FC Metalist Kharkiv

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Metalist Kharkiv
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Full name Football Club Metalist Kharkiv
Nickname(s) Hor'ky (The Weasels)
Founded 11 December 1925; 98 years ago (1925-12-11)
Ground OSC Metalist
Ground Capacity 40,003
Owner Serhiy Kurchenko
President Serhiy Kurchenko
Head coach Oleksandr Sevidov
League Ukrainian Premier League
2014–15 6th
Website Club home page
Current season

Football Club Metalist Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Футбо́льний Клуб Металі́ст Ха́рків [mɛtɐ'list 'xɑrkiw]) is a Ukrainian and a former Soviet professional football club based in Kharkiv.

It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top football league in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top League in 1960. After a difficult period which included relegation, Metalist was promoted to the Top League again in 1982, where it remained until the league's dissolution. The club won the Soviet Cup once, and were also runners-up once. They have also won the bronze title of the Ukrainian Premier League six times in a row, starting in the 2006–07 season.

Metalist's home is the 40,003 capacity multi-use Metalist Stadium. The stadium was originally built in 1926 and was recently reconstructed to its current capacity to host Euro 2012 football matches.

History

USSR competitions

The team has played under the following names: KhPZ (1936–1946), Dzerzhinets (1947–1956), Avangard (1956–1965), Metallist (1965–1991) and FC Metalist (since 1992).

FC Metalist Kharkiv was initially founded on 11 December 1925, when a local locomotive construction facility (today the Malyshev Factory) provided funding and allowed use of its land to start a football club.[1] Ten years later, the club won the city of Kharkiv championship,[1] which allowed the club to enter the USSR Cup in the following season.[1] Following World War II, the club resumed playing in local competitions, promoting itself to the Soviet Second League B in 1947[1] only to be demoted three seasons later.

In 1956, Metalist as Avanhard returned to the Soviet Second League B[1] replacing its city rivals Lokomotyv Khakriv. Soon thereafter it was promoted first to Soviet First League in 1958, and later to the Soviet Top League in 1960. The club stayed in Top League for 4 seasons, but was demoted to First League in 1963, continuing its decline with demotion to Second League. In 1978, the club was promoted to the Soviet First League[1] and two years later, the club finished third in the competition narrowly missing promotion to the top flight. The following season, the club improved on their previous performance and won the Soviet First League outright to earn a spot in Soviet Top League.[1] The club sustained 10 seasons of the Soviet Top League with several successes on the domestic front. In 1983, Metalist was the runner-up in the USSR Cup (losing 1–0 to Shakhtar Donetsk) and a few years later in 1988 would win the cup, beating Torpedo Moscow 2–0.[1] As a result, Metalist Kharkiv earned a trip to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Metalist only advanced to the last sixteen of the competition, beating Yugoslavian side Borac Banja Luka and losing to the Dutch club Roda JC.

Ukrainian Premier League

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and the formation of an independent Ukraine, Metalist joined the inaugural season of the Ukrainian Premier League in 1992. The club finished in 5th place, an achievement it would never top until the 2006–07 season, finishing in 5th place three more times since, the most notable coming during the 2001–02 season. The club finished with 40 points, on a par with FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhya and FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk for a three-way tie. Metalist was expected to take 4th place (and subsequently compete in the UEFA Cup) by virtue of having the best three-way head-to-head record among the three teams (which is the official tie-breaker to be used in domestic competitions), but following a protest by FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhya and an arbitrary decision by PFL (the administrative body of the UPL), FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhya was awarded 4th place on grounds that they had better head-to-head records independently against either side.[2] Following unsuccessful protests from Metalist, a disheartened management, team and fan base would see the club finish bottom in the following season and earning a demotion to the Ukrainian First League. However, the club would return to the UPL after one season and following a financial crisis and a takeover of the club by UkrSibbank owner Oleksandr Yaroslavsky, steady investment would see Metalist show improvement and balanced performance. Yaroslavsky sold the club to new owner Serhiy Kurchenko late December 2012.[3] Kurchenko left Ukraine in February 2014 and his current whereabouts are unknown.[4]

European Competitions

In the 2006–07 season, Metalist finished third place in the league, qualifying for the UEFA Cup 2007–08, for their second appearance in a UEFA competition. They were drawn against English club Everton. The first leg, away at Goodison Park, ended in a 1–1 draw. Everton won the second leg 3–2, eliminating Metalist.

Metalist's next European competition was the UEFA Cup 2008–09 season. Metalist beat Beşiktaş 4–2 on aggregate in the first round to qualify for the group stage. Here they were grouped with Galatasaray, Olympiacos, Hertha Berlin, and Benfica. Metalist finished top of the group, beating Galatasaray, Olympiacos, and Benfica, and drawing 0–0 with Hertha. In the Round of 32 Metalist defeated Italian club Sampdoria 3–0 on aggregrate, setting up for an all-Ukrainian Round of 16 tie versus Dynamo Kyiv. After losing in Kiev 1–0, Metalist won the return leg 3–2, but were eliminated on the away goals rule.

