NK Veres Rivne

Narodnyy Klub Veres Rivne is a Ukrainian football club based in Rivne.

NK Veres Rivne
Full nameNarodnyy Klub Veres Rivne
Founded1957
GroundAvanhard Stadium (until 2016)
Izotop Stadium, Varash (2016–17, since 2018)
Arena Lviv (2017–18)
Kolos Stadium, Mlyniv (since 2018)
PresidentOleksiy Khakhlyov
ManagerYuriy Virt
LeagueUkrainian Second League
2017–18UPL, 6th
WebsiteClub website

The team ran into financial difficulties after the winter break of the 2010–11 season and was removed from the Ukrainian Second League.[1] Between 1992–1995, Veres Rivne took part in the Ukrainian Premier League, and achieved their best result of 12th place in 1993–94. In that season they also reached the semi-finals of Ukrainian Cup. Their home stadium until 2017 was Avanhard Stadium. The home uniform consists of red shirt with black shorts; the away uniform is all black.

History

Soviet times

The team was founded in 1957 as Kolhospnyk (collective farm worker) and played the 1958 season in the Class B Third Zone, finishing 14th of the 16 teams that participated. The team played 13 seasons in Class B. The best results came in the 1968 and 1969 seasons when the team placed 7th. In 1966, it changed its name to Horyn after the river that flows in Volhynia.

After the reorganization of the Championship of the USSR in 1971, Horyn played in the Second League of the Ukrainian Zone until the fall of the Soviet Union. In 1972, the club became part of the all-Ukrainian Avanhard voluntary sports society and changed its name to Avanhard. In the first season in the Second League of the Ukrainian Zone Avanhard placed 26th. Starting in the late 1970s Avangard started progressing and in 1981 under the management of two famous Dynamo Kyiv players Viktor Matvienko and Volodymyr Troshkin Avanhard got 3rd place. Nine years later under the management of Viktor Pokora Avanhard placed 3rd again.

Three seasons in Vyshcha Liha

During the fall of the Soviet Union it changed its name again to Veres (heather) and was placed in the 1992 Ukrainian First League. In the same season, Veres placed first and was promoted to the Vyshcha Liha. In their first season in Vyshcha, Veres placed last but wasn't relegated because the league was expanded. The following season was the most successful in the club's history. The team was 4th at the mid-way point, beating teams like FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, FC Metalist Kharkiv, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, defeating FC Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Cup to reach the semi-final. But during the second half, Veres fell to 12th place. During the 1994–95 season, their second in the Premier League, Veres struggled and was relegated to the Ukrainian Second League.

Liquidation in 2011

After relegation from the Ukrainian First League, Veres remained in the Second League until 2011 when, after 54 years as a professional football club, Veres declared bankruptcy and was liquidated.

Revival in 2015
Limo

In 2015, it was reinstated with the help of chairman of the regional football federation. It was the first club in Ukraine to have club membership and as of May 21 had over 3,500 members. In the 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League season, Veres finished in second place and was promoted to the Ukrainian First League. After the end of the 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League season, the club was reconstituted as FC VERES-RIVNE LLC by the Public Union "Rivne Football Club Veres Rivne" and Lviv Refrigerating Company "Limo", with the latter becoming the majority holder with a 61% stake. The Veres-Rivne company was founded to manage the club. "Limo" will cover the budget costs of approximately 15 million hryvnia for the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League season. The goal for the season was to achieve promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League.

2017: Desna vs Veres promotion scandal

On 1 June 2017, it was announced that second-place club FC Desna Chernihiv was denied a license to play in the top division. The argument was that the club was not able to provide guarantees for adequate financing of infrastructure.[2] The license was granted to NK Veres Rivne, the third-place team during the previous season in the second division.[3]

Both clubs, FC Desna Chernihiv and NK Veres Rivne, had not played at their home stadiums in the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League. Desna had played in Kyiv at the Obolon Arena, while Veres played in Varash, at the Izotop Stadium of the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant. The administration of Desna released a letter of protest before a meeting of FFU representatives.[4] In protest, the Desna administration announced that the club would not play its final game of the season against FC Illichivets Mariupol, but later relented.[5] Nonetheless, during the game, players of both teams protested on the field in a special way: when the whistle was blown the players, instead of starting play, stood around kicking a ball back and forth among themselves.[6]

