The club was founded in 1960 as
FC Avanhard Sumy. That used to be a common name of all newly founded football clubs in
Ukraine at that time. From 1963 to 1971 the club carried the name of
Spartak. In the beginning of the 21st century in
Sumy there was a different team under the same name. In 70's the team had a name of
Frunzenets. Since 1984 and until 2000 the team plays on the amateur level in the Oblast championship. The club reenter the
Druha Liha in 2000 as
FC Frunzrenets-Liha-99 Sumy, but in 2002 it merged
FC Sumy which earned the promotion to the
First League. In 1996 entered the competition of the national cup tournament. ==Previous names of the club==