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Narodnyy Klub Veres Rivne ( uk, РНК «Верес») is a
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professional
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club based in
Rivne Rivne (; uk, Рівне ),) also known as Rovno (Russian: Ровно; Polish: Równe; Yiddish: ראָוונע), is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the surrounding Rivne Raio ...
. The club competes in the
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, the top tier of
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, after winning the
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Lutsk Lutsk ( uk, Луцьк, translit=Lutsk}, ; pl, Łuck ; yi, לוצק, Lutzk) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast (province) and the administrative center of the surrounding Luts ...
. Founded in 1957, Veres first promoted to
Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...
in 1992, and spent there 5 seasons in total over three periods. They achieved their best result of 6th place in 2017–18 season. Veres also reached the semi-finals of
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. The team ran into financial difficulties after the winter break of the 2010–11 season and was removed from the
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.Expelled from the PFL due to their financial situation. ''(April 29, 2011)'' It was reinstated and resumed playing in the same league in 2015. The home uniform consists of red shirt with black shorts; the away uniform is all black.


History


Soviet times

The team was founded in 1957 as Kolhospnyk (collective farm worker) and played the 1958 season in the Class B Third Zone, finishing 14th of the 16 teams that participated. The team played 13 seasons in Class B. The best results came in the 1968 and 1969 seasons when the team placed 7th. In 1966, it changed its name to Horyn after the
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that flows in
Volhynia Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. Th ...
. After the reorganization of the Championship of the USSR in 1971, Horyn played in the Second League of the Ukrainian Zone until the fall of the Soviet Union. In 1972, the club became part of the all-Ukrainian Avanhard voluntary sports society and changed its name to Avanhard. In the first season in the Second League of the Ukrainian Zone Avanhard placed 26th. Starting in the late 1970s Avangard started progressing and in 1981 under the management of two famous Dynamo Kyiv players Viktor Matvienko and Volodymyr Troshkin Avanhard got 3rd place. Nine years later under the management of Viktor Pokora Avanhard placed 3rd again.


Three seasons in Vyshcha Liha

During the
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it changed its name again to Veres (heather) and was placed in the
1992 Ukrainian First League 1992 Ukrainian First League was the first Ukrainian First League season with the record number of teams participating in the league at 28 divided into groups. The season started on March 14 and finished July 5, 1992. At the end of the season the ...
. In the same season, Veres placed first and was promoted to the Vyshcha Liha. In their first season in Vyshcha, Veres placed last but wasn't relegated because the league was expanded. The following season was the most successful in the club's history. The team was 4th at the mid-way point, beating teams like
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club was owned by the Privat Group that also owns BC Dnipro and Budivelnyk Kyiv. In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced in ...
,
FC Metalist Kharkiv Football Club Metalist Kharkiv ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб Металі́ст Ха́рків ) is a Ukrainian football club based in Kharkiv that plays in the Ukrainian First League during the 2021–22 season. It was revived 5 years ...
,
FC Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was ...
, defeating
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in the
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to reach the semi-final. But during the second half, Veres fell to 12th place. During the 1994–95 season, their second in the Premier League, Veres struggled and was relegated to the
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.


Liquidation in 2011

After relegation from the
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, Veres remained in the Second League until 2011 when, after 54 years as a professional football club, Veres declared bankruptcy and was liquidated.