On 2 June 2017, upon conclusion of its conference, the UPL administration announced the final composition of the league and calendar for the upcoming season.[7] The conference confirmed the admission of Veres to the league, with only one vote against, from FC Dynamo Kyiv; six votes in favour of the decision; and three (including FC Zorya Luhansk) abstentions.[8] On 2 June 2017, the Desna fans were picketing the House of Football in Kyiv after they arrived on four buses from Chernihiv.[9]

On 7 June 2017, sports media UA-Football requested permission from Football Federation of Ukraine and FC Desna Chernihiv to publish related documents to clarify the situation and come to some kind of closure.[10]

A number of football experts commented negatively on the situation,[11][12][13][14] while the PFC Sumy head coach Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi stated sarcastically that these football functionaries would make Veres the national champions by decree.[15] The former PFL president Svyatoslav Syrota said that the FFU vice-president was lying about Desna's problems.[16] President of FC Inhulets Petrove, Oleksandr Porovoznyuk, called on other clubs to withdraw their teams from the league in support for FC Desna Chernihiv.[17] President of FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni Petro Kaplun stated that it made him laugh when the president of Veres, Oleksiy Khakhlev, asked that the regulations be followed, pointing out that Veres had been admitted to the Second League in complete disregard of the regulations. Kaplun also called on the FFU authorities to pay attention to what owners of professional clubs had to say as they have a right to express their vote of confidence or non-confidence in the FFU leadership.[18]

Sixth place in the Premier League
Main article: 2017–18 NK Veres Rivne season

In June 2017, Veres was taken over by Lviv businessman Bohdan Kopytko[19][20] who was suspected of having ties with organized crime, and who was known under the nickname "Kopyto".[21] Kopytko also owns the Lviv refrigerating company "Limo" and became an honorary president of NK Veres Rivne. On 27 March 2018, Kopytko became the president of Veres after Oleksiy Khakhlyov resigned.[22] Khakhlyov claimed that he left his position because of possible conflict of interest between his positions with the club and with the Football Federation of Ukraine and the Football Federation of Rivne Oblast.[23]

On 17 January 2018, NK Veres-Rivne officially re-registered as a Lviv-based club.[24] On 19 February 2018, the Rivne city council announced that it would stop sponsoring the club because of its relocation to Lviv.[25] On 13 March 2018, Veres became a provisional member of the Lviv Oblast Football Federation.[26]

Finally, NK Veres Rivne took sixth place in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League after a controversy which preceded the match of Round 31 with FC Shakhtar Donetsk in Kharkiv.[27]

2018 merging with FC Lviv

On 21 May 2018, news broke in Lviv that a type of "castling" (swap) was to take place between NK Veres Rivne and FC Lviv after which FC Lviv would advance straight to the Premier League, while NK Veres would join the lower league instead of Lviv.[28][29] One possible reason for the merger was that renovations at the club's home field, Avanhard Stadium, were suspended by the local authorities and had not yet recommenced.[30]

On 21 May 2018, a letter signed by Kopytko that was published on the official website of the club confirmed the intention of the club's administration to merge with FC Lviv.[31][32][33][34]

After the last game of the 2017–18 season with FC Mariupol, the club's fans were attacked by security group of Bohdan Kopytko including the general director of the club Andriy Pankiv.[35]

Following the club's decision to merge with FC Lviv, some players announced that they would resign from the club.[36] According to FootballHub, the following individuals had already left the club: players Yevhen Morozenko, Stanislav Kulish, Denys Kozhanov, Dmytro Fastov, Pavlo Lukyanchuk, Mykyta Kamenyuka, as well as sports director Anatoliy Sorokin, and some other staff members.[37] According to Mykola Nesenyuk, the new NK Veres Rivne had no connection to the previous Veres club.[38]

In the 2018-19 season, the new NK Veres Rivne is set to play in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League with Oleksiy Khakhlyov as president and with a home stadium in Rivne Oblast.[39]

