FC Lviv

FC Lviv (2006–2012)

The club was founded in May 2006. It entered the Persha Liha as a replacement for the bankrupt club FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi, which also represented Lviv Oblast. The new entity was registered on 22 May 2006^[1] as a company with limited liability (Ukrainian: Товариство з обмеженою відповідальністю) "Football Club "Lviv". Later in May 2006 the PFL Bureau session adopted a decision to recognize the club as a lawful successor (Ukrainian: правонаступник) of FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi that played in Persha Liha. This fact was also confirmed at a press-conference given at the Football Federation of Lviv Oblast on 26 May 2006.^[2] The new president of the new club Yuriy Kindzerskyi informed that his club was not created as a municipal club.^[2]

In its debut season FC Lviv reached 11th place and scored 45 goals. At the start of the next season, in the beginning of September 2007, the club moved to the newly built stadium Kniazha Arena in Dobromyl, west of Sambir. This arena was constructed by and named after Ukrainian insurance company Knyazha, who is the club's main sponsor. The previous home ground of the club was SKA Stadium in Lviv which fell out of favor with the FFU, PFL.

In 2007–08 season FC Lviv finished 2nd in the Persha Liha and were promoted to the Premier Liha for the first time in their history, making the club one of the founders of the newly formed Premier League. In 2008–09 FC Lviv, despite a sensational opening 2–0 win against Shakhtar, were relegated to the Persha Liha. The decisive match for them happened in the last round against another Lviv team Karpaty in the Lviv derby when they lost 2–1. The club's first, and only, season in the Premier League was spent at The Ukraina Stadium together with Karpaty under a lease contract.

In 2009, the city of Lviv lent the former land property of LORTA Plant for rent to FC Lviv. Out of 3.0542 ha FC Lviv receives 2.9 ha in rent until the spring of 2019 and the rest for only five years.^[3]

FC Lviv (since 2016)

In 2016 the professional team of FC Lviv was renewed and its future participation in Druha Liha was announced.^[4]

In May 2018, the club was merged with NK Veres Rivne and play in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League.

Team squad

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Lucas Taylor (on loan from Palmeiras) 3 DF Volodymyr Adamyuk 5 DF Vladyslav Pryimak 6 MF Maksym Kalenchuk 9 FW Bruno Duarte 7 FW Serhiy Petrov 10 FW Serhiy Kyslenko 11 FW Guilherme Panambi 15 DF Vasyl Bilyi 17 MF Vadym Yanchak 18 MF Vitaliy Mykytyn 19 MF Augusto 20 FW Henrique 22 MF Rostyslav Voloshynovych 23 GK Bohdan Sarnavskyi

No. Position Player 30 MF Jonatan Lima 31 GK Oleksandr Bandura (captain) 33 DF Serhiy Borzenko 39 DF Semen Datsenko 43 DF Artur Zapadnya 44 DF Yuriy Putrash 55 DF Volodymyr Domnitsak 67 DF Vadym Paramonov 74 MF Marthã 77 DF Serhiy Voronin 91 DF Oleksandr Holikov 95 FW Julio Cesar 96 MF Rafael Sabino 99 GK Bohdan Druz

Out on loan

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

Presidents

• 2006–2009: Yuriy Kindzerskyi
• 2009–2012: Football Federation of Lviv Oblast (led by Yaroslav Hrysyo)
• 2016–2018: Roman Mykhayliv
• Since 2018: Bohdan Kopytko

Football kits and sponsors

Since 2006 till 2012, the main sponsor was Knyazha (insurance company), other sponsors were Dobromyl, Persha Pryvatna Brovarnia (brewery), and the technical sponsor was Lotto.

League and cup history

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Other		Notes
2009–10	3rd "A"	8	20	4	7	9	13	25	19		PFL LG	QF