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For the original football club which was founded in 1925, see FC Metalist Kharkiv.

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
File:FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv logo.png
Full nameФутбольний клуб Металіст 1925 Харків
Football Club Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
NicknameZhovto-syni (Yellow-blue)
Founded17 August 2016; 9 years ago (17 August 2016)
GroundOSC Metalist
Arena Livyi Bereh
Capacity40,003
Owner(s)[1][2]
Volodymyr Nosov[2]
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ChairmanAnton Ivanov [2][3]
Head coachMladen Bartulović
LeagueUkrainian Premier League
2024–25Ukrainian First League, 3rd of 18 (promoted via play-off)
Websitehttps://metalist1925.com

Football Club Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Металіст 1925) is a professional football club from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Founded in 2016, the club set to play in Ukrainian Premier League, the top tier of Ukrainian football after promotion from Ukrainian First League in 2024–25. Their home stadium is Metalist Oblast Sports Complex with 40,003 capacity.

Metalist Kharkiv was promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League after finishing in third place in the 2020–21 Ukrainian First League. They earned promotion on two previous occasions: placing second in the 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League and placing third in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League.

History

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The club was established in the summer of 2016 after the original club, FC Metalist Kharkiv, was refused a license by the Football Federation of Ukraine and expelled from national competitions.[citation needed]

On the initiative of former Metalist player Volodymyr Linke, among others, a new club was created under the name FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.[4] It entered the Ukrainian Football Amateur League for the 2016–17 season and earned promotion to the Ukrainian Second League the next year.[5]

In 2018, the club was promoted to the Ukrainian First League and from 2021 it is playing in the highest tier of the Ukrainian association football – at the Ukrainian Premier League.

On 1 June 2025, Metalist 1925 secure promotion to Ukrainian Premier League from next season after win against Livyi Bereh Kyiv on aggregate 2–0 in promotion-relegation play-off and return to top tier after one year absence.

Infrastructure

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Metalist 1925 plays its games at Metalist Stadium. It has its own training site in the town of Vysokyi.

Squad

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Players

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As of 6 September 2025[6][7][8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Oleh Mozil
2 DF File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Dmytro Kapinus
3 DF File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Vasyl Kravets
5 MF File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Ivan Kalyuzhnyi
7 FW File:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA Ari Moura
10 MF File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Vladlen Yurchenko
11 MF File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Vyacheslav Churko
13 DF File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Volodymyr Salyuk
14 FW File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Ramik Hadzhyiev
15 FW File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Denys Antyukh
17 MF File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Ihor Kohut
18 DF File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Yevhen Pavlyuk
19 MF File:Flag of Albania.svg ALB Ermir Rashica
23 GK File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Yaroslav Protsenko
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Oleksandr Martynyuk
25 MF File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Ivan Lytvynenko
27 DF File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Illya Krupskyi
30 GK File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Danylo Varakuta
31 DF File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Artem Shabanov
32 DF File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Maksym Imerekov (captain)
45 MF File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Vladyslav Kalitvintsev
72 FW File:Flag of Kosovo.svg KOS Baton Zabërgja
74 DF File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Ihor Snurnitsyn
80 FW File:Flag of Nigeria.svg NGA Christian Mba
91 MF File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Matviy Panchenko
97 FW File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Oleksiy Sydorov
98 FW File:Flag of Nigeria.svg NGA Peter Itodo

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Samuel Obinaya (at Jablonec until 30 June 2026)
21 MF File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Denys Nahnoynyi (at Kudrivka until 30 June 2026)
— GK File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Maksym Kovalenko (at Probiy Horodenka until 30 June 2026)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Yevhen Pasich (at Obolon Kyiv until 31 December 2025)
— FW File:Flag of Ghana.svg GHA Raymond Owusu (at Kudrivka until 30 June 2026)

Administration and coaches

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Administration

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  • Owner – LLC FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv[9]

Current staff (senior team)

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General Directors

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  • 2016–2020 Volodymyr Linke
  • 2020–2023 Yaroslav Vdovenko[10][11]
  • 2023–2024 Andriy Niedielin
  • 2024–present Anton Ivanov

Presidents and vice-presidents

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  • 2023–present Volodymyr Nosov[12]
    • 2023–present Yuriy Korotun

Managers

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Honours

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Seasons

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Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Other Notes
2016–17 4th
(Championship among amateurs) 		1 20 13 4 3 46 18 43 LF Lost final Group winner, Promoted
2017–18 3rd "B"
(Second League) 		2 33 21 4 8 77 27 67 1⁄64 finals Promoted
2018–19 2nd
(First League) 		4 28 15 6 7 35 20 51 1⁄16 finals
2019–20 7 30 15 6 9 44 34 51 1⁄32 finals
2020–21 3 30 16 8 6 36 22 56 1⁄64 finals Promoted
2021–22 1st
(Premier League) 		10 18 6 1 11 17 29 19 1⁄8 finals
2022–23 12 30 6 14 10 23 42 32 Not played
2023–24 16 30 5 8 17 32 57 23 1⁄8 finals Relegated to FL
2024–25 2nd
(First League) 		3 22 10 6 6 29 20 36 3rd round Promoted to PL win play-off Livyi Bereh Kyiv 1:0 1:0
2025–26 1st
(Premier League) 		6 10 4 4 2 12 7 16 1⁄4 finals

Women, reserves teams and academy

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Metalist 1925-2

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It was announced that Metalist 1925 will be fielding its second squad in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League. Metalist 1925-2 would be formed based on Metalist 1925 under-19 team that competed at the UPL U-19 competitions.[17]

Metalist 1925 (women)

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Main article: FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (women)

Created in 2006 as Zhilstroi-1 Kharkiv (Zhytlobud-1), in 2024 the women team from Kharkiv was fully integrated by Metalist 1925 as its women team. Zhilstroi-1/Zhytlobud-1 is a leader of the women club's football in Ukraine.

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Неделин: Околофутбольное чудо произошло, угроза исчезновения Металлиста 1925 прошла. sportarena.com. 31 August 2023
  2. ^ a b c d Кому официально принадлежат украинские клубы. ukrrudprom.com. 12 November 2021
  3. ^ ТОВ ФК МЕТАЛІСТ 1925 ХАРКІВ - Інформація про юридичну особу ТОВ "ФК "МЕТАЛІСТ 1925". opendatabot.ua. 31 October 2025
  4. ^ "Our club was created by fans for fans". In Kharkiv they went the other way ("Наш клуб создали болельщики для болельщиков". В Харькове пошли другим путем). UA-Football. 5 August 2017.
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