Predecessors The first recorded team from Karlivka in Ukrainian republican football competitions appeared at the
1951 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR where among 10 teams in its group it placed second to the last. The list of previous football teams from Karlivka that competed at republican level • Kolhospnyk Karlivka 1951 • Naftovyk Karlivka 1984 • Trud Karlivka 1989 • Zoria Karlivka 1990, 1991
Current The club was formed in 2011 as
FC Karlivka and competed in amateur competitions including the Poltava oblast. The club forged a tie with
FC Poltava after the senior club was promoted to the
Ukrainian First League in 2012 the main club entered the team as a Reserve team into the
Ukrainian Second League competition for the 2012–13 season. The club play their home games at the main club's training facilities in the town of
Karlivka which is located approximately from
Poltava. Prior to the start of the 2013–14
Ukrainian Second League season the club severed its ties with
FC Poltava as their Reserve team and reregistered with the
PFL as
FC Karlivka. ==Name==