When the competition was re-branded as the Europa League for the 2009–10 season, Metalist beat Croatian side HNK Rijeka 4–1 on aggregate in the third qualifying round before losing 2–1 on aggregate to Austrian side SK Sturm Graz despite holding them 1–1 in Graz. The following season they finished 2nd in Group I behind Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven, thus qualifying for the Round of 32 where they were thrashed 6–0 on aggregate by German side Bayer Leverkusen. They reached the quarter-finals the following season beating Greek side Olympiacos on away goals in the round of 16. However Sporting Lisbon eliminated Myron Markevych's side. The following season they faced Bayer Leverkusen again two seasons on from the Germans' 6–0 aggregate hammering of Myron Markevych's team in the round of 32 in the 2010–11 competition. After beating Leverkusen 2–0 on 22 November 2012, Metalist finished above Sami Hyypiä's team on head-to-head points as they both finished on 13 points and had played out a goalless draw at the BayArena. Next, they faced English club Newcastle United in the round of 32. After holding them to a goalless draw at St James' Park in the 1st leg on February 14 in which Magpies striker Papiss Cisse had two goals wrongly disallowed for off-side, Shola Ameobi's penalty sent Alan Pardew's team through 1–0 on aggregate.

In August 2013 UEFA disqualified Metalist Kharkiv from UEFA 2013/2014 competitions.[5][nb 1]

Stadium

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Main article: Metalist Stadium

As Metalist Stadium was one of the venues for Euro 2012, the management decided to reconstruct and expand the arena and turn it into a modern recreational and leisure facility. In May 2008, Metalist Arena was the venue for 2008 Ukrainian Cup Final.

Honours and achievements

Domestic

Ukrainian Premier League:

Soviet / Ukrainian First League:

  • Winners (1): 1981
  • Runners-up (1): 2003–04

Championship of the Ukrainian SSR:

  • Winners (1): 1978[1]

Soviet / Ukrainian Cup:

  • Winners (1): 1988
  • Runners-up (2): 1983, 1992[1]

Soviet League Cup:

  • Runners-up (1): 1987

Soviet / Ukrainian Super Cup:

  • Runners-up (1): 1989

International

United Tournament:

  • Runners-up (1): 2014

Football kits and sponsors

Years[8] Football kit Shirt sponsor
2000–01 Puma  –
2001–02 Puma/Adidas  –
2002–03 Lotto TECHNOCOM[9]
2002–03 adidas АВЭК[10]
2004–06 adidas UKRSIBBANK
2006–08 UKRSIBBANK
BNP Paribas Group
2007–08 UKRSIBBANK/DCH[11]
2008–12 DCH
2012–13 DCH/ВЕТЭК[12]
2013–present ВЕТЭК

Rivalry

Metalist Kharkiv supporters biggest rival today is Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.[13] Despite this fans of both clubs marched in support of a "united Ukraine" in Kharkiv during the April 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine.[13]

Players

Current squad

As of 6 December 2015[14][15]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Ukraine GK Denys Sydorenko
2 Ukraine MF Oleksiy Polyanskyi (on loan from Shakhtar)
4 Ukraine MF Oleksiy Dovhyi
5 Ukraine MF Kyrylo Kovalchuk
7 Ukraine MF Ivan Bobko
8 Ukraine MF Serhiy Barylko
10 Ukraine MF Vyacheslav Churko (on loan from Shakhtar)
11 Ukraine MF Dmytro Lyopa
12 Ukraine GK Rustam Khudzhamov (on loan from Shakhtar)
13 Ukraine DF Ivan Zotko
15 Ukraine DF Dmytro Ryzhuk (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
18 Ukraine MF Oleksandr Noyok
21 Ukraine FW Artem Besyedin (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
23 Ukraine GK Serhiy Pohorilyi (captain)
No. Position Player
25 Ukraine MF Serhiy Syzyi
29 Ukraine GK Oleksandr Horyainov
42 Ukraine DF Yevhen Zubeyko
43 Ukraine MF Yuriy Tkachuk
44 Ukraine MF Oleh Synytsya
46 Ukraine MF Maksym Averyanov
47 Ukraine FW Valeriy Hryshyn (on loan from Shakhtar)
48 Ukraine FW Bohdan Boychuk
55 Croatia FW Ivan Rodić
77 Ukraine DF Artem Putivtsev
80 Ukraine FW Volodymyr Pryyomov
86 Ukraine FW Volodymyr Barilko
88 Ukraine DF Oleksiy Kurylov
95 Ukraine DF Eduard Sobol (on loan from Shakhtar)

Player records

Still active players in bold.

