Football Club Zviahel () was a Ukrainian football team from

Zviahel Zviahel (, ; ) is a city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, ...

. On 16 November 2022, the

Ukrainian parliament The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovna Rada building in Ukraine's capi ...

has approved returning of the city's historical name and the club's name became coincidental with the city's name. In 2022 the club debuted at professional level becoming the first football club from Zviahel to do so. In 2024 rumors appeared that club may fold following the 2023–24 season and appearance of Polissya-2. On 26 May 2024, "Ukraiyinskyi football" online media was inquiring about the future of Zviahel and was assured that the club will continue to play.Майбутнє ПФК Звягель: стало відомо, що чекає на клуб у зв'язку з появою Полісся-2
ukrfootball.ua. 26 May 2024

History

Created in 1993 as Zviahel-93, until 2002 the club competed exclusively in regional competitions of

Zhytomyr Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast (), also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna (), is an Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in northwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Zhytomyr. Its population is approximately H ...

. The club managed to become a winner of the regional competitions in 1993 and runner-up in 1994. In 1996 and 1997 it won cup competitions of Zhytomyr Oblast and participated in the

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 ...

where it yielded to

FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn was a professional Ukrainian football club based in Burshtyn, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. History The club was formed in 1948 and was previously called ''Kolhospnyk'' (Collective] farmer), ''Avanhard'' (Vanguard) and ''Henera ...

. In 1997 the club temporarily competed under the name of Lider. In 2002 as Fortuna Novohrad-Volynskyi the club folded due to lack of financing. On initiative of the local sports school staff and students, in March 2016 the club was revived and received support from the city authorities. In 2019 and 2020 Zvyahel again managed to win regional league competitions and participated in national amateur cup competitions earning its first victories. For the first time in 2021 the club joined the national amateur league competitions which due to the war were interrupted.

Players

Last squad

League and cup history

Head coaches

* 1996–1997 Andriy Los * 2017–2023 Ruslan Skydan * 2023 Yuriy Maksymov * 2023–2024

Serhiy Shyshchenko Serhiy Yuriyovych Shyshchenko (; born 13 January 1976) is a Ukrainian football manager and former professional player. Career Shyshchenko played for teams like Metalurh Donetsk, Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Olympik Kharkiv, Me ...

* 2024 Mykola Hibalyuk (caretaker) * 2024 Yuriy Virt

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