FC Metalist Kharkiv
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| Full name | Football Club Metalist Kharkiv | ||
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| Founded | 1925 | ||
| Ground | OSC Metalist (capacity: 40,003) |
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| President | Serhiy Kurchenko | ||
| Head coach | Myron Markevych | ||
| League | Ukrainian Premier League | ||
| 2011–12 | 3rd | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Football Club Metalist Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Футбольний Клуб Металіст Харків) 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.
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History [edit]
USSR competitions [edit]
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 in 1925, when a local locomotive construction facility (today the Malyshev Factory) provided funding and allowed use of its land to start a football club. Ten years later, the club won the city of Kharkiv championship, which allowed the club to enter the USSR Cup in the following season. Following World War II, the club resumed playing in local competitions, promoting itself to the Soviet Second League B in 1947 only to be demoted three seasons later.
In 1956, Metalist as Avanhard returned to the Soviet Second League B 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 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. 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. 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 [edit]
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 1996. 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.[1] 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.[2]
European Competitions [edit]
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 to win the match 3–2, but were eliminated on the away goals rule.
Stadium [edit]
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 [edit]
Ukraine [edit]
- Third placed: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
- Runners-up: 1992
USSR [edit]
- Winners: 1988
- Runners-up: 1983
- Runners-up: 1988
- Runners-up: 1987
Players [edit]
Current squad [edit]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan [edit]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Player records [edit]
Top goalscorers [edit]
As of 21 July 2012
| # | Name | Years | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total |
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| 1 |  Nikolai Korolyov |
1956-1966 1969 |
82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
| 2 | Vladimir Linke |
1976-1985 1994-1996 |
77 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| 3 |  Marko Devich |
2006-2012 | 64 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 75 |
| 4 | Yuri Tarasov |
1983-1991 1993-1994 |
61 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 74 |
| 5 | Nodar Bachiashvili |
1978-1982 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| 6 | Yuri Tsymbalyuk |
1973-1977 1981 |
52 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| 7 | Oleksandr Karabuta |
1991-2000 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| 8 | Stanislav Bernikov |
1977-1983 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 9 | Sergey Melko |
1974-1975 1978-1982 |
38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 10 | Stanislav Kostuyk |
1960-1966 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 10 |  Jajá |
2008-2010 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 36 |
- Other - National Super Cup
Most appearances [edit]
As of 21 July 2012
| # | Name | Years | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total |
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| 1 | Oleksandr Horyainov |
1993-1995 1997-2003 2005-now |
386 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 441 |
| 2 | Vladimir Linke |
1976-1985 1994-1996 |
351 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 376 |
| 3 | Nikolai Korolyov |
1956-1966 1969 |
353 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 361 |
| 4 | Ivan Panchishin |
1985-1990 1992-1994 1996-1998 |
282 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 321 |
| 5 | Evgeniy Panfilov |
1958-1969 | 312 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 320 |
| 6 | Yuri Sivuha |
1976 1979-1988 |
268 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 308 |
| 7 | Aleksandr Savchenko |
1965-1973 | 260 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 275 |
| 8 | Viktor Aristov |
1967-1973 | 254 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| 9 | Alexander Kosolapov |
1974-1978 1980-1983 |
249 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 266 |
| 10 | Yuri Tarasov |
1983-1991 1993-1994 |
234 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 264 |
| 10 | Oleksandr Karabuta |
1991-2000 | 239 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 264 |
- Other - National Super Cup
League and Cup history [edit]
Soviet Union [edit]
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Domestic Cup | Europe | Notes | |
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| 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 | |||
| 1989 | 1st | 7 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 33 | 30 | 1/8 | CW | 2nd Round | First international participation |
| 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 [edit]
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Domestic Cup | Europe | Notes | |
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| 1992 | 1st | 6 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 21 | Runner-up | quit Soviet Cup[7] | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | 1/8 finals | EL | Round of 32 | |||||||||
Metalist in Europe [edit]
UEFA Team ranking [edit]
| Rank | Country | Team | Points |
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| 26 |  |
PSV Eindhoven | 64.888 |
| 27 | |
AFC Ajax | 62.888 |
| 28 |  |
S.C. Braga | 62.233 |
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FC Metalist Kharkiv | 61.318 |
| 30 |  |
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. | 60.535 |
| 31 |  |
SV Werder Bremen | 60.008 |
| 32 | |
FC Twente | 58.888 |
Last update: December 20, 2012
Source: xs4all.nl
European history [edit]
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 | |
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| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | |||
| 1988–89 | Round of 16 | eliminated by Roda JC 1–0 in Kerkrade, 0–0 in Kharkiv |
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| 2011–12 | Quarter-Finalist | eliminated by Sporting CP 1–2 in Lisbon, 1–1 in Kharkiv |
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| 1988–89 | Cup Winners' Cup | First round |  |
Borac Banja Luka | 4–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | |||||||||
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Roda JC | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |||||||||||
| 2007–08 | UEFA Cup | First round | |
Everton | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 | |||||||||
| 2008–09 | UEFA Cup | First round |  |
Beşiktaş J.K. | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | |||||||||
| Group B | |
Hertha BSC | 0–0 | — | 1st | |||||||||||
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Galatasaray | — | 1–0 | |||||||||||||
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Olympiacos | 1–0 | — | |||||||||||||
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Benfica | — | 1–0 | |||||||||||||
| Round of 32 |  |
Sampdoria | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |||||||||||
| Round of 16 | |
Dynamo Kyiv | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 (a) | |||||||||||
| 2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | Third qualifying round |  |
Rijeka | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | |||||||||
| Play-off round |  |
Sturm Graz | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |||||||||||
| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | Play-off round |  |
Omonia | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |||||||||
| Group I | |
PSV Eindhoven | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2nd | |||||||||||
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Sampdoria | 2–1 | 0–0 | |||||||||||||
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Debrecen | 2–1 | 5–0 | |||||||||||||
| Round of 32 | |
Bayer Leverkusen | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–6 | |||||||||||
| 2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | Play-off round |  |
Sochaux | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | |||||||||
| Group G | |
AZ Alkmaar | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1st | |||||||||||
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Austria Vienna | 4–1 | 2–1 | |||||||||||||
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Malmö FF | 3–1 | 4–1 | |||||||||||||
| Round of 32 | |
Red Bull Salzburg | 4–0 | 4–1 | 8–1 | |||||||||||
| Round of 16 | |
Olympiacos | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 (a) | |||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | |
Sporting CP | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | |||||||||||
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | Play-off round |  |
Dinamo București | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | |||||||||
| Group K | |
Bayer Leverkusen | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1st | |||||||||||
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Rosenorg | 3–1 | 2–1 | |||||||||||||
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Rapid Wien | 2–0 | 0–1 | |||||||||||||
| Round of 32 | |
Newcastle United | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |||||||||||
Managers [edit]
Mykhaylo Fomenko (July 1996–June 00), (July 2001–Nov 02)- Hennadiy Lytovchenko (July 2003–Dec 04)
- Oleksandr Zavarov (Jan 2005–June 05)
- Myron Markevych (July 2005–)
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "Ukraine 2001/02". RSSSF. Retrieved May 30, 2007.
- ^ 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) - ^ First team squad – FC Metalist Kharkiv website
- ^ Team squad – Ukrainian Premier League website
- ^ Metalist-Kh-stat.net
- ^ Metalist-Kh-stat.net
- ^ Forfeited its quarterfinal game with FC Lokomotiv Moscow on March 25 and along with the two other Ukrainian clubs quit the competition
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