Chornomorets is a Ukrainian (previously Soviet) football club based in Odesa, southern Ukraine.
The FC Chornomorets Odesa in European football debuted in 1975 originally representing the Soviet Union.
[1] Faced with S.S. Lazio of Italy, the Odesa footballers were successful at their debut at home 1–0 with the first half strike from Anatoliy Doroshenko,[2] but in away game at Stadio Olimpico Chornomorets lost in extra time 0–3 with Giorgio Chinaglia scoring hat-trick.
A 2–1 home win at Tsentralny Stadion ChMP in Odesa and a 2–3 'away' loss at Weserstadion earned the Odesa club a win on away goal rule and a progress to face Spanish club Real Madrid CF.
Sailors lost the away leg 1–2 at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, however a 0–0 draw in Odesa meant that Real progressed due to the aggregate goals advantage.