The huge People's Club project

On 19 March 2015, the club was reinstated as Public Union Rivne Football Club Veres Rivne by two Ukrainian public organizations "Rivne City Football Federation" and "Rivne Oblast Football Federation". The chairman of the Public Union became a well known businessman of
Rivne Oblast Rivne Oblast ( uk, Рі́вненська о́бласть, translit=Rivnenska oblast), also referred to as Rivnenshchyna ( uk, Рі́вненщина) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The surface area of th ...
Oleksiy Khakhlyov, a son-in-law of former
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Viktor Yushchenko Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko ( uk, Віктор Андрійович Ющенко, ; born 23 February 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010. As an informal leader of th ...
How the "people's" football club "Veres" was transferred under control of a Lviv businessman (Як «народний» футбольний клуб «Верес» перейшов під контроль львівського бізнесмена)
Chetverta Vlada. 8 June 2016 (check also
FC Nafkom Brovary FC Nafkom Brovary was a Ukrainian professional team from Brovary in Kyiv Oblast. NAFKOM is a portmanteau which stands for Our Football Team ( uk, НАша Футбольна КОМанда).Valerko, A. Our Football Team (НАша Футбольн ...
). It was the first club in Ukraine to have club membership among its fans and as of May 21 had over 3,500 members (3,728 in 2016). Khakhlyov initiated a powerful promotion campaign in social media such as Facebook ("the 12th player") to reflect popularity of the newly created club. The club was announced as "PEOPLE's" (Narodnyi). During the campaign members of the new club claimed that the club accepts no outsiders, only Rivne natives. About that fact even commented one of Ukrainian football journalist Artur Valerko complementing it as appealing, interesting, and seems like a "policy of Athletic Bilbao". The club's statute also stated that no one unrelated to
Rivne Oblast Rivne Oblast ( uk, Рі́вненська о́бласть, translit=Rivnenska oblast), also referred to as Rivnenshchyna ( uk, Рі́вненщина) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The surface area of th ...
may sponsor or in any way participate in the club. The idea of people's club is not new and previously for propaganda was used when FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk transformed into
FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk was a Ukrainian football team based in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, the unofficial capital of the Prykarpattia region. History The club was founded in 1940 after the Soviet occupation of the Ea ...
back in 2003 as People's Football Club Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk (NFK Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk). In the
2015–16 Ukrainian Second League The 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League was the 25th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 26 July 2015 with a full round of matches. From 1 November 2015 to 26 March 2016 the competition was on winter br ...
season, Veres finished in second place and was promoted to the Ukrainian First League. The promotion was widely celebrated at the Rivne city central square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti). Following the success Khakhlyov came out and announced, "I appeared in front of perspective that "Veres" wants to play in the First League, but there are no money. Membership contributions, help of the budget and sponsors are not enough. We gathered, conditionally speaking, 5 million, but need 15. Why 15? It is a simple thing. I cannot live without a dream. The dream was not only revive "Veres", but to get promoted to the First League. They were looking at me as on an idiot. Now I have a dream that "Veres" in the Premier League, Veres among elites of Ukrainian football. We will be realizing it". After the end of the
2015–16 Ukrainian Second League The 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League was the 25th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 26 July 2015 with a full round of matches. From 1 November 2015 to 26 March 2016 the competition was on winter br ...
season, the club was reconstituted as a
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TOV FC Veres-Rivne by the Public Union "Rivne Football Club Veres Rivne" and Lviv Refrigerating Company "Limo", with the latter becoming the majority holder with a 61% stake. (Note: TOV is a Ukrainian acronym for limited liability company ( uk, товариство з обмеженою відповідальністю, tovarystvo z obmezhenoiu vidpovidalnistiu).) The Veres-Rivne company headed by Ihor Dedyshyn was founded to manage the club. Previously Dedyshyn was a sports journalist, football manager of
FC Karpaty Lviv Football Club Karpaty Lviv ( ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Lviv. History Early years (1963–68) The team of Karpaty was founded on 18 January, 1963 in association football, 1963. In 1961 Silmash Lvi ...
, and a manager of Lviv media company "ZIK". "Limo" whose final beneficiary is Bohdan Kopytko will cover the budget costs of approximately ₴15 million for the
2016–17 Ukrainian First League The 2016–17 Ukrainian First League was the 26th since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 16 July 2016, and the competition commenced on 24 July 2016. The spring session started on 12 March 2017 with the competition ending on 2 Ju ...
season. The goal for the season was to achieve promotion to the
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. The club FC Veres-Rivne received certification (attestation) to play in the PFL competitions from the
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signed by O.Bandurko and Yu.Zapisotskyi (acting head of the FFU committee on licensing of clubs). Following the reorganization from People's Club (NK) Veres Rivne to FC Veres-Rivne, the Rivne internet newspaper "Chetverta Vlada" called for explanation to Oleksiy Khakhlyov, whether the club is still "People's". Khakhlyov answered that the club was "People's", is "People's", and will be "People's". He then added, "the Public Union which had a certification as a professional club to play football in the
2015–16 Ukrainian Second League The 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League was the 25th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 26 July 2015 with a full round of matches. From 1 November 2015 to 26 March 2016 the competition was on winter br ...
. There are property terms. In regards to special requirements to the teams that play in professional sports, there are certain requirements in regards to certification of professional clubs. It cannot be a "Public Union", because our "Public Union" a priory is a
non-profit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
". In the beginning of March 2017 the supervisory board of NK Veres Rivne announced that will not hold meeting as the club's leadership failed to submit the club's financial report for 2016.Scandal in FC Veres: why the supervisory board is in conflict with its leadership (Скандал у футбольному клубі «Верес»: чому конфліктує наглядова рада і керівництво)
Chetverta Vlada. 6 March 2017 The supervisory board that was created in May 2015 was setup with controlling functions of the club, but has been ignored by the club's leadership.


