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NK Veres Rivne
Full namePeople's Club Veres Rivne
Nickname(s)Wolves
Founded1957; 67 years ago (1957)
GroundAvanhard Stadium (until 2016)
Izotop Stadium, Varash (2016–17, since 2018)
Arena Lviv (2017–18)
Kolos Stadium, Mlyniv (2018–21)
Avanhard Stadium, Lutsk (since 2021)
OwnerIvan Nadeyin (73.33%)[1][2]
Rivne Football Club "Veres-Rivne" (26.67%)[2]
General DirectorAnton Nazaruk[2][3]
ManagerOleh Shandruk (interim)
LeagueUkrainian Premier League
2023–24Ukrainian Premier League, 13th of 16
Websitehttps://nkveres.com
Current season

Narodnyy Klub Veres Rivne (Ukrainian: РНК «Верес») is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Rivne. The club competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top tier of Ukrainian football, after winning the 2020–21 Ukrainian First League. Their home stadium until 2017 was Avanhard Stadium. As it is under reconstruction, they currently play home matches at Avanhard Stadium in Lutsk.

Founded in 1957, Veres first promoted to Ukrainian Premier League in 1992, and spent there 5 seasons in total over three periods. They achieved their best result of 6th place in 2017–18 season. Veres also reached the semi-finals of 1993–94 Ukrainian Cup.

The team ran into financial difficulties after the winter break of the 2010–11 season and was removed from the Ukrainian Second League.[4] It was reinstated and resumed playing in the same league in 2015.[5] The home uniform consists of red shirt with black shorts; the away uniform is all black.

History

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Soviet times

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The team was founded in 1957 as Kolhospnyk (collective farm worker) and played the 1958 season in the Class B Third Zone, finishing 14th of the 16 teams that participated. The team played 13 seasons in Class B. The best results came in the 1968 and 1969 seasons when the team placed 7th. In 1966, it changed its name to Horyn after the river that flows in Volhynia.

After the reorganization of the Championship of the USSR in 1971, Horyn played in the Second League of the Ukrainian Zone until the fall of the Soviet Union. In 1972, the club became part of the all-Ukrainian Avanhard voluntary sports society and changed its name to Avanhard. In the first season in the Second League of the Ukrainian Zone Avanhard placed 26th. Starting in the late 1970s Avangard started progressing and in 1981 under the management of two famous Dynamo Kyiv players Viktor Matvienko and Volodymyr Troshkin Avanhard got 3rd place. Nine years later under the management of Viktor Pokora Avanhard placed 3rd again.

Three seasons in Vyshcha Liha

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During the fall of the Soviet Union it changed its name again to Veres (heather) and was placed in the 1992 Ukrainian First League. In the same season, Veres placed first and was promoted to the Vyshcha Liha. In their first season in Vyshcha, Veres placed last but wasn't relegated because the league was expanded. The following season was the most successful in the club's history. The team was 4th at the mid-way point, beating teams like FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, FC Metalist Kharkiv, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, defeating FC Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Cup to reach the semi-final. But during the second half, Veres fell to 12th place. During the 1994–95 season, their second in the Premier League, Veres struggled and was relegated to the Ukrainian Second League.

Liquidation in 2011

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After relegation from the Ukrainian First League, Veres remained in the Second League until 2011 when, after 54 years as a professional football club, Veres declared bankruptcy and was liquidated.

