FC Rukh Lviv

Rukh Lviv
Full name	Football Club Rukh Lviv
Founded	2003
Ground	Arena Lviv
Capacity	34,915
President
Head coach	Leonid Kuchuk
League	Ukrainian Premier League
2020–21	Ukrainian Premier League, 10th of 14
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

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.^[1]

In 2009, the Rukh adult soccer team with President [uk] and head trainer Roman Hdanskyi was formed.^[1] 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.^[1] 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

The club has been admitted to the PFL and took second place in the 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League.^[3]

On 26 June 2017, the club presented a new emblem in golden and black colors.^[4]

Honors[]

Ukrainian First League
- Runners-up (1): 2019–20
Ukrainian Second League
- Runners-up (1): 2016–17
Ukrainian Amateur League
- Winners (1): 2014
- Runners-up (2): 2013, 2015
Lviv Oblast Championship
- Winners (4): 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Lviv Oblast Cup
- Winners (3): 2012, 2014. 2015

Squad[]

Updated as of 17 December 2021^[5]^[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
2	DF	UKR	Roman Hahun
4	DF	SRB	Miloš Stamenković
5	MF	UKR	Valeriy Fedorchuk
7	MF	UKR	Yuriy Klymchuk
8	MF	UKR	Andriy Kukharuk
9	MF	UKR	Orest Kuzyk
10	MF	UKR	Ostap Prytula
15	MF	UKR	Yaroslav Martynyuk (captain)
17	MF	UKR	Maryan Mysyk
19	MF	UKR	Danylo Kondrakov
22	FW	UKR	Yaroslav Karabin
23	MF	UKR	Bohdan Boychuk
24	FW	CAN	Osaze De Rosario
25	DF	UKR	Maksym Bilyi
26	MF	ARG	Fabricio Alvarenga
29	DF	UKR	Roman Didyk
30	MF	BRA	Talles


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
33	GK	UKR	Oleksandr Bandura
39	DF	NGA
41	MF	NGA
42	MF	NGA
45	FW	UKR	Andriy Boryachuk (on loan from Shakhtar)
53	MF	UKR	Ivan Varfolomeyev
63	MF	UKR	Marko Sapuha
73	MF	UKR	Rostyslav Lyakh
77	MF	UKR	Oleksiy Sych
78	DF	UKR	Hlib Savchuk
79	GK	UKR	Yuriy Pankiv
86	GK	UKR	Yuriy-Volodymyr Hereta
91	MF	UKR	Roman Karasyuk
93	DF	UKR	Vitaliy Roman
96	DF	UKR	Denys Slyusar
99	MF	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
—	GK	UKR	Viktor Babichyn (at VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	UKR	Oleh Len (at Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	UKR	Oleh Veremiyenko (at Podillya Khmelnytskyi until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	UKR	Ivan Lytvynenko (at VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	UKR	Volodymyr Rudyuk (at Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk until 30 June 2022)

Coaches and administration[]

Administration	Coaching
President – General director – Rostyslav Puzanskyi Vice-president – Emre Karaahmetoglu Sporting director –	Head coach – Leonid Kuchuk Assistant – Hryhoriy Baranets Assistant – Borys Baranets Goalkeeper coach – Yuriy Shevchuk Fitness coach – Vitaliy Romanyuk

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
2013	4th	1	4	3	1	0	7	3	10				Runners up^[8]
2014	4th	1	8	5	1	2	17	8	16
2014	4th	1	4	3	1	0	5	2	10				Champions
2015	4th	1	6	4	1	1	10	6	13		AC	1⁄4 finals
		1	10	8	2	0	15	4	26
		1	3	3	0	0	8	1	9				Runners up^[9]
2016–17	3rd	2_/17	32	23	5	4	68	24	74	1⁄32 finals			Promoted
2017–18	2nd	7_/18	34	14	9	11	36	30	51	1⁄32 finals
2018–19	2nd	11_/15	28	8	10	10	35	35	34	1⁄32 finals
2019–20	2nd	2_/16	30	18	7	5	51	21	61	1⁄16 finals			Promoted
2020–21	1st	8_/14	26	6	10	10	27	39	28	1⁄16 finals
2021–22	1st									1⁄8 finals

Coaches[]

(2009 – 10 Nov 2016)
Ruslan Mostovyi (10 Nov 2016 – 11 Aug 2017)
Volodymyr Mazyar (11 Aug 2017 – 12 Nov 2017)
Andriy Kikot (13 Nov 2017 – 9 Sep 2018)

Yuriy Virt (26 Sep 2018 – 13 Nov 2018)
Leonid Kuchuk (1 Feb 2019 – 10 Dec 2019)
Yuriy Bakalov (14 Dec 2019 – 15 Jun 2020)
Ivan Fedyk (15 Jun 2020 – 4 Aug 2021)

Leonid Kuchuk (5 Aug 2021 – current)

References[]

^ ^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). Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ Брати Баранці влітку перейдуть у Рух [Baranets brothers will transfer to Rukh in the summer]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 30 December 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^ В Першій лізі можуть стартувати 18 команд [16 teams may compete in the First League]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^ Rukh presented a new emblem and the club's colors (Рух представив нову емблему та кольори клубу). Football 24. 26 June 2017
^ "Офіційний сайт ФК "Рух" (Львів)".
^ "Rukh".
^ "Ukraine - FC Rukh Vynnyky - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway".
^ Defeated 4–3 on penalties after 1–1 added extra time to FC ODEK Orzhiv. Підсумки чемпіонату України з футболу серед аматорських команд 2013 р. [Amateur Competition 2013]. Ukrainian Football Amateur League Official website (in Ukrainian). 2013. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ Defeated 2–1 by FC Balkany Zorya. Чемпіонат України з футболу серед аматорів 2015 [Amateur Competition 2015] (PDF). Ukrainian Football Amateur League Official website (in Ukrainian). 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

External links[]

The video presentation of the new emblem of "Rukh" (Відеопрезентація нової емблеми "Руху"). Rukh TV on . 26 June 2017.

[hist-1] 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). Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[Aliev-2] Брати Баранці влітку перейдуть у Рух [Baranets brothers will transfer to Rukh in the summer]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 30 December 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.

[second-3] В Першій лізі можуть стартувати 18 команд [16 teams may compete in the First League]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.

[4] Rukh presented a new emblem and the club's colors (Рух представив нову емблему та кольори клубу). Football 24. 26 June 2017

[5] "Офіційний сайт ФК "Рух" (Львів)".

[6] "Rukh".

[7] "Ukraine - FC Rukh Vynnyky - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway".

[8] Defeated 4–3 on penalties after 1–1 added extra time to FC ODEK Orzhiv. Підсумки чемпіонату України з футболу серед аматорських команд 2013 р. [Amateur Competition 2013]. Ukrainian Football Amateur League Official website (in Ukrainian). 2013. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[9] Defeated 2–1 by FC Balkany Zorya. Чемпіонат України з футболу серед аматорів 2015 [Amateur Competition 2015] (PDF). Ukrainian Football Amateur League Official website (in Ukrainian). 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

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