2017: Desna vs Veres promotion scandal

On 1 June 2017, it was announced that second-place club
FC Desna Chernihiv Football Club Desna Chernihiv ( uk, ФК «Десна» Чернігів) is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" (FC Avanhard Chernihiv) during its first year of existence as part of a repu ...
was denied a license to play in the top division. The argument was that the club was not able to provide guarantees for adequate financing of infrastructure. The license was granted to NK Veres Rivne, the third-place team during the previous season in the second division. Both clubs, FC Desna Chernihiv and NK Veres Rivne, had not played at their home stadiums in the
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. Desna had played in
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at the
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, at the Izotop Stadium of the
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. The administration of Desna released a letter of protest before a meeting of FFU representatives. In protest, the Desna administration announced that the club would not play its final game of the season against
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, but later relented. Nonetheless, during the game, players of both teams protested on the field in a special way: when the whistle was blown the players, instead of starting play, stood around kicking a ball back and forth among themselves. On 2 June 2017, upon conclusion of its conference, the UPL administration announced the final composition of the league and calendar for the upcoming season. The conference confirmed the admission of Veres to the league, with only one vote against, from
FC Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was offici ...
; six votes in favour of the decision; and three (including
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) abstentions. On 2 June 2017, the Desna fans were picketing the House of Football in
Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
after they arrived on four buses from
Chernihiv Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...
. On 7 June 2017, sports media UA-Football requested permission from
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and
FC Desna Chernihiv Football Club Desna Chernihiv ( uk, ФК «Десна» Чернігів) is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" (FC Avanhard Chernihiv) during its first year of existence as part of a repu ...
to publish related documents to clarify the situation and come to some kind of closure. A number of football experts commented negatively on the situation, while the
PFC Sumy FC Sumy was a Ukrainian football team based in the city of Sumy, which used to play in the Persha Liha. In April 2019 the Ukrainian Football Federation deprived the club of its professional status.Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi Anatoliy Petrovych Bezsmertnyi ( uk, Анатолій Петрович Безсмертний; born 21 January 1969) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and former player. Career Bezsmertnyi started to play football at the Dynamo sports ...
stated sarcastically that these football functionaries would make Veres the national champions by decree. The former
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president
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said that the
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vice-president was lying about Desna's problems. President of
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, Oleksandr Porovoznyuk, called on other clubs to withdraw their teams from the league in support for
FC Desna Chernihiv Football Club Desna Chernihiv ( uk, ФК «Десна» Чернігів) is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" (FC Avanhard Chernihiv) during its first year of existence as part of a repu ...
. President of
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Petro Kaplun stated that it made him laugh when the president of Veres, Oleksiy Khakhlev, asked that the regulations be followed, pointing out that Veres had been admitted to the Second League in complete disregard of the regulations. Kaplun also called on the FFU authorities to pay attention to what owners of professional clubs had to say as they have a right to express their vote of confidence or non-confidence in the FFU leadership.


