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FC Metalist Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Металіст Харків Russian: Металлист Харьков) is a football team from Kharkiv, Ukraine currently playing in the Ukrainian Premier League.
[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 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 Soviet Second League B and would be promoted 4 years later to the Soviet Second League. In 1978, the club was promoted to 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, 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 Persha Liha. 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. In the 2006-07 season, the club secured third place in the UPL and a spot in the UEFA Cup 2007-08, their only second ever European appearance. The competition drew Metalist angainst English club Everton. The first leg, away at Goodison Park, resulted in a 1-1 draw, but Everton won the second leg 3-2 eliminating Metalist.
[edit] Stadium
Main articles: Metalist 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 USSR 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 the Ukrainian Cup will travel away from Kyiv for the first time in it's history and the venue for the final is scheduled to be Metalist Arena.
[edit] Honors
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- 1988
- Ukrainian SSR Championship: 1
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- 1978
Runner-Up
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- 1983
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- 1992
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- 1988
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- 1987
- Ukrainian SSR Championship: 2
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- 1974, 1976
Squad is given according to the club's official website [1], as of April 8, 2008.
[edit] Transfers In 2007/2008
[edit] Transfers Out 2007/2008
[edit] Loans Out 2007/2008
[edit] Famous players
[edit] Former coaches
 A. Bem (1947-1948)- I. Zolotukhin (1957-1958)
- V. Zub (1959)
- A. Ponamaryov (1960-1961)
- V. Zub (1962)
- V. Zhilin (1962-1963)
- V. Novikov (1963-1964)
- E. Eliseev (1965-1966)
- V. Kanevsky (1966-1971)
- V. Zub (1974-1975)
- O. Oshenkov (1975-1976)
- E. Lemeshko (1977-1988)
- L. Tkachenko (1989-1992)
 V. Kamarzaev (1994-1995)- V. Udovenko (1996)
- Mykhailo Fomenko (1996-2000)
- Mykhailo Fomenko (2001-2003)
- Gennadiy Litovchenko (2003-2004)
- Aleksandr Zavarov (2005)
- Myron Markevych (2005-)
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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 |
| 1992 |
1st |
6 |
18 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
21 |
16 |
21 |
Runner-up |
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| 1992-93 |
1st |
5 |
30 |
12 |
7 |
11 |
37 |
34 |
31 |
1/2 finals |
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| 1993-94 |
1st |
18 |
34 |
6 |
8 |
20 |
22 |
63 |
20 |
1/16 finals |
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Relegated |
| 1994-95 |
Appeared in lower levels |
1/64 finals |
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| 1995-96 |
Appeared in lower levels |
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| 1996-97 |
Appeared in lower levels |
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| 1997-98 |
Appeared in lower levels |
1/16 finals |
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Promoted |
| 1998-99 |
1st |
6 |
30 |
14 |
5 |
11 |
31 |
32 |
47 |
1/4 finals |
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| 1999-00 |
1st |
5 |
30 |
12 |
8 |
10 |
41 |
35 |
44 |
1/16 finals |
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| 2000-01 |
1st |
9 |
26 |
8 |
7 |
11 |
27 |
37 |
31 |
1/8 finals |
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| 2001-02 |
1st |
5 |
26 |
11 |
7 |
8 |
35 |
36 |
40 |
1/4 finals |
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| 2002-03 |
1st |
16 |
30 |
6 |
5 |
19 |
19 |
43 |
23 |
1/16 finals |
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Relegated |
| 2003-04 |
Appeared in lower levels |
1/16 finals |
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Promoted |
| 2004-05 |
1st |
11 |
30 |
9 |
7 |
14 |
25 |
37 |
34 |
1/16 finals |
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| 2005-06 |
1st |
5 |
30 |
12 |
7 |
11 |
35 |
42 |
43 |
1/8 finals |
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| 2006-07 |
1st |
3 |
30 |
18 |
7 |
5 |
40 |
20 |
61 |
1/2 finals |
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| 2007-08 |
1st |
3 |
30 |
19 |
6 |
5 |
50 |
27 |
63 |
1/8 finals |
UC |
1st Round |
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[edit] References
- ^ OSK Metalist official website. The stadium is under reconstruction and exspansion. Retrieved on June 25, 2007.
- ^ Ukraine 2001/02. RSSSF. Retrieved on May 30, 2007.
- ^ OSK Metalist official website. The Stadium's short history. Retrieved on July 25, 2007.
[edit] External links
Oleksandr Yaroslavsky
