The Sports club "Metalurh Zaporizhzhia" (, ) is a Ukrainian professional

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club based in

Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia ...

. Reestablished in 2017, it is a " phoenix club" of the original Soviet factory "team of masters" Metalurh that existed in 1935–2016 of the Soviet metallurgical giant Zaporizhstal. The original club holds several historical records of Soviet football, particularly while participating in the Soviet second tier (in 1971–1991 known as the First League). The club has spent the highest number of seasons in the Soviet second tier, as well as earned the highest number of tournament points. The club is also a three-time champion of the Ukrainian republican competitions. Just before the

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, the team of masters Metalurh Zaporizhia was transformed into a commercial

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. In 2017, the city of Zaporizhia administration reestablished the football club as Miskyi Football Club Metalurh Zaporizhia. In December 2024, the organization designation was changed to a sports club at the decision of the city council.

History

Early years (1935–1946)

The history of Metalurg began in 1935 when a steel production company, Zaporizhstal, formed the

'Stal'. By the end of the year a local sports union gave Stal the status of a main club in the region. Throughout the 1930s, the team appeared regularly in domestic competitions and often played against clubs from the

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, the most notable of which was

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. The tough times of World War II soon followed, however, bringing decline to both Zaporizhstal and its team. Nonetheless, in 1946 the club was revived and in 1949, Stal won the cup in

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USSR era (1946–1990)

In October 1949, the team was renamed to 'Metalurg'. In 1950 Metalurg debuts in the

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and in the round of 64 they defeated Lokomotiv

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with the score of 5–0, but go out in the next stage, losing 2–3 to Torpedo

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. However, the very next year club went to eighth-finals, notably defeating Dinamo Minsk 1–0 and

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4–0 on the way. In 1953, the club debuted in the USSR Championship after becoming the champion of

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in 1952. From 1953 to 1962, Metalurg played in USSR Championship division 'B'. In 1963 Metalurg won a place in USSR Championship division 'A' and had some moderate success. They stayed there until 1971, when in the 1970 season club secured a position in division 'A' and a place in the

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. In their first season they came in fourth place, which became the club's highest achievement in the USSR Championships.

Ukrainian leagues (1991–2015)

In 1991 after the collapse of the

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, Ukraine became independent and

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was formed. Metalurh was among the founders of the League. The club has remained in the Vyshcha Liga for all 16 seasons with their highest achievement in the 1995–96 season, taking 5th place. The club's best performance in a domestic cup came in 2006, when Metalurh reached the final, there they met with

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and were beaten 2 goals to none, however this performance allowed them to enter the

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next season. Zaporizhstal still remains as a largest club sponsor and actively finances most of club's expenses. The club had always been in the top league, since the first season in 1992 until the 2010–11 season when they finished last position and were relegated to the

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. After one season in the

the club was promoted back to the Ukrainian Premier League. During the 2015–16 season on 2 March 2016, Metalurh was recognized as bankrupt on decision of the commercial court of Zaporizhzhia Oblast and a liquidation procedure was initiated. ;European history Throughout its history in

, Metalurh has entered the

on two occasions; the first in

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after finishing fourth in the league the previous season. In the qualifying round they beat

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side

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3–0 on aggregate, before losing 2–1 to English side

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in the first round. The second time club had to wait 4 years to qualify again. After finishing as runners-up in the

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in 2006, Metalurh secured a place in the

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. The club entered the competition in the second qualifying round, Metalurh defeated Moldavian side

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3–0 over two legs. However, Metalurh went out in the first stage, losing to

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club

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FC Metallurh based on FC Rosso Nero (2016–2018)

FC Rosso Nero was created in 2009 by Andriy Bohatchenko who owns a pizzeria with the same name in

. The first two seasons the club played in

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(indoor football). In 2011, the club won the Zaporizhzhia city Cup and the

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city league. In 2012, Rosso Nero were runners-up at 8x8 football (variant of