Team names
Year Name
1958–66 Kolhospnyk
1966–72 Horyn
1972–90 Avanhard
1991– Veres

Sponsors

Honors

Players

Current squad
As of 14 February 2020[40][41]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Maksym Babiychuk
2 DF Taras Pinchuk
3 DF Dmytro Khovbosha
6 DF Roman Honcharenko
4 DF Ihor Soldat
7 MF Anton Yevdokymov
9 FW Mykhaylo Shestakov
10 FW Dmytro Sautin
11 MF Artem Khotsyanovskyi
14 DF Dmytro Makhnyev
18 FW Taras Demchuk
No. Position Player
19 FW Yuriy Ivanochko
20 DF Oleksandr Dudarenko
21 MF Serhiy Panasenko
22 FW Anton Yaremenko
23 GK Vadym Yushchyshyn
24 DF Ruslan Zubkov
29 MF Valeriy Kucherov
32 DF Serhiy Petko
47 GK Bohdan Kohut
69 MF Yuriy Solomka
99 MF Vitaliy Mykytyn

Coaches and administration
Administration[42] Coaching[43][44]
  • President – Oleksiy Khakhlyov
  • Sport director – Orest Bal
  • Head coach – Yuriy Virt
  • Goalie coach – Pavlo Blazhayev

Coaches

League and cup history

Soviet Union
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Soviet Cup Other Notes
Avangard / Avanhard Rovno
1985[lower-alpha 1] 3rd
(Second League)		 23 40 13 10 17 37 44 36
1986[lower-alpha 1] 11 40 16 9 15 46 44 41
1987 14 52 19 14 19 50 53 52
1988 14 50 21 8 21 52 56 50
1989 19 52 14 17 21 39 41 45 Relegated
1990 3rd (lower)
(Second Lower League)		 3 36 21 11 4 53 27 53 USSR ​1⁄8 finals
1991 4 50 28 13 9 67 38 69 USSR Finalist

Ukraine
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Ukrainian Cup Other Notes
Veres Rivne
1992 2nd "A"
(First League)		 1 26 14 8 4 38 15 36 1/32 finals Promoted
1992–93 1st
(Top League)		 16 30 9 6 15 29 42 24 1/8 finals
1993–94 12 34 10 12 12 32 36 32 1/2 finals
1994–95 18 34 8 7 19 28 63 31 1/8 finals Relegated
1995–96 2nd
(First League)		 16 42 15 9 18 39 49 54 1/32 finals
1996–97 23 46 9 6 26 36 79 42 1/32 finals 2nd Stage Relegated
1997–98 3rd "A"
(Second League)		 4 34 14 10 10 42 33 52 1/64 finals
1998–99 13 28 6 3 19 13 50 15 1/128 finals [lower-alpha 2]
1999-00 14 30 7 7 16 32 51 28 2nd League Cup 2LC withdrew
2000–01 12 30 7 6 17 26 52 27 2nd League Cup 2LC withdrew
2001–02 6 36 18 10 8 41 23 64 1st round
2002–03 7 28 11 3 14 28 39 36 1/32 finals
2003–04 10 30 9 8 13 32 43 35 1/16 finals
2004–05 11 28 9 6 13 35 38 33 1/32 finals
2005–06 7 28 12 6 10 33 40 42 1/8 finals
2006–07 13 28 5 7 16 24 44 22 1/32 finals
2007–08 14 30 7 8 15 25 44 29 Did not enter
2008–09 13 32 11 6 15 24 32 39 1/64 finals
2009–10 9 20 4 4 12 16 41 16 1/32 finals LC Group stage
2010–11 12 22 0 0 22 4 51 −3 1/64 finals −3[45] – Expelled[1]
2011–15 Club idle
2015–16 3rd
(Second League)		 2 26 16 4 6 41 24 52 ​1⁄32 finals Promoted
2016–17 2nd
(First League)		 3 34 20 7 7 62 32 67 ​1⁄8 finals Promoted[46]
2017–18[lower-alpha 1] 1st
(Premier League)		 6 32 7 14 11 28 30 35 ​1⁄4 finals Swapped with FC Lviv
2018–19 3rd "A" 5 27 12 5 10 24 22 37 ​1⁄64 finals
2019–20 3rd "A" ​1⁄32 finals

