FC Rukh Lviv

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Rukh Lviv
Full nameFootball Club Rukh Lviv
Founded2003
GroundArena Lviv
Capacity34,915
PresidentYulia Dumanska (100%)[1]
Hryhoriy Kozlovskyy (honorary president)[1]
General DirectorIhor Dedyshyn[1]
Head coachVitaliy Ponomaryov
LeagueUkrainian Premier League
2022–23Ukrainian Premier League, 11th of 16
WebsiteClub website
Club logo used since the summer of 2016 till the summer of 2017
Club logo used in 2017 – 2019

FC Rukh Lviv (Ukrainian: ФК «Рух» Львів) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Lviv. The club competes in the Ukrainian Premier League following the promotion as runners-up of 2019–20 Ukrainian First League.

History

In 2003 under the initiative Myron Markevych, who was born in Vynnyky, and at the time was head coach of FC Karpaty Lviv established football club called FC Rukh Vynnyky. When asked why Rukh, Markevych replied that Rukh is life. In June 2003, a children's football school Myron Markevych "Movement" under directorship Yuriy Hdanskyi and trainers Roman Hdanskyi, Ihor Didyk, Markiyan Shkraba, Oleh Lehan was formed.[2]

In 2009, the Rukh adult soccer team with President Hryhoriy Kozlovskyy and head trainer Roman Hdanskyi was formed.[2] Since the team was located in Vynnyky which is a satellite town of the city of Lviv, so at a time teams participated separately in Lviv Oblast League Championship and in Lviv the teams participated in the championship of the city.[2] The club holds matches at the stadium named after Bohdan Markevych (1925–2002, Myron Markevych's father), who was one of the main sponsors of the football club and the Youth Academy, who worked for many years as a junior's coach.[2]

In 2014, the team won the National amateur football championship.

During the 2015 season, the club made sensations by signing former

Dynamo Kyiv internationals Oleksandr Aliyev and Maksim Shatskikh.[3]

The club has been admitted to the PFL and took second place in the 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League.[4]

On 26 June 2017, the club presented a new emblem in golden and black colors.[5]

Honors

Squad

Updated as of 4 March 2024[6][7][8]

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 Yuriy-Volodymyr Hereta
2 DF Ukraine UKR Ihor Duts
4 DF Ukraine UKR Vitaliy Kholod
7 MF Ukraine UKR Yuriy Klymchuk
8 FW Ukraine UKR Yaroslav Karabin
9 FW Ukraine UKR Illya Kvasnytsya
10 MF Ukraine UKR Ostap Prytula
15 MF Ukraine UKR Denys Pidhurskyi
19 FW Ukraine UKR Yevheniy Pastukh
20 FW Brazil BRA Klayver
21 MF Ukraine UKR Roman Mykhayliv
22 MF Guadeloupe 
GLP
Ange-Freddy Plumain
23 GK Ukraine UKR Dmytro Ledviy
25 DF Ukraine UKR Maksym Bilyi
29 DF Ukraine UKR Roman Didyk
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 MF Brazil BRA Talles
44 MF Ukraine UKR Yuriy Matviyiv
60 FW Ukraine UKR Ruslan Nepeypiyev
63 MF Ukraine UKR Marko Sapuha (captain)
71 MF Ukraine UKR Oleh Fedor
73 DF Ukraine UKR Rostyslav Lyakh
75 DF Ukraine UKR Andriy Kitela
77 MF Ukraine UKR Oleksiy Sych
79 GK Ukraine UKR Yuriy Pankiv
89 MF Ukraine UKR Andriy Stolyarchuk
91 MF Ukraine UKR Denys Teslyuk
92 DF Ukraine UKR Bohdan Slyubyk
93 DF Ukraine UKR Vitaliy Roman
96 DF Ukraine UKR Denys Slyusar
99 MF Ukraine UKR Vasyl Runich

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
DF Senegal SEN Djibril Diaw (at France Stade Lavallois until 30 June 2024)
DF Ukraine UKR Hlib Savchuk (at Podillya Khmelnytskyi until 30 June 2024)
DF Ukraine UKR Oleh Veremiyenko (at Podillya Khmelnytskyi until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Buchakchyiskyi (at Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk until 30 June 2024)
MF Brazil BRA Edson (at Mexico Juárez until 31 December 2024)
MF Ukraine UKR Volodymyr Rudyuk (at Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk until 30 June 2024)

Coaches and administration

Administration Coaching

League and cup history

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Other Notes
2013 4th 1 10 7 2 1 20 6 23 AC 12 finals
1 4 3 1 0 7 3 10 Runners up[9]
2014 4th 1 8 5 1 2 17 8 16
1 4 3 1 0 5 2 10 Champions
2015 4th 1 6 4 1 1 10 6 13 AC 14 finals
1 10 8 2 0 15 4 26
1 3 3 0 0 8 1 9 Runners up[10]
2016–17 3rd 2/17 32 23 5 4 68 24 74 132 finals Promoted
2017–18
2nd 7/18 34 14 9 11 36 30 51 132 finals
2018–19
2nd 11/15 28 8 10 10 35 35 34 132 finals
2019–20
2nd 2/16 30 18 7 5 51 21 61 116 finals Promoted
2020–21
1st 10/14 26 6 10 10 27 39 28 116 finals
2021–22
1st 11/16 17 4 6 7 16 21 18 18 finals
2022–23
1st 11/16 30 7 11 12 31 37 32
2023–24
1st /16 18 finals

Coaches

 

 

Rukh Lviv reserves

Rukh-2 Lviv

In 2023 Rukh created its second team and was admitted by the Professional Football League of Ukraine to play at the 2023–24 Ukrainian Second League.

Rukh U-19 Lviv

In 2020 Rukh created its reserve teams including under-21 and under-19. Following the 2020–21 season, the competition among under-21 teams was discontinued and both squads were merged. The Rukh under-19 team has qualified for the UEFA Youth League.

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Other Notes
2020–21 U-19 4 26 13 7 6 49 25 46

Rukh U-21 Lviv

In 2020 Rukh created its reserve teams including under-21 and under-19. Following the 2020–21 season, the competition among under-21 teams was discontinued and both squads were merged.

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Other Notes
2020–21 U-21 3 26 15 7 4 60 30 52

References

  1. ^ a b c Кому официально принадлежат украинские клубы Archived 2023-09-02 at the Wayback Machine. ukrrudprom.com. 12 November 2021
  2. ^ a b c d Baitsar, Andriy (21 January 2016). "Iсторія та сучасність: Медицина, спорт і відпочинок у Винниках (ОНОВЛЕНО+ФОТО)" [Past and Present: medicine, sport and leisure in Vynnyky (UPDATED + PHOTOS)]. Vynnyky Plus (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  3. ^ Брати Баранці влітку перейдуть у Рух [Baranets brothers will transfer to Rukh in the summer]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 30 December 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. ^ В Першій лізі можуть стартувати 18 команд [16 teams may compete in the First League]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 24 June 2016. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  5. ^ Rukh presented a new emblem and the club's colors (Рух представив нову емблему та кольори клубу) Archived 2017-11-14 at the Wayback Machine. Football 24. 26 June 2017
  6. ^ "Офіційний сайт ФК "Рух" (Львів)". Archived from the original on 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  7. ^ "Rukh". Archived from the original on 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  8. ^ "Ukraine - FC Rukh Vynnyky - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  9. Ukrainian Football Amateur League Official website (in Ukrainian). 2013. Archived from the original
    on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  10. Ukrainian Football Amateur League Official website (in Ukrainian). 2015. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

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