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.
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| Full name | FC Kolos Kovalivka | |||
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| Founded | 2012 | |||
| Ground | Kolos Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 5,000 | |||
| President | Andriy Zasukha[1] | |||
| General Director | Yevhen Yevseyev[1] | |||
| Head coach | Oleksandr Pozdeyev | |||
| League | Ukrainian Premier League | |||
| 2023–24 | Ukrainian Premier League, 11th of 16 | |||
| Website | http://www.koloskovalivka.com/ | |||
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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
editPrevious team
editBefore 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
editThe 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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- Ukrainian First League
- Runners-up (1): 2018–19
- Ukrainian Second League
- Winners (1): 2015–16
- Kyiv Oblast Football Championship
- Winners (3): 2012, 2013, 2014
- Football cup of Kyiv Oblast
- Winners (1): 2014
Squad
editNote: 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
editNote: 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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Coaches and administration
edit| Administration[8] | Coaching[6] (senior team) | Coaching (U-19 team) |
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League and cup history
editSeason 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
edit| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q |  Aris
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| 3Q |  Rijeka
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— | 0–2 (a.e.t.) | — | ||
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 3Q |  Shakhter Karagandy
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0–0 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | 0–0 (1–3 p) |
Reserves and academy
editKolos-2
editIt 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
editSince 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
editIn 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
editManagers
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Kostyantyn Sakharov (2012 – 2014)- Ruslan Kostyshyn (6 February 2014 – 29 August 2021)
Syarhey Kuznyatsow (interim) (29 August 2021 – November 2021)- Yaroslav Vyshnyak (November 2021 – present)
External links
edit- Kolos Kovalivka at the Professional Football League of Ukraine (archived 16 February 2017)
- Official website
References
edit- ^ a b Кому официально принадлежат украинские клубы. ukrrudprom.com. 12 November 2021
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b "Колос".
- ^ "Kolos". upl.ua.
- ^ "Менеджмент". Archived from the original on 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ Won playoff against Chornomorets Odesa on aggregate 2–0
- ^ "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.
- ^ Академія ФК "Колос". koloskovalivka.com
