FC Rukh Lviv

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FC Rukh Lviv

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.

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Full nameFootball Club Rukh Lviv
Founded2003
GroundArena Lviv
Capacity34,915
PresidentYuliya Dumanska (100%)[1]
Hryhoriy Kozlovskyi (honorary president)[1]
General Director[1]
Head coachVitaliy Ponomaryov
LeagueUkrainian Premier League
2023–24Ukrainian Premier League, 6th of 16
Websitefcruhlviv.com
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Club logo used since the summer of 2016 till the summer of 2017
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Club logo used in 2017 – 2019

History

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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 Movement (ukr. romanized: Rukh) is life. In June 2003, a children's football school Myron Markevych "Rukh" under directorship Yuriy Hdanskyi and trainers Roman Hdanskyi, Ihor Didyk, Markiyan Shkraba, Oleh Lehan was formed.[2]

In 2009, the Rukh adult soccer team with President Hryhoriy Kozlovskyy and head trainer Roman Hdanskyi was formed.[2] 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.[2] 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.[2]

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.[3]

The club has been admitted to the PFL and took second place in the 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League.[4]

On 26 June 2017, the club presented a new emblem in golden and black colors.[5]

Honors

Squad

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Updated as of 23 February 2025[6][7][8]

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

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Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Rukh Lviv.

Coaches and administration

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Administration Coaching
  • President – Hryhoriy Kozlovskyi
  • General director – Rostyslav Puzanskyi
  • Vice-president – Turkey Emre Karaahmetoglu
  • Sporting director – Volodymyr Lapitskyi
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League and cup history

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Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Other Notes
2013 4th 1 10 7 2 1 20 6 23 AC 12 finals
1 4 3 1 0 7 3 10 Runners up[9]
2014 1 8 5 1 2 17 8 16
1 4 3 1 0 5 2 10 Champions
2015 1 6 4 1 1 10 6 13 AC 14 finals
1 10 8 2 0 15 4 26
1 3 3 0 0 8 1 9 Runners up[10]
201617 3rd 2/17 32 23 5 4 68 24 74 132 finals Promoted
2017–18 2nd 7/18 34 14 9 11 36 30 51 132 finals
201819 11/15 28 8 10 10 35 35 34 132 finals
201920 2/16 30 18 7 5 51 21 61 116 finals Promoted
202021 1st 10/14 26 6 10 10 27 39 28 116 finals
202122 was terminated 11/16 17 4 6 7 16 21 18 18 finals began on 24.02.2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
202223 11/16 30 7 11 12 31 37 32
202324 6/16 30 12 13 5 44 31 49 18 finals
202425 6/16 6 3 2 1 13 3 11 14 finals
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Coaches

 

 

Rukh Lviv reserves

Rukh-2 Lviv

In 2023 Rukh created its second team and was admitted by the Professional Football League of Ukraine to play at the 2023–24 Ukrainian Second League.

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Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Other Manager
2023–24 3rd 9/14 26 9 7 10 29 36 34 Volodymyr Bezubyak
2024–25 3rd x/10 Ivan Fedyk
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Rukh U-19 Lviv

In 2020 Rukh created its reserve teams including under-21 and under-19. In 2022 the Rukh under-19 team has qualified for the UEFA Youth League.

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Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Other Notes
2020–21 U-19 4 26 13 7 6 49 25 46
2021–22 U-19 1 18 15 2 1 49 11 47 canceled competition
2022–23 U-19 1 30 26 4 0 91 17 82
2023–24 U-19 8 30 13 4 13 52 46 43
2024–25 U-19
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Rukh U-21 Lviv

In 2020 Rukh created its reserve teams including under-21 and under-19. Following the 2020–21 season, the competition among under-21 teams was discontinued and both squads were merged.

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2020–21 U-21 3 26 15 7 4 60 30 52
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