Previous clubs A football team in
Vinnytsia existed before
World War II as a local team of Vinnytsia city, which participated in championships among other cities. After the 1936 reorganization of football competition, the team continued to play in lower tiers. Following World War II, in
1946 football in Vinnytsia was represented by the
Spartak society. In
1947, the team played under
Dynamo's colors, which for the next several years regularly won regional competitions and made final appearances. The team's names include "Trud", "Burevisnyk", and City Team.
Lokomotyv → Nyva In 1958, the current club was established as a Soviet team of the local locomotive factory as
Lokomotyv Vinnytsia, which was established on the initiative of the director of
Southwestern Railway Petro Kryvonos. After Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Nyva was selected to play in the inaugural
Ukrainian Premier League in 1992, due to being one of the top 9 (of 11) Ukrainian teams from the West Division of the
Soviet Second League in 1991. After being relegated in 1992, Nyva spent the 1993 season in the Ukrainian second division in the
First League. Nyva was quickly promoted back to the top level next season after winning the competition. Nyva Vinnytsia's best achievement in the
Ukrainian Premier League was a 10th-place finish in the
1993–94 season. The club also surprisingly made the
1995–96 Ukrainian Cup finals, only to lose to
Dynamo Kyiv. As a result, Nyva took part in the
1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, even progressing to the first round after beating
JK Tallinna Sadam on away goals (1:2 loss in
Tallinn and 1:0 win in
Vinnytsia). However, the Swiss side
FC Sion beat the Ukrainian side with a 6:0 score on aggregate (2:0 in
Sion and 4:0 in
Vinnytsia), ending the dream run in Europe. The club ceased to exist after it was relegated from the
First League in 2006 because of financial difficulties. In 2006 it was replaced with
FC Bershad from
Bershad,
Vinnytsia oblast (see
FC Nyva Bershad).
Reformation 2007 In the 2007–08 season, the club reentered professional league competition into the
Second League as
FC Nyva-Svitanok, the new part of its name meaning dawn, or new beginning. Also, Svitanok is the name of a city's flower market. On 8 July 2008, the club changed their name from "FC Nyva-Svitanok Vinnytsia" to "PFC Nyva Vinnytsia".
Reformation 2015 The club was again reformed and entered the Vinnytsia Oblast competition for the 2015–16, finishing in fifth place. The club competed in 2016 in the
2016 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, finishing second in their group. The club successfully passed attestation and competed in the
2016–17 Ukrainian Second League season finishing 7th place. At the end of 2020, the club announced about financial hardship, and acting president of the club Vadym Kudiarov complained about lack of interest from local government and public. ==Infrastructure==