FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

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Full name	Football Club Metalurh Zaporizhya
Nickname(s)	The Cossacks
Founded	1935 (1935)
Ground	Tytan Stadium
President	Volodymyr Tsykura
Head coach	Vasyl Storchak
League	Ukrainian Football Amateur Association (4th division)
2015–16	original club folded, reorganzation
Website	http://fcmetalurg.zp.ua/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Football Club Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (Template:Lang-uk [mɛtɐ'lurɦ zɐpɔˈrʲiʒːɐ]) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhya.

In 2015 the original club went bankrupt and in 2016 the Ukrainian Premier League finally removed it from its competitions. In 2016 it was announced that another amateur club from Zaporizhia (FC Rosso-Nero Zaporizhia) has officially changed its name to FC Metalurh Zaporizhia and intends to start participation at the Ukrainian Amateur Football League the same year.

History

Early years (1935–1946)

The history of Metalurg began in 1935 when a steel production company, Zaporizhstal, formed the football club 'Stal'. By the end of the year a local sports union gave Stal the status of a main club in the region. Throughout the 1930s the team appeared regularly in domestic competitions and often played against clubs from the Soviet Top League, the most notable of which was Spartak Moscow. In 1939 and 1940 under the name of Lokomotiv won the Ukrainian championships. The tough times of World War II soon followed, however, bringing decline to both Zaporizhstal and its team. Nonetheless, in 1946 the club was revived and in 1949 Stal won the cup in Zaporizhia Oblast.

USSR era (1946–1990)

In October 1949 the team was renamed to 'Metalurg'. In 1950 Metalurg debuts in the USSR Cup and in the round of 64 they defeated Lokomotiv Petrozavodsk with the score of 5–0, but go out in the next stage, losing 2–3 to Torpedo Stalingrad. However, the very next year club went to eighth-finals, notably defeating Dinamo Minsk 1–0 and Lokomotiv Moscow 4–0 on the way. In 1953 the club debuted in the USSR Championship after becoming the champion of Ukrainian SSR in 1952. From 1953 to 1962 Metalurg played in USSR Championship division 'B'.

In 1963 Metalurg won a place in USSR Championship division 'A' and had some moderate success. They stayed there until 1971, when in the 1970 season club secured a position in division 'A' and a place in the USSR First League. In their first season they came in fourth place, which became the club's highest achievement in the USSR Championships.

Ukrainian leagues (1991–2015)

In 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine became independent and Ukrainian Premier League was formed. Metalurh was among the founders of the League. The club has remained in the Vyshcha Liga for all 16 seasons with their highest achievement in the 1995–96 season, taking 5th place. The club's best performance in a domestic cup came in 2006, when Metalurh reached the final, there they met with Dynamo Kyiv and were beaten 2 goals to none, however this performance allowed them to enter the UEFA Cup next season. Zaporizhstal still remains as a largest club sponsor and actively finances most of club's expenses.

The club had always been in the top league, since the first season in 1992 until the 2010–11 season when they finished last position and were relegated to the Ukrainian First League. After one season in the Ukrainian First League the club was promoted back to the Ukrainian Premier League. Where they became last-placed of the 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League and thus were relegated to the Ukrainian First League again.

European history

Throughout its history in Ukrainian Premier League, Metalurh has entered the UEFA Cup on two occasions; the first in 2002–03 after finishing fourth in the league the previous season. In the qualifying round they beat Maltese side Birkirkara 3–0 on aggregate, before losing 2–1 to English side Leeds United in the first round.

The second time club had to wait 4 years to qualify again. After finishing as runners-up in the Ukrainian Cup in 2006, Metalurh secured a place in the 2006-07 UEFA Cup. Club entered the competition In the second qualifying round, Metalurh defeated Moldavian side Zimbru Chișinău 3–0 over two legs. However, Metalurh went out in the first stage, losing to Greek club Panathinaikos.

New «Metalurh»

March 26th, 2016 in Zaporizhia held a meeting of non-governmental organization "Metalurh forever", at which it was decided to rename the "Rosso Nero" in "Metalurh". At the same meeting, the group took a club symbols and colors of "Metalurh". So if the club will pass certification, it is the season 2016/17 renewed "Metalurh" will resume performances in the championships of Ukraine in the Ukrainian Second League.