The huge People's Club project

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On 19 March 2015, the club was reinstated as Public Union Rivne Football Club Veres Rivne by two Ukrainian public organizations "Rivne City Football Federation" and "Rivne Oblast Football Federation". The chairman of the Public Union became a well known businessman of Rivne Oblast Oleksiy Khakhlyov, a son-in-law of former President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko[5] (check also FC Nafkom Brovary). It was the first club in Ukraine to have club membership among its fans and as of May 21 had over 3,500 members (3,728 in 2016[5]). Khakhlyov initiated a powerful promotion campaign in social media such as Facebook ("the 12th player") to reflect popularity of the newly created club.[5] The club was announced as "PEOPLE's" (Narodnyi).[5] During the campaign members of the new club claimed that the club accepts no outsiders, only Rivne natives.[5] About that fact even commented one of Ukrainian football journalist Artur Valerko complementing it as appealing, interesting, and seems like a "policy of Athletic Bilbao".[5] The club's statute also stated that no one unrelated to Rivne Oblast may sponsor or in any way participate in the club.[5] The idea of people's club is not new and previously for propaganda was used when FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk transformed into FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk back in 2003 as People's Football Club Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk (NFK Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk).

In the 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League season, Veres finished in second place and was promoted to the Ukrainian First League. The promotion was widely celebrated at the Rivne city central square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti).[5] Following the success Khakhlyov came out and announced, "I appeared in front of perspective that "Veres" wants to play in the First League, but there are no money. Membership contributions, help of the budget and sponsors are not enough. We gathered, conditionally speaking, 5 million, but need 15. Why 15? It is a simple thing. I cannot live without a dream. The dream was not only revive "Veres", but to get promoted to the First League. They were looking at me as on an idiot. Now I have a dream that "Veres" in the Premier League, Veres among elites of Ukrainian football. We will be realizing it".[5]

Logo of "Limo"

After the end of the 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League season, the club was reconstituted[5] as a limited liability company TOV FC Veres-Rivne by the Public Union "Rivne Football Club Veres Rivne" and Lviv Refrigerating Company "Limo", with the latter becoming the majority holder with a 61% stake.[5] (Note: TOV is a Ukrainian acronym for limited liability company (Ukrainian: товариство з обмеженою відповідальністю, tovarystvo z obmezhenoiu vidpovidalnistiu).) The Veres-Rivne company headed by Ihor Dedyshyn was founded to manage the club.[5] Previously Dedyshyn was a sports journalist, football manager of FC Karpaty Lviv, and a manager of Lviv media company "ZIK".[5] "Limo" whose final beneficiary is Bohdan Kopytko[5] will cover the budget costs of approximately ₴15 million for the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League season. The goal for the season was to achieve promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League. The club FC Veres-Rivne received certification (attestation) to play in the PFL competitions from the Football Federation of Ukraine signed by O.Bandurko and Yu.Zapisotskyi (acting head of the FFU committee on licensing of clubs).[5]

Following the reorganization from People's Club (NK) Veres Rivne to FC Veres-Rivne, the Rivne internet newspaper "Chetverta Vlada" called for explanation to Oleksiy Khakhlyov, whether the club is still "People's".[5] Khakhlyov answered that the club was "People's", is "People's", and will be "People's".[5] He then added, "the Public Union which had a certification as a professional club to play football in the 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League. There are property terms. In regards to special requirements to the teams that play in professional sports, there are certain requirements in regards to certification of professional clubs. It cannot be a "Public Union", because our "Public Union" a priory is a non-profit organization".[5]

In the beginning of March 2017 the supervisory board of NK Veres Rivne announced that will not hold meeting as the club's leadership failed to submit the club's financial report for 2016.[6] The supervisory board that was created in May 2015 was setup with controlling functions of the club, but has been ignored by the club's leadership.[6]

2017: Desna vs Veres promotion scandal

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On 1 June 2017, it was announced that second-place club FC Desna Chernihiv was denied a license to play in the top division. The argument was that the club was not able to provide guarantees for adequate financing of infrastructure.[7] The license was granted to NK Veres Rivne, the third-place team during the previous season in the second division.[8]

Both clubs, FC Desna Chernihiv and NK Veres Rivne, had not played at their home stadiums in the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League. Desna had played in Kyiv at the Obolon Arena, while Veres played in Varash, at the Izotop Stadium of the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant. The administration of Desna released a letter of protest before a meeting of FFU representatives.[9] In protest, the Desna administration announced that the club would not play its final game of the season against FC Illichivets Mariupol, but later relented.[10] Nonetheless, during the game, players of both teams protested on the field in a special way: when the whistle was blown the players, instead of starting play, stood around kicking a ball back and forth among themselves.[11]

