Football Club Livyi Bereh Kyiv (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб «Лівий берег» Київ) is a Ukrainian football club from Kyiv. The club is based at the Kyiv's Osokorky neighborhood located at the left-bank of Dnipro, hence Livyi Bereh (left-bank). It hosts its games in the Kyiv's suburb of Hnidyn, just outside of the city limits. In June 2021, the club was admitted to the Second League.

Livyi Bereh
Full nameFootball Club Livyi Bereh Kyiv
Founded2017
GroundStadium "Livyi Bereh"
Capacity5,000[1]
ChairmanMykola Lavrenko
Head coachVitaliy Pervak
LeagueUkrainian First League
2021–22Ukrainian Second League, Group A, 2nd of 15 (withdrew)
WebsiteClub website
The club coat of arms has an element of Desnianskyi Raion coat of arms, the white crane

History edit

The club was created in September 2017 by Mykola Lavrenko, a former president of Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya (today FC Oleksandriya) and retired[2] 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.[3]

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.[1] The club made its debut at national level on 24 April 2021 hosting FC Olimpiya Savyntsi and beating it 2:1.[4]

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.

Honours edit

  • PFL Winter Cup

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 23 March 2024[5]

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 Maksym Mekhaniv
2 DF   UKR Oleh Sokolov
3 DF   UKR Oleksandr Dudarenko
4 DF   UKR Volodymyr Shvets
5 DF   UKR Valeriy Samar
6 DF   BRA Sidnney
7 MF   UKR Maryan Mysyk
8 FW   UKR Oleksiy Lytovchenko
11 FW   UKR Vladyslav Voytsekhovskyi
14 MF   UKR Andriy Spivakov (captain)
15 MF   UKR Andriy Zaporozhan
17 MF   UKR Ivan Kohut
18 MF   UKR Ruslan Dedukh
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   UKR Mykola Kohut
21 FW   UKR Danyil Sukhoruchko
23 DF   UKR Arsen Slotyuk
27 DF   UKR Ernest Astakhov
28 FW   UKR Ivan Petrenko
31 GK   UKR Vadym Stashkiv
44 DF   UKR Roman Andriyeshyn
71 GK   UKR Vitaliy Chebotaryov
77 MF   UKR Ivan Bykov
79 MF   UKR Maksym Serdyuk
96 FW   UKR Oleh Synytsya
97 MF   UKR Andriy Yakymiv

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW   UKR Maksym Kulishòther=at Podillya until 30 June 2024

Head coaches edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b «Лівий Берег» (Київ): 11 місце Групи 2 сезону 2020/21 на проміжному етапі. AAFU. 11 February 2021
  2. ^ Arkadiy Kapelka. Микола Павлов: "У Києві навесні з’явиться новий повноцінний стадіон". Footboom. 28 January 2020
  3. ^ БУЗНИК: «Лівий берег готовий до старту у весняній частині чемпіонату». sport.ua. 2 April 2021
  4. ^ Artur Valerko. ААФУ: важлива перемога ЛНЗ, Лівий Берег показав клас із Олімпією. Sport Arena. 27 April 2021
  5. ^ "Професіональна футбольна ліга України".

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