SKA Lviv

SKA Lviv was a Soviet multi-sports club that existed in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR. The club was created as part of the sport section of the Carpathian Military District in 1949 and existed until 1989. It was primarily known for its football "team of masters" (Soviet term for a professional team). Until the appearance of Karpaty Lviv, the trade union team of masters, and Karpaty's promotion to the Soviet championship Class A in 1971, SKA Lviv was the Lviv city's main football team in 1950s and 1960s. In the 1980s, both Karpaty and SKA were merged into SKA Karpaty as part of the army sports club. In 1989, SKA Karpaty was dissolved, and the main army team moved to Drohobych, Lviv Oblast (see FC Halychyna Drohobych), reorganizing into SFC Drohobych. Simultaneously, FC Karpaty Lviv was reinstated as well.