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Metalist Kharkiv 
Full name Football Club Metalist Kharkiv Nickname(s) Zhovto-Syni (Yellow-Blues) Founded 1925 Ground Metalist Stadium
(Capacity: 38,633)Chairman Oleksandr Yaroslavsky Manager Myron Markevych League Ukrainian Premier League 2010–11 3rd 
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Away coloursFC Metalist Kharkiv (Ukrainian: ФК «Металіст» Харків) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level 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 rough period which included relegation, Metalist was promoted to the Top League again in 1982, where it remained until the league's dissolution. The team has won the Soviet Cup once, and were runners-up once. They have also won the bronze title of the Ukrainian Premier League five times in a row, starting in the 2006–07 season.
Metalist's home is the 38,633 capacity multi-use Metalist Stadium. The stadium was originally built in 1926. Recently, it was reconstructed to host Euro 2012 football matches to reach its current capacity.
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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 in 1925, when a local train construction facility (KhPZ) provided funding and allowed use of its territory 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 its play in local competitions, promoting itself to the Soviet Second League B in 1947 only to be demoted three seasons later.
In 1956, Metalist returned to the Soviet Second League B and would be promoted at first to Soviet First League in 1958 later to the Soviet Top League in 1960. She stayed in Top League for 4 seasons and demoted to First League in 1963. She continued her decline and demoted 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 barely 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 would appear in the remaining 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 by a score of 2–0. As a result, Metalist Kharkiv earned a trip to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Metalist would only advance to the 1/16 finals 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 would take part in the premier season of the Ukrainian Premier League in 1992. That season, Metalist took 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 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 last 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 co-owner Oleksandr Yaroslavsky, steady investment would see Metalist show improvement and balanced performance.
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 to win the match 3–2, but were eliminated on the away goals rule.
Stadium
Main article: Metalist StadiumAs Metalist Stadium is scheduled to be 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. Capacity of the stadium has been increased by 13,000, with final capacity is 41,411. Restoration works commenced in the fall of 2006 and had been finished by the end of 2009. In May 2008, Metalist Arena was the venue for 2008 Ukrainian Cup Final, this is the first and so far only occasion that the Cup has traveled away from Kiev.
Sponsors
The main sponsor is DCH – Development Construction Holding, the club technical sponsor is Adidas.
Honours and achievements
Ukraine
- Third placed: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
- Runners-up: 1992
USSR
USSR Cup
- Winners: 1988
- Runners-up: 1983
- Runners-up: 1988
- Runners-up: 1987
Players
Current squad
As of August 2, 2011:[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 
GK Maksym Startsev 2 DF Oleksandr Romanchuk 3 
DF Cristian Villagra 4 DF Andriy Berezovchuk 5 MF Oleh Shelayev 6 DF Marco Torsiglieri (on loan from Sporting CP) 7 MF Serhiy Valyayev 8 MF Edmar 9 FW Andriy Vorobey 10 
MF Cleiton Xavier (captain) 11 MF José Ernesto Sosa 15 DF Fininho 17 DF Serhiy Pshenychnykh 18 MF Dmytro Yeremenko 19 MF Juan Manuel Torres No. Position Player 21 FW Jonathan Cristaldo 22 
DF Milan Obradović (vice-captain) 23 MF Sebastián Blanco 24 FW Yevhen Budnik 27 MF Yurіy Chonka 29 GK Oleksandr Goryainov 30 
DF Papa Gueye 33 FW Marko Devich 37 
DF Vitalie Bordian 71 
MF Sergei Tkachyov 77 FW Taison 80 
DF Lukáš Štetina 81 GK Vladimir Dišljenković 99 MF Artem Radchenko Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player MF Vyacheslav Sharpar (on loan to Volyn Lutsk) MF Anton Postupalenko (on loan to Stal Alchevsk) No. Position Player FW Volodymyr Lysenko (on loan to Kryvbas) Former players
- For all Metalist Kharkiv players with a Wikipedia article see Category:FC Metalist Kharkiv players.