Notes
  1. Season was conducted in two stages.
  2. PFL deducted 6 points for failure to pay all license fees

References
  1. Expelled from the PFL due to their financial situation. (April 29, 2011) "ФК "Верес" Рівне знято зі змагань (Veres Rivne expelled from the PFL)" (in Ukrainian). PFL. April 29, 2011. Archived from the original on May 5, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  2. Veres passed an attestation and will be playing in the UPL along with a coach Kvartsianyi (Верес получил аттестат и сыграет в УПЛ с тренером Кварцяным). Sport Arena. 1 June 2017
  3. As a result, Veres was promoted to the first division instead of Vesna (Десну не пустили в УПЛ, из Первой лиги выйдет Верес). Football.ua. 1 June 2017
  4. Desna's administration: if there won't be the Premier Liha, there won't be financing (Руководство Десны: не будет Премьер-лиги — не будет финансирования). Football.ua. 1 June 2017
  5. The Illichivets-Desna game was to take place after all(Матч Ильичевец - Десна состоится). UA-Football. 2 June 2017
  6. The Illichivets-Desna game started with a protest of players (Матч Ильичевец - Десна начался с акции протеста футболистов). UA-Football. 4 June 2017
  7. "УПЛ представила календарь игр первого этапа чемпионата Украины 2017/18". football.ua. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  8. Rafailov: I would like that UPL was forming based exclusively on a sports principles (Рафаилов: Хотелось бы, чтобы УПЛ формировалась исключительно по спортивному принципу). UA-Football. 7 June 2017
  9. "500 thousands for a place in the UPL?!" How the Desna fans were picketing FFU and UPL ("500 тисяч за місце в УПЛ?!" Як фанати Десни пікетували ФФУ та УПЛ). Football24.ua. 2 June 2017
  10. Open letter of the UA-Football site administration to the Football Federation of Ukraine and FC Desna (Открытое письмо редакции сайта UA-Футбол к ФФУ и ФК Десна). UA-Football. 7 June 2017
  11. Surkis: That what is happening with Desna is a delirium and a shame for our Federation (Суркис: То, что происходит с Десной - это бред и позор нашей Федерации). UA-Football. 7 June 2017
  12. The lawlessness should not be in place, this a sport and we play for spectators (Khatskevych: (Хацкевич: Беcпредел не должен твориться, это спорт - мы играем для зрителей). UA-Football. 7 June 2017
  13. Verbytskyi, I. In the realm of gloom, or Why Veres and Desna are the same evil (У царстві мороку, або Чому Верес і Десна – однакове зло). Football 24. 2 June 2017
  14. Haponenko, O. Veres won over Desna in the final of the Cabinet's Football Cup (Верес обыграл Десну в финале Кубка Кабинетного футбола). Football 24. 2 June 2017
  15. Bezsmertnyi: Tomorrow they will make this Veres yet a champion (Бессмертный: Завтра они этот Верес еще и чемпионом сделают). UA-Football. 7 June 2017
  16. Syrota: Bandurko lied about Desna problems on all 5 criteria (Сирота: Бандурко збрехав про проблеми Десни за всіма 5 критеріями). Football24.ua. 4 June 2017
  17. President of Inhulets calls on all clubs' leaders of the First League to withdraw their teams from competitions (Президент Ингульца призывает всех глав клубов Первой лиги снять команды с соревнований). Football.ua. 7 June 2017
  18. (Каплун: Во второй лиге Верес оказался не по регламенту, а благодаря ручному голосованию исполкома ФФУ). UA-Football. 12 June 2017
  19. Producer of ice cream "Limo" became a coowner of the Rivne FC "Veres" (Виробник морозива «Лімо» став співвласником рівненського футбольного клубу «Верес»). Zaxid.net. 9 June 2016
  20. Lviv businessman Kopytko became a co-owner of FC Veres (Львівський бізнесмен Копитко став співзасновником ФК «Верес» ). Tvoe Misto. 29 June 2017
  21. Kopytko brought to Lviv whole train of the Veres fans from Rivne (Копитко привіз до Львова із Рівного цілий потяг уболівальників «Вереса» ). Forpost. 22 July 2017
