FC Kolos Kovalivka

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Kolos Kovalivka
Full nameFC Kolos Kovalivka
Founded2012; 12 years ago (2012)
GroundKolos Stadium
Capacity5,000
PresidentAndriy Zasukha[1]
General DirectorYevhen Yevseyev[1]
Head coachYaroslav Vyshnyak
LeagueUkrainian Premier League
2022–23Ukrainian Premier League, 8th of 16
WebsiteClub website

FC Kolos Kovalivka (

Kovalivka, Kyiv Oblast which competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, having been promoted from the Ukrainian First League
on the 8 June 2019 for the first time in their history. The club colors are white and black. The club has three football teams including women and youth.

The club has made a real

cinderella story in 2020 transforming in five years from an amateur team into a continental challengers by advancing through the full league pyramid (4 tiers).[2] Outside of the league pyramid, the club also holds several honours of regional competitions for Kyiv Oblast which it represents.[2]

The club is named after the Ukrainian sports society Kolos (Agro-Industrial Complex trade unions) that has existed since after World War II. The main sponsor of the club is the Svitanok agrarian company (firm), formerly the Shchors collective farm (kolkhoz).

History

Previous team

Before establishment of Kolos, Kovalivka had a team Svitanok Kovalivka. In 2008 it made appearance in the Ukrainian Amateur Cup and was eliminated in Round of 16.

Current club

The club was established in 2012 and until 2015 it participated in championship of Kyiv Oblast playing its games in a neighboring town of Hlevakha. The team were champions three times from 2012 to 2014.[3]

The club in 2014 made their debut in the Ukrainian Football Amateur League. Later that year after winning the Oleh Makarov Memorial Tournament, which is played in winter the head coach Ruslan Kostyshyn announced that the club intended to go into professional football.[3] That year in 2015 after finishing third in the Ukrainian Football Amateur League, the club obtained professional status and joined the PFL entering into the Ukrainian Second League.[3]

In their first season the club won the championship and were promoted to the Ukrainian First League.[4]

On 29 July 2020, FC Kolos in overtime beat FC Mariupol 1–0 and qualified for the European competitions. The head coach Ruslan Kostyshyn was merely shocked stating that did not expect his club to place higher the 8th place.[5]

Honours

Club emblem (2012–18)

Squad

As of 1 March 2024[6][7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Ukraine UKR Valentyn Horokh
2 DF Moldova MDA Cătălin Cucoș
3 DF Ukraine UKR Roman Honcharenko
5 DF Ukraine UKR Valeriy Bondarenko (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
6 DF Ukraine UKR Mykyta Burda
7 MF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Demchenko
8 MF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Veleten
9 DF Ukraine UKR Andriy Tsurikov
10 MF Ukraine UKR Pavlo Orikhovskyi
11 FW Brazil BRA Lucas Rangel
14 MF Ukraine UKR Vadym Milko
15 DF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Chornomorets
17 MF Ukraine UKR Anton Salabay
19 FW Brazil BRA Diego Carioca
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 GK Ukraine UKR Roman Mysak
22 FW Ukraine UKR Denys Bezborodko
23 GK Ukraine UKR Kiril Fesyun
27 DF Ukraine UKR Valeriy Luchkevych
29 DF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Yemets
30 MF Ukraine UKR Andriy Totovytskyi (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
31 GK Ukraine UKR Ivan Pakholyuk
48 MF Ukraine UKR Oleh Kryvoruchko
69 MF Ukraine UKR Oleh Ilyin
70 MF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Topalov (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
90 MF Ukraine UKR Andriy Bohdanov (captain)
91 FW Ukraine UKR Artem Husol
99 FW Lithuania LTU Gytis Paulauskas

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
32 FW Ukraine UKR Kiril Popov (at Mynai until 30 June 2024)
— DF Ukraine UKR Vyacheslav Stavnychyi (at Dinaz Vyshhorod until 30 June 2024)

Coaches and administration

Administration[8] Coaching[6] (senior team) Coaching (U-19 team)
  • President – Andriy Zasukha
  • General director –
    Yevhen Yevseyev
  • Sporting director – Vitaliy Lysytskyi
  • First Vice-President – Irina (Faizutdinova) Zasukha

League and cup history

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Ukrainian Cup Other Notes
2014 4th
(Championship among amateurs) 		2 10 6 3 1 19 5 21 AC 1⁄2 finals
2 3 1 1 1 2 4 4
2015 1 6 6 0 0 26 3 18
2 10 5 1 4 17 5 16 joined the Second League
2015–16 3rd
(Second League) 		1 26 19 3 4 62 22 60 1⁄32 finals Promoted
2016–17 2nd
(First League) 		5 34 16 9 9 52 38 57 1⁄32 finals
2017–18 5 34 19 4 11 39 30 61 1⁄16 finals
2018–19 2 28 15 9 4 45 18 54 1⁄32 finals Promoted[9]
2019–20 1st
(Premier League) 		6 32 10 2 20 33 59 32 1⁄8 finals Europa League play-offs – Winners
2020–21 4 26 10 11 5 36 26 41 1⁄4 finals EL 3QR
2021–22 8 18 7 3 8 14 23 24 1⁄16 finals ECL 3QR
2022–23 8 30 10 6 14 23 36 36 None

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 2Q Greece Aris — 2–1 —
3Q Croatia Rijeka — 0–2 (
a.e.t.
) 		—
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 3Q Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy 0–0 0–0 (
a.e.t.
) 		0–0 (1–3 p)

Notable players

Managers

External links

References

  1. ^ a b Кому официально принадлежат украинские клубы. ukrrudprom.com. 12 November 2021
  2. ^ a b From competitions of the PFL to continental competitions! Compliments to "Kolos" (Зі змагань ПФЛ - до континентальних турнірів! Вітаємо "Колос"). Professional Football League. 30 July 2020
  3. ^ a b c Історія створення футбольного клубу "Колос" [History of the formation of the club "Kolos"]. Kolos Kovalika Official Website (in Ukrainian). 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  4. ^ Колос Ковалівка - чемпіон другої ліги сезону-2015/16 [Kolos Kovalivka - 2015–16 Second League Champions]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  5. ^ Dmitriy Malianov. Ruslan Kostyshyn, "I did not think that Kolos in its debut season in the UPL will qualify for the European cups. I am not an idiot (Руслан Костышин: "Не думал, что "Колос" в дебютном сезоне УПЛ выйдет в еврокубки. Я же не идиот"). Footboom. 29 July 2020
  6. ^ a b "Колос".
  7. ^ "Kolos". upl.ua.
  8. ^ "Менеджмент". Archived from the original on 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  9. ^ Won playoff against Chornomorets Odesa on aggregate 2–0
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