FC Livyi Bereh Kyiv
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| Full name | Football Club Livyi Bereh Kyiv | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Leleky (Storks) | |||
| Founded | 2017 | |||
| Ground | Arena Livyi Bereh | |||
| Capacity | 4,700[1][2] | |||
| Chairman | Mykola Lavrenko | |||
| Head coach | Vitaliy Pervak | |||
| League | Ukrainian Premier League | |||
| 2023–24 | 3nd (Promoted) via Mini Tournament | |||
| Website | https://fclb.com.ua/ | |||
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Football Club Livyi Bereh Kyiv (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб «Лівий берег» Київ) is a Ukrainian professional football club from Kyiv Oblast. The club is based at the Kyiv's Osokorky neighborhood located at the left-bank of Dnipro. It hosts its games in the Kyiv's suburb of Hnidyn (Zolochivska rural hromada), just outside of the city limits. In June 2021, the club was admitted to the Second League. In the 2024/25 season the team played in the Ukrainian Premier League for the first time.
History
The club was created in September 2017 by Mykola Lavrenko, a former president of Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya (today FC Oleksandriya) and retired[3] Ukrainian manager Mykola Pavlov. To the club was also brought another Ukrainian manager Anatoliy Buznyk who is known for managing the Ukraine national student football team at Summer Universiades. Buznik in the club serves roles of both manager and sports director.[4]
Livyi Bereh Kyiv made a late entry to national competition of the 2020–21 Ukrainian Football Amateur League replacing FC imeni Lva Yashina during winter break.[5] The club made its debut at national level on 24 April 2021 hosting FC Olimpiya Savyntsi and beating it 2:1.[6] The club managed somewhat recover the poor record that it inherited from FC imeni Lva Yashina and finished 6th in its group.
Being accepted to the Ukrainian Second League, the club had listed number of Ukrainian veteran footballers and Universiade winners, among which were Vitaliy Reva, Oleksandr Akymenko, Artem Starhorodskyi, Andriy Zaporozhan and others.
Its first game at professional level, the club played on 25 July 2021 when it hosted LNZ Cherkasy and beating it 2:1.[7] The club was placing 2nd among 15 teams in its group before the competition was forced to be paused due to the Russian full-scale invasion, and eventually scratched. The club decided to pause its operations and missed the next (2022–23) season. The Professional Football League (PFL) allowed several clubs to miss out competitions due to situation in the country.
In 2023 Livyi Bereh returned joining the PFL Winter Cup which was a short mid-season competition. In summer of 2023, the PFL honored the second place Livyi Bereh placed in 2021–22 and the club was admitted to the First League. It finished the 2023–24 season third and qualified for promotion play-off. Livyi Bereh lost its face off against another Kyiv club Obolon. While preparing for the next 2024–25 season, it was decided to play with 2 squads, one in the First League and other in the Second League.
In July 2024 the club unexpectedly promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League.[8] It took part in a Mini-Tournament play-offs that was created for an open spot in the competition due to the disappearing of SC Dnipro-1.[8] It made it to the final of this tournament, where it defeated FC Mynai.[8]
Honours
- PFL Winter Cup
- Winner: 2023
Players
Current squad
- As of 26 September 2024[9]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Head coaches
Anatoliy Buznyk (1 August 2020 – 31 March 2022)- Vitaliy Pervak (1 January 2023 – present)
Reserves
Livyi Bereh-2
On 19 June 2024 the club's website published its interview with Pavlo Kikot who managed the club's under-17 team that beside the national youth competition also participated in the Kyiv City Cup.[10] He informed that the club's under-17 team is being reorganized into Livyi Bereh-2 for the 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League season to provide immediate reserve for the first team.
League and cup history
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 2020–21 4th "2" 6/11 20 8 1 11 30 52 25 Admitted to Second League 2021–22 3rd "A" 2/15 19 15 1 3 47 14 46 Promoted 2022–23 2nd excused from participation 2023–24 2nd "B" 3/20 28 16 6 6 59 21 54 Lost playoff to Obolon Kyiv 1/4 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 mini-tournament, Promoted 2024–25 1st /16
References
- ^ Infrastructure. FC Livyi Bereh
- ^ "Арена Лівий берег" Київська обл.. PFL
- ^ Arkadiy Kapelka. Микола Павлов: "У Києві навесні з’явиться новий повноцінний стадіон". Footboom. 28 January 2020
- ^ БУЗНИК: «Лівий берег готовий до старту у весняній частині чемпіонату». sport.ua. 2 April 2021
- ^ «Лівий Берег» (Київ): 11 місце Групи 2 сезону 2020/21 на проміжному етапі. AAFU. 11 February 2021
- ^ Artur Valerko. ААФУ: важлива перемога ЛНЗ, Лівий Берег показав клас із Олімпією. Sport Arena. 27 April 2021
- ^ PFL report. pfl.ua
- ^ a b c "MINAI STOPPED WORKING WITH THE CLUB'S GENERAL MANAGER AFTER THE DEFEAT FROM Livyi Bereh". XSPORT.ua (in Ukrainian). 31 July 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Професіональна футбольна ліга України".
- ^ "ЛІВИЙ БЕРЕГ У СЕЗОНІ 2024/25: ПОДВІЙНЕ ПРЕДСТАВНИЦТВО" [Livyi Bereh in the 2024–25 season: double representation]. fclb.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
External links
- Official website
- Team's profile at the Kyiv Oblast Association of Football