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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 coachOleksandr Pozdeyev
LeagueUkrainian Premier League
2023–24Ukrainian Premier League, 11th of 16
Websitehttp://www.koloskovalivka.com/

FC Kolos Kovalivka (Ukrainian: Колос Ковалівка) is a professional Ukrainian football club from the village of 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

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Previous team

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Before establishment of Kolos, the village of 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

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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

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Club emblem (2012–18)

Squad

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As of 6 September 2024[6][7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Ukraine UKR Valentyn Horokh
4 DF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Shershen
5 DF Ukraine UKR Valeriy Bondarenko (captain)
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 Venezuela VEN Jovanny Bolívar (on loan from Albacete)
15 FW Ukraine UKR Artem Husol
16 DF Kosovo KOS Ilir Krasniqi
18 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Moistsrapishvili
19 FW Brazil BRA Diego Carioca
20 MF Georgia (country) GEO Nika Gagnidze
22 FW Ukraine UKR Denys Bezborodko
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 GK Ukraine UKR Roman Mysak
27 DF Ukraine UKR Valeriy Luchkevych
29 DF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Yemets
30 MF Ukraine UKR Anton Salabay
31 GK Ukraine UKR Ivan Pakholyuk
32 DF Ukraine UKR Eduard Kozik (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
33 MF Ukraine UKR Maksym Tretyakov
48 MF Ukraine UKR Oleh Kryvoruchko
50 MF Ukraine UKR Ihor Kharatin
69 MF Ukraine UKR Oleh Ilyin
70 FW Lithuania LTU Gytis Paulauskas
77 FW Ukraine UKR Danyil Alefirenko
81 DF Ukraine UKR Yehor Popravka
88 DF Ukraine UKR Andriy Boyko

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Moldova MDA Cătălin Cucoș (at Zimbru Chișinău until 30 June 2025)

Coaches and administration

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Administration[8] Coaching[6] (senior team) Coaching (U-19 team)

League and cup history

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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
2023–24 11 30 7 11 12 22 31 32 1⁄16 finals
2024–25 1⁄16 finals

European record

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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)

Reserves and academy

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Kolos-2

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It was announced that Kolos will be fielding its second squad in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League. Kolos-2 would be formed based on another football club of Kyiv Oblast, Shturm Ivankiv, that competed at amateur and regional levels.[10]

Youth squads

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Since 2017 Kolos fields its under-19 squad in youth competitions. Also, in 2019–2021 there existed Kolos U-21 which competed in respective competitions of the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL under-21).

Academy and junior squads

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In 2017 there were formed first junior squads of the Academy.[11] At first there were under-17 and under-15 squads which expanded substantially by 2021.

Notable players

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Managers

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References

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  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
  10. ^ "У Другій лізі нового сезону виступлять 8 нових резервних команд: ми дізналися, хто їх очолить і де вони будуть грати – є сюрпризи" [In the new season's Second League 8 new reserve teams will participate: we discovered who will manage them and where they will play, there are surprises]. ukrfootball.ua (in Ukrainian). 13 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  11. ^ Академія ФК "Колос". koloskovalivka.com
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