  22. У «Вересі» зміни (in Ukrainian). NK Veres Rivne. March 23, 2018.
  23. Олексій Хахльов про перестановки у клубі (in Ukrainian). NK Veres Rivne. March 23, 2018.
  24. Veres changed the city of registration to Lviv (Верес изменил город регистрации на Львов). UA-Football. 17 January 2018
  25. The Rivne city council will no longer finance Veres (Горсовет Ровно больше не будет финансировать Верес). Sport Arena. 19 February 2018
  26. Veres became a provisional member of the Football Federation of Lviv Oblast (Верес стал временным членом Федерации футбола Львовской области). Sport Arena. 13 March 2018
  27. http://football.ua/ukraine/362190-shakhter-poprosil-komitet-ehtiki-i-chestnojj-igry-razobratsja-s-matchem-protiv-veresa.html
  28. FC Lviv will play at UPL, while Veres will be in the Second League (ФК Львов будет играть в УПЛ, а Верес — во Второй лиге). Sport Arena. On 21 May 2018
  29. it was announced that Veres might merge with FC Lviv (Верес может объединиться с ФК Львов). Sport Arena. 21 May 2018
  30. A court ruling canceled allocation of funds for reconstruction of the stadium (Суд отменил выделение средств на реконструкцию стадиона Вереса). Sport Arena. 16 May 2018
  31. Veres was renamed FC Lviv (Верес переименован в ФК Львов). Sport Arena. 21 May 2018
  32. Bohdan Yosypovych Kopytko's address to the fans of Rivne football (Звернення Богдана Йосиповича Копитка до уболівальників рівненського футболу). NK Veres Rivne website. 21 May 2018
  33. Blazhko, Ye. Ukrainian football makes no sense. Veres only confirmed it (Украинский футбол бессмысленный. Верес только подтвердил). Sport Arena. 22 May 2018
  34. Kapelka, A. "Whatta? Can it even be so?" Reaction of social networks on renaming of Veres to Lviv ("А шо, так можно было?". Реакция соцсетей на переименование "Вереса" во "Львов"). Footboom. 21 May 2018
  35. The Veres fans were attacked by people of the club's president Kopytko (На фанатов Вереса напали люди президента клуба Копытко). Sport Arena. 21 May 2018
  36. The players of Veres wrote a letter of resignation from the club (Игроки Вереса написали заявление на увольнение из клуба). Sport Arena. 21 May 2018
  37. Prokopov, A. Mass media: number of Veres's players has already left the club (СМИ: ряд игроков "Вереса" уже покинули клуб). Footboom. 21 May 2018
  38. Babiy, O. "Sometimes for Surkis it does not feel well when I write something". Mykola Nesenyuk tells about his work in Dynamo, talks with Chornovil, and stealing of Veres ("Іноді Суркісу буває непереливки, коли я щось напишу". Микола Несенюк – про роботу в Динамо, розмову із Чорноволом і викрадення Вереса). Football 24. 20 May 2018
  39. http://veres.club/news/zvernennya-oleksiya-hahlova-do-vbolivalnikiv-
  40. http://nkveres.club/komanda/
  41. http://pfl.ua/teams/22-veres
  42. http://veres.club/nk/kerivni-orhani
  43. http://veres.club/team/trenerskiy-shtab
  44. "Юрій ВІРТ очолив рівненський «Верес»!" [Yuriy Virt will manage Veres Rivne!]. nkveres.club (in Ukrainian). Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  45. Deducted 3 points by the PFL on February 9, 2011 due to failure of payment of league dues. "ДК ПФЛ позбавив шість клубів по 3 очки (Disciplinary Committee deducts 3 points from 6 clubs)" (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. March 10, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  46. Club was promoted after the Ukrainian Premier League denied Desna Chernihiv who finished in second place a licence to participate in the league, indicating that the club was not able to guarantee for an adequate financing of their infrastructure.
    Офіційно: Верес виступатиме в УПЛ замість Десни [Official: Veres will participate in the UPL instead of Desna]. ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). UA-Football. June 2, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2017.


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