2004–05 FC Metalist Kharkiv season

The 2004–05 season is FC Metalist Kharkiv's 60th season in existence and the club's 1st season after return to the top flight of Ukrainian football. In addition to the domestic league, Metalist Kharkiv participated in that season's edition of the Ukrainian Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005.

Metalist Kharkiv

2004–05 season
Chairman	Oleksandr Yaroslavskyi
Manager	Hennadiy Lytovchenko (until 31 December 2004) Oleksandr Zavarov (from 1 January 2005)
Stadium	OSC Metalist
Vyshcha Liha	11th
Ukrainian Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Ruslan Hunchak Anderson Ribeiro Serhiy Seleznyov (4 each) All: Ruslan Hunchak Anderson Ribeiro Serhiy Seleznyov (4 each)

Players

First team squad

Squad at end of season

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	UKR	Oleh Ostapenko
2	MF	UKR	Serhiy Seleznyov
3	DF	MDA	Serghei Lașcencov
4	DF	ROU	Iulian Dăniță
5	DF	RUS	Yevgeni Varlamov
6	DF	UKR	Vladyslav Savchuk
7	DF	UKR	Andriy Berezovchuk
8	MF	BRA	André Conceição
9	MF	MDA	Valeriu Andronic
10	FW	BRA	Marcelo
11	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Hladkyi
14	FW	GEO	Lasha Jakobia
15	MF	BLR	Syarhey Kuznyatsow
17	MF	UKR	Volodymyr Kravchenko
19	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Pryzetko
21	GK	UKR	Volodymyr Ovsiyenko
22	MF	UKR	Eldar Ibrahimov

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	BLR	Alyaksandr Danilaw
24	DF	UKR	Andriy Khanas
33	DF	UKR	Serhiy Vetrennikov
35	DF	UKR	Ruslan Hunchak
—	GK	UKR	Vadym Kudikov
—	DF	UKR	Ihor Cherednichenko
—	DF	MDA	Vitalie Bordian
—	MF	UKR	Roman Svitlychnyi
—	MF	UKR	Dmytro Batusov
—	MF	UKR	Kostyantyn Yaroshenko (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
—	FW	UKR	Valentyn Horkun
—	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Yakovenko
—	FW	UKR	Serhiy Pylypchuk
—	FW	UKR	Ihor Melnyk
—	FW	UKR	Serhiy Davydov
—	FW	UKR	Yuriy Tselykh

Left club during season

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Hranovskyi (to Arsenal Kharkiv)
5	DF	UKR	Vitaliy Komarnytskyi (to Arsenal Kharkiv)
10	FW	BRA	Anderson Ribeiro (to Arsenal Kharkiv)
18	DF	UKR	Volodymyr Samborskyi (to Arsenal Kharkiv)
32	MF	UKR	Anatoliy Oprya (to Arsenal Kharkiv)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	UKR	Andriy Onykiyenko (to Kharkiv)
—	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Kucher (loan to Arsenal Kharkiv)
—	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Maksymov (to Arsenal Kharkiv)
—	MF	UKR	Serhiy Sibiryakov (to Arsenal Kharkiv)
—	FW	UKR	Dmytro Brovkin (to Obolon Kyiv)

Competitions

Vyshcha Liha

Main article: 2004–05 Vyshcha Liha

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Arsenal Kyiv	30	9	10	11	30	33	−3	37
10	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	30	8	11	11	25	32	−7	35
11	Metalist Kharkiv	30	9	7	14	25	37	−12	34
12	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	30	7	10	13	21	30	−9	31
13	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	7	10	13	24	38	−14	31

Source: uafootball.net.ua

Results

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v Metalist Kharkiv

15 July 2004 1	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	4–2	Metalist Kharkiv	Dnipropetrovsk
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Melashchenko 5' Rotan 32' Matyukhin 62' Semochko 83'	Report	Seleznyov 30' Brovkin 75'	Stadium: Meteor Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ihor Ishchenko

Metalist Kharkiv v Metalurh Donetsk

20 July 2004 2	Metalist Kharkiv	1–4	Metalurh Donetsk	Kharkiv
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ribeiro 45'	Report	Gjuzelov 55' Stolica 71', 90' Neziri 75'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Vitaliy Hodulian

Vorskla-Naftohaz Poltava v Metalist Kharkiv

25 July 2004 3	Vorskla-Naftohaz Poltava	0–1	Metalist Kharkiv	Poltava
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Ribeiro 56'	Stadium: Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Serhiy Shebek

Metalist Kharkiv v Borysfen Boryspil

1 August 2004 4	Metalist Kharkiv	3–1	Borysfen Boryspil	Kharkiv
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ribeiro 22' Berezovchuk 26' Jakobia 62'	Report	Karamushka 82'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Vyacheslav Zhukov

Metalurh Zaporizhzhia v Metalist Kharkiv

14 August 2004 5	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	1–4	Metalist Kharkiv	Zaporizhzhia
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Demchenko 41'	Report	Hunchak 1', 57' Kuznyatsow 49' Ibrahimov 69'	Stadium: Avto ZAZ Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk

Metalist Kharkiv v Arsenal Kyiv

29 August 2004 6	Metalist Kharkiv	1–1	Arsenal Kyiv	Kharkiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ribeiro 18'	Report	Amelyanchuk 80'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Ihor Pokydko

Obolon Kyiv v Metalist Kharkiv

19 September 2004 7	Obolon Kyiv	0–0	Metalist Kharkiv	Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Yuriy Moseychuk

Tavriya Simferopol v Metalist Kharkiv

25 September 2004 8	Tavriya Simferopol	1–0	Metalist Kharkiv	Simferopol
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Gigiadze 23' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Tavriya Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Oleh Zubarev

