Football Club LNZ Cherkasy () is a Ukrainian professional

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club based in

Cherkasy Cherkasy (, ) is a city in central Ukraine. Cherkasy serves as the administrative centre of Cherkasy Oblast as well as Cherkasy Raion within the oblast. The city has a population of Cherkasy is the cultural, educational and industrial centre ...

. The club is owned by LNZ Group.

History

The club was created in 2006 by Dmytro Kravchenko.Regional Football Championship. In focus is "Shpola-LNZ-Lebedyn" (Чемпіонат області з футболу. У фокусі "Шпола-ЛНЗ-Лебедин")
Cherkaskyi Sport. The club was based at the time in the city of

Shpola Shpola ( ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city located in Zvenyhorodka Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (oblast, province) in central Ukraine. In May 2011, a 14-meter monument was installed on the outskirts of the city, claiming that Shpola is the geogr ...

and played at its Central Stadium. The club's president became Andriy Poltavets in 2006.

Names

* 2006–2013: FC Shpola-LNZ-Lebedyn Shpola * 2013–2021: FC LNZ-Lebedyn Lebedyn * 2021–present: FC LNZ Cherkasy

Honours

Ukrainian Amateur Cup The Ukrainian Amateur Cup () or AAFU Cup () is a national cup competition in Ukraine for amateur clubs. The competition among amateur teams in cup format (knock-out format or Olympic system) was established in the 1996–97 season as part of the ...

Winners (2): 2017–18,Victory: LNZ-Lebedyn won the Ukrainian Amateur Cup (Перемога: «ЛНЗ-Лебедин» здобув Кубок України з аматорського футболу)
. LNZ Group. 12 June 2018

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

* Cherkasy Oblast Championship ** Gold medal icon

Winners (4): 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017 ** Silver medal icon

Runners-up (2): 2007, 2012 * Cherkasy Oblast Cup ** Silver medal icon

Runners-up (2): 2009, 2012

Current squad

Other players under contract

Out on loan

Coaches and administration

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for LNZ Cherkasy. ;Ukraine * Ivan Kalyuzhnyi *

Oleksandr Kovpak Oleksandr Oleksandrovich Kovpak (; born 2 February 1983) is a retired Ukrainian footballer and current manager. Career He moved to Tavriya in the winter of 2005 from Dnipro Cherkassy. Kovpak become the top goalscorer of the Ukrainian Premie ...

* Denys Oliynyk *

Serhiy Rybalka Serhiy Oleksandrovych Rybalka (; born 1 April 1990) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Club career Arsenal Kharkiv Born in Yamne, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Rybalka was the top scorer in Arsenal Kharkiv's hist ...

Yevhen Selin Yevhen Serhiyovych Selin (Ukrainian: Євген Сергійович Селін; born 9 May 1988) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a left back or centre back for UCSA Tarasivka. Club career Selin was born in Voroshylovhrad ...

;Europe *

Andriy Popovych Andriy Volodymyrovych Popovych (; ; born 4 March 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Kyrgyzaltyn in Kyrgyz Premier League. Born in Ukraine, he played for the Azerbaijan national team. Career Club Andriy Popovych b ...

* Shota Nonikashvili * Osama Khalaila *

Muharrem Jashari Muharrem Jashari (born 21 February 1998) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ukrainian Premier League club LNZ Cherkasy and the Kosovo national team. Club career Drita On 16 June 2021, Jashari signed a three-year ...

Olivier Thill Olivier Thill (born 17 December 1996) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ukrainian club LNZ Cherkasy. Club career As a senior player, Thill started playing club football for FC Progrès Niederkorn from 20 ...

;Africa *

Béni Makouana Béni Makouana (born 28 September 2002) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ukrainian Premier League club LNZ Cherkasy, on loan from Polissya Zhytomyr, and the Congo national team. Club career During the earl ...

;North America *

Jewison Bennette Jewison Francisco Bennette Villegas (born 15 June 2004) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Ukrainian Premier League side LNZ Cherkasy and the Costa Rica national team. Club career Early career Born in Her ...

League and cup history

: *A/P – the AAFU league playoffs (post-season elimination) *A/C – the

*2021–22 season was interrupted and discontinued due to the 2022 Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine *2022–23 Ukrainian Cup competitions never took place due to ongoing hostilities

Managers

* Petro Slavinskyi (2006 – 2011)Haptar, M.
Petro Slavinskyi leaves "Shpola-LNZ-Lebedyn" (Петро Славінський залишає "Шполу-ЛНЗ-Лебедин")
'. Cherkaskyi Sport. 18 December 2011 * Vasyl Hrechanyi (2012 – 16 August 2020) *

Yuriy Bakalov Yuriy Bakalov (; born 16 January 1966 in Kyiv, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union - in present-day Ukraine) is a former Soviet and Ukrainian professional football midfielder and manager. Career On 16 April 2010, Bakalov was appointed as ...

(17 August 2020 – 5 September 2022) *

(caretaker) (5 September 2022 – 1 December 2022) *

(2 December 2022 – 23 August 2023) *

Yuriy Dudnyk Yuriy Volodymyrovych Dudnyk (; born 26 September 1968) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. Club career Dudnyk made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for Shakhtar Horlivka. He played two games in the 199 ...

(caretaker) (25 August 2023 – 29 August 2023) * Oleg Dulub (30 August 2023 – 10 June 2024) * Andrés Carrasco (11 June 2024 – 12 December 2024) *

Roman Hryhorchuk Roman Yosypovych Hryhorchuk (; born 22 March 1965) is a Ukrainian professional football manager and former player. Early life Since the fourth grade, around 11 years of age, Hryhorchuk was interested in handball and competed for local village ...

(18 December 2024 – present)

References

External links

LNZ-Lebedyn: Quarterfinal perspectives, regional triumph and new stadium for your homeland ("ЛНЗ-Лебедин": чвертьфінальні перспективи, обласний тріумф та новий стадіон для краю)
Footboom. 10 March 2018 (interview with Vasyl Hrechanyi) {{DEFAULTSORT:LNZ-Lebedyn, Fc Association football clubs established in 2006 2006 establishments in Ukraine Football clubs in Cherkasy Ukrainian Premier League clubs Zvenyhorodka Raion