Rosso Nero was created in 2009 by Andriy Bohatchenko who owns a pizzeria with the same name in Zaporizhia. The first two seasons the club played in futsal (indoor football). In 2011 the club won the Zaporizhia city Cup and the beach football city league. In 2012 Rosso Nero were runners-up at 8x8 football (variant of association football popular in Russia). In 2014 the club became a city champions by beating the defending city champions Motor Zaporizhia. The victory inspired Rosso Nero to apply for the Second League of national competitions. In fall of 2015 when Metalurh Zaporizhia started the process for liquidation Rosso Nero offered to pass the legendary club to them, however no agreement was reached.

Stadium

Main articles: Slavutych Arena, Avto ZAZ Stadium, and Tytan Stadium (Zaporizhia)

Slavutych Arena

Throughout their history, the club has played in various stadiums around Zaporizhia, but in 2001 the Football Federation of Ukraine forbade Metalurh from playing in their stadium, Centarlnyi, and the club was forced to play at the Avto ZAZ Stadium (which formerly belong to now-bankrupt Torpedo Zaporizhya). Soon after, the club's board approved plans to construct a brand new stadium for the team. Construction commenced in late 2004 and on 29 July 2006, Slavutych Arena was opened, in their first game on a new stadium Metalurh faced Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kyiv. The stadium is situated in a central part of the city, on a street that has been recently renamed after legendary Ukrainian player and coach Valery Lobanovsky.

The stadium is purposed for football only use and has a total capacity of 12,000 seats. It consists out of four separate stands, north, south, east and west, two of which are covered by a roof, stadium is equipped with a single, multi-colour screen with dimensions of 6x10m and a lighting system of 1400 lux. The pitch dimensions are 105х68 м. Lately it has often been used as a venue for the Ukraine national under-21 football team.

Sponsors

The history of FC Metalurh dates back to a factory team 'Stal' that has been sponsored by one of the largest steel production companies in Ukraine, Zaporizhstal. The company has remained a sponsor of the club for over 70 years and now is a general sponsor of the club. The main partner of the club is OAO Zaporizhstalbud-1.

• 1935 - 2012 Zaporizhstal
• 2012 - 2015 Motor Sich

The official kit manufacturer for the club is company Nike and the official beer sponsor of the club is Slavutych.

Football kits and sponsors

Years	Football kit	Shirt sponsor
1999–04	Umbro	Zaporizhstal
2004–05	Lotto
2005–06	Lotto/Adidas
2006–09	Adidas
2009–10	Nike/Adidas
2010–11	Nike
2012–13	Nike	-
2013–14	Adidas

Honours

• Ukrainian Cup:
  • Runners-up: 2006
• Ukrainian First League:
  • Runners-up: 2011–12
• Championship of the Ukrainian SSR:
  • Winners: 1952, 1960, 1970

Players

Current squad

As of 21 January 2016

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Coaching staff

• Sports director – Viktor Musonda
• Head coach – Andriy Bohatchenko
• Coach – Vasyl Storchak

