# FC LNZ Cherkasy

Football Club LNZ Cherkasy (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб «ЛНЗ» Черкаси) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Cherkasy. The club is owned by LNZ Group.

## History

The club was created in 2006 by Dmytro Kravchenko. The club was based at the time in the city of Shpola and played at its Central Stadium. The club's president became Andriy Poltavets in 2006.

## Names

* 2006–2013: FC Shpola-LNZ-Lebedyn Shpola
* 2013–2021: FC LNZ-Lebedyn Lebedyn
* 2021–present: FC LNZ Cherkasy

## Honours

* Ukrainian Amateur Cup
** Winners (2): 2017–18, 2020–21
* Cherkasy Oblast Championship
** Winners (4): 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017
** Runners-up (2): 2007, 2012
* Cherkasy Oblast Cup
** Runners-up (2): 2009, 2012

## Current squad

    As of 21 February 2025
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 | MF | LUX | Olivier Thill |
| 2 | FW | CGO | Béni Makouana (on loan from Polissya Zhytomyr) |
| 4 | DF | ALB | Ajdi Dajko |
| 5 | DF | KOS | Hajdin Salihu |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Vyacheslav Tankovskyi |
| 7 | FW | CPV | Eynel Soares |
| 9 | FW | UKR | Artur Avahimyan |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Vitaliy Boyko (captain) |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Hennadiy Pasich |
| 14 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Drambayev |
| 15 | MF | KOS | Muharrem Jashari |
| 17 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Yakymenko |
| 18 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Kapliyenko |
| 19 | FW | ISR | Osama Khalaila |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | CMR | Mollo Bessala |
| 21 | GK | UKR | Yevhen Kucherenko |
| 22 | FW | NGA | Francis Momoh |
| 23 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Topalov (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 27 | FW | CRC | Jewison Bennette |
| 33 | DF | UKR | Illya Putrya |
| 34 | DF | UKR | Nazariy Muravskyi |
| 55 | MF | GEO | Shota Nonikashvili |
| 70 | FW | UKR | Vladyslav Naumets |
| 72 | GK | UKR | Kirill Samoylenko |
| 77 | MF | UKR | Bohdan Kushnirenko |
| 90 | FW | GHA | Mark Assinor |
| 94 | GK | UKR | Herman Penkov |

### 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 |
| 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 | Ivan Dubovyi (at Trostianets until 30 June 2025) |
| — | DF | UKR | Petro Stasyuk (at Obolon Kyiv until 30 June 2025) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ISR | Arad Bar (at Maccabi Petah Tikva until 30 June 2025) |

## Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for LNZ Cherkasy.

## League and cup history

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Other Notes 2017–18 Cherkasy Oblast competitions A/C Winner 2018–19 4th 1$_{/12}$ 22 18 3 1 67 15 57 Round of 64 A/P 1⁄2 finals A/C 1⁄4 finals 2019–20 4th 2$_{/12}$ 22 17 4 1 54 13 55 A/P 1⁄2 finals A/C 1⁄4 finals 2020–21 4th 2$_{/11}$ 20 14 3 3 56 11 45 A/P Winner Promoted A/C Winner 2021–22 was terminated 3rd 3$_{/15}$ 17 13 2 2 36 9 41 Round of 16 began on 24.02.2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Promoted 2022–23 2nd 1$_{/8}$ 14 9 3 2 22 6 30 — to Promotion group 3$_{/8}$ 14 6 4 4 19 12 22 Won playoffs/Promoted 2023-24 1st 7 30 11 8 11 31 34 41 1/16 2024-25 4 7 3 2 2 8 7 10 Round of 16
* A/P – the AAFU league playoffs (post-season elimination)
* A/C – the Ukrainian Amateur Cup

## Managers

* Petro Slavinskyi (2006 – 2011)
* Vasyl Hrechanyi (2012 – 16 August 2020)
* Yuriy Bakalov (17 August 2020 – 5 September 2022)
* Oleksandr Kovpak (caretaker) (5 September 2022 – 1 December 2022)
* Oleksandr Kovpak (2 December 2022 – 23 August 2023)
* Yuriy Dudnyk (caretaker) (25 August 2023 – 29 August 2023)
* Oleg Dulub (30 August 2023 – 10 June 2024)
* Andrés Carrasco (11 June 2024 – 12 December 2024)
* Roman Hryhorchuk (18 December 2024 – present)