Player records
Top goalscorers
# Name Years League Cup Europe Other Total 1 
Nikolai Korolyov1956-1966, 1969 82 4 - - 86 2 Yuri Tarasov1983-1994 61 11 2 10 84 3 Vladimir Linke1976-1985
1994-199677 4 - - 81 4 Nodar Bachiashvili1978-1982 67 1 - - 68 5 Marko Devich2006-н.в. 54 3 3 - 60 6 Yuri Tsymbalyuk1973-1977, 1981 52 4 - - 56 7 Oleksandr Karabuta1992-2000 46 5 - - 51 8 Stanislav Bernikov1977-1983 37 4 - - 41 9 Sergey Melko1974-1975
1978-198238 2 - - 40 10 Stanislav Kostuyk1960-1966 36 - - - 36 10 Aleksandr Prizetko1988-1993
2004-200530 5 - 1 36 10 Jajá2008-2010 30 2 4 - 36 - Other - National Super Cup & USSR Federation Cup
Most appearances
# Name Years League Cup Europe Other Total 1 Oleksandr Horyainov1993-1995
1997-2003
2005-н.в.372 27 16 - 415 2 Vladimir Linke1976-1985
1994-1996351 25 - - 376 3 Nikolai Korolyov1956-1966
1969353 8 - - 361 4 Ivan Panchishin1985-1994
1996-1997282 35 4 18 339 5 Yuri Sivuha1976
1979-1988268 38 2 13 321 6 Evgeniy Panfilov1958-1969 312 8 - - 320 7 Yuri Tarasov1983-1994 234 25 4 16 279 8 Aleksandr Savchenko1965-1973 260 15 - - 275 9 Viktor Suslo1981-1984
1986-1990232 24 3 14 273 10 Viktor Aristov1967-1973 254 16 - - 270 - Other - National Super Cup & USSR Federation Cup
Former coaches
Adam Bem (1947–48)- Ivan Zolotukhin (1957–58)
- Vitaliy Zub (1959)
- Oleksandr Ponomaryov (1960–61)
- Vitaliy Zub (1962)
- Viktor Zhilin (1962–63)
- Viktor Novikov (1963–64)
- Yevhen Eliseev (1965–66)
- Viktor Kanevski (1966–71)
- Vitaliy Zub (1974–75)
- Oleh Oshenkov (1975–76)
- Yevhen Lemeshko (1977–88)
- Leonid Tkachenko (1989–92)
- Viktor Kamarzaev (1994–95)
- Viktor Udovenko (1996)
- Mykhailo Fomenko (1996–00)
- Mykhailo Fomenko (2001–03)
- Gennadiy Litovchenko (2003–04)
- Oleksandr Zavarov (2005)
- Myron Markevych (2005–)
League and Cup history
Soviet Union
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 1978 3rd 1 44 29 12 3 66 20 70 Promoted
Champions Ukraine1979 2nd 7 46 19 10 17 43 47 48 Group stage 1980 2nd 3 46 24 12 10 76 40 60 Group stage 1981 2nd 1 46 25 12 9 68 33 62 Group stage 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 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
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[5] 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 1/8 finals EL Group G Metalist in Europe
Season Competition Round Club Home Away 1988–89 Cup Winners' Cup 1 
Borac Banja Luka 4–0 0–2 2 
Roda JC 0–0 0–1 2007–08 UEFA Cup 1 
Everton 2–3 1–1 2008–09 UEFA Cup Play-off 
Beşiktaş J.K. 4–1 0–1 Group 
Hertha BSC 0–0 — Galatasaray — 1–0 
Olympiacos 1–0 — 
Benfica — 1–0 1/16 
Sampdoria 2–0 1–0 1/8 Dynamo Kyiv 3–2 0–1 2009–10 UEFA Europa League 3Q 
Rijeka 2–0 2–1 Play-off 
Sturm Graz 0–1 1–1 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off 
Omonia 2–2 1–0 Group PSV Eindhoven 0–2 0–0 Sampdoria 2–1 0–0 
Debrecen 2–1 5–0 1/16 Bayer Leverkusen 0–4 0–2 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Play-off 
Sochaux 0–0 4–0 Group AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Austria Vienna 2–1 
Malmö FF 4-1 See also
References
- Notes
- ^ "Ukraine 2001/02". RSSSF. http://rsssf.com/tableso/oekr02.html. Retrieved May 30, 2007.
- ^ FC Metalist Kharkiv squad
- ^ 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
External links
Categories:- FC Metalist Kharkiv
- Ukrainian football clubs
- Association football clubs established in 1925
- Sport in Kharkiv
- 1925 establishments in Ukraine
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