On 2 June 2017, upon conclusion of its conference, the UPL administration announced the final composition of the league and calendar for the upcoming season.[12] The conference confirmed the admission of Veres to the league, with only one vote against, from FC Dynamo Kyiv; six votes in favour of the decision; and three (including FC Zorya Luhansk) abstentions.[13] On 2 June 2017, the Desna fans were picketing the House of Football in Kyiv after they arrived on four buses from Chernihiv.[14]

On 7 June 2017, sports media UA-Football requested permission from Football Federation of Ukraine and FC Desna Chernihiv to publish related documents to clarify the situation and come to some kind of closure.[15]

A number of football experts commented negatively on the situation,[16][17][18][19] while the PFC Sumy head coach Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi stated sarcastically that these football functionaries would make Veres the national champions by decree.[20] The former PFL president Svyatoslav Syrota said that the FFU vice-president was lying about Desna's problems.[21] President of FC Inhulets Petrove, Oleksandr Porovoznyuk, called on other clubs to withdraw their teams from the league in support for FC Desna Chernihiv.[22] President of FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni Petro Kaplun stated that it made him laugh when the president of Veres, Oleksiy Khakhlev, asked that the regulations be followed, pointing out that Veres had been admitted to the Second League in complete disregard of the regulations. Kaplun also called on the FFU authorities to pay attention to what owners of professional clubs had to say as they have a right to express their vote of confidence or non-confidence in the FFU leadership.[23]

Ukrainian Premier League successes

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In June 2017, Veres was taken over by Lviv businessman Bohdan Kopytko[24][25] who was suspected of having ties with organized crime, and who was known under the nickname "Kopyto".[26] Kopytko also owns the Lviv refrigerating company "Limo" and became an honorary president of NK Veres Rivne. On 27 March 2018, Kopytko became the president of Veres after Oleksiy Khakhlyov resigned.[27] Khakhlyov claimed that he left his position because of possible conflict of interest between his positions with the club and with the Football Federation of Ukraine and the Football Federation of Rivne Oblast.[28]

On 17 January 2018, NK Veres-Rivne officially re-registered as a Lviv-based club.[29] On 19 February 2018, the Rivne city council announced that it would stop sponsoring the club because of its relocation to Lviv.[30] On 13 March 2018, Veres became a provisional member of the Lviv Oblast Football Federation.[31]

Finally, NK Veres Rivne took sixth place in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League after a controversy which preceded the match of Round 31 with FC Shakhtar Donetsk in Kharkiv.[32]

Castling of the big People's Club with FC Lviv

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On 21 May 2018, news broke in Lviv that a type of "castling" (swap) was to take place between NK Veres Rivne and FC Lviv after which FC Lviv would advance straight to the Premier League, while NK Veres would join the lower league instead of Lviv.[33][34] According to the official club's legend the big People's Club Veres Rivne was merged with the Second League FC Lviv and was recreated with admitting reinstated another no less bigger People's Club Veres in the Second League despite the Ukrainian Association of Football requirements to participate in amateur competitions before applying for professional competitions. One possible reason for the merger was that renovations at the club's home field, Avanhard Stadium, were suspended by the local authorities and had not yet recommenced.[35] The Rivne-based media were claiming that the club is simply being renamed as FC Lviv.[36]

On 21 May 2018, a letter signed by Kopytko that was published on the official website of the club confirmed the intention of the club's administration to merge with FC Lviv.[37][38][39][40]

After the last game of the 2017–18 season with FC Mariupol, the club's fans were attacked by security group of Bohdan Kopytko including the general director of the club Andriy Pankiv.[41]