Top goalscorers

As of 25 May 2014[16]

# Name Years League Cup Europe Other Total
1 Serbia and MontenegroSerbiaUkraine Marko Dević 2006–12
2013–14		 84 4 10 0 98
2 Soviet Union Nikolai Korolyov 1956–66 70 3 8 0 86
3 Soviet Union Vladimir Linke 1976–85
1994–96		 77 4 0 0 81
4 Soviet Union Yuri Tarasov 1983–91
1993–94		 61 11 2 0 74
5 Soviet Union Nodar Bachiashvili 1978–82 67 1 0 0 68
6 Soviet Union Yuri Tsymbalyuk 1973–77
1981		 52 4 0 0 56
7 Ukraine Oleksandr Karabuta 1991–00 46 5 0 0 51
8 Brazil Cleiton Xavier 2010–14 38 10 0 0 48
9 Soviet Union Stanislav Bernikov 1977–83 37 4 0 0 41
10 Soviet Union Sergey Melko 1974–75
1978–82		 38 2 0 0 40
  • Other – National Super Cup

Most appearances

As of 25 May 2014[17]

# Name Years League Cup Europe Other Total
1 Ukraine Oleksandr Horyainov 1993–95
1997–03
2005–		 422 32 37 0 491
2 Soviet Union Vladimir Linke 1976–85
1994–96		 351 25 0 0 376
3 Soviet Union Nikolai Korolyov 1956–66
1969		 353 8 0 0 361
4 Soviet Union Ivan Panchishin 1985–90
1992–94
1996–98		 282 35 4 0 321
5 Soviet Union Evgeniy Panfilov 1958–69 312 8 0 0 320
6 Soviet Union Yuri Sivuha 1976
1979–88		 268 38 2 0 308
7 Soviet Union Aleksandr Savchenko 1965–73 260 15 0 0 275
8 Soviet Union Viktor Aristov 1967–73 254 16 0 0 270
9 Senegal Papa Gueye 2006–15 206 14 49 0 269
10 Soviet Union Alexander Kosolapov 1974–78
1980–83		 249 17 0 0 266
  • Other – National Super Cup

League and Cup history

Soviet Union

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
1979 2nd 7 46 19 10 17 43 47 48 1/8
1980 2nd 3 46 24 12 10 76 40 60 1/16
1981 2nd 1 46 25 12 9 68 33 62 1/2 Promoted
1982 1st 12 34 10 11 13 32 34 30 Group stage
1983 1st 11 34 12 8 14 38 40 32 Finalist
1984 1st 12 34 12 5 17 42 53 29 1/8
1985 1st 10 34 12 7 15 39 55 31 1/16
1986 1st 12 30 9 9 12 21 25 27 1/16
1987 1st 11 30 10 7 13 23 32 27 1/4
1988 1st 11 30 8 10 12 29 36 26 Winner CW 2nd Round First international participation
1989 1st 7 30 10 10 10 30 33 30 1/8
1990 1st 11 24 5 8 11 13 28 18 1/4
1991 1st 15 30 8 9 13 32 43 25 1/16 Joined Ukrainian Supreme League

Ukraine

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
1992 1st 6 18 8 5 5 21 16 21 Runner-up quit Soviet Cup[18]
1992–93 1st 5 30 12 7 11 37 34 31 1/2 finals
1993–94 1st 18 34 6 8 20 22 63 20 1/16 finals Relegated
1994–95 2nd 10 42 17 9 16 48 44 60 Second round
1995–96 2nd 19 42 10 9 23 40 54 39 1/32 finals
1996–97 2nd 12 46 18 9 19 55 53 63 Second round
1997–98 2nd 3 42 26 11 5 74 29 89 1/16 finals Promoted
1998–99 1st 6 30 14 5 11 31 32 47 1/4 finals
1999–00 1st 5 30 12 8 10 41 35 44 1/16 finals
2000–01 1st 9 26 8 7 11 27 37 31 1/8 finals
2001–02 1st 5 26 11 7 8 35 36 40 1/4 finals
2002–03 1st 16 30 6 5 19 19 43 23 1/16 finals Relegated
2003–04 2nd 2 34 19 9 6 51 24 66 1/16 finals Promoted
2004–05 1st 11 30 9 7 14 25 37 34 1/16 finals
2005–06 1st 5 30 12 7 11 35 42 43 1/8 finals
2006–07 1st 3 30 18 7 5 40 20 61 1/2 finals
2007–08 1st 3 30 19 6 5 50 27 63 1/8 finals UC 1st Round Bronze stripped
2008–09 1st 3 30 17 8 5 44 25 59 1/2 finals UC Round of 16
2009–10 1st 3 30 19 5 6 49 23 62 1/8 finals EL Play-off Round
2010–11 1st 3 30 18 6 6 58 26 60 1/16 finals EL Round of 32
2011–12 1st 3 30 16 11 3 54 32 59 1/8 finals EL 1/4 finals
2012–13 1st 2 30 20 6 4 59 25 66 1/8 finals EL Round of 32
2013–14 1st 3 28 16 9 3 54 29 57 1/4 finals UCL 3rd qual. rnd.[19]
2014–15 1st 6 25 8 11 6 34 32 35 1/4 finals EL Group Stage [20]
2015–16 1st 1/16 finals

