Some trace its history back to 1924 when there was created the first football club in the city as the 1.RFC "Krasny Gornyak".

However, Avanhard is better known since 1946 when the team started to compete under the flag of Voluntary Sports Society (VSS) Shakhter.

The club once again appeared in the Ukrainian professional competitions after the fall of Soviet Union where it competed for some 10 years.

On 2 March 1995 at the Frunze Mine of Rovenky-Antratsyt was organized another team Shakhtar Rovenky that in 1995 became a champion of the Luhansk Oblast Championship and participated in national amateur competitions.

The team did not exist long and after playing 10 games in the 1996 Luhansk Oblast Championship withdrew from all competitions and was dissolved.