FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

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

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Full nameФутбольний клуб Металіст 1925 Харків
Football Club Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
NicknameZhovto-syni (Yellow-blue)
Founded17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
GroundOSC Metalist (pre-war)
Arena Livyi Bereh (currently)
Capacity41,307 (pre-war)
4,700 (currently)
Owner[1][2]Volodymyr Nosov
Chairman[1][3]Anton Ivanov
Head coachMladen Bartulović
LeagueUkrainian Premier League
2024–25Ukrainian First League, 3rd of 18 (promoted via play-off)
Websitehttps://metalist1925.com

Football Club Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб Металіст 1925 Харків) is a professional football club from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Founded in 2016, the club plays in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top tier of Ukrainian football after promotion from the Ukrainian First League in 2024–25. Their home stadium is the 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 plays in the highest tier of the Ukrainian association football – at the Ukrainian Premier League.

On 1 June 2025, Metalist 1925 secured promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League from next season after a win against Livyi Bereh Kyiv on a 2–0 aggregate in the promotion-relegation play-off, and returned to the top tier after a one-year absence.

Infrastructure

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

Squad

Players

As of 3 March 2026[6][7][8]

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  UKR Ivan Kalyuzhnyi (captain)
7 FW  BRA Ari Moura
8 FW  VEN Sebastián Castillo
10 MF  UKR Vladlen Yurchenko
11 MF  UKR Vyacheslav Churko
13 DF  UKR Volodymyr Salyuk
14 FW  UKR Ramik Hadzhyiev
15 FW  UKR Denys Antyukh
16 MF  COL Nicolás Arévalo
17 MF  UKR Ihor Kohut
18 DF  UKR Yevhen Pavlyuk
19 MF  ALB Ermir Rashica
23 GK  UKR Yaroslav Protsenko
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF  UKR Oleksandr Martynyuk
25 MF  UKR Ivan Lytvynenko
27 DF  UKR Illya Krupskyi
30 GK  UKR Danylo Varakuta
31 DF  UKR Artem Shabanov
37 DF  UKR Valeriy Dubko
42 DF  UKR Yevhen Pasich
45 MF  UKR Vladyslav Kalitvintsev
72 FW  KOS Baton Zabërgja
74 DF  UKR Ihor Snurnitsyn
77 MF  ITA Cauan Baptistella
80 FW  NGA Christian Mba
91 MF  UKR Matviy Panchenko
97 FW  UKR Oleksiy Sydorov
98 FW  NGA Peter Itodo

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
— GK  UKR Maksym Kovalenko (at Probiy Horodenka until 30 June 2026)
— MF  UKR Samuel Obinaya (at Jablonec until 30 June 2026)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  UKR Oleksandr Smityukh (at Dinaz Vyshhorod until 30 June 2026)
— MF  UKR Denys Nahnoynyi (at Kudrivka until 30 June 2026)
— FW  GHA Raymond Owusu (at Kudrivka until 30 June 2026)

Administration and coaches

Administration

  • Owner – LLC FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv[9]

Current staff (senior team)

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

Honours

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 16 30 5 8 17 32 57 23 1⁄8 finals Relegated to FL
2024–25 2nd
(First League) 		3 22 10 6 6 29 20 36 3rd round Promoted to PL win play-off Livyi Bereh Kyiv 1:0 1:0
2025–26 1st
(Premier League) 		6 19 8 7 4 22 13 31 1⁄2 finals

European record

FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv did not participate in European competitions.

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.[17]

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.

References

  1. ^ a b Кому официально принадлежат украинские клубы. ukrrudprom.com. 12 November 2021
  2. ^ Неделин: Околофутбольное чудо произошло, угроза исчезновения Металлиста 1925 прошла. sportarena.com. 31 August 2023
  3. ^ ТОВ ФК МЕТАЛІСТ 1925 ХАРКІВ - Інформація про юридичну особу ТОВ "ФК "МЕТАЛІСТ 1925". opendatabot.ua. 31 October 2025
  4. ^ "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). UA-Football. 5 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Металлист 1925 стал профессиональным футбольным клубом". 16 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Основний склад".
  7. ^ "Metalist 1925".
  8. ^ "Професіональна футбольна ліга України". Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Металіст 1925 став професійним футбольним клубом". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 16 May 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Гендиректор Металіста 1925: Зауважень до тренерського штабу Кривенцова немає". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 30 December 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Ярослав Вдовенко залишає "Металіст 1925"". metalist1925.com (in Ukrainian). 22 November 2023. Archived from the original on 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Нові лідери, нові перспективи: Володимир Носов стає президентом ФК "Металіст 1925"". metalist1925.com (in Ukrainian). 23 November 2023. Archived from the original on 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  13. ^ Oleksandr Pryzetko is a head coach of Metalist 1925
  14. ^ "Патрік ван Леувен - головний тренер "Металіста 1925"" (in Ukrainian). metalist1925.com. 4 September 2024. Archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  15. ^ "У нього був провал і в «Шахтарі». «Металіст 1925» відсторонив від роботи головного тренера". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 18 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  16. ^ "Олександр Чижов готуватиме «Металіст 1925» до матчу проти «Агробізнесу»". metalist1925.com (in Ukrainian). 20 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  17. ^ "У Другій лізі нового сезону виступлять 8 нових резервних команд: ми дізналися, хто їх очолить і де вони будуть грати – є сюрпризи" [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]. ukrfootball.ua (in Ukrainian). 13 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
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