# FC Rukh Lviv

FC Rukh Lviv (Ukrainian: ФК «Рух» Львів) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Lviv. The club competes in the Ukrainian Premier League following the promotion as runners-up of 2019–20 Ukrainian First League.

## History

In 2003 under the initiative Myron Markevych, who was born in Vynnyky, and at the time was head coach of FC Karpaty Lviv established football club called FC Rukh Vynnyky. When asked why Rukh, Markevych replied that Movement (ukr. romanized: Rukh) is life. In June 2003, a children's football school Myron Markevych "Rukh" 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 Hryhoriy Kozlovskyy and head trainer Roman Hdanskyi was formed. Since the team was located in Vynnyky which is a satellite town of the city of Lviv, so at a time teams participated separately in Lviv Oblast 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 Dynamo Kyiv internationals Oleksandr Aliyev and Maksim Shatskikh.
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
** Runners-up (1): 2019–20
* Ukrainian Second League
** Runners-up (1): 2016–17
* Ukrainian Amateur League
** Winners (1): 2014
** Runners-up (2): 2013, 2015
* Lviv Oblast Championship
** Winners (4): 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
* Lviv Oblast Cup
** Winners (3): 2012, 2014. 2015

## Squad

Updated as of 23 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 | GK | UKR | Yuriy-Volodymyr Hereta |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Vitaliy Kholod |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Yuriy Tlumak |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Yuriy Klymchuk |
| 8 | FW | UKR | Yaroslav Karabin |
| 9 | FW | UKR | Artur Remenyak |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Ostap Prytula |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Vasyl Runich |
| 15 | MF | UKR | Denys Pidhurskyi |
| 16 | MF | UKR | Artur Ryabov |
| 17 | DF | UKR | Denys Slyusar |
| 19 | FW | UKR | Yevheniy Pastukh |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Klayver |
| 23 | GK | UKR | Dmytro Ledviy |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | DF | UKR | Oleh Horin |
| 29 | DF | UKR | Roman Didyk |
| 35 | MF | BRA | Edson Fernando |
| 60 | FW | UKR | Ruslan Nepeypiyev |
| 63 | MF | UKR | Marko Sapuha (captain) |
| 73 | DF | UKR | Rostyslav Lyakh |
| 75 | DF | UKR | Andriy Kitela |
| 76 | DF | UKR | Oleksiy Tovarnytskyi |
| 77 | FW | KGZ | Beknaz Almazbekov |
| 88 | FW | UKR | Vladyslav Pohorilyi |
| 89 | FW | UKR | Andriy Stolyarchuk |
| 92 | DF | UKR | Bohdan Slyubyk |
| 93 | DF | UKR | Vitaliy Roman |
| 99 | FW | GAM | Baboucarr Faal |

### 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 |
| — | MF | UKR | Oleh Fedor (at Karpaty Lviv until 31 December 2025) |
| — | MF | BRA | Talles (at Kashima Antlers until 31 January 2026) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | UKR | Illya Kvasnytsya (at Karpaty Lviv until 31 December 2025) |

## Notable players

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

## Coaches and administration

| Administration | Coaching |
| President – Hryhoriy Kozlovskyi General director – Rostyslav Puzanskyi Vice-president – Emre Karaahmetoglu Sporting director – Volodymyr Lapitskyi | Head coach – Vitaliy Ponomaryov Assistant – Ivan Shuha Assistant – Borys Baranets Goalkeeping coach – Andriy Rad Fitness coach – Vitaliy Romanyuk |

## League and cup history

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Other Notes 2013 4th 1 10 7 2 1 20 6 23 AC 1⁄2 finals 1 4 3 1 0 7 3 10 Runners up 2014 1 8 5 1 2 17 8 16 1 4 3 1 0 5 2 10 Champions 2015 1 6 4 1 1 10 6 13 AC 1⁄4 finals 1 10 8 2 0 15 4 26 1 3 3 0 0 8 1 9 Runners up 2016–17 3rd 2$_{/17}$ 32 23 5 4 68 24 74 1⁄32 finals Promoted 2017–18 2nd 7$_{/18}$ 34 14 9 11 36 30 51 1⁄32 finals 2018–19 11$_{/15}$ 28 8 10 10 35 35 34 1⁄32 finals 2019–20 2$_{/16}$ 30 18 7 5 51 21 61 1⁄16 finals Promoted 2020–21 1st 10$_{/14}$ 26 6 10 10 27 39 28 1⁄16 finals 2021–22 was terminated 11$_{/16}$ 17 4 6 7 16 21 18 1⁄8 finals began on 24.02.2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022–23 11$_{/16}$ 30 7 11 12 31 37 32 — 2023–24 6$_{/16}$ 30 12 13 5 44 31 49 1⁄8 finals 2024–25 6$_{/16}$ 6 3 2 1 13 3 11 1⁄4 finals

## Coaches

| Roman Hdanskyi (2009 – 10 Nov 2016) Ruslan Mostovyi (10 Nov 2016 – 11 Aug 2017) Volodymyr Mazyar (11 Aug 2017 – 12 Nov 2017) Andriy Kikot (13 Nov 2017 – 9 Sep 2018) | Yuriy Virt (26 Sep 2018 – 13 Nov 2018) Leonid Kuchuk (1 Feb 2019 – 10 Dec 2019) Yuriy Bakalov (14 Dec 2019 – 15 Jun 2020) Ivan Fedyk (15 Jun 2020 – 4 Aug 2021) | Leonid Kuchuk (5 Aug 2021 – 19 March 2023) Vitaliy Ponomaryov (20 March 2023 – present) |

## Rukh Lviv reserves
### Rukh-2 Lviv

In 2023 Rukh created its second team and was admitted by the Professional Football League of Ukraine to play at the 2023–24 Ukrainian Second League.
    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Other Manager 2023–24 3rd 9$_{/14}$ 26 9 7 10 29 36 34 Volodymyr Bezubyak 2024–25 3rd x$_{/10}$ Ivan Fedyk

### Rukh U-19 Lviv

In 2020 Rukh created its reserve teams including under-21 and under-19. In 2022 the Rukh under-19 team has qualified for the UEFA Youth League.
    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Other Notes 2020–21 U-19 4 26 13 7 6 49 25 46 2021–22 U-19 1 18 15 2 1 49 11 47 canceled competition 2022–23 U-19 1 30 26 4 0 91 17 82 2023–24 U-19 8 30 13 4 13 52 46 43 2024–25 U-19

### Rukh U-21 Lviv

In 2020 Rukh created its reserve teams including under-21 and under-19. Following the 2020–21 season, the competition among under-21 teams was discontinued and both squads were merged.
    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Other Notes 2020–21 U-21 3 26 15 7 4 60 30 52