The team was founded in 2011 by two football enthusiasts, a veteran of
FC Vorskla Poltava Volodymyr Sysenko and a local journalist Stanislav Maizus. The first team was based on students out of schools of the Poltava's Levada neighborhood. In 2014 several professional footballers played for the club, including
Yuriy Fomenko and
Ruslan Solyanyk. In 2019–20 SC Poltava entered the AAFU cup competitions and in 2020–21 debuted at the AAFU championship. The club was placed 5th within its group in its first national season. SC Poltava was admitted to the
Professional Football League of Ukraine and entered the
2021–22 Ukrainian Second League competition. In 2024–25, SC Poltava secured promotion to the
Ukrainian Premier League for the first time in their history. ==Players==