Metalist in Europe

UEFA Team ranking

Rank Country Team Points
45 Italy Fiorentina 49.387
46 Austria Salzburg 46.185
47 England Fulham 45.949
48 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 59.693
49 France Lille 45.300
50 Denmark Copehagen 45.260
51 Germany Hannover 96 42.328

Last update: September 15, 2014
Source: xs4all.nl

European history

Metalist Kharkiv participates in European competitions since 1988 after playing its first against Borac Banja Luka. Since 2007, however, the club continuously participates on annual basis with variable successes.

Best results:

Season Achievement Notes
UEFA Cup / Europa League
2011–12 Quarter-Finalist eliminated by Portugal Sporting CP 1–2 in Lisbon, 1–1 in Kharkiv

Managers

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ On 14 August 2013 UEFA announced that Metalist was banned from the 2013-14 UEFA Champions League due to an ongoing match fixing investigation related to match fixing arising from a game played against FC Karpaty Lviv in April 2008.[6] The club appealed the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but it rejected Metalist's request, disqualifying the club from European 2013–14 competitions on 16 August 2013.[6] The club was on the verge of competing in the qualifying phase of the tournament at the time of the decision.[7] The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced its final decision on Metalist’s complaint on 28 August 2013 (thus one day after the clubs final match in the qualifying phase of the tournament would have taken place); it upheld UEFA’s decision to disqualify FC Metalist Kharkiv from European competitions.[5][7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "Metalist" celebrates anniversary, SQ (12 December 2015) (Russian)
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  3. ↑ New owner of FC Metalist intends to win Ukrainian Cup, ready to buy city's share in stadium, Kyiv Post (25 December 2012)
    Kernes:Yaroslavsky sold Metalist in anticipation of court's decision on fixed matches, Kyiv Post (25 December 2012)
    Akhmetov shocked to learn of Metalist sale, Kyiv Post (27 December 2012)
  4. ↑ EU imposes assets freeze on Yanukovich and ‘family’, Financial Times (March 6, 2014)
    Russia's Rosneft might buy Ukraine's Odessa refinery: newspaper, Reuters (March 3, 2014)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Lausanne court upholds UEFA decision to disqualify FC Metalist from European competitions, says club’s vice president, Interfax-Ukraine (28 August 2013)
    UEFA happy with CAS decision on Metalist complaint, Interfax-Ukraine (28 August 2013)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lausanne court rejects Metalist’s request to suspend UEFA decision barring club from European competition, Interfax-Ukraine (16 August 2013)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lausanne court dismisses Metalist repeat request to suspend its disqualification, Interfax-Ukraine (20 August 2013)
    CAS to announce final decision on Metalist’s complaint on August 28, Interfax-Ukraine (20 August 2013)
    UEFA welcomes CAS’s decision to reject Metalist’s request to suspend its disqualification from Europe, Interfax-Ukraine (20 August 2013)
    FC METALIST KHARKIV V. UEFA – Second request for urgent provisional measures rejected, Court of Arbitration for Sport (20 August 2013)
  8. ↑ Jerseys of Ukrainian clubs
  9. ↑ Technocom website
  10. ↑ Avec website
  11. ↑ DCH website
  12. ↑ VETEK website
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Mayor of Ukraine’s 2nd-biggest city shot in the back, New York Post (28 April 2014)
  14. ↑ First team squad – FC Metalist Kharkiv website
  15. ↑ Team squad – Ukrainian Premier League website
  16. ↑ http://metalist-kh-stat.net.ua/gvardiya/rekkordsmeny-all-time2.html
  17. ↑ http://metalist-kh-stat.net.ua/gvardiya/rekkordsmeny-all-time.html
  18. ↑ Forfeited its quarterfinal game with FC Lokomotiv Moscow on March 25 and along with the two other Ukrainian clubs quit the competition
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Note: Metalist was disqualified by UEFA due to match fixing in the 2007–08 season.
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  20. ↑ The Round 26 match between Chornomorets Odesa and Metalist Kharkiv was not played as per recommendation of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
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