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popular in Russia). In 2014, the club became a city champions by beating the defending city champions Motor Zaporizhzhia. The victory inspired Rosso Nero to apply for the Second League of national competitions. In fall of 2015, when Metalurh Zaporizhzhia started the process for liquidation, Rosso Nero offered to pass the legendary club to them, however no agreement was reached. On 26 March 2016, in Zaporizhzhia held a meeting of non-governmental organization "Metalurh forever", at which it was decided to rename the "FC Rosso Nero" into "FC Metalurh". At the same meeting, the group adopted symbols and colors of the original club "Metalurh". During the 2016–17 season the club was under suspicion from the FFU fair play committee. The club was denied in receiving certificate for the next season and was dissolved in June 2018. The Metalurh—Rosso Nero performance was terrible. It played 65 games at professional level (3rd tier) winning 9, tying 3 and losing 53 games. Its goal tallies was 49 goals scored while allowing 237 (-188). The Metalurh—Rosso Nero also took part in

where it was eliminated at its earliest rounds on both occasions.

MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (since 2017)

On 6 August 2017, a new municipal football club MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia started its participation in the

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with an away game against Yarud at Azovets Stadium in

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. In 2016, the new club was established by the Zaporizhzhia city authorities based on a communal company "Tsentralnyi Stadion" (Central Stadium) which owns

Slavutych Arena Slavutych Arena () is a football-only stadium in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. It is used for football matches and is the home of Metalurh Zaporizhzhia. The stadium's official maximum capacity is 12,000. The stadium is located in a city neighborhood kn ...

. Following dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and until 2015 the club was a member of the Ukrainian top tier and on couple of occasions competed at European club competitions representing Ukraine. In 2015, the original club went bankrupt and in 2016 the

finally removed it from its competitions. In 2016, it was announced that another amateur club from

(FC Rosso-Nero Zaporizhzhia) has officially changed its name to FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia and intends to start participation at the

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the same year. In 2018, the Rosso-Nero's Metalurh was denied license for professional league competitions, while the city-sponsored club was admitted to the Second League. With Metalurh–Rosso Nero already competing, in May 2017 the mayor of Zaporizhzhia decided to form a separate city club which was formed based on the existing Metalurh sports school of Olympic Reserve. On 31 May 2017, the Zaporizhzhia City Council approved the mayor's initiative and created the city's club Metalurh Zaporizhzhia. On proposition of the Rosso-Nero's Metalurh to merge, the newly created club refused. Youth Sports School of Metalurh Zaporizhya Youth sports school is located right on the training fields of the main club, where before the Russian-Ukrainian war matches of the local championship of other sports schools were regularly held. this is the largest youth sports school in the city of Zaporizhya, as well as in the entire region.

Stadium

Throughout their history, the club has played in various stadiums around

, but in 2001 the

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forbade Metalurh from playing in their home stadium, Tsentarlnyi Metalurh Stadium, due to security concern and the club was forced to play at the Avto ZAZ Stadium (which formerly belong to now-bankrupt Torpedo Zaporizhzhia). Soon after, the club's board approved plans to construct a brand new stadium for the team in place of the old one. Construction commenced in late 2004 and on 29 July 2006,

was opened, in their first game on a new stadium Metalurh faced Ukrainian giants

. The stadium is situated in a central part of the city, on a street that has been recently renamed after legendary Ukrainian player and coach

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. The stadium is purposed for football only use and has a total capacity of 12,000 seats. It consists out of four separate stands, north, south, east and west, two of which are covered by a roof, stadium is equipped with a single, multi-colour screen with dimensions of 6x10m and a lighting system of 1400 lux. The pitch dimensions are 105х68 м. Lately it has often been used as a venue for the

FC Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk ( ) is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk was based in the city of Luhansk, Ukraine. However, due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, the team currently plays its games at Slavutych-Arena in Zaporizhzhia. The modern club as a ...

, while Metalurh is forced to play at its own training base. Metalurh Training Base is also known as Velykyi Luh (Great Meadow).

Club's crests and logos

File:La lettera M giallo, blu e rosso.svg, Metalurh owned by Motor Sich File:MFC Metalurh Zaporizhya Logo.svg, Metalurh owned by the city of Zaporizhzhia

Honours

Soviet First League The Soviet First League in football () was the second highest division of Soviet football,Evgeni Kazakov. The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футболу)''. History of Soviet football championships. Volume 1 ...

