FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

For the original football club which was founded in 1925, see FC Metalist Kharkiv.

Football Club Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Металіст 1925) is a professional football club from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Founded in 2016, the club plays in the Ukrainian First League. Their home stadium is Metalist Oblast Sports Complex with 40,003 capacity.

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Full name	Футбольний клуб Металіст 1925 Харків Football Club Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Nickname(s)	Zhovto-syni (Yellow-blue)
Founded	17 August 2016
Ground	OSC Metalist Arena Livyi Bereh
Capacity	40,003
Owner	[1][2] Volodymyr Nosov[2] [2]
Chairman	Anton Ivanov [2]
Head coach	Patrick van Leeuwen
League	Ukrainian First League
2023–24	Ukrainian Premier League, 16th of 16 (relegated)
Website	https://metalist1925.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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.^{[citation needed]}

On the initiative of former Metalist player Volodymyr Linke, among others, a new club was created under the name FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.^[3] It entered the Ukrainian Football Amateur League for the 2016–17 season and earned promotion to the Ukrainian Second League the next year.^[4]

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

As of 12 January 2025^[5][6][7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  UKR Oleh Mozil 2 DF  UKR Dmytro Kapinus 3 DF  UKR Vasyl Kravets 5 MF  BRA Pedro Arthur (on loan from Concórdia) 6 MF  ZAM Golden Mafwenta (on loan from Vyškov) 7 FW  BRA Ari Moura 8 MF  UKR Samuel Obinaya 9 FW  UKR Andriy Boryachuk 10 MF  UKR Vladlen Yurchenko 11 MF  UKR Vyacheslav Churko 12 GK  UKR Ihor Potimkov 13 DF  UKR Volodymyr Salyuk 14 MF  UKR Ivan Lytvynenko 17 DF  UKR Ihor Kurylo 19 MF  ALB Ermir Rashica 21 MF  UKR Denys Nahnoynyi 22 FW  UKR Vladyslav Dmytrenko

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 GK  UKR Yaroslav Protsenko 24 FW  GHA Raymond Owusu 25 GK  UKR Maksym Kovalenko 26 MF  UKR Ihor Kohut 27 MF  UKR Dmytro Kravchenko 28 FW  UKR Ramik Hadzhyiev 29 DF  UKR Maksym Zhychykov 30 GK  UKR Danylo Varakuta 31 FW  UKR Serhiy Sten 32 DF  UKR Maksym Imerekov (captain) 45 MF  UKR Vladyslav Kalitvintsev 74 DF  UKR Ihor Snurnitsyn 77 FW  UKR Vladyslav Buhay (on loan from Zorya Luhansk) 79 FW  UKR Andriy Chyruk 91 MF  UKR Matviy Panchenko 97 FW  UKR Oleksiy Sydorov — FW  NGA Christian Mba

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 69 DF  UKR Yuriy Potimkov (at Kudrivka until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player

Administration and coaches

Administration

• Owner – LLC FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv^[8]

Current staff (senior team)

• Head coach – Patrick van Leeuwen
• Head coach assistant – Oleksandr Chyzhov
• Assistant coach – Maksym Tsvirenko
• Assistant coach – Ori David
• Assistant coach – Dmytro Kabachok
• Goalkeeper coach – Serhiy Volvakov
• Fitness Coach – Valeriy Blokhin
• Fitness Coach – Andriy Shabalin^[9]

General Directors

• 2016–2020 Volodymyr Linke
• 2020–2023 Yaroslav Vdovenko^[10][11]
• 2023–2024 Andriy Niedielin
• 2024–present Anton Ivanov

Presidents and vice-presidents

• 2023–present Volodymyr Nosov^[12]
  • 2023–present Yuriy Korotun

Managers

• Oleksandr Pryzetko (16 Aug 2016 – 26 September 2017)^[13]
• Vyacheslav Khruslov (caretaker) (26 September 2017 – 28 September 2017)
• Oleksandr Ivanov (28 September 2017 – 3 May 2018)
• Serhiy Ralyuchenko (caretaker) (3 May 2018 – 8 May 2018)
• Serhiy Valyayev (8 May 2018 – 11 September 2018)
• Oleksandr Horyainov (caretaker) (11 September 2018 – 10 December 2018)
• Oleksandr Horyainov (10 December 2018 – 4 June 2019)
• Andriy Demchenko (4 June 2019 – 21 July 2020)
• Vyacheslav Khruslov (caretaker) (21 July 2020 – 21 August 2020)
• Valeriy Kriventsov (21 August 2020 – 22 October 2022)
• Edmar (caretaker) (23 October 2022 – 5 November 2023)
• Oleh Holodyuk (caretaker) (5 November 2023 – 20 December 2023)
• Viktor Skrypnyk (20 December 2023 – 28 July 2024)
• Serhiy Karpenko (caretaker) (28 July 2024 – 20 August 2024)
• Patrick van Leeuwen (20 August 2024 – present)^[14]

Honours

• Ukrainian First League
  • Third place (1): 2020–21
• Ukrainian Second League
  • Third place (1): 2017–18
• Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship
  • Runners-up (1): 2016–17

Seasons

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Other		Notes
2016–17	4th (Championship among amateurs)	1	20	13	4	3	46	18	43		LF	Lost final	Group winner, Promoted
2017–18	3rd "B" (Second League)	2	33	21	4	8	77	27	67	1⁄64 finals			Promoted
2018–19	2nd (First League)	4	28	15	6	7	35	20	51	1⁄16 finals
2019–20		7	30	15	6	9	44	34	51	1⁄32 finals
2020–21		3	30	16	8	6	36	22	56	1⁄64 finals			Promoted
2021–22	1st (Premier League)	10	18	6	1	11	17	29	19	1⁄8 finals
2022–23		12	30	6	14	10	23	42	32	Not played
2023–24										1⁄8 finals

Women, reserves teams 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.^[15]

Metalist 1925 (women)

Main article: FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (women)

Created in 2006 as Zhilstroi-1 Kharkiv (Zhytlobud-1), in 2024 the women team from Kharkiv was fully integrated by Metalist 1925 as its women team. Zhilstroi-1/Zhytlobud-1 is a leader of the women club's football in Ukraine.

Notes