Ukrainian Premier League successes

In June 2017, Veres was taken over by Lviv businessman Bohdan Kopytko who was suspected of having ties with organized crime, and who was known under the nickname "Kopyto". Kopytko also owns the Lviv refrigerating company "Limo" and became an honorary president of NK Veres Rivne. On 27 March 2018, Kopytko became the president of Veres after
Oleksiy Khakhlyov Oleksiy Oleksiyovych Khakhlyov ( uk, Олексій Олексійович Хахльов; born 6 February 1999) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Zorya Luhansk. Career In 2017, Khakhlyov signed for Spa ...
resigned. Khakhlyov claimed that he left his position because of possible conflict of interest between his positions with the club and with the
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and the Football Federation of Rivne Oblast. On 17 January 2018, NK Veres-Rivne officially re-registered as a
Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...
-based club. On 19 February 2018, the Rivne city council announced that it would stop sponsoring the club because of its relocation to
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. On 13 March 2018, Veres became a provisional member of the
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. Finally, NK Veres Rivne took sixth place in the
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after a controversy which preceded the match of Round 31 with
FC Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was ...
in
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" (swap) was to take place between NK Veres Rivne and
FC Lviv FC Lviv ( uk, ФК «Львів», pl, FK Lwów) is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv, that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League. While the first president of FC Lviv Oleksandr Didenko insisted that FC Lviv of 1 ...
after which FC Lviv would advance straight to the Premier League, while NK Veres would join the lower league instead of Lviv. According to the official club's legend the big People's Club Veres Rivne was merged with the Second League FC Lviv and was recreated with admitting reinstated another no less bigger People's Club Veres in the Second League despite the
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requirements to participate in amateur competitions before applying for professional competitions. One possible reason for the merger was that renovations at the club's home field, Avanhard Stadium, were suspended by the local authorities and had not yet recommenced. The Rivne-based media were claiming that the club is simply being renamed as FC Lviv. On 21 May 2018, a letter signed by Kopytko that was published on the official website of the club confirmed the intention of the club's administration to merge with
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. After the last game of the 2017–18 season with
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, the club's fans were attacked by security group of Bohdan Kopytko including the general director of the club Andriy Pankiv. Following the club's decision to merge with FC Lviv, some players announced that they would resign from the club. According to FootballHub, the following individuals had already left the club: players Yevhen Morozenko, Stanislav Kulish, Denys Kozhanov, Dmytro Fastov, Pavlo Lukyanchuk,
Mykyta Kamenyuka Mykyta Kamenyuka ( uk, Микита Олександрович Каменюка; born 3 June 1985) is a retired Ukrainian professional football midfielder who is most known for playing for Zorya Luhansk in the Ukrainian Premier League. Kamenyu ...
, as well as sports director Anatoliy Sorokin, and some other staff members. According to Mykola Nesenyuk (FC Dynamo Kyiv department director in relations with mass media), the new NK Veres Rivne had no connection to the previous Veres club.Babiy, O.
"Sometimes for Surkis it does not feel well when I write something". Mykola Nesenyuk tells about his work in Dynamo, talks with Chornovil, and stealing of Veres ("Іноді Суркісу буває непереливки, коли я щось напишу". Микола Несенюк – про роботу в Динамо, розмову із Чорноволом і викрадення Вереса)
'. Football 24. 20 May 2018 During the interview to Channel 24 in May 2018 Nesenyuk who is native of
Rivne Rivne (; uk, Рівне ),) also known as Rovno (Russian: Ровно; Polish: Równe; Yiddish: ראָוונע), is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the surrounding Rivne Raio ...
added that the whole project with "People's Club" seems as a hoax. On 12 June 2018 the FFU licensing committee headed by
Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi Anatoliy Petrovych Bezsmertnyi ( uk, Анатолій Петрович Безсмертний; born 21 January 1969) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and former player. Career Bezsmertnyi started to play football at the Dynamo sports ...
announced that
FC Lviv FC Lviv ( uk, ФК «Львів», pl, FK Lwów) is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv, that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League. While the first president of FC Lviv Oleksandr Didenko insisted that FC Lviv of 1 ...
failed certification to play in the Second League, while FC Veres is certified to play in the Premiers. In the 2018–19 season, the new NK Veres Rivne is set to play in the
2018–19 Ukrainian Second League The 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League was the 28th since its establishment. The competition started on 21 July 2018 with the match between Myr and FC Nikopol. The competition entered in recess for a winter break which started after the completio ...
with
Oleksiy Khakhlyov Oleksiy Oleksiyovych Khakhlyov ( uk, Олексій Олексійович Хахльов; born 6 February 1999) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Zorya Luhansk. Career In 2017, Khakhlyov signed for Spa ...
as president and with a home stadium in
Rivne Oblast Rivne Oblast ( uk, Рі́вненська о́бласть, translit=Rivnenska oblast), also referred to as Rivnenshchyna ( uk, Рі́вненщина) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The surface area of th ...
. In May 2019 it became clear that Veres was transformed into joint stock company consisting of public association Rivne football club Veres–Rivne, UkrTeplo (Rivneteploenerho), and Rivne city council ( Avanhard Stadium).