: ** Winners: 1960 ** ''Runners-up:'' 1958 *

Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League (, Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet Union, Soviet football (soccer), football, below the Soviet First League. The league was formed in 1971 in place of the Class A Se ...

: ** Winners: 1970 *

: ** ''Runners-up:''

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

: ** ''Runners-up:'' 2011–12 *

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: ** Winners: 1952, 1960, 1970 *

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: ** Winners: 1951, 1952 ** ''Runners-up:'' 1950

Players

Current squad

Coaching staff

* Head coach – TBA

League and Cup history

Soviet Union

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Ukraine

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FC Metalurh (Rosso-Nero)

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MFC Metalurh

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Soviet Union

Ukraine

FC Metallurh based on FC Rosso Nero

MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

European record

FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia participates in European competitions on few occasions since 2002 after playing its first game against

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Officials

* 1957 – 1959 Aleksandr Timofeev (nachalnik komandy) * 1971 Viktor Zhylin (nachalnik komandy) * 1972 Petro Stupakov (nachalnik komandy) * 1973 – 1974 Nikolay Farafonov (nachalnik komandy) * 1974 – 1977 Hryhoriy Vul (nachalnik komandy) * 1978 – 1980 Viktor Beloblotskyi (nachalnik komandy) * 1978 Viktor Malakhovskyi (administrator) * 1980 – 1981 Yuriy Sevastianenko (nachalnik komandy) * 1981 – 1991 Viktor Mezheiko (nachalnik komandy) * 1981 – 1982 Anatoliy Semykopenko (administrator) * 1989 – 1991 Hennadiy Zhyzdik (president) * 1991 – 2006 Viktor Mezheiko (president) * 1993 – 1994 Hryhoriy Vul (nachalnik komandy) * 1994 – 1997 Oleksandr Tomakh (general director) * 1998 – 2001 Oleksandr Tomakh (technical director) * 2002 – 2006 Andriy Kurhanskyi (vice-president) * 2006 – 2012 Andriy Kurhanskyi (president) * 2012 – 2015 Andriy Shevchuk (president) * 2013 – 2015 Oleksandr Tomakh (sports director) * 2014 – 2017

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(sports/technical director) * 2016 – 2018 Andriy Bohatchenko (president/Rosso Nero)

Managers

* Viktor Zhylin (1972) *

Yozhef Betsa Yozhef Yozhefovich (or Iosif Iosifovich) Betsa (, , ; 6 November 1929 – 24 February 2011) was a Ukrainian and Soviet football player and coach. Betsa was an ethnic Magyar. In December 2006 he was denied the invitation to accept a meda ...

(1976–78) * Oleksandr Tomakh (1981–88) * Ihor Nadein (1988–92) * Anatoliy Kuksov (1994) * Oleksandr Tomakh (1994–98) *

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(3 March 1999 – 15 May 2001) * Volodymyr Atamanyuk (2001–02) *

Oleh Taran Oleh Anatolyevich Taran (; born 11 January 1960) is a Ukrainian football coach and former player. He was a prolific forward who possessed a powerful shot and was capable of dribbling quickly and precisely. In 1983, he was named the Ukrainian F ...

(1 Aug 2001 – Sept 12, 2002) * Oleh Lutkov ''(interim)'' (Sept 12, 2002 – 1 Nov 2002) * Ihor Nadein (2002) *

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(2003) * Mykhaylo Fomenko (1 July 2003 – 31 Dec 2003) * Anatoliy Yurevich (1 Jan 2004 – 30 April 2004) * Sergei Borovsky (1 May 2004 – 30 June 2004) * Valeriy Yaremchenko (1 July 2004 – 25 July 2005) *

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''(interim)'' (28 July 2005 – Sept 19, 2005) *

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(Sept 20, 2005 – 30 June 2006) * Serhiy Yashchenko (1 July 2006 – 16 April 2007) *

