# FC Kolos Kovalivka

FC Kolos Kovalivka (Ukrainian: Колос Ковалівка) is a professional Ukrainian football club from the village of Kovalivka, Kyiv Oblast which competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, having been promoted from the Ukrainian First League on the 8 June 2019 for the first time in their history. The club colors are white and black. The club has three football teams including women and youth.
The club has made a real cinderella story in 2020 transforming in five years from an amateur team into a continental challengers by advancing through the full league pyramid (4 tiers). Outside of the league pyramid, the club also holds several honours of regional competitions for Kyiv Oblast which it represents.
The club is named after the Ukrainian sports society Kolos (Agro-Industrial Complex trade unions) that has existed since after World War II. The main sponsor of the club is the Svitanok agrarian company (firm), formerly the Shchors collective farm (kolkhoz).

## History
### Previous team

Before establishment of Kolos, the village of Kovalivka had a team Svitanok Kovalivka. In 2008 it made appearance in the Ukrainian Amateur Cup and was eliminated in Round of 16.

### Current club

The club was established in 2012 and until 2015 it participated in championship of Kyiv Oblast playing its games in a neighboring town of Hlevakha. The team were champions three times from 2012 to 2014.
The club in 2014 made their debut in the Ukrainian Football Amateur League. Later that year after winning the Oleh Makarov Memorial Tournament, which is played in winter the head coach Ruslan Kostyshyn announced that the club intended to go into professional football. That year in 2015 after finishing third in the Ukrainian Football Amateur League, the club obtained professional status and joined the PFL entering into the Ukrainian Second League.
In their first season the club won the championship and were promoted to the Ukrainian First League.
On 29 July 2020, FC Kolos in overtime beat FC Mariupol 1–0 and qualified for the European competitions. The head coach Ruslan Kostyshyn was merely shocked stating that did not expect his club to place higher the 8th place.

## Honours

* Ukrainian First League
** Runners-up (1): 2018–19
* Ukrainian Second League
** Winners (1): 2015–16
* Kyiv Oblast Football Championship
** Winners (3): 2012, 2013, 2014
* Football cup of Kyiv Oblast
** Winners (1): 2014

## Squad

    As of 17 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 | Valentyn Horokh |
| 2 | DF | ROU | Ștefan Vlădoiu |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Vladyslav Shershen |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Valeriy Bondarenko (captain) |
| 6 | DF | UKR | Mykyta Burda |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Demchenko |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Veleten |
| 9 | DF | UKR | Andriy Tsurikov |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Pavlo Orikhovskyi |
| 11 | FW | VEN | Jovanny Bolívar (on loan from Albacete) |
| 15 | FW | UKR | Artem Husol |
| 16 | DF | KOS | Ilir Krasniqi |
| 17 | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Sydorov (on loan from Metalist 1925 Kharkiv) |
| 20 | MF | GEO | Nika Gagnidze |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | UKR | Mykola Kovtalyuk |
| 23 | FW | UKR | Ivan Holovkin (on loan from Zorya Luhansk) |
| 23 | GK | UKR | Roman Mysak |
| 29 | DF | UKR | Vladyslav Yemets |
| 31 | GK | UKR | Ivan Pakholyuk |
| 32 | DF | UKR | Eduard Kozik (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 33 | MF | UKR | Maksym Tretyakov |
| 48 | MF | UKR | Oleh Kryvoruchko |
| 54 | DF | UKR | Artem Tyeryekhov |
| 55 | MF | BRA | Elias |
| 77 | FW | UKR | Danyil Alefirenko |
| 81 | DF | UKR | Yehor Popravka |
| 88 | DF | UKR | Andriy Boyko |
| 99 | MF | ALB | Arinaldo Rrapaj |

### 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 Ilyin (at Obolon Kyiv until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | LTU | Gytis Paulauskas (at Dinamo Batumi until 31 December 2025) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | UKR | Anton Salabay (at Vorskla Poltava 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 Kolos Kovalivka.

## Coaches and administration

| Administration | Coaching (senior team) | Coaching (U-19 team) |
| President – Andriy Zasukha General director – Yevhen Yevseyev Sporting director – Vitaliy Lysytskyi First Vice-President – Irina (Faizutdinova) Zasukha | Head coach – Oleksandr Pozdeyev Assistant coach – Serhiy Kozyr Assistant coach – Andriy Hyrcha Goalkeeping coach – Vyacheslav Kernozenko Fitness coach – Vitaliy Mandzyuk | Senior coach – Vitaliy Havrysh Assistant coach – Yevheniy Novak Assistant coach – Vadym Milko Goalkeeper coach U19 - Serhiy Sitalo |

## League and cup history

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Ukrainian Cup Other Notes 2014 4th (Championship among amateurs) 2 10 6 3 1 19 5 21 AC 1⁄2 finals 2 3 1 1 1 2 4 4 2015 1 6 6 0 0 26 3 18 2 10 5 1 4 17 5 16 joined the Second League 2015–16 3rd (Second League) 1 26 19 3 4 62 22 60 1⁄32 finals Promoted 2016–17 2nd (First League) 5 34 16 9 9 52 38 57 1⁄32 finals 2017–18 5 34 19 4 11 39 30 61 1⁄16 finals 2018–19 2 28 15 9 4 45 18 54 1⁄32 finals Promoted 2019–20 1st (Premier League) 6 32 10 2 20 33 59 32 1⁄8 finals Europa League play-offs – Winners 2020–21 4 26 10 11 5 36 26 41 1⁄4 finals EL 3QR 2021–22 8 18 7 3 8 14 23 24 1⁄16 finals ECL 3QR 2022–23 8 30 10 6 14 23 36 36 None 2023–24 11 30 7 11 12 22 31 32 1⁄16 finals 2024–25 1⁄16 finals

## European record

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | Aris | — | 2–1 | — |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | 3Q | Rijeka | — | 0–2 (a.e.t.) | — |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 3Q | Shakhter Karagandy | 0–0 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | 0–0 (1–3 p) |

## Reserves and academy
### Kolos-2

It was announced that Kolos will be fielding its second squad in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League. Kolos-2 would be formed based on another football club of Kyiv Oblast, Shturm Ivankiv, that competed at amateur and regional levels.

### Youth squads

Since 2017 Kolos fields its under-19 squad in youth competitions. Also, in 2019–2021 there existed Kolos U-21 which competed in respective competitions of the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL under-21).

### Academy and junior squads

In 2017 there were formed first junior squads of the Academy. At first there were under-17 and under-15 squads which expanded substantially by 2021.

## Notable players

* Ruslan Kostyshyn

## Managers

* Kostyantyn Sakharov (2012 – 2014)
* Ruslan Kostyshyn (6 February 2014 – 29 August 2021)
* Syarhey Kuznyatsow (interim) (29 August 2021 – November 2021)
* Yaroslav Vyshnyak (November 2021 – present)