FC Poltava entered the professional leagues for the 2007–08 season in the Druha Liha B without playing a single game at amateur level.
FC Poltava started the season trepidly but in the second half they improved a great deal.
[2] The club also had intentions to reestablish the forgotten Poltava derby that in the Soviet times took place between teams of Kolkhospnyk (today's Vorskla) and Lokomotyv.
FC Poltava had an agreement of cooperation with the local Horpynka sports school.
In summer of 2010 the club announced of its withdrawal from the professional football due to a biased attitude from the PFL of Ukraine, particularly its refereeing.