FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv explained

Clubname:Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Fullname:Football Club Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Founded:2016
Ground:OSC Metalist
Capacity:40,003
Owner:?(52%)[1] [2]
Vitaliy Zhuravskyi (29%)
Group of owners (19%)
Chrtitle:General Director
Chairman:Yaroslav Vdovenko
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Serhiy Karpenko[3]
League:Ukrainian First League
Season:2023–24
Position:Ukrainian Premier League, 16th of 16 (relegated)
Website:https://metalist1925.com
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Football Club Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Металіст 1925) is a professional football club from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Founded in 1925, the club plays in the Ukrainian First League. Their home stadium is Metalist Oblast Sports Complex with 40,003 capacity.

Metalist Kharkiv was promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League after finishing in third place in the 2020–21 Ukrainian First League. They earned promotion on two previous occasions: placing second in the 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League and placing third in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League.

History

The club was established in the summer of 2016 after the original club, FC Metalist Kharkiv, was refused a license by the Football Federation of Ukraine and expelled from national competitions.

On the initiative of former Metalist player Volodymyr Linke, among others, a new club was created under the name FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.[4] It entered the Ukrainian Football Amateur League for the 2016–17 season and earned promotion to the Ukrainian Second League the next year.[5]

In 2018 the club was promoted to the Ukrainian First League and from 2021 it is playing in the highest tier of the Ukrainian assotiation football – at the Ukrainian Premier League.

Infrastructure

Metalist 1925 plays its games at Metalist Stadium. It has its own training site in the town of Vysokyi.

Squad

Players

[6] [7] [8]

Out on loan

Administration and coaches

Administration

Coaches (senior team)

Managers

Honours

Seasons

SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAPDomestic CupOtherNotes
2016–174th
(Championship among amateurs)
1201343461843
2017–183rd "B"
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2018 - 19align=center rowspan=32nd
428 15 6 735 2051 finals
2019 - 20730 15 6 944 3451 finals
2020 - 21align=center bgcolor=tan330 16 8 6 36 22 56 finalsalign=center bgcolor=lightgreen
2021 - 22align=center rowspan=31st
10186111172919 finals
2022 - 23123061410234232Not played
2023 - 24 finals

Reserves and academy

Metalist 1925-2

It was announced that Metalist 1925 will be fielding its second squad in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League. Metalist 1925-2 would be formed based on Metalist 1925 under-19 team that competed at the UPL U-19 competitions.[14]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://sportarena.com/football/upl/nedelin-okolofutbolnoe-chudo-proizoshlo-ugroza/ Неделин: Околофутбольное чудо произошло, угроза исчезновения Металлиста 1925 прошла
  2. https://ukrrudprom.com/digest/Komu_ofitsialno_prinadlegat_ukrainskie_klubi.html Кому официально принадлежат украинские клубы
  3. caretaker
  4. https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/2a/1501929606-nash-klub-sozdali-bolelschiki-dlya-bolelschikov-v-harkove-poshli-drugim-putem.html "Our club was created by fans for fans". In Kharkiv they went the other way ("Наш клуб создали болельщики для болельщиков". В Харькове пошли другим путем)
  5. Web site: Металлист 1925 стал профессиональным футбольным клубом. 16 May 2017.
  6. Web site: Основний склад.
  7. Web site: Metalist 1925.
  8. Web site: Професіональна футбольна ліга України. 22 January 2018. 22 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181022095413/http://pfl.ua/teams/16-metalist. dead.
  9. Web site: Металіст 1925 став професійним футбольним клубом. ua-football.com. 16 May 2017. 1 August 2022. uk.
  10. Web site: Металіст 1925 змінив власників – "сонячні" енергетики та коксохіміки взяли контроль. Футбол 24. 1 August 2022. 8 October 2020. football24.ua. uk.
  11. Web site: Гендиректор Металіста 1925: Зауважень до тренерського штабу Кривенцова немає. ua-football.com. 30 December 2021. 1 August 2022. uk.
  12. Web site: Тренери команди.
  13. https://web.archive.org/web/20160817224909/http://fc-metalist.com/news/post/4901 Oleksandr Pryzetko is a head coach of Metalist 1925
  14. News: У Другій лізі нового сезону виступлять 8 нових резервних команд: ми дізналися, хто їх очолить і де вони будуть грати – є сюрпризи . ukrfootball.ua . 13 June 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240630201010/https://ukrfootball.ua/exclusive/u-drugii-lizi-novogo-sezonu-vistuplyat-8-novikh-rezervnikh-komand-mi-diznalisya-khto-yikh-ocholit-i-de-voni-budut-grati-ye-syurprizi/ . 30 June 2024 . 30 June 2024 . uk . In the new season's Second League 8 new reserve teams will participate: we discovered who will manage them and where they will play, there are surprises.