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Honors

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Cup of the Ukrainian SSR Football Cup of the Ukrainian SSR ( uk, Кубок УРСР з футболу, Kubok URSR z futbolu, russian: Кубок УССР по футболу, Kubok USSR po futbolu) was a playoff republican competitions in association football that were ta ...
**Runners-up (2):
1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...
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1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...
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Ukrainian First League The Persha Liha ( uk, Перша ліга) or Ukrainian First League is a professional football league in Ukraine and the second tier of national football competitions pyramid. Members of the league also participate in the Ukrainian Cup. It is th ...
**Winners (2):
1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...
,
2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...
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Ukrainian Second League Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * Som ...
**Runners-up (1): 2015–16


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Coaches

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Konstantin Shchegotsky Konstantin Vasilyevich Shchegotsky (russian: Константин Васильевич Щегоцкий; April 13, 1911 – January 23, 1989) was a Soviet-Ukrainian football player and coach from Moscow. Playing career In 1927-29, at the age o ...
(1957, 1966) *
Tiberiy Popovich Tiberiy Popovich (originally hu, Tibor Popovics, uk, Тиберій Ладиславович Попович, Tyberiy Ladyslavovych Popovych; 20 September 1930 – 10 February 2008) was an association footballer from the former Soviet Union who ...
(1961) * (1971–72) * Nikolai Mikhalev (1973) * (1974–1976) * Valentyn Tuharin (1977–1979) *
Viktor Matviyenko Viktor Antonovych Matviyenko ( ua, Віктор Антонович Матвієнко; 9 November 1948 – 29 November 2018)
(1980–1982, 1985) *
Volodymyr Troshkin Volodymyr Mykolayovych Troshkin ( ua, Володимир Миколайович Трошкін, russian: Владимир Николаевич Трошкин; 28 September 1947 – 5 July 2020) was a Ukrainian footballer and coach. He was consid ...
(1983–84) *
Volodymyr Polishchuk Volodymyr Polishchuk ( uk, Полищук Владимир Васильевич) is a retired Ukrainian football player. Career Volodymyr Polishchuk was born on 29 July 1974 in Kyiv. Vikhovanets SDYUSSHOR Dynamo Kyiv. At the wlub, he received a ...
(1985–1987) * Mykola Volkov (1989) *
Roman Pokora Roman Mykhaylovych Pokora ( uk, Роман Михайлович Покора, 22 February 1948 – 8 March 2021) was a Ukrainian football player and manager who played most of his career as a midfielder. Career Born in Zboriv, Pokora lived in ...
(1989–1991) * Viktor Nosov (1991–1992) * Vasiliy Kurilov (1992) *
Mykhailo Dunets Mykhailo Mykhailovych Dunets ( uk, Михайло Михайлович Дунець; born 3 November 1950) is a Soviet and Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East ...
(1993) * Vyacheslav Kobyletskyi (1993, 1994–95) *
Mykhaylo Fomenko Mykhaylo Ivanovych Fomenko ( uk, Михайло Іванович Фоменко; born 19 September 1948) is a Ukrainian former association footballer and former head coach of the Ukraine national team.Vyacheslav Kobyletskyi (1994–95) * Orest Bal (1995) *
Ivan Krasnetskyi Ivan Krasnetskyi (27 December 1945 – 23 April 2010) was a Soviet and Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relati ...
(1995) * Volodymyr Vusatyi (1995–96) * Vyacheslav Kobyletskyi (1996–97) * Mykola Yatsyuk (1997–1999) * Serhiy Silvay (1999) * Vyacheslav Kobyletskyi (1999) * Serhiy Silvay (1999–2000) * Hryhoriy Shalamay (2000–2003) * Serhiy Silvay (2003) * Vasyl Sondey (2004) * Pavlo Ivanchov (2004–05) *
Roman Laba Roman Romanovych Laba ( uk, Роман Романович Лаба; born 30 November 1966) is a Ukrainian former football striker, and currently interim coach of Lviv in the Ukrainian First League. Coaching career After he retired from playing ...
