# FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Football Club Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Металіст 1925) is a professional football club from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Founded in 2016, the club plays in the Ukrainian First League. Their home stadium is Metalist Oblast Sports Complex with 40,003 capacity.
Metalist Kharkiv was promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League after finishing in third place in the 2020–21 Ukrainian First League. They earned promotion on two previous occasions: placing second in the 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League and placing third in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League.

## History

The club was established in the summer of 2016 after the original club, FC Metalist Kharkiv, was refused a license by the Football Federation of Ukraine 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 Ukrainian Football Amateur League for the 2016–17 season and earned promotion to the Ukrainian Second League the next year.
In 2018 the club was promoted to the Ukrainian First League and from 2021 it is playing in the highest tier of the Ukrainian assotiation football – at the Ukrainian Premier League.

## Infrastructure

Metalist 1925 plays its games at Metalist Stadium. It has its own training site in the town of Vysokyi.

## Squad
### Players

    As of 15 March 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 | Oleh Mozil |
| 2 | DF | UKR | Dmytro Kapinus |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Vasyl Kravets |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Pedro Arthur (on loan from Concórdia) |
| 6 | MF | ZAM | Golden Mafwenta (on loan from Vyškov) |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Ari Moura |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Samuel Obinaya |
| 9 | FW | UKR | Andriy Boryachuk |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Vladlen Yurchenko |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Vyacheslav Churko |
| 12 | GK | UKR | Ihor Potimkov |
| 13 | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Salyuk |
| 14 | MF | UKR | Ivan Lytvynenko |
| 15 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Chornomorets (on loan from Vorskla Poltava) |
| 17 | DF | UKR | Ihor Kurylo |
| 19 | MF | ALB | Ermir Rashica |
| 21 | MF | UKR | Denys Nahnoynyi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | UKR | Vladyslav Dmytrenko |
| 23 | GK | UKR | Yaroslav Protsenko |
| 24 | FW | GHA | Raymond Owusu |
| 25 | GK | UKR | Maksym Kovalenko |
| 26 | MF | UKR | Ihor Kohut |
| 27 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Kravchenko |
| 28 | FW | UKR | Ramik Hadzhyiev |
| 29 | DF | UKR | Maksym Zhychykov |
| 30 | GK | UKR | Danylo Varakuta |
| 31 | FW | UKR | Serhiy Sten |
| 32 | DF | UKR | Maksym Imerekov (captain) |
| 45 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Kalitvintsev |
| 74 | DF | UKR | Ihor Snurnitsyn |
| 77 | FW | UKR | Vladyslav Buhay (on loan from Zorya Luhansk) |
| 79 | FW | UKR | Andriy Chyruk |
| 91 | MF | UKR | Matviy Panchenko |
| — | FW | NGA | Christian Mba |

### 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 |

### 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 |
| — | DF | UKR | Yuriy Potimkov (at Kudrivka until 30 June 2025) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Sydorov (at Kolos Kovalivka until 30 June 2025) |

## Administration and coaches
### Administration

* Owner – LLC FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

### Current staff (senior team)

* Head coach – Patrick van Leeuwen
* Head coach assistant – Oleksandr Chyzhov
* Assistant coach – Maksym Tsvirenko
* Assistant coach – Ori David
* Assistant coach – Dmytro Kabachok
* Goalkeeper coach – Serhiy Volvakov
* Fitness Coach – Valeriy Blokhin
* Fitness Coach – Andriy Shabalin

### General Directors

* 2016–2020 Volodymyr Linke
* 2020–2023 Yaroslav Vdovenko
* 2023–2024 Andriy Niedielin
* 2024–present Anton Ivanov

### Presidents and vice-presidents

* 2023–present Volodymyr Nosov
** 2023–present Yuriy Korotun

### Managers

* Oleksandr Pryzetko (16 Aug 2016 – 26 September 2017)
* Vyacheslav Khruslov (caretaker) (26 September 2017 – 28 September 2017)
* Oleksandr Ivanov (28 September 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 August 2020)
* Valeriy Kriventsov (21 August 2020 – 22 October 2022)
* Edmar (caretaker) (23 October 2022 – 5 November 2023)
* Oleh Holodyuk (caretaker) (5 November 2023 – 20 December 2023)
* Viktor Skrypnyk (20 December 2023 – 28 July 2024)
* Serhiy Karpenko (caretaker) (28 July 2024 – 20 August 2024)
* Patrick van Leeuwen (20 August 2024 – present)

## Honours

* Ukrainian First League
** Third place (1): 2020–21
* Ukrainian Second League
** Third place (1): 2017–18
* Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship
** Runners-up (1): 2016–17

## Seasons

| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Domestic Cup | Other | Other | Notes |
| 2016–17 | 4th (Championship among amateurs) | 1 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 18 | 43 | | LF | Lost final | Group winner, Promoted |
| 2017–18 | 3rd "B" (Second League) | 2 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 77 | 27 | 67 | 1⁄64 finals | | | Promoted |
| 2018–19 | 2nd (First League) | 4 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 20 | 51 | 1⁄16 finals | | | |
| 2019–20 | 2nd (First League) | 7 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 51 | 1⁄32 finals | | | |
| 2020–21 | 2nd (First League) | 3 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 22 | 56 | 1⁄64 finals | | | Promoted |
| 2021–22 | 1st (Premier League) | 10 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 19 | 1⁄8 finals | | | |
| 2022–23 | 1st (Premier League) | 12 | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 42 | 32 | Not played | | | |
| 2023–24 | 1st (Premier League) | | | | | | | | | 1⁄8 finals | | | |

## Women, reserves teams and academy
### Metalist 1925-2

It was announced that Metalist 1925 will be fielding its second squad in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League. Metalist 1925-2 would be formed based on Metalist 1925 under-19 team that competed at the UPL U-19 competitions.

### Metalist 1925 (women)

Created in 2006 as Zhilstroi-1 Kharkiv (Zhytlobud-1), in 2024 the women team from Kharkiv was fully integrated by Metalist 1925 as its women team. Zhilstroi-1/Zhytlobud-1 is a leader of the women club's football in Ukraine.