Following the club's decision to merge with FC Lviv, some players announced that they would resign from the club.[42] According to FootballHub, the following individuals had already left the club: players Yevhen Morozenko, Stanislav Kulish, Denys Kozhanov, Dmytro Fastov, Pavlo Lukyanchuk, Mykyta Kamenyuka, as well as sports director Anatoliy Sorokin, and some other staff members.[43] According to Mykola Nesenyuk (FC Dynamo Kyiv department director in relations with mass media), the new NK Veres Rivne had no connection to the previous Veres club.[44] During the interview to Channel 24 in May 2018 Nesenyuk who is native of Rivne added that the whole project with "People's Club" seems as a hoax.[44]

On 12 June 2018 the FFU licensing committee headed by Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi announced that FC Lviv failed certification to play in the Second League, while FC Veres is certified to play in the Premiers.[45]

In the 2018–19 season, the new NK Veres Rivne is set to play in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League with Oleksiy Khakhlyov as president and with a home stadium in Rivne Oblast.[46]

In May 2019 it became clear that Veres was transformed into joint stock company consisting of public association Rivne football club Veres–Rivne, UkrTeplo (Rivneteploenerho), and Rivne city council (Avanhard Stadium).[47][48]

Team names

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Year Name
1958–66 Kolhospnyk
1966–72 Horyn
1972–90 Avanhard
1991– Veres

Sponsors

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Honors

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Players

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Current squad

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As of 27 August 2024[49][50]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Ukraine UKR Vadym Yushchyshyn
2 DF Ukraine UKR Maksym Smiyan
3 DF Ukraine UKR Semen Vovchenko
6 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Kutsia
7 FW Ukraine UKR Ruslan Stepanyuk
8 MF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Hodya
9 MF Ukraine UKR Yevheniy Morozko
10 MF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Klyots
11 MF Ukraine UKR Vitaliy Dakhnovskyi
17 DF Ukraine UKR Mykhailo Protasevich
20 MF Brazil BRA Iago Siqueira
22 MF Ukraine UKR Rostyslav Baran
23 GK Moldova MDA Andriy Kozhukhar
24 FW Ukraine UKR Orest Lepskyi
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF Ukraine UKR Valeriy Kucherov
33 DF Ukraine UKR Roman Honcharenko
44 DF Ukraine UKR Danyil Checher
47 GK Ukraine UKR Bohdan Kohut (captain)
57 DF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Melnyk
71 DF Ukraine UKR Vasyl Hakman
77 MF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Sharay
87 FW Montenegro MNE Marko Mrvaljević
89 FW Ukraine UKR Mykola Hayduchyk
90 FW Cameroon CMR Samuel Nongoh
91 FW Ukraine UKR Denys Svityukha
95 DF Ukraine UKR Yevheniy Shevchenko
99 FW Brazil BRA Luan Campos

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Coaches and administration

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Administration[51] Coaching[52]

Coaches

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League and cup history

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Soviet Union

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Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Soviet Cup Other Notes
Avangard / Avanhard Rovno
1985[a] 3rd
(Second League)
23 40 13 10 17 37 44 36
1986[a] 11 40 16 9 15 46 44 41
1987 14 52 19 14 19 50 53 52
1988 14 50 21 8 21 52 56 50
1989 19 52 14 17 21 39 41 45 Relegated
1990 3rd (lower)
(Second Lower League)
3 36 21 11 4 53 27 53 USSR 18 finals
1991 4 50 28 13 9 67 38 69 USSR Finalist

