FC Kolos Kovalivka explained

Clubname:Kolos Kovalivka
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Fullname:FC Kolos Kovalivka
Ground:Kolos Stadium
Capacity:5,000
Owntitle:President
Owner:Andriy Zasukha[1]
Chrtitle:General Director
Chairman:Yevhen Yevseyev
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Oleksandr Pozdeyev
League:Ukrainian Premier League
Season:2023–24
Position:Ukrainian Premier League, 11th of 16
Website:http://www.koloskovalivka.com/
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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.

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

Previous team

Before 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

The 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

Squad

As of 12 July 2024[6] [7]

Out on loan

League and cup history

SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAPUkrainian CupOtherNotes
align=center rowspan=22014align=center rowspan=44th
21063119521ACalign=center bgcolor=tan finals
align=center bgcolor=tan23111244
align=center rowspan=220151660026318
21051417516align=center bgcolor=lightgreen
2015 - 163rd
align=center bgcolor=gold126 19 3 4 62 22 60 finalsalign=center bgcolor=lightgreenPromoted
2016 - 17align=center rowspan=32nd
534 16 9 9 52 38 57 finals
2017 - 18534 19 4 11 3930 61 finals
2018 - 19align=center bgcolor=silver2281594451854 finalsalign=center bgcolor=lightgreenPromoted[9]
2019 - 20align=center rowspan=41st
63210220335932 finals
2020 - 2142610115362641 finalsEL3QR
2021 - 22818738142324 finalsECL3QR
2022 - 2383010614233636None

European record

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2020–21UEFA Europa League2Q Aris2–1
3Q Rijeka0–2
2021–22UEFA Europa Conference League3Q Shakhter Karagandy0–00–0 0–0

Reserves and academy

Kolos-2

It 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]

Notable players

Managers

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://ukrrudprom.com/digest/Komu_ofitsialno_prinadlegat_ukrainskie_klubi.html Кому официально принадлежат украинские клубы
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200730234924/http://pfl.ua/news/details/11631 From competitions of the PFL to continental competitions! Compliments to "Kolos" (Зі змагань ПФЛ - до континентальних турнірів! Вітаємо "Колос")
  3. Web site: http://www.koloskovalivka.com/#!-/cwwj. uk:Історія створення футбольного клубу "Колос". Kolos Kovalika Official Website. 1 July 2016. 2015. History of the formation of the club "Kolos". uk.
  4. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ua/ukrainian/2a/1463839238-kolos-kovalivka-chempion-drugoyi-ligi-sezonu-2015-06.html. uk:Колос Ковалівка - чемпіон другої ліги сезону-2015/16. UA-Football. 1 July 2016. 21 May 2016. Kolos Kovalivka - 2015 - 16 Second League Champions. uk.
  5. 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
  6. Web site: Колос .
  7. Web site: Kolos. upl.ua.
  8. Web site: Менеджмент . 2020-08-20 . 2021-04-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210415104202/https://koloskovalivka.com/menedzhment/ . dead .
  9. Won playoff against Chornomorets Odesa on aggregate 2 - 0
  10. News: У Другій лізі нового сезону виступлять 8 нових резервних команд: ми дізналися, хто їх очолить і де вони будуть грати – є сюрпризи . ukrfootball.ua . 13 June 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240630201010/https://ukrfootball.ua/exclusive/u-drugii-lizi-novogo-sezonu-vistuplyat-8-novikh-rezervnikh-komand-mi-diznalisya-khto-yikh-ocholit-i-de-voni-budut-grati-ye-syurprizi/ . 30 June 2024 . 30 June 2024 . uk . 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.