=https://struma.bg/%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%be%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b1%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b0-%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d0%b4%d1%83%d0%b7%d0%bf%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b5-%d0%be%d1%82%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%be-%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d0%ba/|access-date=2020-01-26|website=Вестник СТРУМА|language=bg-BG}} In 2022, the club was renamed FC Continentals.{{Cite web |last=Adamson |first=Stan |date=May 9, 2022 |title=New Name, New Teams for a New-Look CSL |url=https://canadiansoccerleague.ca/new-name-new-teams-for-a-new-look-csl/ |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=Canadian Soccer League |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=April 14, 2022 |title=У Канаді зникла футбольна "Воркута" — Чернівці Спорт |trans-title=Vorkuta Football Disappears in Canada |url=https://chernivtsisport.com/novini/item/9959-u-kanadi-znykla-futbolna-vorkuta |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=chernivtsisport.com}}

Crest

File:FC Vorkuta logo.png

The club's first crest was in the shape of a circle with a soccer ball placed in the center and with the club's name beneath it. The colors of the crest were blue, red, and white which represented the colors of the Canadian and the city of Toronto flags. On top of the crest was a barbed wire, which symbolized the owner's birthplace, Vorkuta in Siberia, Russia, where a former Gulag labor camp was located.{{Cite web |date=13 January 2021 |title=Клуб мигрантов из России и Украины стал чемпионом Канады. ФК «Воркута» из Торонто, на эмблеме — колючая проволока - 13 января 2021 - Sport24 |trans-title=The club of migrants from Russia and Ukraine became the champion of Canada. FC "Vorkuta" from Toronto, on the emblem - barbed wire |url=https://sport24.ru/news/football/2021-01-13-klub-iz-toronto-nazvalsya-v-chest-goroda-zekov-priglashal-k-sebe-kokorina-i-mamayeva-i-vyigryval-chempionat-kanady-zdes-vsem-upravlyayet-kadyrov-a-na-embleme-kolyuchaya-provoloka |access-date=11 May 2022 |website=sport24.ru |language=ru}}

In 2022, the club's name was changed to FC Continentals, resulting in a rebranding of the club's logo.{{Cite web |last=Fitz-Gerald |first=Sean |date=28 June 2022 |title=In Toronto, a semi-pro soccer team of Ukrainians lifts each other up |url=https://theathletic.com/3387660/2022/06/28/continentals-fc-ukraine-soccer/ |access-date=3 July 2022 |website=The Athletic |language=en}}

Players

= Current squad =

{{Updated|31 July 2023|{{Cite web |title=Canadian Soccer League |url=https://canadiansoccerleague.ca/continentals-fc/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=Canadian Soccer League |language=en-US}}}}

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{{Fs player|no=–|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=Oleksandr Alyeksyeyev}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=Maksym Banasevych}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=UKR|pos=FW|name=Oleksiy Boyko}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=Bohdan Borovskyi}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=|pos=GK|name=Andrei Ciurchin}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=MEX|pos=DF|name=Jesus Eduardo Compean Gonzalez}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=Leonid Husak}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=UKR|pos=FW|name=Serhiy Ivlyev}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=Serhiy Melnyk}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=UKR|pos=GK|name=Oleksandr Musiyenko}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=Borys Orlovskyi}}

{{fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=Illya Piltenko}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=Serhiy Pitel}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=UKR|pos=FW|name=Viktor Raskov}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=Pavlo Shulhan}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=Andriy Sorokin}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=UKR|pos=GK|name=Anatoliy Starushchenko}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=UKR|pos=FW|name=Mykola Temnyuk}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=Mykyta Tkachov}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=Vitaliy Tymofiyenko}}

{{Fs player|no=–|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=Serhiy Ursulenko}}

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Head coaches

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Honours

FC Continentals

FC Continentals II

Seasons

= First team =

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!League

!Teams

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!Playoffs

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2017

|rowspan="4"|Canadian Soccer League (First Division)

|8

|10–2–2

|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st

|Semifinals

|{{Cite web|title=CSL First Division Standings|url=https://canadiansoccerleague.ca/csl-first-division-standings/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501223704/https://canadiansoccerleague.ca/csl-first-division-standings/|archive-date=May 1, 2021|access-date=November 21, 2021|website=canadiansoccerleague.ca}}

2018

|9

|12–2–2

|2nd

|bgcolor="FFEBAD"|Champions

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2019

|10

|15–3–0

|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st

|Quarterfinals

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2020

|5

|4–3–1

|2nd

|bgcolor="FFEBAD"|Champions

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2021

|rowspan="2"|Canadian Soccer League

|8

|6–1–0

|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st

|Finals

|{{Cite web|title=ProSound Cup Standings|url=https://canadiansoccerleague.ca/prosound-cup-standings/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Canadian Soccer League|language=en-US}}

2022

|6

|4–4–2

|4th

|bgcolor="FFEBAD"|Champions

|{{Cite web |title=Standings |url=https://canadiansoccerleague.ca/csl-standings/ |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=Canadian Soccer League |language=en-US}}

= Second team =

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Season

!League

!Teams

!{{tooltip|Record|Wins, draws, losses}}

!Rank

!Playoffs

!Ref

2017

|rowspan="3"|Canadian Soccer League (Second Division)

|8

|8–0–6

|3rd

|Semifinals

|{{Cite web |title=2017 CSL Second Division |url=https://ca.soccerway.com/national/canada/reserve-league/2017/regular-season/r39482/ |access-date=10 January 2025 |website=ca.soccerway.com}}

2018

|6

|12–1–2

|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st

|bgcolor="FFEBAD"|Champions

|{{Cite web |title=2018 CSL Second Division |url=https://ca.soccerway.com/national/canada/reserve-league/2018/regular-season/r43943/ |access-date=10 January 2025 |website=ca.soccerway.com}}

2019

|6

|13–0–2

|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st

|bgcolor="FFEBAD"|Champions

|{{Cite web |title=2019 CSL Second Division |url=https://ca.soccerway.com/national/canada/reserve-league/2019/regular-season/r50329/ |access-date=10 January 2025 |website=ca.soccerway.com}}

References

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==External links ==

  • [https://continentalsfc.com/ FC Continentals] (Official website)

{{Canadian Soccer League}}

{{Ontario Sports}}

{{Toronto Sports}}

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