Ukraine

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Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Ukrainian Cup Other Notes
Veres Rivne
1992 2nd "A"
(First League)
1 26 14 8 4 38 15 36 1/32 finals Promoted
1992–93 1st
(Top League)
16 30 9 6 15 29 42 24 1/8 finals
1993–94 12 34 10 12 12 32 36 32 1/2 finals
1994–95 18 34 8 7 19 28 63 31 1/8 finals Relegated
1995–96 2nd
(First League)
16 42 15 9 18 39 49 54 1/32 finals
1996–97 23 46 9 6 26 36 79 42 1/32 finals 2nd Stage Relegated
1997–98 3rd "A"
(Second League)
4 34 14 10 10 42 33 52 1/64 finals
1998–99 13 28 6 3 19 13 50 15 1/128 finals [b]
1999-00 14 30 7 7 16 32 51 28 2nd League Cup 2LC withdrew
2000–01 12 30 7 6 17 26 52 27 2nd League Cup 2LC withdrew
2001–02 6 36 18 10 8 41 23 64 1st round
2002–03 7 28 11 3 14 28 39 36 1/32 finals
2003–04 10 30 9 8 13 32 43 35 1/16 finals
2004–05 11 28 9 6 13 35 38 33 1/32 finals
2005–06 7 28 12 6 10 33 40 42 1/8 finals
2006–07 13 28 5 7 16 24 44 22 1/32 finals
2007–08 14 30 7 8 15 25 44 29 Did not enter
2008–09 13 32 11 6 15 24 32 39 1/64 finals
2009–10 9 20 4 4 12 16 41 16 1/32 finals LC Group stage
2010–11 12 22 0 0 22 4 51 −3 1/64 finals −3[53] – Expelled[4]
2011–15 Club idle
2015–16 3rd
(Second League)
2 26 16 4 6 41 24 52 132 finals Promoted
2016–17 2nd
(First League)
3 34 20 7 7 62 32 67 18 finals Promoted[54]
2017–18[a] 1st
(Premier League)
6/12 32 7 14 11 28 30 35 14 finals Swapped with FC Lviv
2018–19 3rd "A" 5/10 27 12 5 10 24 22 37 164 finals
2019–20 3rd "A" 3/11 20 11 3 6 34 23 36 132 finals Promoted as play-off winner
2020–21 2nd"A" 1 30 21 5 4 56 21 36 14 finals Promoted
2021-22 1st 9/16 18 6 5 7 15 20 23 18 finals
2022-23 1st 13/16 30 8 7 15 35 45 31 Not played Relegation play-off winner
2023-24 1st

Reserves and the Academy

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Veres-Izotop-2

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Season was conducted in two stages.
  2. ^ PFL deducted 6 points for failure to pay all license fees

