Football Club Metalist 1925 Kharkiv ( uk, Металіст 1925) is a professional football club from

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. Founded in 2016, the club plays in the

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. Their home stadium is

Metalist Oblast Sports Complex "Metalist" Oblast Sports Complex ( uk, Обласний спортивний комплекс "Металіст"), which includes the Metalist Stadium ( uk, Стадіон "Металіст"), is a multi-use stadium in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It is us ...

with 40,003 capacity. Metalist 1925 was promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League after finishing in third place in the

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History

The club was established in the summer of 2016 after the original club,

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 ...

, was refused a license by the

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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. It entered the

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for the 2016–17 season and earned promotion to the

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the next year.

Infrastructure

Metalist 1925 plays its games at

Metalist Stadium "Metalist" Oblast Sports Complex ( uk, Обласний спортивний комплекс "Металіст"), which includes the Metalist Stadium ( uk, Стадіон "Металіст"), is a multi-use stadium in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It is us ...

. It has its own training site in the town of Vysoki.

Squad

Players

On loan

Administration

* Owner – LLC FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv * Co-owner – Solar Solutions Ukraine and Borky Solar * CEO – Yaroslav Vdovenko

Managers

* Oleksandr Pryzetko (16 Aug 2016 – 26 Sep 2017)Oleksandr Pryzetko is a head coach of Metalist 1925
/ref> * Vyacheslav Khruslov ''(caretaker)'' (26 Sep 2017 – 28 Sep 2017) *

Oleksandr Ivanov Oleksandr Ivanov ( uk, Олександр Михайлович Іванов; born 23 November 1965 in Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. Career Since 2014 till 2016, he worked as an assistant coach with FC ...

(28 Sep 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 Aug 2020) *

Valeriy Kriventsov Valeriy Kryventsov ( uk, Валерій Сергійович Кривенцов; born 30 July 1973 in Donetsk) is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer, who was most recently the manager of Metalist 1925 Kharkiv. He made his professional ...

(21 Aug 2020 – present)

Honours

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**Third place (1):

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**Third place (1): 2017–18 *

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**Runners-up (1): 2016–17

Seasons

Notes

References

External links

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“Ми більше не хочемо президента-олігарха“. Сергій Стороженко про Металіст 1925
UA-Football (www.ua-football.com). 29 May 2017 {{DEFAULTSORT:Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Football clubs in Kharkiv Ukrainian Premier League clubs Association football clubs established in 2016 2016 establishments in Ukraine