FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
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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 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.
Football Club Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
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| Full name | Футбольний клуб Металіст 1925 Харків Football Club Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | |||
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| Nickname | Zhovto-syni (Yellow-blue) | |||
| Founded | 17 August 2016 | |||
| Ground | OSC Metalist Arena Livyi Bereh | |||
| Capacity | 40,003 | |||
| Owner(s) | [1][2] Volodymyr Nosov[2] [2] | |||
| Chairman | Anton Ivanov [2][3] | |||
| Head coach | Mladen Bartulović | |||
| League | Ukrainian Premier League | |||
| 2024–25 | Ukrainian First League, 3rd of 18 (promoted via play-off) | |||
| Website | https://metalist1925.com | |||
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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.[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
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Other players under contract
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Out on loan
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Administration and coaches
Administration
- Owner – LLC FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv[9]
Current staff (senior team)
- Head coach –
Mladen Bartulović - Assistant coach –
Maksym Tsvirenko - Assistant coach – Andriy Polunin
- Assistant coach – Oleksandr Chyzhov
- Assistant coach – Yevhen Shakhov
- Goalkeeping coach – Serhiy Dolhanskyi
- Analysts – Valentyn Yermak
- Fitness Coach – Andriy Shabalin
- Fitness Coach – Dragan Todorovic
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 – 18 May 2025)[14][15]
- Oleksandr Chyzhov (caretaker) (20 May 2025 – present)[16]
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 | |
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| 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)
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.