FC Seasters

SeaSters
Full nameWomen's Football Team
SeaSters Odesa
NicknameSea Sisters
Short nameSeaSters FC
Founded2023
StadiumChornomorets, Odesa
Capacity34,164
ChairmanOleksandr Androsov [uk]
Head coachAnatoliy Didenko
LeagueUkrainian Women's Prime League
2025–262nd
Websiteseasters.football

The SeaSters is a Ukrainian professional women's football team from Odesa, Ukraine. The club's home ground is Chornomorets Stadium.

History

The SeaSters football club was officially founded in the summer of 2023. The club's president Oleksandr Androsov, is a Ukrainian television anchorman and a host of the Ukrainian version of What? Where? When? game show.

Since the club was founded, Yevhen Dodurych, a former coach of such teams as FC Chornomorets Odesa (women) and FC Palmira, was appointed as the team's first head coach. The captain of the newly formed team was the experienced striker of the Ukrainian national team, Olha Boychenko, who is a multiple champion of Ukraine, a participant in the Women's European Championship and the quarterfinals of the UEFA Women's Champions League.

In the debut season of 2023–24, the SeaSters played in the Ukrainian Women's First League. The Odesa team confidently won that championship [uk] and has been promoted to play in the Ukrainian Women's Top League.

On June 28 2025, was announced that Denys Kolchin has been hired as a new head coach of the SeaSters, with Semen Altman being one of his team. In January 2026 Kolchin has left the team and joined Chornomorets-2. On January 9 2026, Anatoliy Didenko became the new head coach of Seasters. In the 2025–26 season, the team finished second in the Ukrainian Championship and earned the right to play in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round.

European record

FC SeaSters made their debut in European competitions on 5 August 2026 in the 2026–27 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds. They faced the Sporting CP and lost 0–5. On 8 August 2026 in a third-place play-off match FC SeaSters won 3–1 against BSC YB Frauen and earned the right to play in the 2026–27 UEFA Women's Europa Cup first qualifying round. The first goal for Seasters was scored by Yana Kalinina.

SeasonCompetitionStageResultOpponent
2026–27UEFA Women's Champions LeagueQualifying Round 20–5Portugal Sporting CP
3–1Switzerland BSC YB Frauen
–UEFA Women's Europa CupQualifying Round 11–0Norway Rosenborg BK
0–3

Players

Notable players

Note: Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries (national or/and olympic team) while playing for FC Seasters.

Managers

Honours

Domestic achievements

References

  1. ↑ Seasters — ще одна ланка у ланцюжку історії жіночого футболу (in Ukrainian)
  2. ↑ Чемпіонат України серед жіночих команд першої ліги. «Сістерс» (Одеса) — переможець фінального етапу (in Ukrainian)
  3. ↑ «Сістерс» здобувають чемпіонство й пряму путівку до вищої ліги, а «Оболонь» і «Минай» виступлять у плей-оф за право підвищитися в класі (in Ukrainian)
  4. ↑ "Новим головним тренером SeaSters став Денис Колчін!". seasters.football (in Ukrainian). 2025-06-27. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
  5. ↑ "Тренер, який двічі вигравав бронзу Вищої ліги, працюватиме з жіночим клубом". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 2025-06-28. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  6. ↑ Дмитро Вус (2026-01-16). "ОФІЦІЙНО. 2 в 1. "Чорноморець" призначив тренера та заступника гендиректора". sport.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2026-01-16.
  7. ↑ Михайло Черниш (2026-01-16). "Перестановки тривають. "Чорноморець" знову призначив нового головного тренера". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2026-01-16.
  8. ↑ "«Чорноморець» офіційно звільнив головного тренера". sport24.ua (in Ukrainian). 2026-01-09. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
  9. ↑ "З корабля на бал: легенду «Чорноморця» 'перевели' з чоловічого футболу в жіночий". yesport.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 2026-01-09. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
  10. ↑ Катерина Макаревська, Сергій Олексюк (2026-05-28). "'Амбіції великі — мені підходить'. Інтерв'ю з лідеркою збірної України з футболу — про прорив нового клубу і дебют в ЛЧ". suspilne.media (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2026-06-02.
  11. ↑ Report of the match Sporting CP (women) — FC SeaSters (05-08-2026) on uefa.com
  12. ↑ Report of the match Young Boys (women) — FC SeaSters (08-08-2026) on uefa.com