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| Full name | Футбольний клуб Металіст 1925 Харків Football Club Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | |||
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| Nickname | Zhovto-syni (Yellow-blue) | |||
| Founded | 17 August 2016; 9 years ago (17 August 2016) | |||
| Ground | OSC Metalist Arena Livyi Bereh | |||
| Capacity | 40,003 | |||
| Owner(s) | [1][2] Volodymyr Nosov[2] [2] | |||
| Chairman | Anton Ivanov[2][3] | |||
| Head coach | Mladen Bartulović | |||
| League | Ukrainian Premier League | |||
| 2024–25 | Ukrainian First League, 3rd of 18 (promoted via play-off) | |||
| Website | https://metalist1925.com | |||
Football Club Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (Ukrainian:Металіст 1925) is a professional football club fromKharkiv, Ukraine. Founded in 2016, the club set to play inUkrainian Premier League, the top tier of Ukrainian football after promotion fromUkrainian First League in 2024–25. Their home stadium isMetalist Oblast Sports Complex with 40,003 capacity.
Metalist Kharkiv was promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League after finishing in third place in the2020–21 Ukrainian First League. They earned promotion on two previous occasions: placing second in the2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League and placing third in the2017–18 Ukrainian Second League.
The club was established in the summer of 2016 after the original club,FC Metalist Kharkiv, was refused a license by theFootball Federation of Ukraine and expelled from national competitions.[citation needed]
On the initiative of former Metalist playerVolodymyr Linke, among others, a new club was created under the name FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.[4] It entered theUkrainian Football Amateur League for the2016–17 season and earned promotion to theUkrainian Second League the next year.[5]
In 2018, the club was promoted to theUkrainian First League and from 2021 it is playing in the highest tier of the Ukrainian assotiation football – at theUkrainian Premier League.
On 1 June 2025, Metalist 1925 secure promotion toUkrainian Premier League from next season after win againstLivyi Bereh Kyiv on aggregate 2–0 in promotion-relegation play-off and return to top tier after one year absence.
Metalist 1925 plays its games atMetalist Stadium. It has its own training site in the town ofVysokyi.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Mladen Bartulović
Maksym TsvirenkoAndriy PoluninOleksandr ChyzhovYevhen ShakhovSerhiy DolhanskyiValentyn YermakAndriy Shabalin Dragan Todorovic| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Domestic Cup | Other | Notes | |
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| 2016–17 | 4th (Championship among amateurs) | 1 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 18 | 43 | LF | Lost final | Group winner,Promoted | |
| 2017–18 | 3rd "B" (Second League) | 2 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 77 | 27 | 67 | 1⁄64 finals | Promoted | ||
| 2018–19 | 2nd (First League) | 4 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 20 | 51 | 1⁄16 finals | |||
| 2019–20 | 7 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 51 | 1⁄32 finals | ||||
| 2020–21 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 22 | 56 | 1⁄64 finals | Promoted | |||
| 2021–22 | 1st (Premier League) | 10 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 19 | 1⁄8 finals | |||
| 2022–23 | 12 | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 42 | 32 | Not played | ||||
| 2023–24 | 16 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 57 | 23 | 1⁄8 finals | Relegated to FL | |||
| 2024–25 | 2nd (First League) | 3 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 36 | 3rd round | Promoted to PL win play-offLivyi Bereh Kyiv 1:0 1:0 | ||
| 2025–26 | 1st (Premier League) | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 1⁄4 finals | |||
It was announced that Metalist 1925 will be fielding its second squad in the2024–25 Ukrainian Second League. Metalist 1925-2 would be formed based on Metalist 1925 under-19 team that competed at the UPL U-19 competitions.[17]
Created in 2006 as Zhilstroi-1 Kharkiv (Zhytlobud-1), in 2024 the women team from Kharkiv was fully integrated by Metalist 1925 as its women team. Zhilstroi-1/Zhytlobud-1 is a leader of the women club's football in Ukraine.
