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Who are Zorya Luhansk?
- Updated: September 28, 2016
All you need to know about Manchester United’s Europa League opponents Zorya Luhansk ahead of Thursday’s meeting at Old Trafford…
The names of Feyenoord and Fenerbahce are familiar to English audiences but the fourth team in Manchester United’s Europa League group are less well known.
Even Jose Mourinho was stumped. “The Ukrainian team, I don’t have a vision of them or their qualities,” admitted the United manager following the draw. So what’s the story?
The history
Zorya are based in Luhansk, a city in the eastern most province of Ukraine, but are currently playing their games further west in Zaporizhia due to the ongoing conflict in the region.
The club was founded in 1923 but have gone through numerous name changes and reorganisations since then. Most notably, they were known as Zorya Voroshilovgrad – in line with the former name of the city of Luhansk – during the team’s most successful period.
The trophies
That came during the early 1970s when, despite competing against the strongest sides in the then Soviet Union, Zorya …