References

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  1. ^ Veres Rivne. Professional Football League. (accessed 6 September 2020)
  2. ^ a b c Кому официально принадлежат украинские клубы. ukrrudprom.com. 12 November 2021
  3. ^ Менеджмент. nkveres.com
  4. ^ a b Expelled from the PFL due to their financial situation. (April 29, 2011) "ФК "Верес" Рівне знято зі змагань (Veres Rivne expelled from the PFL)" (in Ukrainian). PFL. April 29, 2011. Archived from the original on May 5, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s How the "people's" football club "Veres" was transferred under control of a Lviv businessman (Як «народний» футбольний клуб «Верес» перейшов під контроль львівського бізнесмена). Chetverta Vlada. 8 June 2016
  6. ^ a b Scandal in FC Veres: why the supervisory board is in conflict with its leadership (Скандал у футбольному клубі «Верес»: чому конфліктує наглядова рада і керівництво). Chetverta Vlada. 6 March 2017
  7. ^ Veres passed an attestation and will be playing in the UPL along with a coach Kvartsianyi (Верес получил аттестат и сыграет в УПЛ с тренером Кварцяным). Sport Arena. 1 June 2017
  8. ^ As a result, Veres was promoted to the first division instead of Vesna (Десну не пустили в УПЛ, из Первой лиги выйдет Верес). Football.ua. 1 June 2017
  9. ^ Desna's administration: if there won't be the Premier Liha, there won't be financing (Руководство Десны: не будет Премьер-лиги — не будет финансирования). Football.ua. 1 June 2017
  10. ^ The Illichivets-Desna game was to take place after all(Матч Ильичевец - Десна состоится). UA-Football. 2 June 2017
  11. ^ The Illichivets-Desna game started with a protest of players (Матч Ильичевец - Десна начался с акции протеста футболистов). UA-Football. 4 June 2017
  12. ^ "УПЛ представила календарь игр первого этапа чемпионата Украины 2017/18". football.ua. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  13. ^ Rafailov: I would like that UPL was forming based exclusively on a sports principles (Рафаилов: Хотелось бы, чтобы УПЛ формировалась исключительно по спортивному принципу). UA-Football. 7 June 2017
  14. ^ "500 thousands for a place in the UPL?!" How the Desna fans were picketing FFU and UPL ("500 тисяч за місце в УПЛ?!" Як фанати Десни пікетували ФФУ та УПЛ). Football24.ua. 2 June 2017
  15. ^ Open letter of the UA-Football site administration to the Football Federation of Ukraine and FC Desna (Открытое письмо редакции сайта UA-Футбол к ФФУ и ФК Десна). UA-Football. 7 June 2017
  16. ^ Surkis: That what is happening with Desna is a delirium and a shame for our Federation (Суркис: То, что происходит с Десной - это бред и позор нашей Федерации). UA-Football. 7 June 2017
  17. ^ The lawlessness should not be in place, this a sport and we play for spectators (Khatskevych: (Хацкевич: Беcпредел не должен твориться, это спорт - мы играем для зрителей). UA-Football. 7 June 2017
  18. ^ Verbytskyi, I. In the realm of gloom, or Why Veres and Desna are the same evil (У царстві мороку, або Чому Верес і Десна – однакове зло). Football 24. 2 June 2017
  19. ^ Haponenko, O. Veres won over Desna in the final of the Cabinet's Football Cup (Верес обыграл Десну в финале Кубка Кабинетного футбола). Football 24. 2 June 2017
  20. ^ Bezsmertnyi: Tomorrow they will make this Veres yet a champion (Бессмертный: Завтра они этот Верес еще и чемпионом сделают). UA-Football. 7 June 2017
  21. ^ Syrota: Bandurko lied about Desna problems on all 5 criteria (Сирота: Бандурко збрехав про проблеми Десни за всіма 5 критеріями). Football24.ua. 4 June 2017
  22. ^ President of Inhulets calls on all clubs' leaders of the First League to withdraw their teams from competitions (Президент Ингульца призывает всех глав клубов Первой лиги снять команды с соревнований). Football.ua. 7 June 2017
  23. ^ (Каплун: Во второй лиге Верес оказался не по регламенту, а благодаря ручному голосованию исполкома ФФУ). UA-Football. 12 June 2017
  24. ^ Producer of ice cream "Limo" became a coowner of the Rivne FC "Veres" (Виробник морозива «Лімо» став співвласником рівненського футбольного клубу «Верес»). Zaxid.net. 9 June 2016
  25. ^ Lviv businessman Kopytko became a co-owner of FC Veres (Львівський бізнесмен Копитко став співзасновником ФК «Верес» ). Tvoe Misto. 29 June 2017
  26. ^ Kopytko brought to Lviv whole train of the Veres fans from Rivne (Копитко привіз до Львова із Рівного цілий потяг уболівальників «Вереса» ). Forpost. 22 July 2017
