FC Rukh Lviv ( ua, ФК «Рух» Львів) is a

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professional

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club based in

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 ...

. The club competes in the

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following the promotion as runners-up of 2019–20 Ukrainian First League.

History

In 2003 under the initiative

Myron Markevych Myron Bohdanovych Markevych ( uk, Мирон Богданович Маркевич; born 1 February 1951) is a Ukrainian football manager and a former midfielder. He worked as a manager in the Ukrainian Premier League and the Ukrainian national ...

, who was born in

Vynnyky Vynnyky ( uk, Ви́нники, , pl, Winniki) is a city in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It belongs to Lviv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. As of 2021, its population was estimated to be . The city is part of Lycha ...

, and at the time was head coach 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 ...

established football club called FC Rukh Vynnyky. When asked why ''Rukh'', Markevych replied that ''Rukh'' is life. In June 2003, a children's football school Myron Markevych "Movement" under directorship Yuriy Hdanskyi and trainers Roman Hdanskyi, Ihor Didyk, Markiyan Shkraba, Oleh Lehan was formed. In 2009, the Rukh adult soccer team with President and head trainer Roman Hdanskyi was formed. Since the team was located in Vynnyky which is a satellite town of the city of

, so at a time teams participated separately in

Lviv Oblast Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a wikt:Appendix:Glossary#relational, relational adjective—in Englis ...

League Championship and in Lviv the teams participated in the championship of the city. The club holds matches at the stadium named after Bohdan Markevych (1925–2002, Myron Markevych's father), who was one of the main sponsors of the football club and the Youth Academy, who worked for many years as a junior's coach. In 2014, the team won the National amateur football championship. During the 2015 season, the club made sensations by signing former

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internationals

Oleksandr Aliyev Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Aliyev ( ua, Олександр Олександрович Алієв, russian: Александр Александрович Алиев); (born 3 February 1985) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer of Russian ...

and

Maksim Shatskikh Maksim Aleksandrovich Shatskikh (russian: Максим Александрович Шацких; born 30 August 1978) is an Uzbek professional football coach of Pakhtakor Tashkent and a former player. He is widely regarded as one of the best ...

. The club has been admitted to the PFL and took second place in the 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League. On 26 June 2017, the club presented a new emblem in golden and black colors.

Honors

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 t ...

**''Runners-up (1):'' 2019–20 *

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**''Runners-up (1):'' 2016–17 * Ukrainian Amateur League ** Winners (1):

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** ''Runners-up (2):''

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* Lviv Oblast Championship **Winners (4): 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 * Lviv Oblast Cup **Winners (3): 2012, 2014. 2015

Squad

''Updated as of 23 October 2022''

Out on loan

Coaches and administration

League and cup history

Coaches

References

External links

The video presentation of the new emblem of "Rukh" (Відеопрезентація нової емблеми "Руху")
Rukh TV on Logo of YouTube (2015-2017)

. 26 June 2017. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rukh Vynnyky Ukrainian Premier League clubs Association football clubs established in 2003 2003 establishments in Ukraine Football clubs in Lviv Sports team relocations