Metalist Kharkiv v Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

3 October 2004 9	Metalist Kharkiv	0–1	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Kharkiv
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Kashewski 78'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Serhiy Dzyuba

Shakhtar Donetsk v Metalist Kharkiv

24 October 2004 10	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–1	Metalist Kharkiv	Donetsk
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Hunchak 69'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 18,432 Referee: Yevhen Abrosimov

Metalist Kharkiv v Zakarpattia Uzhhorod

30 October 2004 11	Metalist Kharkiv	1–0	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	Kharkiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Hunchak 72'	Report		Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Anatoliy Zhosan

Volyn Lutsk v Metalist Kharkiv

7 November 2004 12	Volyn Lutsk	4–2	Metalist Kharkiv	Lutsk
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Džudović 15' Mitić 20' Trišović 54' Hashchyn 77' (pen.)	Report	Hladkyi 47' Seleznyov 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Oleh Oriekhov

Metalist Kharkiv v Illichivets Mariupol

11 November 2004 13	Metalist Kharkiv	1–0	Illichivets Mariupol	Kharkiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Seleznyov 26' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Andriy Shandor

Dynamo Kyiv v Metalist Kharkiv

28 November 2004 14	Dynamo Kyiv	3–0	Metalist Kharkiv	Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kléber 28' Yussuf 45' Verpakovskis 72'	Report		Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Volodymyr Sirenko

Metalist Kharkiv v Chornomorets Odesa

5 December 2004 15	Metalist Kharkiv	0–1	Chornomorets Odesa	Kharkiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Kosyrin 90+2'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ihor Ishchenko

Chornomorets Odesa v Metalist Kharkiv

1 March 2005 16	Chornomorets Odesa	2–1	Metalist Kharkiv	Odesa
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kosyrin 1', 79'	Report	Kuznyatsow 26'	Stadium: Central Stadium Chornomorets Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Ihor Ishchenko

Metalist Kharkiv v Dynamo Kyiv

6 March 2005 17	Metalist Kharkiv	0–2	Dynamo Kyiv	Kharkiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Ghioane 44' Shatskikh 49'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Volodymyr Sirenko

Illichivets Mariupol v Metalist Kharkiv

13 March 2005 18	Illichivets Mariupol	1–1	Metalist Kharkiv	Mariupol
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Zakarlyuka 78' (pen.)	Report	Yaksmanytskyi 24' (o.g.)	Stadium: Illichivets Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Yevhen Abrosimov

Metalist Kharkiv v Volyn Lutsk

20 March 2005 19	Metalist Kharkiv	1–0	Volyn Lutsk	Kharkiv
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Jakobia 33'	Report		Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Oleh Oriekhov

Zakarpattia Uzhhorod v Metalist Kharkiv

3 April 2005 20	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	0–0	Metalist Kharkiv	Uzhhorod
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Ihor Pokydko

Metalist Kharkiv v Shakhtar Donetsk

10 April 2005 21	Metalist Kharkiv	0–1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Kharkiv
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Tymoshchuk 52'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Serhiy Dzyuba

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih v Metalist Kharkiv

16 April 2005 22	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	3–1	Metalist Kharkiv	Kryvyi Rih
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kabanov 26' Kashewski 55' Popovici 89'	Report	Kuznyatsow 4'	Stadium: Metalurh Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Oleh Oriekhov

Metalist Kharkiv v Tavriya Simferopol

24 April 2005 23	Metalist Kharkiv	1–1	Tavriya Simferopol	Kharkiv
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Conceição 27'	Report	Litovchenko 12'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Serhiy Shebek

Metalist Kharkiv v Obolon Kyiv

30 April 2005 24	Metalist Kharkiv	0–1	Obolon Kyiv	Kharkiv
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Kozyr 42'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Oleh Zubarev

Arsenal Kyiv v Metalist Kharkiv

7 May 2005 25	Arsenal Kyiv	0–0	Metalist Kharkiv	Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: NSK Olimpiyskyi Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Yevhen Abrosimov

Metalist Kharkiv v Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

16 May 2005 26	Metalist Kharkiv	0–0	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Kharkiv
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Oleh Zubarev

Borysfen Boryspil v Metalist Kharkiv

21 May 2005 27	Borysfen Boryspil	0–1	Metalist Kharkiv	Boryspil
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Yaroshenko 82'	Stadium: Kolos Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk

Metalist Kharkiv v Vorskla-Naftohaz Poltava

28 May 2005 28	Metalist Kharkiv	1–0	Vorskla-Naftohaz Poltava	Kharkiv
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Jakobia 45+2'	Report		Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Oleh Oriekhov

Metalurh Donetsk v Metalist Kharkiv

12 June 2005 29	Metalurh Donetsk	3–1	Metalist Kharkiv	Donetsk
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Babangida 47' Mendoza 61' Touré 74'	Report	Seleznyov 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Central Stadium Shakhtar Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ihor Yarmenchuk

Metalist Kharkiv v Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

16 June 2005 30	Metalist Kharkiv	0–2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Kharkiv
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Yezerskyi 30' Nazarenko 64'	Stadium: OSC Metalist Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ihor Pokydko

Ukrainian Cup

Main article: 2004–05 Ukrainian Cup

Nyva Ternopil v Metalist Kharkiv

7 August 2004 Round of 64	Nyva Ternopil	0–1	Metalist Kharkiv	Ternopil
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Ibrahimov 47'	Stadium: Ternopil City Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Serhiy Shebek

Stal Alchevsk v Metalist Kharkiv

22 August 2004 Round of 32	Stal Alchevsk	2–0	Metalist Kharkiv	Alchevsk
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Sernetskyi 27' (pen.), 48'	Report		Stadium: Stal Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Volodymyr Sirenko