  27. ^ "International Betting Sites - Top Online Betting Sites for 2021" У «Вересі» зміни (in Ukrainian). NK Veres Rivne. 23 March 2018. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  28. ^ "International Betting Sites - Top Online Betting Sites for 2021" Олексій Хахльов про перестановки у клубі (in Ukrainian). NK Veres Rivne. 23 March 2018. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  29. ^ Veres changed the city of registration to Lviv (Верес изменил город регистрации на Львов). UA-Football. 17 January 2018
  30. ^ The Rivne city council will no longer finance Veres (Горсовет Ровно больше не будет финансировать Верес). Sport Arena. 19 February 2018
  31. ^ Veres became a provisional member of the Football Federation of Lviv Oblast (Верес стал временным членом Федерации футбола Львовской области). Sport Arena. 13 March 2018
  32. ^ "Шахтер попросил комитет этики и честной игры разобраться с матчем против Вереса".
  33. ^ FC Lviv will play at UPL, while Veres will be in the Second League (ФК Львов будет играть в УПЛ, а Верес — во Второй лиге). Sport Arena. On 21 May 2018
  34. ^ it was announced that Veres might merge with FC Lviv (Верес может объединиться с ФК Львов). Sport Arena. 21 May 2018
  35. ^ A court ruling canceled allocation of funds for reconstruction of the stadium (Суд отменил выделение средств на реконструкцию стадиона Вереса). Sport Arena. 16 May 2018
  36. ^ Rivne residents have totally lost FC Veres (Рівняни остаточно втратили ФК «Верес»). Chetverta Vlada. 21 May 2018
  37. ^ Veres was renamed FC Lviv (Верес переименован в ФК Львов). Sport Arena. 21 May 2018
  38. ^ Bohdan Yosypovych Kopytko's address to the fans of Rivne football (Звернення Богдана Йосиповича Копитка до уболівальників рівненського футболу)[usurped]. NK Veres Rivne website. 21 May 2018
  39. ^ Blazhko, Ye. Ukrainian football makes no sense. Veres only confirmed it (Украинский футбол бессмысленный. Верес только подтвердил). Sport Arena. 22 May 2018
  40. ^ Kapelka, A. "Whatta? Can it even be so?" Reaction of social networks on renaming of Veres to Lviv ("А шо, так можно было?". Реакция соцсетей на переименование "Вереса" во "Львов"). Footboom. 21 May 2018
  41. ^ The Veres fans were attacked by people of the club's president Kopytko (На фанатов Вереса напали люди президента клуба Копытко). Sport Arena. 21 May 2018
  42. ^ The players of Veres wrote a letter of resignation from the club (Игроки Вереса написали заявление на увольнение из клуба). Sport Arena. 21 May 2018
  43. ^ Prokopov, A. Mass media: number of Veres's players has already left the club (СМИ: ряд игроков "Вереса" уже покинули клуб). Footboom. 21 May 2018
  44. ^ a b Babiy, O. "Sometimes for Surkis it does not feel well when I write something". Mykola Nesenyuk tells about his work in Dynamo, talks with Chornovil, and stealing of Veres ("Іноді Суркісу буває непереливки, коли я щось напишу". Микола Несенюк – про роботу в Динамо, розмову із Чорноволом і викрадення Вереса). Football 24. 20 May 2018
  45. ^ FC Lviv did not receive certification for the Second League, the FFU CDC fined Dynamo and Shakhtar. Main news for 11 June (ФК Львов не дали аттестат на Вторую лигу, КДК оштрафовал Динамо и Шахтер. Главные новости за 11 июня). UA-Football. 12 June 2018
  46. ^ "International Betting Sites - Top Online Betting Sites for 2021". Archived from the original on May 25, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  47. ^ The Rivne city council will become co-owner of public company "Veres", and Nadeiin its president (Рівненська міська рада стане співвласницею ПАТ «Верес», а Надєїн – президентом ). Rivne Post. 13 May 2019
  48. ^ What will it be when Veres become a public company (Що буде, коли "Верес" стане ПАТ (ВІДЕО)). Hromadske. 14 May 2019
  49. ^ "Команда | НК Верес".
  50. ^ "Veres".
  51. ^ "Менеджмент" [Management]. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  52. ^ "Тренерський склад" [Coaching staff]. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  53. ^ Deducted 3 points by the PFL on February 9, 2011 due to failure of payment of league dues. "ДК ПФЛ позбавив шість клубів по 3 очки (Disciplinary Committee deducts 3 points from 6 clubs)" (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. March 10, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  54. ^ Club was promoted after the Ukrainian Premier League denied Desna Chernihiv who finished in second place a licence to participate in the league, indicating that the club was not able to guarantee for an adequate financing of their infrastructure.
    Офіційно: Верес виступатиме в УПЛ замість Десни [Official: Veres will participate in the UPL instead of Desna]. ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). UA-Football. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
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