(16 April 2007 – 3 Dec 2008) * Oleh Lutkov (3 Dec 2008 – Sept 3, 2009) * Vladimir Khodus (Sept 3, 2009 – 22 Oct 2009) *

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(22 Oct 2009 – 10 Nov 2009) * Vladimir Khodus ''(interim)'' (10 Nov 2009 – 8 Dec 2009) *

(2009–10) * Oleh Lutkov (3 June 2010 – 3 May 2011) * Hryhoriy Nehiryev ''(interim)'' (4 May 2011 – 1 June 2011) * Serhiy Zaytsev (1 June 2011 – 1 June 2012) * Anatoliy Buznyk (15 June 2012 – 13 July 2012) *

Ihor Luchkevych Ihor Luchkevych (; born 19 November 1973) is a Ukrainian retired professional football midfielder and current assistant manager at Mynai. Career After retiring from playing career he worked in the structure of FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia. From D ...

''(interim)'' (14 July 2012 – 23 July 2012) *

Serhiy Kovalets Serhiy Ivanovych Kovalets (; born 5 September 1968) is a Ukrainian former footballer and current manager of Podillya Khmelnytskyi. Playing career Kovalets began his playing career in youth sports schools of Podolia region Berdychiv and Krasyl ...

(24 July 2012 – Sept 1, 2012) *

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''(interim)'' (Sept 1, 2012 – Sept 6, 2012) * Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi (Sept 8, 2012 – 31 Dec 2012) * Serhiy Zaytsev (1 Jan 2013 – 29 June 2013) *

Serhiy Puchkov Serhiy Valentynovych Puchkov (; born 17 April 1962) is a Ukrainian former football player and manager who played as a midfielder. Career Puchkov is a former head-coach of FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, Metalurh Zaporizhzhia in the Ukrainian Premier ...

(10 June 2013 – 28 Oct 2013) *

(28 Oct 2013 – 7 Nov 2014) * Oleksandr Tomakh ''(interim)'' (7 Nov 2014 – 24 Feb 2015) *

(24 Feb 2015 – 4 Dec 2015) ---- ;FC Metallurh based on FC Rosso Nero *

Vasyl Storchak Vasyl Valeriyovych Storchak (; born 21 June 1965) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. Career Storchak started his professional career at the Lviv army club, SKA Lvov ( Soviet First League) which merged with FC Karpa ...

(2013 – 2016) *

Illya Blyznyuk Ilya Vladyslavovych Blyznyuk (; born 28 July 1973 is a Ukrainian football coach and former goalkeeper. Career Blyznyuk is a product of FC Metalurh Zaporizhia football academy (sports school).Viktor Zhuk ''(interim)'' (10 Jan 2017 – 7 June 2018) ---- ;MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia * Volodymyr Shapovalov (6 August 2017 – 7 June 2018) *

(7 June 2018 – 2019) * Ivan Bohatyr (2019) * Oleksiy Hodin ''(interim)'' (2019 – 2020) *

Volodymyr Mykytin Volodymyr Bohdanovych Mykytin (; born 28 April 1970) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. He is the current manager of Metalurh Zaporizhzhia since August 2020. Club career Mykytin started to play football at a local s ...

(27 August 2020 – )

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Association football clubs established in 1935 1935 establishments in Ukraine Soviet Top League clubs Football clubs in Zaporizhzhia Football clubs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Ukrainian Second League clubs Avanhard (sports society) Metallurg Voluntary Sports Society Zaporizhstal Metallurgy association football clubs in Ukraine Phoenix clubs (association football)

History

Early years (1935–1946)

USSR era (1946–1990)

Ukrainian leagues (1991–2015)

FC Metallurh based on FC Rosso Nero (2016–2018)

MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (since 2017)

Stadium

Club's crests and logos

Sponsors

Football kits and sponsors

Honours

Players

Current squad

Coaching staff

League and Cup history

Soviet Union

Ukraine

FC Metalurh (Rosso-Nero)

MFC Metalurh

Soviet Union

Ukraine

FC Metallurh based on FC Rosso Nero

MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

European record

Officials

Managers

See also

References

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