League and Cup history

Soviet Union

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1946	3rd UKR South	1	14	12	2	0	37	10	26				As Bilshovyk
1946	3rd Play-offs	4	3	0	1	2	5	14	1
1947	2nd UKR	12	24	5	1	18	25	72	11
1948	2nd UKR Group A	5	14	4	3	7	22	30	11				Renamed to Lokomotiv
1949	2nd UKR	16	34	7	7	20	46	61	21	1/16 finals			Relegated
1950										1/32 finals
1951										1/8 finals
1952										1/64 finals
1953	2nd "III"	3	14	6	3	5	34	26	15	1/8 finals			In play-offs Metalurh Odessa 1–4 and Torpedo Rostov/Donu 4–5
1954	2nd "III"	3	22	11	5	6	34	24	27	1/32 finals
1955	2nd "I"	8	30	13	6	11	37	33	32	1/32 finals
1956	2nd "I"	3	34	21	4	9	54	35	46
1957	2nd "I"	8	34	14	11	9	41	34	39	1/16 finals
1958	2nd "II"	2	30	17	5	8	55	29	39	1/64 finals
1959	2nd "I"	6	28	14	4	10	40	30	32
1960	2nd UKR "II"	1	36	25	9	2	78	29	59	1/128 finals			Won play-off over Sudnobudivnyk Lost play-off to FC Shakhtar Donetsk, no promotion
1961	2nd UKR "II"	4	36	15	12	9	50	37	42	1/128 finals			Lost play-off to SKA Lviv, placed 8th overall
1962	2nd UKR "II"	2	24	13	5	6	42	21	31	1/64 finals			Qualified for promotion group
1962	2nd Promotion	6	10	1	5	4	13	22	7				Placed 6th overall
1963	2nd	4	34	12	17	5	36	17	41	1/8 finals
1964	2nd "II"	8	26	7	12	7	19	16	26	1/32 finals			Qualified for Relegation group
1964	2nd "Relegation" Total	7 17	12 38	4 11	5 17	3 10	16 35	9 25	13 39
1965	2nd "I"	14	30	8	9	13	28	37	25	1/32 finals			Qualified for Relegation group
1965	2nd "Relegation" Total	14 28	16 46	3 11	6 15	7 20	16 44	23 60	12 37
1966	2nd "II"	7	34	12	12	10	35	28	36	1/32 finals
1967	2nd "II"	2	38	18	14	6	50	24	50	1/128 finals			Qualified for 2nd place play-off
1967	2nd playoff	1	4	2	1	1	6	5	5
1968	2nd "II"	9	40	14	15	11	52	42	43	1/64 finals
1969	2nd "III"	7	42	15	14	13	49	35	44	1/32 finals			Relegated
1970	3rd "I Zone"	1	42	26	10	6	73	33	62	1/64 finals			Promoted
1971	2nd	4	42	16	14	12	51	39	46	1/16 finals
1972	2nd	14	38	13	7	18	45	49	33	1/8 finals
1973	2nd	6	38	14	6	18	62	53	34	1/16 finals			5 other draws included as losses
1974	2nd	13	38	11	12	15	42	50	34	1/16 finals
1975	2nd	13	38	11	13	14	47	45	35	1/16 finals
1976	2nd	13	38	14	8	16	38	40	36	1/16 finals
1977	2nd	16	38	11	11	16	35	48	33	1/16 finals
1978	2nd	14	38	10	14	14	39	47	34	1/32 finals
1979	2nd	10	46	19	8	19	69	65	46
1980	2nd	20	46	15	11	20	57	67	41
1981	2nd	13	42	16	14	16	57	51	44				-2 pts draw overlimit
1982	2nd	12	42	17	7	18	54	42	41
1983	2nd	5	42	21	8	13	66	46	50	1/32 finals
1984	2nd	5	42	18	12	12	57	43	48	1/16 finals
1985	2nd West Zone	7	20	7	5	8	17	25	19	1/64 finals			Qualified for Group B
1985	2nd Group B	1	18	9	3	6	32	27	21				13 place overall
1986	2nd	12	46	17	11	18	59	54	45	1/16 finals
1987	2nd	9	42	14	12	16	54	53	40	1/8 finals
1988	2nd	17	42	12	13	17	30	43	36	1/32 finals			-1 point, draw overlimit
1989	2nd	7	42	17	12	13	55	40	46	1/64 finals
1990	2nd	3	38	19	14	5	58	30	52	1/16 finals			Promoted
1991	1st	13	30	9	7	14	27	38	25	1/64 finals
1992	1st	league competition discontinued								1/16 finals