(2005) *
Giorgi Shengelia Giorgi may refer to: * Giorgi (name), a Georgian masculine given name * Giorgi (surname), an Italian surname * Giorgi family, a noble family of the Republic of Venice and the Republic of Ragusa See also * Giorgio (disambiguation) * Di Giorgi * ...
(2006) *
Serhiy Stashko Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latin ''gens'' Sergia or Sergii of regal and republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honor of Saint Sergius, or in Russia, of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and h ...
(2006) * Mykola Volkov (2006) * Serhiy Silvay (2006) * Ivan Kovanda (2007–08) *
Mykola Filin Mykola ( uk, Мико́ла, Mykóla, ) is a Slavic variant, more specifically a Ukrainian variant, of the masculine name " Nicholas", meaning "victory of the people". It may refer to: People *Mykola Arkas (1853–1909), Ukrainian composer, wr ...
(2008–09) *
Andriy Kovtun Andriy Oleksandrovych Kovtun ( uk, Андрій Олександрович Ковтун; russian: Андрей Александрович Ковтун; born 28 February 1968) is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his profession ...
(2009–10) *
Mykola Filin Mykola ( uk, Мико́ла, Mykóla, ) is a Slavic variant, more specifically a Ukrainian variant, of the masculine name " Nicholas", meaning "victory of the people". It may refer to: People *Mykola Arkas (1853–1909), Ukrainian composer, wr ...
(2015) * Oleh Lutkov (2015) *
Viktor Bohatyr Viktor Bohatyr (born 11 May 1969) is a former association football, football player and current manager. Career He played for FC Dnepr Mogilev and FC Chornomorets Odesa, and he coached FC Oleksandriya, FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih and FC Inhulets Petrove ...
(2015–2016) *
Volodymyr Mazyar Volodymyr Mazyar ( uk, Володимир Іванович Мазяр, born 28 September 1977) is a Ukrainian football manager and a former player. From 2011 to July 2022, he was the manager of Akzhayik in Kazakhstan. Career He worked a manage ...
(2016–2017) *
Yuriy Virt Yuriy Mykolayovych Virt ( uk, Юрій Миколайович Вірт; born 4 May 1974) is a retired Ukrainian football goalkeeper and current manager of FC Veres Rivne. Career He played over 100 games for Metalurh Donetsk in the Ukrainian Prem ...
(2017) * Yury Svirkov (2018) *
Andriy Demchenko Andriy Anatoliyovych Demchenko ( ua, Андрій Анатолійович Демченко; born 20 August 1976) is a Ukrainian football coach and former player who manages Georgian club Dinamo Batumi. He played as an attacking midfielder or ...
(2018, caretaker) *
Volodymyr Homenyuk Volodymyr Mykhaylovych Homenyuk ( uk, Володимир Михайлович Гоменюк; born 19 July 1985 in Bokiyma, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine) is a retired Ukrainian football forward. He has been nicknamed the Wayne Rooney of Crimea.
(2018) *
Oleh Shandruk Oleh Shandruk ( uk, Олег Шандрук, born 30 January 1983, Smyha, Rivne Oblast, Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бл ...
(2018, caretaker) *
Oleh Shandruk Oleh Shandruk ( uk, Олег Шандрук, born 30 January 1983, Smyha, Rivne Oblast, Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бл ...
(2018–2019) *
Yuriy Virt Yuriy Mykolayovych Virt ( uk, Юрій Миколайович Вірт; born 4 May 1974) is a retired Ukrainian football goalkeeper and current manager of FC Veres Rivne. Career He played over 100 games for Metalurh Donetsk in the Ukrainian Prem ...
(2019–)


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Official website
* Artur Kysliachenko.

'. UA-Football. 22 April 2020. * ttps://4vlada.com/tags/oleksii-hahlov On the subject of Oleksiy Khakhlyov and Veres Chetverta Vlada. {{DEFAULTSORT:Veres Rivne Ukrainian Premier League clubs Sport in Rivne Football clubs in Rivne Oblast Association football clubs established in 1957 1957 establishments in Ukraine Football clubs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Avanhard (sports society) Agrarian association football clubs in Ukraine