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FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Football Club Metalist 1925 Kharkiv () is a professional football club from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Founded in 2016, the club plays in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top tier of Ukrainian football after promotion from the Ukrainian First League in 2024–25. Their home stadium is the 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

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.

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

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

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

Infrastructure

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

Squad

Players

Other players under contract

Out on loan

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.

Ukraine
Europe
Africa

Administration and coaches

Administration

  • Owner – LLC FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Current staff (senior team)

General Directors

  • 2016–2020 Volodymyr Linke
  • 2020–2023 Yaroslav Vdovenko
  • 2023–2024 Andriy Niedielin
  • 2024–present Anton Ivanov

Presidents and vice-presidents

  • 2023–present Volodymyr Nosov
  • 2023–present Yuriy Korotun

Managers

Honours

Seasons

European record

FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv did not participate in European competitions.

Women, reserves teams and academy

Metalist 1925-2

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.

Metalist 1925 (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.

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