FC Metalist Kharkiv
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| Full name | FC Metalist Kharkiv | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Zhovto-Syni (Yellow-blue) | ||
| Founded | 1925 | ||
| Ground | Metalist Stadium (Capacity: 43,000)[1]) |
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| Chairman |  Oleksandr Yaroslavsky |
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| Head Coach | Myron Markevych |
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| League | Ukrainian Premier League | ||
| 2008-09 | 3rd | ||
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FC Metalist Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Металіст Харків) are a professional Ukrainian football club based in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Founded in 1925, they played in the Soviet Top League and now in the Ukrainian Premier League.
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[edit] History
[edit] 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.
[edit] Ukrainian Premier League
After the collapse 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 [2]. 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Stadium
The club's main ground is Metalist Stadium, which was constructed in 1926 and currently holds slightly over 30,000 spectators. The ground was reconstructed on several occasions, with the latest one starting in 2006 and ongoing to the present day. During the 1960s, the stadium gained fame in the Soviet Union for having the best pitch quality and the first drainage system in the country.[3]
As 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 is planned to increase by 13 000, with final capacity being around 43 000. Restoration works commenced in the fall of 2006 and are due to be finished by the end of 2008. 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.
[edit] Sponsors
The main sponsor is DCH - Development Construction Holding, the club technical sponsor is Adidas.
[edit] Honours and achievements
[edit] Ukraine
- Highest finish, Third: 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09
- Runners-up: 1992
[edit] USSR
- Winners: 1988
- Runners-up: 1983
- Runners-up: 1988
- Runners-up: 1987
[edit] Current squad
As of July 19 2008:[4]
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For recent transfers, see List of Ukrainian football transfers summer 2009 and List of Ukrainian football transfers Winter 2008-09.
[edit] Out on loan
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[edit] Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Metalist.
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[edit] Former coaches
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[edit] League and Cup history
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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 lost to FC Dynamo Kyiv for the Cup 1991 1st 15 30 8 9 13 32 43 25 1/16 Joined Ukrainian Supreme League
lost to FC Karpaty Lviv for the Cup
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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 1/8 finals
[edit] Metallist in Europe
As of June 2009.
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | |
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| 1988–89 | Cup Winners' Cup | 1R |  |
Borac Banja Luka | 4-0 | 0-2 |
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Roda JC | 0-0 | 0-1 | ||
| 2007-08 | UEFA Cup | 1R |  |
Everton | 2-3 | 1-1 |
| 2008-09 | UEFA Cup | 1R |  |
Beşiktaş J.K. | 4-1 | 0-1 |
| GS |  |
Hertha BSC | 0-0 | |||
| GS | |
Galatasaray | 1-0 | |||
| GS |  |
Olympiacos | 1-0 | |||
| GS |  |
Benfica | 1-0 | |||
| 1/16 |  |
Sampdoria | 2-0 | 1-0 | ||
| 1/8 |  |
Dynamo Kyiv | 3-2 | 0-1 | ||
| 2009-10 | UEFA Europa League | 3QR |  |
[edit] References
- ^ "OSK Metalist official website". The stadium is under reconstruction and exspansion. http://arena.metallist.kharkov.ua/towns_and_stadion.html. Retrieved on June 25 2007.
- ^ "Ukraine 2001/02". RSSSF. http://rsssf.com/tableso/oekr02.html. Retrieved on May 30 2007.
- ^ "OSK Metalist official website". The Stadium's short history. http://www.arena.metallist.kharkov.ua/stadion_history.html. Retrieved on July 25 2007.
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- ^ forfeited its quaterfinal game with FC Lokomotiv Moscow on March 25 and along with the two other Ukrainian clubs quit the competition
[edit] See also
- FC Dynamo Kharkiv
- FC Shturm Kharkiv
- FC Rabis Kharkiv
- FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv
- FC Feniks Kharkiv
- FC Spartak Kharkiv
- FC Metalist Kharkiv Reserves and Youth Team
[edit] External links
- (Russian) Official website
- (English) Official website
- (Russian) Unofficial website
- (English) Ukrainian Soccer Team Metalist
- (English) Ukrainian Soccer news article
- (English) Metallist Kharkiv at transfermarkt
- (Ukrainian) Metallist Kharkiv Stadium Webcam