Ukraine

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1992	1st	11	18	6	6	6	20	19	18	1/4 finals
1992–93	1st	7	30	10	9	11	38	35	29	1/4 finals
1993–94	1st	16	34	9	6	19	26	49	24	1/8 finals
1994–95	1st	9	34	11	10	13	47	42	43	1/8 finals
1995–96	1st	5	34	16	4	14	49	42	52	1/4 finals
1996–97	1st	8	30	12	5	13	48	44	41	1/2 finals
1997–98	1st	9	30	10	7	13	40	44	37	1/16 finals
1998–99	1st	8	30	12	6	12	46	43	42	1/2 finals
1999-00	1st	6	30	12	8	10	43	35	44	1/8 finals
2000–01	1st	8	26	8	8	10	27	31	32	1/8 finals
2001–02	1st	4	26	11	7	8	25	22	40	1/8 finals
2002–03	1st	15	30	6	8	16	22	41	26	1/16 finals	UC	1st round
2003–04	1st	11	30	8	8	14	26	40	32	1/4 finals
2004–05	1st	10	30	8	11	11	25	32	35	1/8 finals
2005–06	1st	8	30	11	6	13	32	40	39	Runner-up
2006–07	1st	7	30	10	10	10	25	32	40	1/16 finals	UC	1st round
2007–08	1st	7	30	9	9	12	24	32	36	1/16 finals
2008–09	1st	7	30	12	9	9	29	30	45	1/16 finals
2009–10	1st	9	30	10	5	15	31	48	35	1/4 finals
2010–11	1st	16	30	6	6	18	18	40	24	1/4 finals			Relegated
2011–12	2nd	2	34	24	4	6	77	32	76	1/4 finals			Promoted
2012–13	1st	16	30	1	8	21	12	64	11	1/16 finals
2013–14	1st	14	28	2	6	20	19	54	12	1/8 finals
2014–15	1st	7	26	6	8	12	20	40	26	1/8 finals
2015–16	1st	14	26	0	3	23	7	50	3	1/16 finals			Folded
reorganization based on Rosso Nero
2016	4th

Managers

• Viktor Zhylin (1972)
• Yozhef Betsa (1976–78)
• Oleksandr Tomakh (1981–88)
• Ihor Nadein (1988–92)
• Anatoliy Kuksov (1994)
• Oleksandr Tomakh (1994–98)
• Myron Markevych (March 3, 1999 – May 15, 2001)
• Volodymyr Atamanyuk (2001–02)
• Oleh Taran (Aug 1, 2001 – Sept 12, 2002)
• Oleh Lutkov (interim) (Sept 12, 2002 – Nov 1, 2002)
• Ihor Nadein (2002)
• Ivan Katalinić (2003)
• Mykhaylo Fomenko (July 1, 2003 – Dec 31, 2003)
• Sergei Borovsky (Jan 1, 2004 – May 3, 2004)
• Valeriy Yaremchenko (July 1, 2004 – July 25, 2005)
• Anatoliy Chantsev (interim) (July 28, 2005 – Sept 19, 2005)
• Vyacheslav Hroznyi (Sept 20, 2005 – June 30, 2006)
• Serhiy Yashchenko (July 1, 2006 – April 16, 2007)
• Anatoliy Chantsev (April 16, 2007 – Dec 3, 2008)

• Oleh Lutkov (Dec 3, 2008 – Sept 3, 2009)
• Volodymyr Khodus (Sept 3, 2009 – Oct 22, 2009)
• Roman Hryhorchuk (Oct 22, 2009 – Nov 10, 2009)
• Volodymyr Khodus (interim) (Nov 10, 2009 – Dec 8, 2009)
• Roman Hryhorchuk (2009–10)
• Oleh Lutkov (June 3, 2010 – May 3, 2011)
• Hryhoriy Nehiryev (interim) (May 4, 2011 – June 1, 2011)
• Serhiy Zaytsev (June 1, 2011 – June 1, 2012)
• Anatoliy Buznyk (June 15, 2012 – July 13, 2012)
• Ihor Luchkevych (interim) (July 14, 2012 – July 23, 2012)
• Serhiy Kovalets (July 24, 2012 – Sept 1, 2012)
• Anatoliy Zayaev (interim) (Sept 1, 2012 – Sept 6, 2012)
• Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi (Sept 8, 2012 – Dec 31, 2012)
• Serhiy Zaytsev (Jan 1, 2013 – June 29, 2013)
• Serhiy Puchkov (June 10, 2013 – Oct 28, 2013)
• Oleh Taran (Oct 28, 2013 – Nov 7, 2014)
• Oleksandr Tomakh (interim) (Nov 7, 2014 – Feb 24, 2015)
• Anatoliy Chantsev (Feb 24, 2015 – Dec 4, 2015)

See also

• FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhya
• FC Metalurh Zaporizhya Reserves and Youth Team

External links

• Official website
• Official website, obsolete website and expired