# FC Inhulets Petrove

Football Club Inhulets Petrove (Ukrainian: Інгулець Петрове) is a professional Ukrainian football club from the town of Petrove, Kirovohrad Oblast that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League following the promotion from 2019–20 Ukrainian First League. The club colours are yellow and red.

## History

The club was founded in the spring of 2013 under the name FC Ahrofirma Pyatykhatska Volodymyrivka because the team sponsorship was one of the largest agricultural enterprises of Kirovohrad region. The president of the club was also the enterprise's president – Oleksandr Povorozniuk who previously was a president of FC Desna Chernihiv. In their first season Ahrofirma Piatykhatska was runner up in the Kirovohrad Oblast Cup. In 2013–2014, the club competed in both Kirovohrad Oblast and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast regional football competitions.
Club President Oleksandr Povorozniuk initiated a children's football teams in every village of the Petrove Raion.
The club in 2014 competed in the Ukrainian Football Amateur League and were beaten finalists in the championship game.
In February 2015, the club was renamed to Inhulets. The club again competed in the 2015 Amateur Championship but during the season the club entered the professional ranks and joined the PFL entering into the Ukrainian Second League. Inhulets Petrove continued its participation among amateurs with its second team, FC Inhulets-2 Petrove.
In their first season, the club were promoted to the Ukrainian First League.
In 2015 Inhulets competed at the 2015 UEFA Regions' Cup as "AF Pyatykhatska" representing Ukraine.
In 2019, the club reached one of its greatest achievements, arriving at the final of its national cup. The game ended with a 4–0 defeat by Shakhtar Donetsk.
At the end of the 2019-20 season, Inhulets was promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League for the first time in their history.

## Gallery

* 2015–17 emblem
* Coat of arms of settlement Petrove
* Povorozniuk Stadium in Volodymyrivka (original stadium)

## League and cup history

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Other Notes AF Piatykhatska Volodymyrivka 2014 4th (Amateur Championship) 1 6 4 1 1 27 8 13 Amateur Cup Winners 1 3 2 1 0 5 2 7 Runners up Inhulets Petrove 2015 4th (Amateur Championship) 1 6 4 0 2 9 4 12 RC Group stage 2 10 6 0 4 16 8 18 joined Druha Liha; replaced with FC Inhulets-2 Petrove 2015–16 3rd (Second League) 3$_{/14}$ 26 14 8 4 37 16 50 1⁄16 finals Promoted 2016–17 2nd (First League) 13$_{/18}$ 34 10 8 16 33 45 38 1⁄32 finals 2017–18 4$_{/18}$ 34 21 6 7 46 20 69 1⁄16 finals 2018–19 7$_{/15}$ 28 11 9 8 35 32 42 Final 2019–20 3$_{/16}$ 30 17 9 4 47 22 60 1⁄4 finals Promoted 2020–21 1st (Premier League) 12$_{/14}$ 26 5 11 10 24 39 26 1⁄16 finals 2021–22 14$_{/16}$ 17 3 4 10 13 28 13 1⁄32 finals All football competitions were suspended or abandoned on April 26 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. 2022–23 14$_{/16}$ 30 8 7 15 22 34 31 None Relegated via play-offs
Notes:
* ↑ Lost the league final to FC Rukh Vynnyky
* ↑ was fielding its second team FC Inhulets-2 Petrove

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 3 January 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 |
| 2 | DF | UKR | Stanislav-Nuri Malysh |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Vitaliy Dubiley |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Ivan Losenko (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Yuriy Kozyrenko |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Pyatov |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Oleh Pushkaryov (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 10 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Kozak |
| 12 | GK | UKR | Oleksiy Palamarchuk |
| 13 | MF | UKR | Oleh Osypenko |
| 16 | MF | UKR | Daniil Chornyi |
| 17 | FW | UKR | Artem Sitalo |
| 18 | MF | UKR | Valeriy Sad |
| 19 | FW | UKR | Radion Lisnyak |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | UKR | Roman Volokhatyi |
| 26 | DF | UKR | Vladyslav Sydorenko |
| 32 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Petko |
| 33 | MF | UKR | Maryan Mysyk |
| 36 | GK | UKR | Anton Zhylkin |
| 42 | MF | UKR | Illya Hadzhuk |
| 44 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Chaban |
| 45 | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Vilivald (on loan from Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) |
| 59 | MF | UKR | Bohdan Mohylnyi |
| 77 | GK | UKR | Bohdan Smetanka |
| 91 | DF | UKR | Maksym Melnychuk |
| 97 | MF | UKR | Denys Rezepov |
| 99 | FW | UKR | Serhiy Kyslenko |
| — | FW | UKR | Nazar Popov (on loan from Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) |

### 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 |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Europe competitions

In 2015, "Inhulets" competed at the 2015 UEFA Regions' Cup as "AF Pyatykhatska" representing Ukraine. Entering the competition at the intermediate group stage (total 3 stages) and playing in Moldova, the team was not able to qualify for final tournament in the Republic of Ireland.
Games of AF Pyatykhatska in UEFA competitions :
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2015 | UEFA Regions' Cup | Group 5 | Catalonia | — | 0–4 | 3rd |
| 2015 | UEFA Regions' Cup | Group 5 | Eastern Region | — | 0–4 | 3rd |
| 2015 | UEFA Regions' Cup | Group 5 | Telenești | — | 5–0 | 3rd |
For the 2017 UEFA Regions' Cup where Ukraine was represented by a team of Kirovohrad Oblast (Kirovograd Region according to the UEFA), which was composed out of the Inhulets' reserve team, UEFA admitted the team under the name of "Ingulee, Kirovograd Region". Entering the competition again at the intermediate group stage which was played in Malta, the team was able to qualify for the final tournament in Turkey.
Games of Ingulee in UEFA competitions :
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2017 | UEFA Regions' Cup | Group 1 | Ligue Paris Ile-de-France | — | 2–1 | 1st |
| 2017 | UEFA Regions' Cup | Group 1 | East West Central Scotland | — | 3–0 | 1st |
| 2017 | UEFA Regions' Cup | Group 1 | Gozo | — | 3–1 | 1st |
| 2017 | UEFA Regions' Cup | Group A | Istanbul | — | 0–3 | 4th |
| 2017 | UEFA Regions' Cup | Group A | Lisboa | — | 3–3 | 4th |
| 2017 | UEFA Regions' Cup | Group A | Zagreb | — | 1–4 | 4th |

## List of managers

* 2013 Valeriy Len
* 2013–2015 Ruslan Pereverziy
* 2015 Viktor Bohatyr
* 2015–2016 Eduard Khavrov
* 2016 Dmytro Kolodyn
* 2016–2022 Serhiy Lavrynenko
* 2022 Mladen Bartulović (interim)
* 2022– Serhiy Kovalets

### Administrative and coaching staff

| Administration | Coaching (senior team) | Coaching (U-21/U-19 team) |
| President – Oleksandr Povoroznyuk First Vice-president – Mykola Zhurylo Vice-president – Vitaliy Kozlovskyi Chief of team – Yuriy Mansurov | Head coach – Vladyslav Lupashko Assistant head coach – Ihor Yermakov Fitness coach – Vadym Shutenko Goalkeeping coach – Bohdan Shust Head of soccer school – Oleh Strontsitskyi | Head coach U21 – Head coach U19 – |